Timeline of FDA raids on raw milk farmers, dietary supplement makers and natural medicine practitioners

(NaturalNews) The US Food and Drug Administration has a long history of conducting armed, SWAT-style raids on farmers, cancer treatment pioneers and dietary supplement manufacturers. This list, compiled by the editors of NaturalNews, reveals only some of the hundreds of armed FDA raids that have been conducted in the last twenty-five years. What you see from this is a pattern of government-sponsored terrorism against innocent Americans and small business people; all done in the name of “protecting” the public from milk, walnuts, vitamins, plants or fruit extracts. The real reason behind all this, of course, is that the FDA has long waged a campaign of fear and intimidation against natural product providers for the sole purpose of destroying the natural products industry and thereby handing Big Pharma a monopoly over health treatment medicines. If you’re skeptical of that conclusion, read the timeline and see for yourself. And if you’re currently a farmer who might be targeted in a future FDA raid, be sure to read this helpful resource created by the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund entitled How to Survive a Farm Raid : http://www.ftcldf.org/farm-raids.html Timeline of FDA raids against farmers, health clinics and dietary supplement providers – 1985, July 7. FDA agents raid the Burzynski Research Clinic (Texas), steal 200,000 medical and research documents, and force Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski to pay for copies to be made of them. No official charges are ever filed by the FDA (http://www.myopia.org/fdaraids.htm). – 1987, February 26. Twenty-five armed FDA agents and US Marshals storm offices of the Life Extension Foundation (Florida), terrorize employees and seize thousands of nutritional products, materials, computers, files, and newsletters. Eighty percent of seized items are later determined not to even have been on the warrant (http://www.naturalnews.com/021791.html). – 1988, November. FDA agents raid Traco Labs (Illinois), seize several drums of black currant oil as well as many containers of encapsulated product. The FDA claims the capsules the oil was being put into are an “unapproved food additive” (http://www.drpasswater.com/nutrition_library/Nov_05/Murray_FDA_Struggle_final.html). – 1998, Summer. FDA agents seize entire inventory and business records of Pets Smell Free (Utah), a company that produces a natural product for eliminating pet odor. The company later wins a lawsuit against the FDA in court (http://www.myopia.org/fdaraids.htm). – 1990, October 6. Federal agents raid HA Lyons (Arizona), a women-run, home-based mailing service that publishes materials for vitamin companies. Armed agents seize all business records and literature, and even try to steal the owner’s checkbook and cash. The FDA eventually drives the company out of business (http://www.myopia.org/fdaraids.htm). – 1990, Fall. FDA agents raid Highland Laboratories (Oregon), a company that produces vitamins and nutritional supplements. The agents do not present a warrant, but proceed to seize everything except for office furniture, and threaten employees with violence if they fail to comply (http://www.myopia.org/fdaraids.htm). – 1990, March. FDA agents raid Solid Gold Pet Foods (California), seize all pet food products without a warrant, and shut down the store. Owner Sissy Harrington-McGill is later indicted, and spends 179 days in prison with leg irons clasped to her legs (http://www.naturalnews.com/021791.html). – 1990. Agents from both the FDA and US Postal Service twice raid Century Clinic (Nevada), and steal chelation products, computers, and various other equipment. No official charges are ever filed against the clinic, however both illegal raids go unpunished (http://www.naturalnews.com/021791.html). – 1991, Fall. FDA agents raid Scientific Botanicals (Washington), a nutritional supplement company, and seize herbal extracts and literature. FDA strong-arms company into complying with its unlawful demands before agreeing to release seized products (http://www.myopia.org/fdaraids.htm). – 1991, December 12. RDA agents raid Thorne Research (Idaho), and seize $20,000 worth of vitamin products, and 11,000 pieces of literature. The company cannot afford to fight the battle in court because of high legal costs, and decides to no longer publish literature (http://www.myopia.org/fdaraids.htm). – 1991. FDA agents raid NutriCology (California), a nutritional supplement company. All FDA injunctions against it are later tossed out of court (http://www.naturalnews.com/021791.html). – 1991. Agents from the FDA and the Texas Department of Health again raid the Burzynski Research Clinic (Texas), and seize more products and materials. Dr. Burzynski eventually wins the fight against the FDA (http://www.naturalnews.com/032998_Burzynski_cancer_cures.html). – 1991, March. Armed Mexican police officers raid offices of alternative cancer clinic in Tijuana, and kidnap the owner without warrant or charges. They then ship him across the US border and into the hands of the US Justice Department, where he unlawfully spends two years in prison (http://www.naturalnews.com/021791.html). – 1992, May 6. Agents from the FDA and officers from the King County Police Department raid the Tahoma Clinic (Washington), a natural health clinic. Because Dr. Jonathan Wright has been giving patients injectable B vitamins in high doses, agents decide to storm the clinic with guns drawn, and seize product, computers, records, and other products. The FDA shows no valid warrant to justify its actions (http://www.naturalnews.com/021791.html). – 1992, June 2. FDA agents raid the personal home of Mihai Popescu (California) for producing and selling a natural supplement called GH-3. The raid involves agents stealing $5,000 worth of GH-3, personal records, computers, and other equipment, and results in the false arrest and imprisonment of Popescu, as well as the termination of his business (http://www.myopia.org/fdaraids.htm). – 1992, June 30. FDA agents raid Nature’s Way (Utah), a vitamin and nutritional supplement company, and seize bulk containers of primrose oil because the addition of vitamin E to the formula was allegedly “unapproved” (http://www.naturalnews.com/021791.html). – 1992, June. The FDA prompts the Texas Department of Health to conduct raids on numerous health food stores throughout Texas. They seize natural oils, aloe vera, zinc, vitamin C, and other natural products. Agents reportedly threaten store owners not to speak of the raid, or more raids will ensue. No valid warrants are presented, and no charges are ever filed against the stores (http://www.naturalnews.com/021791.html). – 1992, August 14. FDA agents raid Family Acupuncture Clinic (California), and seize $15,000 worth of natural tea pills. The products are left to spoil, and then sent back to China by the FDA (http://www.myopia.org/fdaraids.htm). – 1992. Federal agents arrest three vitamin company owners (California) for selling supplements freely available throughout Europe. Agents try to get the men imprisoned for a collective total of 990 years (http://www.naturalnews.com/021791.html). – 1993, May. Agents from the FDA raid Zerbo’s Health Food Store (Michigan) for “illegal drug trafficking” involving the natural supplements coenzyme Q10, selenium, carnitine, and GH-3. Agents threaten the owner’s 78-year-old father with imprisonment if the family attempts to fight the FDA’s indictment (http://www.myopia.org/fdaraids.htm). – 1993, May 12. Dozens of armed federal agents storm Hospital Santa Monica (California), an alternative cancer treatment center, seizing records, charts, computers, and other equipment. The agents also steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from the hospital’s bank account, as well as from two vitamin companies with which it works, and even steal $80,000 from the hospital owner’s personal safe (http://www.myopia.org/fdaraids.htm). – 1993, May 12. Agents raid personal home of Kirwin Whitnah, claim he is selling “unapproved drugs.” No products are ever found, but agents proceed to terrorize a woman staying at the home, and seize thousands of dollars in equipment, literature, and even money orders (http://www.myopia.org/fdaraids.htm). – 1993, May 14. FDA agents raid Waco Natural Foods (Texas) in search of a natural supplement called deprenyl citrate. Owner Tom Wiggins tells agents that his attorney holds tremendous clout in the Waco area, and the agents immediately apologize, leave, and never return (http://www.myopia.org/fdaraids.htm). – 1993, June 24. FDA agents, a Federal Marshal, and a public relations specialist together raid International Nutrition Inc. (New Mexico), and seize $1 million worth of vitamins and nutritional supplements, as well as computers and business records. The owner ends up losing 80 percent of his business, and subsequently has to lay off 80 percent of his workforce (http://www.myopia.org/fdaraids.htm). – 1993. Federal marshals raid Natural Vision International (Wisconsin), and steal 17,000 pairs of pinhole glasses that help customers exercise their eyes and improve vision. Valued at over $200,000, the confiscating of these products by the agents results in the company going out of business (http://www.myopia.org/fdaraids.htm). – 2001, March 23. Forty armed federal agents and USDA officials storm Three Shepherd’s Farm (Vermont), and confiscate and destroy the farm’s entire flock of sheep for supposedly having mad cow disease. Government laboratories verify previously that the sheep are healthy, and that sheep cannot even contract the disease, but the USDA persists in eliminating them anyway, destroying evidence and breaking various other laws along the way (http://www.threeshepherdscheese.com/AboutUs.aspx). – 2004, Spring. Upon being prompted by the FDA, state officials show up unannounced at Organic Pastures Dairy (California) and pretend to be evaluating cheese production. However OPD workers see Special Agent Jennifer King secretly taking pictures of private customer files, and they tell her to leave (http://grassfedonthehill.com/government-overreach/). – 2005, June 23. Federal agents perform a series of raids on medical marijuana dispensaries, businesses, and personal homes throughout Northern California. They arrest many individuals along the way, despite the fact that marijuana dispensaries are legal in California (http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20050623cp). – 2006, March 6. Ohio police, Ohio Department of Agriculture officials, FDA agents, and agents from unmarked vehicles intercept a raw milk pickup in the Cincinnati area. They confiscate milk and harass customers, and leave farm owner Gary Oakes so shaken up that he is hospitalized three times for post-traumatic stress disorder (http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/nov2006/sb20061121_167591_page_2.htm). – 2006, September 14. Armed agents storm the hunting preserve of Danny and Cindi Henshaw (Virginia), and perform SWAT-style raid of property They shoot dozens of hogs with 12-gauge shotguns and drag them off (http://www.readthehook.com/79983/cover-boar-war-pig-slaughter-raises-questions). – 2006, October 6. Armed agents from the FBI and FDA arrive at Growers Express (California), a produce company, and begin searching the premises for evidence that the company’s bagged spinach might be linked to an E. coli outbreak. Agents never even try contacting the company prior the raid, and find nothing in violation (http://www.naturalnews.com/020670.html). – 2006, October 13. Michigan Department of Agriculture agents and police officers stop Richard Hebron on the way to deliver raw milk to cow share owners. Agents seize his cell phone and wallet, and proceed to unload 453 gallons of fresh milk from his truck. A six-month investigation finds Hebron innocent, but he gets stuck paying a $1,000 “administrative” fee (http://www.thecompletepatient.com/journal/2006/10/28/whew-the-raw-milk-gets-delivered-in-michigan-and-richard-hebron-makes-it-home-safely.html). – 2006, November 21. Dozens of armed agents storm Glencolton Farms (Ontario), a farm that produces dairy among other things, poring through every building and structure on the property. They steal records, computers, and milk processing equipment. Farm owner Michael Schmidt, who provides raw milk to cow share owners, as well as other farm-fresh food, is fined $3,500 and placed on two years probation (http://www.glencoltonfarms.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=29). – 2007, August. Pennsylvania Mennonite farmer Mark Nolt declares his God-given right to sell fresh milk and has his farm raided by federal and state agents, who seize $25,000 worth of milk, milk products, and other equipment. (http://www.farmfoodvoicesdc.com/2011/03/list-of-raids-agains-americas- small.html). – 2007, September 21. FDA agents spur the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to raid Double H Farm (Virginia) and seize and destroy pork products. Agents try to justify their actions by claiming the products contain the wrong price tags. Owners say they have been needlessly harassed by officials for years (http://www.readthehook.com/76761/pork-bust-local-farmers-arrested). – 2007, October 11. New York Department of Agriculture officials raid Meadowsweet Dairy (New York) and seize 260 pounds of raw milk products (http://ftcldf.org/meadowsweet%20dairy.html). – 2008, April 28. Agents again raid Mennonite farmer Mark Nolt’s (Pennsylvania) property, and steal more milk, milk products, and equipment. This time, agents charge and take him into custody (http://www.ftcldf.org/aa/aa-26apr2008.htm). – 2008, December 15. Armed agents storm Manna Storehouse (Ohio), a family farmhouse that operates an organic food buying cooperative. Agents terrorize and hold family hostage for eight hours while ransacking house, and seizing food, computers, and records (http://www.ftcldf.org/press/press-15dec2008.htm). – 2008, December 18. Agents pose as customers trying to buy goat cheese from Sharon Palmer’s Healthy Family Farms (California). She is then arrested and thrown in jail, and her businesses temporarily shut down (http://www.thecompletepatient.com/journal/2009/1/8/the-strange-case-of-a-ca-goat-farmers-arrest-and-jailing-sha.html). – 2009, April 8. Undercover agents trick daughter of farmers Armand and Teddi Bechard (Missouri) into selling them raw milk, which sparked harassment and extensive legal troubles for the family (http://www.naturalnews.com/030974_raw_milk_victory.html). – 2009, January 16. Federal marshals raid Cocoon Nutrition (South Carolina), a nutritional supplement company, and arrest owner Stephen Heuer at gunpoint (http://www.naturalnews.com/025347.html). – 2010, April 14. Dozens of FDA, IRS, and FBI agents conduct full-scale raid on Maxam Nutraceuticals (Oregon). Company complies with all notices, but gets targeted anyway by a fully-armed, SWAT-style cadre of officers, who steal products, paperwork, computers, and personal files (http://www.naturalnews.com/032203_Maxam_Nutraceutics_FDA_raid.html). – 2010, April 20. Two FDA agents, two US Marshals, and one state trooper raid Rainbow Acres (Pennsylvania) at 5 am, breaking their warrant’s restrictions instructing an inspection at “reasonable business hours.” Agents scour the premises for hours and charge the farm with illegally selling raw milk across state lines (http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/aa/aa-26april2010.htm). – 2009, Fall. USDA inspector shows up at Dollarhite Family Farm (Missouri) and demands an inspection. After insisting there were no problems with the family’s small-scale raising of bunny rabbits, USDA officials later try to fine the family $90,000 for alleged violations (http://www.naturalnews.com/032476_rabbits_USDA.html). – 2010, May 26. Officials from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the Minnesota Department of Health send armed deputies to raid Hartmann Farm (Minnesota). Agents order Mike and Diana Harmann to stop selling all meat and dairy products, and to stop delivering raw milk (http://www.ftcldf.org/food-freedom-under-attack-mn-kennedy.htm). – 2010, June 2. Agents from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, the Trade and Consumer Protection Agency, and local health officials, arrive unannounced at Hershberger Farm (Wisconsin). They violate private property signs, demand to do an inspection, and proceed to take shut coolers and order that raw milk be dumped in a field (http://www.ftcldf.org/news/WI-DATCP-raids-hershberger-kennedy.htm). – 2010, June 10. Officials from various health and law enforcement agencies raid the personal home of Rae Lynn Sandvig (Minnesota), a raw milk and local food consumer, for allegedly “assisting in the sale of raw milk” from her home by sharing food with neighbors (http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/swarms/mn-mda-consumer-kennedy.htm). – 2010, June 30. Various federal agents, and even Canadian agents, raid Rawesome Foods (California), a private, raw food buying club, and steal computers, raw food products, and other materials. They hold members and workers hostage for many hours before finally leaving with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of product (http://www.naturalnews.com/030136_Rawesome_foods_raid.html). – 2010, August 26. Agents show up at Morningland Dairy (Missouri) and confiscate cheese samples for testing. After improper handling of the samples, which allegedly return positive for contamination, the farm appeals. Officials then demand that the farm destroy its entire 50,000 pound inventory of raw, artisan cheese, valued at $250,000 (http://www.naturalnews.com/030148_Morningland_Dairy_food_tyranny.html). – 2010, September 21. Federal agents arrive unannounced at Camino de Paz Montessori School and Farm (New Mexico) on supposed suspicion of marijuana. After scouring the premises and terrorizing teachers and students, they find nothing but fruits, vegetables, and other produce (http://www.naturalnews.com/030573_marijuana_raids.html). – 2010, September 21. After years of fighting back against federal tyranny, the Christian church ministry Daniel Chapter One (Rhode Island) is raided by agents from the FDA, IRS, the US Army Criminal Investigation Command and several other agencies. Agents break into the home of owners and steal computers, paperwork, files, personal documents, and hold owner at gunpoint (http://www.naturalnews.com/033265_Daniel_Chapter_One_government_raids.html). – 2010, October 15. Georgia State Department of Agriculture officials illegally search raw milk buying club truck without warrant, seizes and orders 110 gallons of product to be dumped (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMfQXxVAPgk). – 2011, March 9. Minnesota officials again target Hartmann Farms (Minnesota), this time going after James Roettger, a man who helps distribute the farm’s food. Agents pull Roettger over while driving, seize as much as $6,000 worth of food from his van, and arrest him (http://www.thecompletepatient.com/journal/2011/3/10/what-do-you-call-the-mn-campaign-against-nutrient-dense-food.html). – 2011, June 3. At the prompting of the FDA US Marshals raid Wyldewood Cellars (Kansas), producer of natural elderberry juice, and confiscate the entire stock of product, claiming it is an “unapproved drug” (http://www.naturalnews.com/032631_elderberry_juice_FDA_raid.html). – 2011, August 3. Slew of agents conduct second raid on Rawesome Foods (California), a private, raw buying club, and confiscate everything in sight. They handcuff and arrest founder James Stewart, without warrant, and proceed to destroy the shop’s entire food inventory (http://www.naturalnews.com/033220_Rawesome_Foods_armed_raids.html). Please share this article so that others may learn this truth about the FDA’s war on farmers, food freedom and nutrition.

The incredible health transformation of Frank Ferrante (documentary)

(NaturalNews) Ready to be inspired? Frank Ferrante is living proof of the healing power of live food nutrition, daily positive affirmations, gratitude, holistic health practices, and the support and compassion of good community. A former drug and alcohol addict living with Hepatitis C, obesity, pre-diabetes, and depression, Frank is today not only 110 pounds lighter and Hepatitis C-free, he is a vibrant image of what glowing health and happiness should look like. Why does Frank’s story matter? Because after watching it, you will be deeply inspired with the realization that you can change your life for the better. You will laugh, cry, and find inspiration over and over again with Frank’s story of redemption, healing, transformation and love. “May I Be Frank” the documentary “May I Be Frank” is a new documentary film about the miraculous transformation of Frank’s life in only 42 days. The full-length documentary is now available as a NaturalNews.TV premium video. Click here to see the inspiring preview: (Warning, some mild, real-world profanity is contained in the preview video) http://premium.naturalnews.tv/May_I_Be_Frank__NN.htm Frank’s quest is a testament to the power, beauty and life-changing potential of healthy organic food, compassion, love, positive thinking and true determination. It brings a message of true hope, courage and renewal that is deeply inspiring. (This documentary is deeply moving. The courage of this guy is just jaw-dropping…) Meet the “old” Frank In the beginning of this film, you will meet the old Frank Ferrante – a boisterous 54-year-old Sicilian from Brooklyn, NY, living in San Francisco. While Frank has a great love of life, good food, beautiful women and a fun time, he is also a former drug and alcohol addict, overweight and fighting Hepatitis C. Long estranged from his only daughter, Frank is suffering from depression, has been single for many years, is taking an assortment of prescription drugs and is constantly fatigued. Frank’s instincts tell him life can get much better than this, but all he knows how to do is hope for a miracle. His zest for living has been diminished by his health issues, self-loathing and disconnect from himself and his family. Frank begins to frequent Cafe Gratitude — a raw, vegan and organic local cafe in San Francisco – where he finds a retreat from his suffering and soon establishes a fast friendship with the compassionate staff. One day he is asked the question of the day by Ryland, one of the servers – “what is one thing you want to do before you die?” – and Frank replies “I want to fall in love one more time, but no one will love me looking the way I do.” Drawn to the prospect of helping the Sicilian, Ryland and two other young men from the cafe, his brother Cary and best friend Conor decide to personally take on Frank’s healing process as their personal quest, establishing a 42-day contract with the goal of his eventual mental, physical, and spiritual renewal. All Frank has to do is put his life into the hands of the 3 young men and trust them to guide his total transformation, the entirety of which was captured on film. Watch the preview trailer of Frank’s story at: http://premium.naturalnews.tv/May_I_Be_Frank__NN.htm Personal transformation begins with food transformation As you’ll see in the preview trailer, Frank begins a healing plan composed of eating a completely raw, vegan diet, doing daily positive affirmations and spiritual practices, seeing holistic health practitioners, and receiving unconditional support and love, including from himself. These 3 young twenty-somethings encourage Frank’s complete transformation, helping him reinvent his health, his weight, his relationships, his view of himself and the world, and his ability to love again. What begins as a dedication to helping Frank lose weight and attain better health turns into a beautiful and moving adventure that has a truly profound impact on all of those involved. Frank’s inspiring story allows us all to experience the true power of change. “May I Be Frank” not only presents to each of us the essence of the human condition, it shows what can happen when your desire to be loved, coupled with compassion and drive, is strong enough to change your world and the lives of others. Check out this documentary! Watch the healing process that, in only 42 days, cures Frank of Hepatitis C, helps him lose over 60 pounds, changes the way he experiences life and allows him to rediscover his joy and strength. Frank’s moving story will empower you and undoubtedly help you reconnect with yourself, others, and the natural beauty and instinctive healing that is within each of us and the world. It will leave you with an open heart, open mind and soaring spirit. It will inspire you to WANT to take better care of yourself, and to be aware that healing and change are always within your grasp — no matter what your age or current health condition. Watch the preview trailer at: http://premium.naturalnews.tv/May_I_Be_Frank__NN.htm Catch the buzz: Here’s what the press is saying about this documentary film Sun Jounal: http://www.sunjournal.com/encore/story/925123 Bay Area Reporter: http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=film&article=810 Soul Code: http://www.soulscode.com/in-may-i-be-frank-one-man-finds-the-path-to-his-own-souls-code/ ODE magazine: http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/56/what-a-long-strange-trip-its-been/all Vegan Family Style: http://veganfamilystyle.blogspot.com/2010/12/may-i-be-frank-movie.html

No felony charges to be filed against American hero who gave TSA agent an ‘enhanced’ pat down

(NaturalNews) Yesterday, NaturalNews reported that 61-year-old Yukari Miyamae had been taken into custody after allegedly giving a US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent an “enhanced” pat down of her own. A true American hero, Miyamae will reportedly not have felony charges filed against her, according to a CBS 4 Denver report, however she could still face local misdemeanor charges in her hometown of Longmont, Colorado. Upon being assaulted by several TSA agents for refusing to be irradiated by the naked body scanner or sexually assaulted with a pat down, Miyamae allegedly grabbed the breasts of one of a TSA agent and twisted them. She was subsequently arrested on potential charges of sexual assault, and released the following day (http://www.naturalnews.com/033048_TSA_agents_sexual_assault.html). Miyamae, a frequent air traveler who is a self-employed translator, author, and radio producer, apparently tried to explain to TSA agents that she did not want to go through the naked body scanner because of excessive radiation exposure, and instead would prefer to just go through the normal metal detector. She also requested not to be pat down because it violates not only the US Constitution, but also her personal privacy. The agents, of course, refused her request, and immediately began to approach and surround her in a threatening way. Miyamae apparently became concerned and panicked about how the agents were treating her, and her lawyer says she felt “endangered and threatened based upon prior traumatizing security pat downs [and] repugnance at the prospect of being touched again in such a violent and undignified manner.” So her response was to push the approaching female TSA agent away from her, and give the agent a dose of her own medicine by grabbing her breasts and twisting them. Apparently the rapid spread of the story — as well as several Facebook groups with several thousand supporters rallying in support of Miyamae — have led authorities to back off and let Miyamae go with no charges filed against her. After all, what she did is no different than what thousands of TSA agents across the US do to millions of air travelers every single day. But Miyamae’s supporters are hoping that Longmont officials will acquit her as well, and that no further action will be taken against her. The Facebook group “Acquit Yukari Mihamae” has more than doubled its number of supporters since NaturalNews published the first story on this issue yesterday, jumping from 1,834 to 4,247 as of this writing (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Acquit-Yukari-Mihamae/193771357344518). Miyamae’s personal friends have also set up a “Yukari Miyamae Legal Defense Fund” Facebook page to support her as well (http://www.facebook.com/YukariDefense). Though she has not yet made an official statement to the public, Miyamae stated in a recent “tweet” on Twitter that both police statements and “Fox coverage” have “not depict[ed] accurately what happened to me on July 14th at Phoenix Airport in Maricopa county [sic], Arizona.” Sources for this story include: http://denver.cbslocal.com/2011/07/19/no-felony-charges-for-longmont-woman-in-tsa-groping-case/

How to protect your mobile phone and computer from illegal police searches

(NaturalNews) The U.S. Constitution is clear about the issue of privacy. In fact, the Fourth Amendment states, in part, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…” With that in mind, it’s safe to say it’s more than just a little disturbing to know that, in certain circumstances, police can search your cell phone and computer(s), even if you don’t want them to and even if they don’t yet have a warrant to do so. The good news is, someone out there has recognized the problem and has taken steps to help you protect that vast amount of data you have stored on your smart phone or laptop. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, long defenders of electronic rights, has written a legal guide designed to help you better understand your rights and, more importantly, when police can – and cannot – legally confiscate and search your personal electronic devices. “In the heat of the moment, it can be hard to remember what your rights are and how to exercise them,” says EFF Senior Staff Attorney Marcia Hofmann. “Sometimes police can search your computer whether you like it or not, but sometimes they can’t. We wrote this guide to help you tell the difference and to empower you to assert your rights when the police come knocking.” Adds EFF Staff Attorney Hanni Fakhoury, “With smart phones, tablet computers, and laptops, we carry around with us an unprecedented amount of sensitive personal information. “That smart phone in your pocket right now could contain email from your doctor or your kid’s teacher, not to mention detailed contact information for all of your friends and family members,” Fakhoury continued. “Your laptop probably holds even more data — your Internet browsing history, family photo albums, and maybe even things like an electronic copy of your taxes or your employment agreement. This is sensitive data that’s worth protecting from prying eyes.” According to a summary of full EFF legal guide : Always say “no” when police ask if they can search your server, personal computer or cell phone because if you give them permission to search, they don’t need a warrant – even to enter your home; If police tell you they have a search warrant, ask to see it because you have a right to; Make sure police are only searching the areas outlined in the warrant; Be silent – you don’t have to help the police or answer their questions, and that means you don’t have to give them your encryption keys or passwords; If you do decide to talk, don’t lie because lying to the police is a crime; Finally, if you can consult with a lawyer before police conduct a search or even just talk to you, that’s ideal. This guide is extremely helpful in this digital age when being secure in our “papers” and effects now includes our data-filled electronic devices. Know your rights; that is your best protection.

FDA unfairly maligns tobacco plant with graphic new cigarette warning labels

(NaturalNews) The FDA has released nine new graphic warning labels that will be required on U.S. cigarettes, offering grotesque visual images designed to dissuade smokers from purchasing cigarettes. At first glance, this might seem like a clever and effective strategy for reducing deaths from smoking cigarettes. After all, there’s a lot of scientific evidence that says smoking cigarettes is bad for you. But there’s something missing in this whole debate that neither the FDA nor health authorities dare talk about: there is a huge difference between smoking chemically-laced “processed” cigarettes versus natural tobacco leaves . In the minds of most people, “cigarettes” and “tobacco” are synonymous. If cigarettes are bad for you, then so is tobacco, they believe. In fact, we’ve all been trained to use the terms interchangeably. If someone is “addicted to cigarettes,” we also say, without even thinking about it, that they are “addicted to tobacco.” But as you’ll learn here, tobacco is a plant while cigarettes are a highly processed product laced with a recipe of deadly synthetic chemicals. “Tobacco” is not equivalent to “cigarettes” any more than an ear of corn is equivalent to a can of soda sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup. Or, as another example, “tobacco” is not equivalent to “cigarettes” any more than a grain of wholesome wheat is equivalent to a loaf of processed white bread with chemical preservatives. Cigarettes are not simply rolled tobacco leaves. They are tobacco plus a cocktail of other nasty additives and synthetic chemicals that don’t even exist in nature. Tobacco is an amazing, miraculous plant with a multitude of uses, while cigarettes are highly processed, chemically-laced products made with filler and synthetic ingredients that no one in their right mind would smoke if they had any sense. The problem, though, is that no one in the FDA — nor the entire western medical profession, it seems — makes any distinction between natural tobacco and highly processed, chemically-laced cigarettes. To hear them say it, all cigarettes are equally bad for you, regardless of what’s in them (or not). And that’s a critical oversight. Because the simple but unpopular truth is that smoking natural tobacco leaves, while clearly dangerous for your health, has nowhere near the health risks of smoking cigarettes made with chemical additives . Do not misunderstand my position here: I am against smoking. Secondhand smoke really does harm children. Smoking anything on a regular basis is dangerous to your lungs and heart. As a natural health advocate, I strongly encourage people to quit smoking no matter what they smoke. But as a critical thinker, I must insist we all be honest about where the risks from smoking processed manufactured cigarettes really come from. The tobacco plant is being unfairly maligned in this entire debate, it turns out. Why tobacco (the plant) deserves an honest assessment rather than radical condemnation I’m not a proponent of smoking anything, and I don’t smoke any plant or product whatsoever. Even smoking natural tobacco leaves is not good for your lungs, but smoking processed cigarettes is far, far worse. I’m publishing this article because I can’t stand by and watch the FDA shamefully condemn an entire plant (tobacco) when the real culprit of all this health damage is not the plant itself but the toxic chemicals added to the plant in the manufacture of a cigarette. Remember, the FDA, DEA and pharmaceutical industry has also viciously attacked another plant — hemp! And the hysteria leveled against hemp were all based on fabricated lies, fear mongering and a campaign of disinformation. Almost everything we were warned about hemp (and marijuana) turned out to be completely false, and a similar campaign of disinformation is being unfairly (and unscientifically) waged against the tobacco plant. Blaming tobacco for the health ills of cigarettes is like blaming corn plants for the increased risk of cancer that comes from eating corn dogs . (The cancer increase actually comes from the presence of sodium nitrite in the processed meat, in case you were wondering.) The brainwashing of the population on this issue of tobacco has been so successful that many people reading this article with react emotionally against the words presented here, in a knee-jerk reaction, insisting that tobacco (the plant) MUST be bad for your health because we’ve all been taught that for as long as we can remember! “Tobacco” is something we’ve been emotionally conditioned to react to without thinking … almost as if “tobacco = evil.” But that’s a gross oversimplification. Because what really makes cigarettes dangerous are all the non-tobacco ingredients you’ll find inside. What’s in a processed cigarette? A typical cigarette contains a nasty cocktail of synthetic chemicals that don’t exist in a tobacco leaf. A total of 599 chemical additives have been approved for use in cigarettes (http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/nicotineinhaler/a/cigingredients.htm), and when those chemicals are lit up and smoked, they can produce up to 4,000 chemicals that the user inhales. Those are 599 chemicals that don’t exist in a natural tobacco leaf. You could actually remove all the tobacco from cigarettes and replace it with cardboard and the cigarette would still be just as deadly thanks to the all the chemicals and additives. The tobacco leaf itself has relatively little to do with the overall health effects of a typical processed cigarette. Smoking the burning vapors of synthetic chemicals is a form of slow suicide. But smoking an actual leaf of tobacco — absent chemical additives — is undeniably less dangerous to human health. Also, as another way to look at this, consider this simple fact: Smoking SPINACH carries roughly the same health danger as smoking tobacco leaf. There is nothing particular special about tobacco that makes it any more carcinogenic than smoking any other leafy plant. The nicotine content, of course, makes tobacco highly addictive , but that’s different from the question of the toxic dangers of its smoke. And yet if someone sold “spinach cigarettes” that combined dried spinach leaves with hundreds of toxic chemical additives into a cigarette, it would seem downright retarded to say that “spinach causes cancer.” And yet that’s the same language used with tobacco right now. How often have you heard the phrase “tobacco causes cancer?” Again, if we are to approach this issue with intellectual honesty, we need to differentiate between the natural tobacco plant and the highly processed manufactured cigarettes packed with toxic chemicals. Chemotherapy is far more toxic than smoking cigarettes Smoking toxic chemicals is about as idiotic as injecting them , and yet an entire medical industry now exists around the idea of injecting far deadlier chemicals than what you’ll find in cigarette smoke. It’s called chemotherapy , and it will kill you even faster than smoking an entire case of cigarettes a day. Notice that the FDA does not require graphic warnings about chemotherapy? People vomiting, their muscles wasting away, their hair falling out and eyes looking hollow… that’s the true face of chemo, and those who undergo it and somehow manage to come out alive are actually “chemo survivors” more than “cancer survivors.” So why aren’t there graphic warnings about chemotherapy? The answer, of course, is because in the medical mythologies that characterize modern western medicine, chemotherapy is labeled a “treatment” for cancer. This is a powerful example of the mythology of modern medicine because one of the most prominent side effects of chemotherapy is, believe it or not, CANCER! So the “treatment” for cancer used throughout western medicine actually causes cancer. If the medical system is going to depart so far from rational thinking, they might as well just claim that smoking cigarettes is a “treatment” for cancer too. In fact, it wasn’t too long ago that virtually the entire medical profession promoted cigarettes as therapeutic medicine that could whiten your teeth (seriously!), improve your mental focus and even make you popular with the ladies. Don’t believe me? Read the Journal of the American Medical Association from just a few decades ago, where it carried full-page ads promoting the great health benefits of smoking cigarettes. “More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette” was one of the most famous ads repeatedly run in JAMA. (http://www.naturalnews.com/021949.html) Also see the Museum of Badvertising here on NaturalNews: http://www.naturalnews.com/index-Badvertising.html Eating certain types of processed food is just as dangerous as smoking processed cigarettes Remember: Cigarettes are essentially processed smokes in the same way that the packaged factory-made food items at the grocery store are processed foods . In fact, some processed foods contain just as many chemical additives as processed cigarettes, yet people don’t even think twice about gobbling down a sandwich made from processed bread and extremely toxic processed deli meat made with known cancer-causing chemicals. So why don’t you see the FDA releasing graphic labels that have to be placed on bacon, sausage, hot dogs and other processed meats that promote cancer? Because the FDA and the American medical establishment has declared war on tobacco while completely ignoring the health risks associated with toxic chemical additives in the food supply. It’s no exaggeration: What cigarette smoke does to your lungs, processed packaged meat is doing to your pancreas and liver! If the FDA was genuinely concerned about protecting consumers from deadly additives in processed products, it would require cancer warnings on bacon and hot dogs , diabetes warnings on soda pop and heart disease warnings on fried snack chips. There should be warnings about MSG, aspartame, sodium nitrite, partially-hydrogenated vegetable oils and artificial food colors. But there are no warnings whatsoever for those chemicals in the food supply, which just goes to show you that the warning labels on cigarettes have more to do with politics than public health. FDA hypocrisy The FDA, it seems, is very selective about which poisons it wants you to know about versus those it wants to keep quiet. If the FDA had any actual ethics, it would warn consumers about ALL the toxins in foods, beverages and consumer products, not just a very small number of selected ones that are convenient targets. The FDA even goes out of its way to force natural cigarette companies to lie in their marketing materials about how dangerous smoking tobacco can be for your health. Natural American Spirit cigarettes, for example, which are made with no chemical additives whatsoever, are required to state, “No additives in our tobacco does NOT mean a safer cigarette.” (https://www.nascigs.com) Actually, it does. Reducing the chemical additives reduces the carcinogens in the cigarette smoke. It’s basic chemistry. If you inhale fewer toxins, it’s less carcinogenic. The FDA does not seem to get this. Of course, the entire medical industry doesn’t even acknowledge any difference between LIVE foods versus DEAD foods, so this shouldn’t be surprising. In fact, the FDA is waging war against live foods such as raw milk, raw almonds and fresh vegetables, which just goes to show you how deeply committed the agency is to dead foods (which lead to dead people). Please don’t misunderstanding my position on smoking, by the way. Smoking anything is carcinogenic due to the chemicals produced by burning anything. I don’t smoke, and I don’t advocate smoking even natural tobacco. Smoking is a nasty habit for lots of reasons, and I strongly support the anti-smoking laws that prevent people from lighting up in public places (but I fully support someone’s right to light up in their own home if that’s their choice). But as an award-winning journalist who consistently exposes the hypocrisy in the medical establishment and the FDA, I must point out that the greatest health dangers associated with smoking cigarettes come from the chemical additives and “filler” ingredients in those cigarettes, not the tobacco leaf itself. The FDA’s new cigarette warning labels may be quite gross, but what’s really sickening is how the FDA utterly refuses to outlaw the truly dangerous additives in the food supply and the personal care products industry. While the agency wages war on tobacco, it openly allows hundreds of known chemical poisons to be used in foods, lotions, shampoos and beverages. It’s “commitment to public safety,” it turns out, is strictly limited to efforts that target just one industry — the tobacco industry. What the FDA doesn’t bother telling you is that even if you don’t smoke, all the toxic chemicals in the processed meat you’re eating will probably kill you anyway. Where’s the graphic warning label on hot dogs?

Planes, trains, and automobiles: TSA to grope travelers on all forms of transportation

(NaturalNews) The enemy of freedom, the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), as well as its mother ship, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is on a mission to grope every single traveler in the US. Whether you travel by airplane, train, ship, bus, freight truck, or potentially in the future even your own private vehicle, the TSA wants to be there to treat you like a criminal and feel up your private parts. According to a recent report in Mother Jones , the TSA has requested 12 more units for its growing fleet of Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) teams, which are nothing more than unconstitutional security checkpoints eerily similar to those implemented throughout Germany during Hitler’s reign. “Papers, please,” is the historical mantra associated with the Nazi jackboots that treated innocent civilians like guilty criminals during World War II, and it represents the same tactic now being used by the TSA to target, intimidate, and ultimately violate the personal freedom of innocent Americans. In the eyes of the TSA, you are guilty until proven innocent, and the agency feels as though it can scrap the US Constitution and invade your personal privacy in the name of fighting “terrorism.” Based on its actions, however, the TSA is the true terrorist, and the true enemy of freedom and liberty that is rapidly establishing the United Police States of America. Back in December, NaturalNews reported that the TSA had already implemented VIPR checkpoints at a Tampa, Fla., Greyhound bus station, which was just one of many installments put in place since the program was formed in 2007 (http://www.naturalnews.com/030596_TSA_security_checkpoints.html). And with its mobile fleet of surveillance and security forces, VIPR teams could one day show up at a baseball stadium, grocery store, or even neighborhood near you. In Des Moines, Ia., VIPR teams recently decided to target random Latinos for security screenings. In Savannah, Ga., VIPR teams surprised train passengers with an invasive security check involving the lifting of shirts and fondling of women’s breasts. And in San Diego, VIPR teams recently screened, handcuffed, arrested, and deported a group of children who were on their way to school. “We believe this is a flagrant violation of human rights, when we have a situation in which children are being separated from their families without the proper due process rights being afforded them,” said a spokesman for a family of one of the children abducted. Proper due process rights, of course, apply to all Americans, and these rights are now routinely being trampled by the TSA in its ruthless shredding and dismantling of the US Constitution. Sources for this story include: http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/06/tsa-swarms-8000-bus-stations-public-transit-systems-yearly

Formaldehyde now officially listed as cancer-causing chemical; here are the top sources of exposure

(NaturalNews) Formaldehyde is present in relatively benign quantities in nature; however its presence in manufactured goods is a major health concern because according to a significant body of research, it is a known carcinogenic substance. Recently the U.S Department of Health and Human Services released a report on newly designated carcinogens that included formaldehyde. The report went on to suggest that people in certain industries were especially vulnerable to the effects of exposure such as those workers who worked in nail salons, in the funeral industry, and in industries which use formaldehyde to produce common household items including home furnishings, cleansers and personal care products. People who are exposed to concentrated levels of formaldehyde are more likely to develop certain cancers such as nasopharyngeal cancer and myeloid leukemia. While some effort has been made to limit the quantities of formaldehyde used in manufacturing, such as restrictions recently placed by the US in The Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act, this toxic chemical remains a significant health risk especially in confined spaces for prolonged periods of time. Formaldehyde is classified as a volatile organic compound or VOA. This term is used to describe compounds that are under significant vapor pressure and are easily expelled into the air. Because formaldehyde is readily vaporized can be a serious indoor pollutant. Products which may contain formaldehyde include: * Wood composite furniture including; resins used for office furniture, couches, baby furniture, particle board, pressed board, plywood, and softwood. * Building materials such as acoustical ceilings, mineral wool, decking, composite core doors, industrial glues, foam insulation, paints and paint thinners. * Household cleansers such as floor polishes, scouring cleansers, disinfectants, liquid cleansers, laundry aids, air fresheners, carpet cleaners. * Household items such as wall hangings, carpets or throw rugs, coating on paper products, textiles, plastics, and upholstery. * Personal care products such as hair straightening products, hair rinses, and cosmetics such as nail polish and hair gel often contain formaldehyde. Baby products including shampoos, creams and bubble bath are frequently laced with formaldehyde. Toothpaste and body washes are also potential sources of this carcinogenic ingredient. * Clothing that is designated wrinkle free or preshrunk frequently contains formaldehyde. It has also been found in baby clothes and bedding. * Formaldehyde is also a key component in the familiar new car smell of recently purchased vehicles. * Car exhaust and cigarette smoke also contain formaldehyde. * Formaldehyde is used as a disinfectant in laboratory settings, and is also used in the embalming process. There are ways to reduce exposure to formaldehyde including buying products that are formaldehyde free. Another important way to reduce exposure is to be certain to properly ventilate the house. Here are some other suggests to reduce formaldehyde exposure: 1. Frequently air out the house. Formaldehyde concentrations in the home may also lead to allergic reactions may contribute to asthma attacks and contribute to other respiratory problems, rashes, irritation to mucus membranes, and fatigue. Children may be especially vulnerable. 2. Formaldehyde may be more readily released into the air in hot and humid spaces. Keep the area cool and dry in summer weather if possible. 3. Pressed wood products or composite wood frequently contains resins made with formaldehyde. Avoid purchasing these products or look for products that are listed as containing no formaldehyde or low formaldehyde. One example of a product labeled for reduced formaldehyde content would be a C.A.R.B phase 1 or 2 compliant product which is The California Air Resource Board endorsement. California has long recognized the carcinogenic properties of formaldehyde. 4. Wash all new clothing before wearing it. Clothing manufacturers in the U.S and some other countries are not required to label materials containing formaldehyde though many of their products do. 5. Do not allow smoking in the home. Smoke from cigarettes is a leading cause of formaldehyde exposure and indoor pollution. 6. When refinishing or sanding an old piece of furniture or woodwork wear a mask and use adequate ventilation. Sawdust from these items may contain high levels of formaldehyde. 7. Combinations of cleansers can be deadly so don’t mix them. Use proper ventilation when using ordinary household cleansers. Although many of them smell fresh and clean they are chemical cocktails that frequently contain formaldehyde. 8. Use low-VOC or no-VOC paints. 9. Buy only personal care and baby care items that are formaldehyde free. Be especially diligent with nail polishes, hair straightening products as both of these items may contain dangerous levels of formaldehyde. The recent addition of formaldehyde to the list of known cancer causing agents may lead to tougher laws regulating its use in consumer products and is a significant step to protecting the welfare of the public from this toxic substance. Until laws change however, it will be up to consumers to take steps to protect their home and families from formaldehyde.

All Jacked Up is must-see food documentary for teens and parents

(NaturalNews) If you haven’t yet seen the powerful (yet shocking) food documentary All Jacked Up , catch the video trailer right now at: http://programs.webseed.com/All_Jacked_Up_Hungry_for_the_Truth__NN.htm This documentary follows five teenagers who are struggling with health, obesity and mental focus, then it lays out the underlying cause of their problems: THE FOOD SUPPLY! All Jacked Up , in which I’m one of the main experts interviewed for the film, reveals the utter insanity of the modern food supply and why it’s making American kids and teens so sick. As I wrote about the film when it was first released: “If you thought you knew the whole story on food corporations, the processed meat industry and the harmful health effects of junk foods on children, think again: You’ll be stunned, shocked and outraged over what you’ll see in this film — how the food corporations use manipulative marketing messages to take advantage of children and teens, how processed ingredients like high-fructose corn syrup rapidly accelerate diseases like diabetes in youngsters, and how junk foods destroy families, cause depression and even make kids suicidal. Once you start watching this film, you won’t be able to walk away.” This is an absolute must-see documentary for parents and teens, and we’ve got it on sale right now at WebSeed.com where you can INSTANTLY view the film online, through your web browser, and you’ll have unlimited access to the film in the future. Watch the trailer now at: http://programs.webseed.com/All_Jacked_Up_Hungry_for_the_Truth__NN.htm All Jacked Up – Available now for 40% off This documentary is on sale now at WebSeed.com! Get it at 40% off the price of the DVD, and have instant access through the electronic delivery system at WebSeed.com, where you’ll have unlimited access to All Jacked Up as part of your personal film library. We’re adding new documentaries and how-to guides to WebSeed.com every day. All the programs deliver important information for improving the quality of your life. For example, right now there’s also a new program on WebSeed.com called METAPHORS: The Driving Force Behind Your Life . It shows you how to “Change Your Life By Changing Your Metaphor.” It’s a very powerful program for personal transformation, and it consists of five audio programs that can all be downloaded and played on any MP3 player. Hear the introduction audio at: http://programs.webseed.com/Metaphors_The_Driving_Force_Behind_Your_Life__NN.htm We have a long list of other programs coming soon to WebSeed.com, including programs from David Wolfe, Peter Ragnar, Daniel Vitalis, Jonathan Landsman and much more. Plus, the next installment of my “Be Prepared, Not Scared” series with Robert Scott Bell will also be launched soon on WebSeed.com, too! Watch NaturalNews.com for more announcements. In the mean time, catch the trailer for All Jacked Up at: http://programs.webseed.com/All_Jacked_Up_Hungry_for_the_Truth__NN.htm

CDC warns Americans to prepare for zombie apocalypse (really)

(NaturalNews) Although it may seem unbelievable, this is not a satire piece or a joke. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control, which has been deeply engaged in the fictions of Swine Flu and other so-called “pandemics,” is now publicly warning Americans to prepare for a zombie apocalypse . In a May 16th blog entry on the CDC.gov website (http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/), author Ali S. Khan asks the question, “Where do zombies come from and why do they love eating brains so much?” The article then goes on to suppose that “zombies would take over entire countries, roaming city streets eating anything living that got in their way. The proliferation of this idea has led many people to wonder – How do I prepare for a zombie apocalypse?” The CDC has apparently been listening to my hip-hop song Vaccine Zombie (http://www.naturalnews.com/vaccine_zombie.html) and decided to run with the concept. Vaccines, of course, are the real source of zombies because they eat your brain (and cause autism, too). For some reason, the CDC didn’t mention that… Government preparedness tips… much like military intelligence The CDC’s zombie apocalypse article is, of course, an effort to reach a younger crowd by appealing to mainstream youth interests which now include anything having to do with vampires and zombies. The article actually offers a useful but rudimentary set of preparedness tips that include gathering up emergency medicine supplies, food, water and tools. Some of the strategies include preparing all your “important documents” such as your passport and birth certificate. This is obviously based on the idea that you are going to be relocated and will probably end up as a refugee of some sort (in a FEMA camp, no doubt). So remember to bring your birth certificate. Of course, if you don’t actually have a birth certificate, you can always use Photoshop to create one from a collage of random scanned documents and no one will notice the difference these days. Not even the mainstream media. Not surprisingly, the CDC also strongly suggests that you should bring your medications with you, because of course the entire U.S. public has already been infected with a zombie-like medical mythology that causes them to believe the human body is somehow deficient in prescription drugs. Without their meds, people think they might die! Although there are a few cases where this is true, by and large medications harm far more people than they help. But that’s another story… CDC: Do not defend yourself against the attacking zombies One thing the CDC has utterly left out of its preparedness list, not surprisingly, is any kind of self defense weapon . Zombie lore is rife with all kinds of weapons: shotguns, chain saws, flamethrowers, swords and knives. Hand grenades, explosives and rockets are also prominently featured in zombie flicks. These weapons are usually what save the movie characters from being overrun by marauding zombies. But the CDC says nothing about weapons. Not even a basic combat knife or a 22 pistol to keep handy. I guess the idea of people preparing for emergencies with some citizen weaponry isn’t something the government wants to encourage, huh? Just be sure to have your papers in order but not your personal safety. Instead, the CDC says it will save you. “Never Fear – CDC is Ready!” it says. It goes on to explain: CDC would provide technical assistance to cities, states, or international partners dealing with a zombie infestation. This assistance might include consultation, lab testing and analysis, patient management and care, tracking of contacts, and infection control (including isolation and quarantine). “Infection control” means arrested infected people at gunpoint and moving them into “infection zones” where everybody is infected and anyone who tries to flee is shot. That’s how a quarantine actually works, in case you didn’t know. Ask the CDC yourself if you don’t believe me. How to get yourself killed? Follow the CDC So here’s the CDC’s advice so far. If there’s a zombie apocalypse, then according to the CDC you’re supposed to evacuate with your prescription medications and your birth certificate, then head out into the zombie-infested world without a weapon? And then somehow you’re supposed to magically survive a zombie assault long enough for the CDC to come quarantine you and your neighbors because you’ve probably already been exposed since you were totally defenseless. Gee, is there any doubt this is a government plan? Don’t protect yourself, folks, the government will save you! Grab your passport (they’ll be checking your papers at police checkpoints) and remember your meds (because that will keep you docile and suggestible), but don’t bring anything like a 45-caliber Glock pistol that might actually help you fend off the zombies. Or a pump action Remington 12 gauge with a couple hundred extra rounds of home defense shells. Seriously, you can’t have a zombie invasion without a 12 gauge shotgun being involved, can ya? Or some 40mm grenade launchers . That’s how you really take out a bunch of zombies. At least that’s how it works in Hollywood. If you’re in a city where you’re not allowed to own firearms, you can always try to fight off the zombies with golf clubs . That never works out very well in the zombie movies, however. Just so you know. One enterprising inventor has strapped a chainsaw to the underside of an AR-15 and developed the ultimate zombie-killing weapon: The AR-15AZ (Anti-Zombie) device, which he demonstrates on a collection of pumpkins in a video you’ll find on this page: http://mazurland.typepad.com/myweblog/2009/12/when-zombies-attack.html All he needs now is to add a flamethrower, and he’s all set. CDC has lost all credibility and now resorts to B-movie fictions to push its propaganda The sad part in all this is that thanks to the swine flu fiasco which was an obvious fabrication of a pandemic in order to sell useless vaccines to people, the CDC has lost a lot of its credibility. Hey, even I used to respect the CDC as a serious agency that was dedicated to trying to stop infectious disease, but after the swine flu situation, it became completely obvious that the CDC is now just Big Pharma’s vaccine pimp squad. It is so steeped in corruption that even one of its own former scientists has now been indicted by a federal jury on charges of money laundering and fraud (http://www.naturalnews.com/032216_Thorsen_fraud.html). On top of that, the former head of the CDC, Julie Gerberding — who was also one of the top disease mongers pushing vaccines over the last few years — now runs the global vaccine division for Merck. How’s that for a revolving door between the CDC and the vaccine makers? (http://www.naturalnews.com/027789_Dr_Julie_Gerberding_Merck.html) So now the CDC is basically a joke to anyone really paying attention to health and infectious disease. We now know that almost everything coming out of the CDC’s press office is a politically motivated, profit-driven fabrication designed to push useless vaccines or scare people into thinking they’re about to be killed by some other mutating flu virus. That’s why it’s no surprise to see the CDC using the zombie apocalypse fiction as a propaganda catapult. And hey, why not? The CDC is already steeped in complete fictions and B-movie fabrications. They might as well just start interviewing fairies, leprechauns and garden gnomes, too. They’re about as credible as CDC scientists these days. But at least the CDC’s preparedness advice offers tidbits of real value: Have an emergency kit with food, water, tools and first aid. That’s more than what President Obama says. In response to the Fukushima meltdown — which has now been confirmed to be a far worse disaster than Chernobyl, with multiple core meltdowns — Obama told Americans to not prepare at all! (http://www.naturalnews.com/031735_Obama_radioactive_fallout.html) Just listen to the government and await instructions, he said. That’s the official White House preparedness plan. If you can even call it a plan. The NaturalNews preparedness plan is a far better choice if you want to survive what’s coming. Because, as you’ll see below, a zombie apocalypse actually isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds. Why a zombie apocalypse may be more real than you think The average American consumer is already a half-zombie right now. They eat prion-infected meat; they drink fluoride in the water; they get vaccinated every year with neurological irritants (adjuvants); they watch network television news for “programming” and they take psychiatric medications that alter their brain chemistry. That pushes quite a large number of them into the “functioning zombie” realm of cognitive dysfunction. In other words, they still manage to dress themselves, eat some food, use the toilet and punch a time card working some government job, but behind the apparent human face, they are already 50% zombie . It won’t take much to push these near-zombies over the edge into total zombiehood. A bit of radiation, a couple more winter flu shots, or even a series of neurologically-engineered red flashes broadcast on the evening news could activate the zombie brains of the American masses, causing them to spill out into the streets in their underwear, with Doritos crumbling down the front of their wife beater T-shirts, mouths gaping wide open as they stumble down the sidewalks of America’s suburbs looking for fresh flesh to feed upon. This part is not fiction, by the way. I’m serious about this. The zombie mind of the masses has already been prepped by mercury poisoning, pesticides, fluoride, aspartame and other chemical exposures. It will only take the right trigger to unleash the zombie masses, at which point you will definitely wish you went beyond the CDC’s silly advice and got yourself a 12 gauge (or a really good pair of sneakers with which to flee). The real question is: Do you have enough zombie ammo? And how fast can you reload? Sadly, the CDC did not address these questions. The truth is that most people do not have much zombie ammo at all, so after a few rounds, it’s going to be like click … pause… gobble, gobble, slurp . And then suddenly you’re a zombie and you’ll be roaming the streets of a large American city looking for fresh flesh, much like a Congressman or the head of the IMF. Truthfully, we need more fiction In a way, I actually kind of admire this fictional approach by the CDC. I wish more government agencies would just admit they’re writing fictions from the get go. Wouldn’t it be more useful for us all if the DEA, for example, just admitted its entire War On Drugs was one great big fiction? Wouldn’t it save us all a few trillion dollars if the Department of War (oops, I mean, the Department of Defense) openly admitted that its multiple imperialist wars were all based on fictional justifications? I think other U.S. departments should take a cue from the CDC and start writing fictions to explain all their actions. It would be a lot more entertaining and, in a strange way, actually more honest. The White House, of course, has a huge head start in this realm going all the way back to George W. Bush and his “war on terror” — which is the intellectual equivalent to the CDC’s “zombie apocalypse.” Both are entirely imaginary, yet useful as metaphors for the weak-minded. The bottom line is that you and I should always be prepared to protect ourselves not only from unexpected events but also from the government’s bizarre, distorted attempts to feed our brains conveniently processed tidbits of disinformation. And if zombies really do hit the streets, bring out your flamethrower and get to work like a contestant in a flame-broiled frying contest. Somebody has to save humanity during the next outbreak of mental madness, and it sure won’t be the CDC.

My interview with Patch Adams. What’s your gesundheit?

(NaturalNews) I wanted to talk to him about his approach to health, but the voicemail I received in response to my inquiry took things in a totally different direction. “If you want to talk about how the government has ruined our chances of survival as a species…if you’d like to use this topic as your approach to an article on health, then call me.” Patch Adam’s voice was intense and not at all what I expected from my experience of his character as played by Robin Williams in the movie Patch Adams . “I’m a nerd,” Patch told me when I called back. “I’m sitting here in my small apartment and all I see are books. All I do is read and study and I can tell you that we are heading toward extinction. In another 25 years the demise of the human race will be unstoppable – too late! But nobody cares.” Patch turned his attention to the newspaper I publish, Healthy Times . “I’m looking at your Healthy Times Newspaper here and I don’t see any advertisers that really offer health to your community. What I see are a bunch of businesses that want to make money and are using health and wellness as their angle. If you want to promote health, I have a plan for you,” the passion in his voice began to rise. “Require all of your advertisers to offer a free community health day at their practice or place of business. For just one day, they must offer their services for free to anyone who shows up. Advertise it in your newspapers and watch how the community responds. Then you will be promoting health!” Patch was on a roll, “Everyone is focused on money and power and it is killing us. The environment may not be recoverable. The economy is not sustainable and real health care should be free. This is what I have always strived to offer. When they made the movie about me, they promised that my free hospital would become a reality. It is the only reason I agreed to do it, but it never happened.” Was I beginning to detect tones of resentment in his voice? Is this comedian/doctor who travels the world dressed in a clown suit really a cynic? Patch’s dream of making the Gesundheit! Institute the world’s first free health care system with a hospital that offers 100 percent free service has been a work in progress for decades. Garnering support has been tough and progress, while ongoing, has been slow. During our conversation I silently wondered if the lack of support over time has worn on Patch or if the reverse were true. Does Patch’s natural contrarianism prevent him from forging the partnerships that could make his dream of a new health care society come to pass? Either way, the project continues to this day, with Patch’s free hospital as the flagship dream. This from his website, patchadams.org: The Gesundheit! Hospital Project The Gesundheit! Institute started in the 1970s with a pilot project that is described in Gesundheit! by Patch Adams, M.D., and was the basis for a motion picture. The Gesundheit Hospital is a proposal for a model health care system aimed at changing society: a forty-bed rural community hospital in West Virginia, where care is free and is based on compassion and friendship. What I took from my interview with Patch had little to do with health and a lot to do with what drives this man to change the world. It begins with an uncommon intelligence and perspective on where the problems lie and a clear vision of where things need to go. It is fueled by the deepest kind of dissatisfaction and anger with the status quo. What difference do you want to make in the world and what are you willing to sacrifice for it? Patch Adams holds onto his dream of free health care that begins with Gesundheit! (which means “good health”). Whether or not it comes to pass, Patch has given his life to the mission and has made an impression along the way. Given the popularity of the movie about his medical school days, it seems he could have capitalized on his fame and built a commercial empire. Instead, he used it to help his radical cause continue limping along. No selling out for Patch. What about you? Where is your passion for a better world and how are you making efforts toward realizing it? What’s your Gesundheit? It doesn’t matter (so much) what it is. I don’t believe in offering free health services to the masses, as Patch Adams does. However, Patch is an extraordinary example to anyone with a dream. He is one of those rare souls who simply won’t sell out. He refuses to trade his dream and his values for money, fame or the approval of the powers that be. This quality of person is extremely rare and a gift to the rest of us, regardless of our personal beliefs. If you don’t have a personal cause that you won’t sacrifice for any amount of money or fame, you are not alone. Most people are merely “working for the weekend” and don’t want to be bothered with radical ideas or risk sacrificing the luxuries of a steady paycheck and regular Sunday barbecues just to champion some personal cause that stands little to no chance of making a difference. Look at Patch. Millions around the world know his name and in 40 years he has still not broken ground on his free hospital. What’s the point? This line of thinking catastrophically misses the point! The difference you make in the world has less to do with what you accomplish on the outside and everything to do with what you stand for and who you become. Patch Adams’ failures make most people’s successes look bad.

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