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They want docile: HRW study reveals US nursing homes routinely drug elderly patients with powerful antipsychotics just to make life easy for staff


RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 01:43 UTC
elder abuse, antipsychotics nursing homes
Thousands of nursing home patients across the US regularly receive strong antipsychotics, without being properly diagnosed or even informed of the side-effects, to make life easier for overworked staff, a rights monitor has found.

The latest report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), published Monday, sheds light on disturbing practices thriving in US nursing homes, where thousands of residents are routinely doped up. Every week, more than 179,000 people, mostly the elderly living with dementia, become victims of poor practice, according to the study, titled "'They Want Docile': How Nursing Homes in the United States Overmedicate People with Dementia."

"The problem here is that medications are being used not to treat a medical condition, but to control the behavior of residents who are considered difficult to control," acting director of the Health and Human Rights Division at HRW, Diederik Lohman, told RT. Instead of investigating the cause of the 'difficult' behavior, staff are often "very quick to start prescribing medications which have a strong sedative effect." They are "basically drugging people into a state when they are constantly sedated," Lohman said, calling it "an abuse of practice and it needs to stop."


Comment: The pharmaceutical cartel once again benefits from lax oversight which enables the industry to flood institutions with drugs, taking advantage of vulnerable populations who aren't able to resist the abuse:

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India: Authorities search for fake doctor who spread HIV using 1 syringe for dozens of patients


RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:46 UTC
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© Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
Authorities in India are searching for a phony rural doctor who negligently infected more than 30 people with HIV by using a single syringe on multiple patients whom he promised a miraculous and super cheap treatment.

Hundreds of patients residing around Unnao City in India might be infected with the deadly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after falling victim to a man who cycled around three villages for over a year, offering a "magic treatment" for 10 Indian rupees ($0.16).

The doctor has been identified as Rajendra Kumar, also known as Rajendra Yadav to the locals. Unlicensed physicians, known as 'jhola chaap' or 'allopathic' doctors, are a common find in poor and rural communities in India. None of the locals who used the man's cheap treatment suspected any foul play.

"He was like an angel for us. Government doctors would prescribe medicine from outside, which cost us between Rs 100 and Rs 300, but his injection worked for just Rs 10. If we got good government health care, why would so many flock to Yadav," a local resident told the Indian Express.
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Doping: Norway's Olympic ski team arrives in PyeongChang with a crazy amount of asthma drugs


RT
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:06 UTC
olympic skiers
© Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters
The Norwegian Olympic delegation has brought around 6,000 doses of asthma medication to the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics to treat national team members diagnosed with the chronic respiratory disease.

Norwegian government-owned broadcasting corporation NRK published the list of drugs brought to PyeongChang by the Norwegian team doctor. It includes 1,800 doses of Symbicort, 1,200 doses of Atrovent, 1,200 doses of Alvesco, 360 doses of Ventolin and 1,200 doses of Airomir - which amounts to 10 times more asthma drugs than Finland has brought to South Korea.

NRK also reported that the usage of six of the drugs were approved by the World Anti-Doping Committee (WADA) under the Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) program.

Norway, a dominant force in cross-country skiing, has been criticized for excessive use of asthma drugs which, along with easing acute asthma symptoms, can also help to open bronchial airways in order to increase fatigue resistance.
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Geriatric Europe: French birth rate falls for third straight year

Charles Bremner
The Times
Sat, 20 Jan 2018 14:33 UTC
macron baby
© Philippe Lopez/Reuters
That's part of the problem right there. If you keep breaking traditional gender roles and norms in the name of 'sexual liberation', eventually you'll liberate yourself to death.
A three-year fall in the birth rate in France is threatening its title as Europe's most fertile nation, and government policies are being blamed.

France has prided itself on policies promoting a high level of childbirth since the 1960s, and particularly in the past 20 years when populations in Europe have aged and shrunk.

"Is this the end of the French exception?" wondered Le Monde after the national statistical office released figures showing that the birth rate, which began falling in 2015, fell another 2.1 per cent last year to an average of 1.88 children per woman compared with 2.0 in 2014. The rate for Britain last year was 1.87.

The statistics office said the numbers were a delayed reaction to the financial crisis in 2008 because generous social and family benefits had cushioned a demographic impact noticed far earlier elsewhere in Europe. France has taken longer to recover than its neighbours.

Comment: Great, another nation of old Europeans.

So what is the EU's solution? Let in millions of young African and Asian males!

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So stupid, it burns! Paris explores climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies over flooding

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That?
Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:28 UTC
Paris flooding
From The stupid, it burns! department, comes this FUBAR press release from Bill McKibben's 350.org. Of course, these idiots don't think to check history for flooding there, because, well, that would be inconvenient.

Paris explores climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies
Paris, France - The City of Paris decided today to explore possibilities to sue the fossil fuel industry for causing climate damages, following the example of New York and other US cities.

The city council also decided to lobby other major cities such as London to ban fossil fuels from their investments through the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, of which the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo is president. The council also announced that it will release an update on the progress that has been made since it pledged to divest from fossil fuels in 2015.
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French fishermen protest electrical 'pulse' fishing, blockade Calais and Boulogne


Metro Press
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:22 UTC
fishermen protest france
© Unknown
Fishermen in Boulogne set pallets and tyres alight on an access road while two French boats blockaded an area of the port where Dutch trawlers unload
French fishermen have blocked the ports of Calais and Boulogne in protest at so-called pulse fishing, which uses electrified nets to stun fish. Fishing boats stopped ferries entering or leaving Calais while a roadblock stopped traffic at Boulogne. Calais is a major link between the UK and France used by thousands of tourists and lorries every day.

The European Parliament recently voted to ban pulse fishing which is mainly used by Dutch trawlers.

The head of P&O Ferries, Janette Bell, said the blockade of Calais was "utterly unacceptable". It was lifted at 16:00 GMT, though the ports were expected to take a while to get back to normal. The fishermen said they would meet government officials on Friday to discuss the issue.

The English port of Dover was also hit by the action, with P&O and DFDS Seaways suspending some scheduled services. DFDS later rerouted some services through Dunkirk while P&O advised some customers to use the Channel Tunnel.
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The true cost of illegal immigration

Ruthie Blum
The Gatestone Institute
Mon, 05 Feb 2018 05:30 UTC
US-Mexico border fence
© US Customs and Border Protection)
The US-Mexico border fence near San Diego, California.
In his State of the Union address on January 30, US President Donald J. Trump referred to the brutal murder of two 16-year-old girls from Long Island in December 2016 by members of the "savage MS-13 gang," responsible for a spate of other gruesome killings in the area, as well.

Many of these gang members, he explained, had entered the United States illegally. "For decades, open borders have allowed drugs and gangs to pour into our most vulnerable communities," he said.

Calling on Congress "to finally close the deadly loopholes that have allowed... criminal gangs to break into our country," he listed the four pillars of his immigration-reform proposal:
  • A path to citizenship for 1.8 million illegal immigrants who were brought to America by their parents.
  • The construction of a "great wall on the southern border" and enforcement by agents patrolling and securing the border.
  • Ending the visa lottery, "a program that randomly plans out green cards without regard for skill, merit, for the safety of American people."
  • Ending the "current, broken system" of chain migration of distant relatives, and limiting sponsorships to spouses and minor children.

Comment: Nothing like a few facts to debunk Trump's immigration policy opponent's talking points. See also:

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Man asks undocumented immigrant to stop peeing at bus stop - gets stabbed in neck

Kevin Lewis
WJLA
Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:55 UTC
Salvador Gomez-Lopez
© Montgomery County Police Department
Salvador Gomez-Lopez, 46
An undocumented immigrant urinating in public used a box cutter to repeatedly stab a man who had merely suggested he pull up his trousers and use a proper restroom, police say.

On Nov. 30, around 11 p.m., Montgomery County Police were dispatched to the Wheaton Metro bus turnaround along Georgia Avenue. Upon stepping out of their cruisers, officers saw a man with stab wounds and bloody slashes to his neck, face and stomach.

That victim, plus an uninjured eyewitness, pointed officers toward Salvador Gomez-Lopez, 46, who was allegedly drunk and belligerent. The two men explained that Gomez-Lopez was relieving himself in plain view of fellow bus passengers. When the victim questioned his actions, Gomez-Lopez reportedly reached into his backpack and grabbed hold of a razor-sharp box cutter.
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Illegal immigrant who was deported 44 times in 15 years on top of feds' list

Stephen Dinan
The Washington Times
Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:01 UTC
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent
© AP Photo/Gregory Bull
He is the world's most persistent illegal immigrant: One Mexican managed to get deported 44 times in 15 years - which means he also managed to sneak back across the border at least that many times.

The runner-up was ousted 40 times from 2001 to 2015. No. 3, 4 and 5 on the list were deported 35, 34 and 31 times, respectively, according to data provided to The Washington Times by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

While those are the most extreme cases, repeat-illegal immigrants were back in the news this week after police said a twice-deported man was driving drunk in Indiana on Sunday morning when he plowed into pro football player Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver, killing them both.

Comment: See also:

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The government is clearly incompetent, so why do we want it to do more?

Nick Gillespie
Reason
Tue, 06 Feb 2018 13:20 UTC
Ryan McConnell Schumer Pelosi
© Ron Sachs/CNP/AdMedia/Newscom
The feds can't pass a budget or do much very well, yet a record level of Americans want it more involved in our lives. That's not as crazy as it seems.

By now, you know the score: A couple of weeks have passed, so there's a new deadline looming for a budget agreement to keep the federal government open until the next continuing resolution can be hammered out, maybe after a brief government shutdown, during which members of Congress might even have to bring their own towels to the House gym (the horror, the horror).

The deadline is Thursday, so lots of luck, fellas. You've been getting along so well lately, this shouldn't be a problem at all. Oh wait.

Since the late 1970s, when new budgeting rules were passed, the government has only passed a budget four times before the fiscal year covered by said budget begins. This time around, there's a debt limit looming, too, with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin saying that the government's credit line will be exhausted by February 28. That's sooner than originally expected, due to the not-at-all-surprising result of the tax cuts passed in December. Lower taxes generally result in lower revenue, after all.
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