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UK: Files say David Kelly wasn't murdered, but doubts still abound

Daniel Tencer
Raw Story
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:14 UTC
David Kelly
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The British whistleblower who was behind revelations that the UK government had "sexed up" a dossier on Iraq before the 2003 invasion did indeed commit suicide, say newly-released medical reports.

But at least some of the doctors who have called for a full inquiry are skeptical of the results, arguing there is "nothing new" in the years-old post-mortem reports the British government released Friday morning.

Dr. David Kelly was found dead in a field near his home in Oxfordshire in 2003, shortly after he was revealed to be the source of a BBC leak that accused Tony Blair's government of exaggerating the threat posed by Saddam Hussein. His death prompted suspicions among many that he may have been killed in retaliation for the leak.
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MIB

Doctors with questionable records earn a lot as drug firms' speakers

Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber and Dan Nguyen
The Boston Globe
Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:10 UTC
The Ohio medical board concluded that pain physician William D. Leak had performed unnecessary nerve tests on 20 patients and subjected some to "an excessive number of invasive procedures.'' Yet the finding, posted on the board's public website, did not prevent Eli Lilly and Co. from using him as a promotional speaker and adviser.

In 2001, the US Food and Drug Administration ordered Pennsylvania doctor James I. McMillen to stop "false or misleading'' promotions of the painkiller Celebrex, saying he minimized risks and touted it for unapproved uses.

Still, three other drug makers have paid the rheumatologist $224,163 since 2009 to deliver talks to other physicians about their drugs.
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Syringe

Vaccinated by force, now autistic

Olivia Hadassah
Brasscheck TV
Sun, 17 Oct 2010 03:52 UTC
Unacceptable!

This little girl was taken out of the arms of her mother who didn't want her vaccinated, forcibly given vaccines, and ended up in critical condition that very day!

It is NOT the law that you must vaccinate your children (no matter what the doctor or schools tell you), and you can sign a form to make your child exempt.

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Bad Guys

Scientific Consensus: MSG, GMO's, and Aspartame are Good for Your Health

Wally Paul
PPJ Gazette
Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:45 UTC
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As human beings, we're the only species stupid enough to actually poison ourselves. As part of modern living, we create a wide variety of chemical toxins that go into the ecosystem through rivers and streams, the air, the soil and so on.

MSG - is one thing we humans are very fond of adding to our foods. Monosodium glutamate is a widely used food additive. It is the sodium salt of glutamic acid. MSG is a form of glutamate, a carefully regulated neurotransmitter. This food additive is produced by fermenting sugar beet molasses, and the overly processed form is a fine white crystal that resembles salt or sugar.

MSG doesn't really have a taste of its own but is used to enhance the flavor of other ingredients. It is put in nearly every canned, packaged, or otherwise processed food out on the market. MSG fools the brain into thinking that something tastes better than it actually does, so it may be used in place of quality ingredients. We humans love that snack aisle.

Even though the Food and Drug Administration has received many anecdotal reports of adverse reactions to foods containing MSG over the years, they still classify MSG as an ingredient that is "generally recognized as safe". Some common symptoms include headaches, sweating, flushing, weakness, nausea, chest pain, rapid heartbeat, facial tightness and tingling and burning of the face or neck. To we humans these symptoms mean we are eating right well.
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Syringe

Do Flu Shot Refusers Have a Mental Disorder?

Alex Thomas
The Intel Hub
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:43 UTC
Many Americans Plan to Skip Flu Shot This Year

One reason people refuse to take the flu shot is that they engage in 'magical thinking'. The Truther Girls take some time out to debunk popular misconceptions.

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Heart - Black

One-third of women abused in world: UN


Press TV
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:04 UTC
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A UN official says violence against women has increased across the world and more than one-third of the world's female population has suffered domestic abuse.

In a Tuesday press conference at the UN headquarters, vice-chairwoman of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Zou Xiaoqaio said that international campaigns have not been successful in decreasing domestic violence in the world.

"At least one of every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or abused in some other way, usually by an intimate partner or family member," Zou said, quoting a new report by the UN Population Fund.

According to Zou, not all the 186 countries which have signed the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women have effectively followed it to help women.

"Women continue to be raped and subject to other forms of sexual violence with impunity all over the world," she said, adding that in some countries, rape charges against an offender can be dropped if he marries the victim.

"Women and girls are still being sold for sex around the world. Two million girls between the ages of five and 15 are introduced into the commercial sex market each year."
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Star of David

"You Cannot Criticize Israel In This Country And Survive" - Helen Thomas Defends Comments on Israelis in Radio Interview

Devin Dwyer
ABC News
Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:23 UTC
Thomas Says Remarks on Israelis 'Distorted,' Calls Charge of Anti-Semitism 'Baloney'

Veteran White House journalist Helen Thomas, who resigned in June over comments many viewed as anti-Semitic, has taken to the airwaves to defend the remarks, saying they were "exactly what I thought."

"I hit the third rail," Thomas told Ohio radio station WMRN-AM in an interview that aired today. "You cannot criticize Israel in this country and survive."


Thomas, 90, caused an uproar May 27 when she said Israelis should "get the hell out of Palestine" and "go home" to Poland, Germany, America and "everywhere else."
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Heart

John Lennon's 70th birthday celebrated in New York's Central Park

Verena Dobnik
Associated Press
Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:13 UTC
A crush of fans circled a flower-graced mosaic in Central Park's Strawberry Fields and sang lyrics from "Imagine" on Saturday to honor Beatles legend John Lennon on his 70th birthday.

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Fans laid flowers on the Imagine mosaic in Strawberry Fields in New York's Central Park.
On the day when the Liverpool Lad would have become a septuagenarian, thousands of fans from around the world gathered to remember the floppy-haired British superstar who just wanted to give peace a chance.

"His music speaks to people of any nation, any age, and that's why I think so many young people now who never would have known him still find him so appealing," said Karen Kriendler Nelson, 69, who lives nearby and often visits the mosaic that spells out Lennon's song "Imagine."

She and her Maltese dog, Pino, joined a group of fans who sang the lines, "Imagine there's no countries/ It isn't hard to do/ Nothing to kill or die for/ And no religion too/ Imagine all the people/ Living life in peace ..."

Joan Acarin and his wife, Laia, visited the memorial from Spain.

"The values Lennon defended are still alive," said Joan Acarin, a 41-year-old attorney from Barcelona. "It's the idea that we do not have to fight wars."

Comment: Perhaps it wasn't just a 'deranged gunman' responsible for John Lennon's death. Watch: The Secret Team and America's censored history

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Family

Industry Front Group Gets Taxpayer Money to Convince You to Eat Pesticide-Laden Food

Jill Richardson
Alternet.org
Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:00 UTC
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Thanks to the USDA, your hard-earned money has been given to a special interest group representing giant agribusiness and its pesticide company cohorts.

Would you pay for a campaign to assure consumers that pesticide residues in their fruits and vegetables pose no harm to their health? Because, whether you want to or not, you just have. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) recently awarded $180,000 in federal grant funding to an organization called the Alliance for Food and Farming for a project titled "Correcting Misconceptions about Pesticide Residues." The money came from the U.S Department of Agriculture's Specialty Crop Block Grant program, a grant program intended to "enhance the competitiveness" of so-called specialty crops: fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops.

The Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF) is a front group representing California's large produce growers and marketers and suppliers who sell them pesticides and fertilizer. Some of the member organizations include the California Strawberry Commission, Western Growers, the California Table Grape Commission, Sunkist Growers, the Produce Marketing Association, the California Farm Bureau Federation, and the California Association of Pest Control Advisers. A look on the pesticides section of AFF's Web site shows headlines such as "US Farmers are Environmentalists Too" and "Everything Doesn't Cause Cancer," as well as produce industry documents refuting a recent study that linked pesticides to ADHD.
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Heart - Black

Military Psychopath Pleads Guilty - Vets wonder: How did officers get there?

Andrew Duffy
Montreal Gazette
Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:21 UTC
It has been a week like no other for the men and women who wear Canada's military uniform.

On Tuesday, Robert Semrau, a blue-eyed, rock-jawed infantry captain, was demoted and dismissed for fatally shooting a wounded Taliban insurgent. He was the first Canadian to stand trial for a battlefield death that was, by two sworn accounts, a mercy killing.

Then, yesterday, Russell Williams, a colonel who once commanded the country's largest airbase, announced through his lawyer he will plead guilty to two decidedly merciless acts: the sexual assault and murder of two young women.

Both cases sent shock waves through the military, not least because they involved command officers. These were men hand-picked to lead soldiers.
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