How is Margarine made?

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Ken McMurtrie

A convenient sequel to my earlier post on butter.

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Wall Street vultures drive up food prices while billions starve

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Ken McMurtrie

The Goldman Sachs Tower. New Jersey

The Goldman Sachs Tower. New Jersey (Photo credit: luismontanez)

I don’t pretend to understand the financial fine points here but when I read derivatives, that is enough to understand that profits are being made from fictional assets. When I read “betting on prices”, I understand gambling and controlling prices.

Like the investors aware of the forthcoming 9/11 attacks betting on airline share prices falling.

So here we have profiteering on food prices causing hardship and starvation. How low can people go? But if one asks why?, the possible answers include “to make more money” and to “create a shift in the socio-economic structure”. I would suspect the latter, as making money just for desire, or fun, or because they can, whilst hurting other people suggests a fairly strong ulterior motivation. At least, I would like to think so.

This article by Keith Johnson, American Free Press, posted on Sott.net spells out this greedy and disgusting human behaviour.

Goldman Sachs reaps $400M “bountiful harvest” by gambling on America’s food staples

While people around the globe struggled to put food on the table in 2012, banking giant Goldman Sachs reaped a bountiful harvest. According to a new report by the UK-based anti-poverty group, World Development Movement (WDM), Goldman Sachs made approximately $400M in profits last year by betting on the prices of food staples like wheat, corn and soy.

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On war lovers in a pathological society and manufacturing the American legacy

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Ken McMurtrie

Here is a clear understanding of the warmongers’ at work.

A U.S. riverboat (Zippo monitor) deploying nap...

A U.S. riverboat (Zippo monitor) deploying napalm during the Vietnam War (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

An apt opinion (IMHO), expressed in the article, attributed to a reader: “The USA is a full-blown pathological society now.”

Posted at Sott.net, an article by William Blum, The Anti-Empire Report, makes an important addition to this blog. The truth about the US and its warfaring and imperialism. An extreme travesty of justice.

American Foreign Policy – Have our war lovers learned anything?

Over the past four decades, of all the reasons people over a certain age have given for their becoming radicalized against US foreign policy, the Vietnam War has easily been the one most often cited. And I myself am the best example of this that you could find. I sometimes think that if the war lovers who run the United States had known of this in advance they might have had serious second thoughts about starting that great historical folly and war crime.

At other times, however, I have the thought that our dear war lovers have had 40 years to take this lesson to heart, and during this time what did they do? They did Salvador and Nicaragua, and Angola and Grenada. They did Panama and Yugoslavia, and Afghanistan and Iraq. And in 2012 American President Barack Obama saw fit to declare that the Vietnam War was “one of the most extraordinary stories of bravery and integrity in the annals of military history”.1

So, have they learned nothing? When it comes to following international law, is the United States like a failed state? The Somalia of international law?

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Approaching the existential cliff: 17 denial statements made by the sleeping masses

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Ken McMurtrie

Cliff house Giant Camera

Cliff house Giant Camera (Photo credit: davidyuweb)

A very interesting post for the public to consider. It is an opinion piece but based on cold hard facts. It is easy to understand the conclusions and difficult to see an alternative way of assessing the current state of the world’s issues, causes and effects.

It is a distinct pleasure to publish this. (The picture, BTW, is related only because of its ‘cliff’ house, on the edge STS, and aesthetic appeal).

From Natural News, this article by Mike Bundrant.

(NaturalNews) People who are awake these days have reason to be gravely concerned. Although there may still hope to be had, there are sobering signs of a looming “existential cliff.” The existential cliff is the point at which the human race cannot recover from damage done by the human race – or its elitist power structure.

Patch Adams, MD, once told me that the existential cliff is around 2025. I don’t know where he got his info, but he claimed he’d read 1500 books along the way to that conclusion (I hope my memory serves me correctly here.)

Let’s get the lay of the land:

The food supply: largely poisoned

The water supply: largely poisoned

The oceans: poisoned

Modern medicine: more poison

Modern mental health: see modern medicine

Psychiatry: brain fryers

Government: the entity promoting the poison

The environment: poisoned

Modern money: deflated

Modern education: turns out sheeple

Modern corporations: prey upon sheeple

Modern news: hypnotizes the sheeple

Human intelligence: This is where it gets interesting. It seems that in spite of being highly intelligent beings (compared to the animal kingdom) capable of analyzing and solving complex problems, we have not evolved (or are not blessed) enough to see the simple truth, even when it coldly slaps us in the face, repeatedly!

In other words, we are busy solving problems that have little to do with our real problems!

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Butter is Better ?

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Ken McMurtrie

This topic needs to be thoroughly aired and seriously studied.
So much vested interest influences information from all sides. Certainly, a great deal of the criticisms levelled at the synthetic margarine product(s) are convincing and health risks are real.
With butter, the heart medical industry are still opposing “animal” fats, their conclusions also require assessment.
On the whole, it seems to me that butter is better.

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Politicians Act as Agents of the United Nations to Enforce AGENDA 21 Upon Australians

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Ken McMurtrie

Australian Coat of Arms (adopted 1912)

Australian Coat of Arms (adopted 1912) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Politicians Show Preference for Covert Undemocratic AG21 Policy
Graham Williamson Revised edition January 2013
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This paper is about Agenda 21 and its implementation in Australia. Its primary purpose is to examine the implementation process and assess its democratic foundations and whether the public have truly been permitted to make an informed democratic choice. Its secondary purpose is to evaluate whether Agenda 21 is beneficial and necessary for Australians.
Using extensive documentary evidence from experts, combined with personal correspondence documented in the Appendices, the following fundamental facts have been established.

1. Agenda 21 is a fundamentally undemocratic, sovereignty threatening, UN designed and monitored program which is being banned overseas because of the threat it poses to fundamental human rights. Agenda 21 is found to pose a serious risk to freedom and human rights and is unnecessarily foreign in its origin and control.
2. All three levels of government have been undemocratically implementing this program throughout Australia, on behalf of the UN, for 10-20 years. All the evidence indicates the consistent political refusal to publicly declare AG21 policy has been non-negotiable & bipartisan.
3. In 20 years, all major political parties have refused to openly declare their Agenda 21 policy during elections to enable citizens to make an informed democratic choice. All major parties have preferred to implement Agenda 21 as undeclared or covert policy. As a result, community ignorance about AG21 and its implications are widespread.
4. Although pervasively embedded into government (undeclared) policy at all levels, when directly questioned about AG21 our elected representatives go to extraordinary lengths to either avoid the subject or pretend it is not being implemented. From all my enquiries, not one politician or bureaucrat eagerly responded by openly detailing the many ways in which the tentacles of AG21 are being implemented through the various government departments. Implementation of Agenda 21 is based upon a failure to accurately and truthfully inform Australians. It is based upon deception and trashing of democracy.

AG21 is a policy far bigger than any other policy. It is a policy of 20 years duration. It is a policy implemented by both major parties and all 3 levels of government around Australia. It has penetrated from Canberra to local communities everywhere. It shapes our legal system, our economic system, our environmental system, our political system, and even the education of our children. It is not possible to imagine a more massive political policy, yet it is excluded from the electoral agenda and the official policies of all major parties. This policy is being enforced upon us and we have been denied any democratic choice. Why?
This is a massive scandal and it is why our politicians are desperately trying to shut the debate down. It is a scandal that dwarfs even the CO2 tax and climate change which form just one part of it.

The past 20 years, and my correspondence detailed in the Appendix, show quite clearly that a change of government will not solve this issue. What is needed is a return to democracy, dramatically increased political accountability, strengthening of sovereignty, and a renewed political commitment of allegiance to the people rather than an allegiance to the UN.

Introduction
All 3 levels of government in Australia, and all major political parties, have chosen to implement a foreign United Nations designed and monitored ‘sustainability’ program called Agenda 21. Governments have been implementing this program around Australia for 10-20 years although all major parties have been unanimous in their decision not to give Australians a democratic choice on this issue at election time. Further, this foreign program has pervasively infiltrated local councils and the legal system so that property rights are being insidiously and progressively transferred from humans to plants and the environment. And our politicians, without the knowledge or permission of the overwhelming majority of Australians, have even seen fit to embed this foreign program into the school curriculum to ensure our children are indoctrinated with UN propaganda.

In view of these developments I contacted various political parties in an attempt to clarify their policy regarding Agenda 21. This paper documents more than 12 months research into Agenda 21 & the response of political parties & elected representatives to simple questions regarding the implementation of this foreign UN program. It documents the difficulties involved in obtaining clear truthful answers from our elected representatives, irrespective of the party they represent. And it documents the death of democracy in Australia as political parties present one policy to the people during elections, but when elected they proceed to implement undeclared or covert policies, or policies of which they are apparently so ashamed they refuse to openly discuss them.

This paper documents this disturbing abandonment of democracy. How is it possible to have a pervasive far reaching program such as Agenda 21 implemented by government departments and councils throughout Australia for 10-20 years and yet this program is omitted from official policy? And when our elected representatives are directly questioned about implementation of this UN program, why do they feel the need to go to extraordinary lengths to refuse to discuss it or even pretend it is not being implemented?
It is astonishing that my exhaustive attempts to obtain simple answers from our elected representatives have met with such a solid brick wall of deception or obfuscation.
In order to supply background information, and evidence from experts and from government departments, I have included the following detailed Appendices below. Most of the Appendices are self-explanatory. Appendix J documents some of the real life results of the government drive to support the ecocentric rewriting of the legal system and the erosion of property rights as proposed by Agenda 21. Appendix K documents the involvement of councils which are at the forefront of the implementation of UN AG21 restriction of land use and property rights while Appendix L documents my complaint to the NSW Ombudsman regarding council involvement.

Read on here for the remainder of this paper which clearly demonstrates the bypassing of democratic decision making processes in Australia, and the inability or refusal of government and public representatives to explain the validity of the UN Agenda 21 being implemented without due legal process.

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What Our (Australian) Government “neglects” To Tell You

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Ken McMurtrie

Australia Perth

Australia Perth (Photo credit: Kenny Teo (zoompict))

From ‘Menzies house’:  “What Our Government Forgot To Tell You”:

Allan has become somewhat of an authority on the UN Agenda 21. His extensive research has uncovered what most politicians know nothing about. As AG21 has been around for 30 years, some leaders considder it “embedded” in law. GC.Ed.

I know there are many who think that all of this Lima Agreement/Agenda 21 business is a lot of malarkey, but before closing your mind to it I suggest you consider some of the aspects that are playing right into the hands of the United Nations Global Government planning.

Agenda 21, or SD A21 as it is known, appears at first glance to be a reasonable document that aims to correct a lot of the worlds ills.  It is much more insidious than you would suspect and you must wonder why successive Australian Governments firstly signed up and why they didn’t tell the Nation and now deny that it is being implemented in Australia.

Australia was committed to the United Nations Agenda 21 when the Keating Government signed on during the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992, along with 177 other Nations.  The Australian people were never told about it and they were never given a chance to vote on it.

The Howard Government never told the people about it and although they were in Government from 1996 to 2008 and neither has the Rudd/Gillard Governments been forthcoming.  SD A21 was never removed and Australian people were still not given a choice as to its continuation.

What is Agenda 21?  It is a United Nations policy that aims for sustainable development of the entire planet under United Nations control and direction.   The policy says: “We recognize that for significant international financing to give strong support to the various commitments made in the outcomes of Rio+20, the developed countries (including Australia) agreed to provide new and additional resources exceeding $30 billion per year between 2013 & 2017 to the developing countries in their efforts toward promotion of sustainable development.  We also pledge that for a more sustained and longer-term financial support we agree to enhance the mobilization to UN $100 billion per year from 2018 onwards and work towards setting up a financial mechanism, including a possible sustainable development fund.”

This is a blatantly socialist redistribution of wealth, away from developed nations to the Third World.  The “spin” is environmental protection.  The “reality” is UN control of our economy.

Agenda 21 is a United Nations designed and monitored program that is a fundamentally undemocratic policy that threatens sovereignty and fundamental human rights.  For Australia, Agenda 21 poses a serious risk to freedom and human rights.

All three levels of Government have been quietly and undemocratically implementing this program throughout Australia, as agents of the UN, for almost 20 years.  Researcher Graham Williamson says, “Although pervasively embedded into Government (undeclared) policy at all levels, when directly questioned about AG21 our elected representatives go to extraordinary lengths to either avoid the subject or pretend it is not being implemented.  From all my enquiries, not one politician or bureaucrat eagerly responded by openly detailing the many ways in which the tentacles of AG21 are being implemented through the various government departments.  Implementation of Agenda 21 is based upon a failure to accurately and truthfully inform Australians.  It is based upon deception and trashing of democracy.”

In light of the foregoing, it is interesting that Australian Governments have forwarded extensive reports on the implementation of SD A21 to the United Nations at regular intervals since its inception and up to 2011.

There are a number of aims set out in the UN SD A21 that should be of considerable worry to all Australians.  Did John Howard introduce gun control on the basis of Port Arthur as the disarming of the citizens is embedded in the UN policy one has to wonder?  Ask yourself why there have been such massive cuts to our defence budget.  Cuts so savage that they were questioned by the US, but the reduction or removal of Nation’s defence capabilities is a requirement of the Agenda and the funds normally spent on defence, according to the UN policy, should be forwarded to the UN to finance a global army to enforce its Global Governance intentions.

A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald by Peter Hartcher indicates that the reduction in defence spending will leave Australia where it would be useless in a large-scale conflict.   30 years ago Australia was giving its time expired fighter aircraft to countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, today the Indonesian airforce is superior to the RAAF in size and capabilities.  As Hartcher says, “with each passing year the Australian defence force will grow less and less impressive to the rest of the world.”   Thanks to the United Nations.

Allan is retired from active RAAF duty. In civilian life he was a pilot and flight instructor.  He was also the commander of an Royeal Volunteer Coastal Patrol maritime rescue unit on the South Coast of NSW and senior officer for the Far South Coast.  He fights for a fair go for ex-servicemen and women and is a harsh critic of the government’s treatment of serving and ex-service personnel. 

Read the article here.

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CTC says opposition to a New World Order is terrorist activity

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Ken McMurtrie

Things are moving faster and less covertly.
“A new report from the CTC, however, suggests that far right wing political activists, not radical Islamic groups, are the new terrorist threat in America and even goes so far as to say that those who oppose a ‘New World Order‘ are potentially violent terrorists.”
Looks like the civil services will need all those guns and ammunition, the public better sit up and take notice. And be prepared for trouble.

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Sitting All Day Is Killing You – It’s Time to Stand Up For Health

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Ken McMurtrie

By Elizabeth Renter | Natural Society

We know our diet and activity levels have a significant impact on our health and even our lifespan. But as many of us spend more time sitting than we do sleeping or moving around, we need to realize that this activity is becoming a significant problem. It’s time to add ‘sitting’ to the list of harmful and even disease-causing activities.

Due to TV watching, playing video games, work, and technology in general, many people are sitting for the vast majority of the day. If you work a regular full-time job and sit at a desk, it’s safe to say you spend at least seven hours of your work day seated. Then, you might go home and sit down for dinner, followed by sitting and relaxing on the couch. A conservative estimate would be nine hours of sitting—and how much activity are you getting?

Nine hours of daily sitting, by five work days each week—that’s 45 hours of sitting on your butt on Monday through Friday, not even including the weekends. We spend more time sitting than we do sleeping, and with sleep actually being a healthy activity, this imbalance is not good.

Sitting Causing Obesity, Cancer, Diabetes, and More

According to researchers, sitting is associated with an increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, and death. The strongest correlation between sitting and disease is with the risk of type 2 diabetes. What’s more, sitting strikes approximately 92,000 people each year with avoidable cancer, namely colon and breast cancer.

It’s estimated that obese people sit for around 2.5 hours more than thin people on any given day. So, sitting could be having a significant impact on the obesity rate, along with diet and lack of exercise.

It’s what happens to our bodies when we sit down that encourages obesity and obesity-related diseases. According to NaturalNews, when we sit:

  • Electrical activity in the  legs shuts down
  • Enzymes that help break down fat decrease by 90 percent
  • Calorie burning drops to one per minute
  • Insulin effectiveness drops after 24 hours

If you sit for a living, your risk of developing cardiovascular disease is twice that of someone who stands on the job. Also, “sitting six-plus hours per day makes you up to 40 percent likelier to die within 15 years than someone who sits fewer than three, even if you exercise.” There is a reason sitting is said to be as deadly as smoking.

For many people, finding a standing job just isn’t an option. But there are simple ways to reduce your down time. Start by standing. Find a way to elevate your keyboard and mouse pad and stand to do your work. Or, invest in a standing desk if you work at home. Many people find this actually increases their focus and the quality of their work. If this isn’t possible, move around. Anytime you take a break, no matter how short—stand up! Go for a walk or just stand in place as you read a report, dictate a memo, or organize a file.

Article Source: Natural Society

Copied from CLN  Conscious Life News linked here.

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Statins worsen brain function of Alzheimer’s sufferers

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Ken McMurtrie

This statement is the title of an article by Dr Briffa.

[Dr John Briffa BSc (Hons) MB BS (Lond)  Dr John Briffa is a practising doctor, author and international speaker. He is prize-winning graduate of University College London School of Medicine, where he also gained a BSc degree in Biomedical Sciences. Dr Briffa is a leading authority on the impact of nutrition and other lifestyle factors on health and illness. He is dedicated to providing individuals with information and advice they can use to take control of their health and optimise their energy and vitality.]

Here is his article:

Many years ago I was having dinner with a friend who was, herself, a young hospital doctor specialising in ‘care of the elderly’ (what used to be called ‘geriatrics’). She worked in a busy department, and lamented the fact that so many elderly people were suffering from what she believed to be the adverse effects of what she termed ‘polypharmacy’ – basically the taking of multiple medications. She told me that when a new patient was admitted to her ward, she would usually stop all medications, and then might re-add them very selectively later. She said the stopping of all medication very commonly led to a significant improvement in the clinical state of her patients (which is why she did it).

This conversation came back to me this week while I was reading a study in which elderly individuals with Alzheimer’s disease had their statin medication stopped for six weeks, and then restarted [1]. The results, in short, showed that during the six weeks when their statins were stopped, the basic brain function of the individuals improved. When the drugs were restarted, brain function got worse again.

Now, one could argue that this sort of study is not necessarily a good judge of the impact of statins on brain function. That’s because the researchers (and patients) knew when the patients were taking statins and when they were not, which means the changes might be down to the placebo response or even bias on the part of the researchers. I would say that, in many respects, this study is a pretty decent judge of how things work in the real world. If a person feels better and seems brighter once their statin is stopped, then whether this has to do with the placebo response or not, it seems reasonable to consider stopping the medication in the long term.

Some researchers have suggested that statins might actually improve brain function in the elderly. This stance is largely theoretical, and studies in which individuals have been given statins have not found that they improve brain function at all. Actually, last year the Food and Drugs Administration in the US issued a warning about the potential for statins to affect brain function, telling us that: “There have been rare post-marketing reports of cognitive impairment (e.g., memory loss, forgetfulness, amnesia, memory impairment, confusion) associated with statin use. These reported symptoms are generally not serious and reversible upon statin discontinuation, with variable times to symptom onset (1 day to years) and symptom resolution (median of 3 weeks).”

I don’t know if the effects of statins on the brain are as rare as the FDA imagines. That’s partly because a lot of side-effects go unrecognised by doctors. Adverse effects from statins can come on weeks, months and even years after a statin is started. The longer the gap between the starting of a medication and the emergence of a symptom, generally the less likely a doctor is to suspect the medication is to blame. And, even if a doctor does believe a medication is giving trouble, the chances are it will not be reported (it’ a hassle, to be honest).

I’m pleased to see studies such as this one getting published, as it helps to raise awareness about the damage statins can do. I’ve seen this many times in my patients, and not so long ago I wrote about how it seemed to have affected my own father. He ended up stopping his statins, and felt much better as a result. Neither of us knows whether his improvement was due to the placebo response or not, and neither of us cares either.

References:

1. Padala KP. Et al. The effect of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors on cognition in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia: a prospective withdrawal and rechallenge pilot study. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 2012;10(5):296-302.

I hope I am not exceeding my rights in including the following responses from his readers:

  1. mike

    1 February 2013

    Let’s say that statins were the perfect drug to prevent heart disease, but had one nasty side effect – memory impairment that increases with every dose.
    Given that we are the sum total of our experience, and our personalities are integral to that, then I wonder if we, knowing that would swap who we are for a few extra years of life sitting in a care home chair with the cognitive function of a cabbage?

  2.  Suzy Kelham

    2 February 2013

    Statins

    Gradually mainstream medicine is waking up to the fact that brains need cholesterol. I discovered this personally 5 years ago. My daughter thought I was developing Alzheimer’s. I stopped the Simvastatin because of the muscle pain. I cannot tell you how angry I am and how much I have lost all faith in the medical profession for swallowing this lie in the first place. My memory has still not completely recovered. I still have “senior moments”. There is no Alzheimer’s in my family so it has to be the drugs. I’m only 65. That is not old. In my opinion, statins are the new thalidomide and they are doing untold damage.

  3.  tony kerstein

    2 February 2013

    My experience and reaction was exactly the same as Suzy Kelham’s. I also still have the odd senior moment, expecially with names, but I did not put this down to the lingering after effects of statins. Can they really last that long? My doctor did not accept these as side effects and I’m sure her’s didn’t too-no wonder the side effects are vastly under reported.

  4.  Moyra P.

    3 February 2013

    Well said, Mike & Suzy! For those who may be interested, there is a site for statin sufferers at:
    http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/UkStatinSideEffectSufferers/
    Keep writing the articles, Dr Briffa; your website is becoming a valuable resource! Know that you are appreciated…

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