If you have high cholesterol, you may want to read this article: http://www.thecompounder.com/answers-a-ideas/larrys-blog/2010/08/30/67-im-sick-of-statin-misinformation ...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Meghan McCain makes a lot more sense than her father
There are several videos on the following link of Meghan's appearances on The View. If she represents the youth of the Republican Party, there may be hope for it in the future. But I do wonder why she doesn't just become a Democrat, where her views are already embraced by the party. Would...
Monday, August 30, 2010
Oxford study: Vitamin D can prevent cancer & autoimmune disease
A new study out of Oxford University pinpoints vitamin D deficiency as a culprit in serious illnesses like cancer and autoimmune disorders. According to the report, which was recently published online in the journal Genome Research, genetic receptors throughout the body need adequate vitamin D levels...
IT'S WITCH HUNT SEASON by Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman, far-seeing economist whose past comments have been right on the mark about practically everything political, speaks wisely once again -- but is ANYone in power listening??????? NO. The Limbaughs and the Becks are taking over where the ought-to-be-responsible political leaders on the...
Sunday, August 29, 2010
A Superb Evaluation of Glenn Beck
from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. You don't want to miss this video--it is right on the mark: http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/stewart-blasts-beck-rally-i-have-scheme ...
Friday, August 27, 2010
Here comes the government naysayer re. UFO book and pilot witnesses
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38852385/ns/technology_and_science-space/ Our government is still sending out denials with spokespersons like the bought-and-sold Oberg, a past NASA man who now writes for NBC News as their in-house "space analyst" -- I hope most people are smart enough now to recognize...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Oops! Many right wingers aren't happy about this
Ken Mehlman, former RNC Chairman, has announced he is gay. When the Tea Party/fundamentalist Republicans start stating their true feelings about him and his sexual orientation, he may soon begin to wonder if he is in the right political party. News article: Ken Mehlman, who headed the...
More info coming out on UFOs -- interesting!
Interesting article -- and photos at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/23/ufo-on-the-record_n_689518.html#s129372 It seems the government is slowly drawing back the curtain -- after many decades of denial. Little by little the truth is being revealed about UFOs and extraterrestrial...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
A sweet, poignant essay from Bob Herbert
Talking about his childhood and love of baseball -- he made me feel as if I were there with him in his memories....I loved baseball, too, when I was a kid. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/opinion/24herbert.html?_r=1&hp ...
Quotes of the Day
These quotes should be read by all right-wing fundamentalist types, but, sadly, they wouldn't get the point or even recognize the reference to themselves: I was raised in a tradition of inquiry. If you encounter something that doesn't fit your worldview, it's more intellectually honest to say,...
Monday, August 23, 2010
Levi Johnston files to run for office in Wasilla
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20014470-503544.html?tag=stack Levi wants to run for mayor. The people in that town are just crazy enough to elect him (it's the office they elected Sarah Palin to fill years ago. Enuf said?) I've heard the book Game Change is great--my daughter...
More insanity from the far right wing fundamentalists
Expanded Stem Cell Regulations Stopped because of Right Wing Crazies. Progress of any kind is impossible with these fanatical nutsos constantly obstructing it. They ought to have their very own planet called NONO where they can scream and shout "NO! NO!" to every proposal meant to better...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
No Graceful Exit by Bob Herbert
I wish Obama would listen to sage advice like the following, instead of the military/industrial complex. But we know who owns him and any politician who makes it to the higher echelons in the political ranks. A sad, sad story of our democratic republic, once so promising, but now in its...
No Graceful Exit by Bob Herbert
I wish Obama would listen to sage advice like the following, instead of the military/industrial complex. But we know who owns him and any politician who makes it to the higher echelons in the political ranks. A sad, sad story of our democratic republic, once so promising, but now in its...
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Study: Prayer Actually Heals
Study: Prayer Actually Heals Prayer heals when it's close-up and personal, and there's a study to prove it. It's not just any kind of prayer, but "proximal intercessory prayer," or PIP —...
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Explanation of how things really work (or don't) in our world
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/mikhail-branski/30728/the-tale-of-obama-and-the-pissed-off-left By Mikhail Branski Read the following and you'll realize that, of course, the author is correct. EXCERPT: Let me create the scene for you once President Obama took office. He sat...
VERY INTERESTING INFO from former Presidential language interpreter
The wanttoknow site has so much information and so many links, you could spend weeks in this one site alone, learning a great deal of what has been kept from the public. Impressive site. Only reliable, vetted sources are quoted. This is like going to a UFO/political/spiritual conference...
Alien Encounters documentary video from Disney
It appears even Disney Studios have aligned themselves with those who are wanting to get the truth out about UFOs. You can see this documentary video at: http://www.personalgrowthcourses.net/video/ufos_disney_alien_encounters_video
Note that the site contains links to other videos you can see...
More interest in Dr. David Kelly's death
And it's about time! For curious people who want truth in what is really going on in our world, this article is an important read: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1302939/Dr-David-Kelly-hitlist-says-UN-weapons-expert-calls-grow-inquest.html EXCERPT: A leading UN weapons inspector last ...
Tylenol is being linked to asthma in children
Something important for parents to know: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38690295/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/ ...
Friday, August 13, 2010
More UFO information
In my attendance at many UFO seminars through the years, I've met Stanton Friedman and heard him speak several times. As a physicist with strong scientific credentials and credibility, he's also appeared in many of the UFO documentaries and series one can often view on the Discovery channel, History...
Brazil will make public UFO documentation, sightings
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/12/brazil-ufo-sightings-to-b_n_679796.html With many countries (UK, Spain, Russia, France and now Brazil) making public their documentation on UFOs, can it be that the education of the masses on this subject (through TV documentaries, movies, etc.) is now considered...
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Global Warming - Extreme Climate is now the norm
Yet there are still the right wing naysayers -- and the United States and other countries are still dragging their feet in making any kind of remedial changes. It's the way of our world now--obstructionist politics, and it will be the end of us. Read it and weep: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/12/global-weirding-extreme-c_n_680364.html...
Interesting movie on Pat Tillman's covered-up death coming to town
Also, at the end of this story, there is a copy of a letter Pat TIllman's father wrote to the Senate Armed Services Committee about his son's death.... The military tried to use Tillman as a hero in order to entice others to enlist. All the while they knew he had been killed by "friendly...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Newt Gingrich's Second Wife Tells All About the Real Newt
By Elyse Siegel A new Esquire profile of Newt Gingrich offers a rare glimpse into the personal life and political ambitions of the former House Speaker as he vies to make a comeback after resigning in disgrace over a decade ago. Gingrich himself was interviewed for the feature story; however,...
Monday, August 09, 2010
Good God - Will Palin-mania never stop?
Sarah Palin's erstwhile on-again, off-again son-in-law- to be, Levi Johnston, is running for Mayor of Wasilla -- True Fact. God help those poor people in Alaska. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11362537 Maybe she'll pick him for her vice presidential running mate when...
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Very touching video of autistic little girl who found her voice on the computer
Wonderful child, wonderful parents...This one will bring tears to your eyes with the inner beauty of this little girl who finally found a voice with which to communicate to the world. BODY { MARGIN-TOP: 25px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica; COLOR: #000000; MARGIN-LEFT: 25px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt } P.msoNormal...
Massive ice island breaks off Greenland
Reaction from Al Gore haters and science deniers: Global warming? What global warming? Some just never learn. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/08/07/greenland.ice.island/index.html?hpt=T1 ...
Friday, August 06, 2010
The Flim-Flam Man by Paul Krugman
I'm grateful for the Paul Krugmans of our world keeping check on the flim-flammers who try to make you think black is white in order to increase $$ in the pockets of the rich, at the expense of the rest of us. Today's column by Krugman explains the latest scam attempt by one of the GOP's new flim-flam men. One depressing...
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Has the Tea Party Collapsed? sure looks like it.
Memo to the Media: The Tea Party Movement Has Collapsed by Eric Boehlert http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/eric-boehlert/30556/memo-to-the-media-the-tea-party-movement-has-collapsed ...
Betrayal of the voters who elected him
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/doug-giebel/30549/flip-flops-and-failures-obamas-political-nonsense OBAMA'S POLITICAL NONSENSE By Doug Giebel EXCERPT: How long will apologists for President Barack Obama continue to excuse his administration's flops and failings? How long, too, must concerned Obama...
Churchill ordered UFO Cover-up, UK national archive files reveal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10853905 More articles on UFO secrecy by government are listed at the end of this article. ...
Dondi, 36-year-old elephant, dies in Mass. Zoo
http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/dondi-the-elephant-dies-in-massachusetts-zoo/ Elephants are too big to be caged...they should be free to roam and be with others of their kind. This poor elephant was all by herself...I agree with the commenter in the article, that elephants are usually very social...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Deadly Heat Wave hits southeast and midwest
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/deadly-heat-wave-sweeping-midwest-southeast-bringing-triple/story?id=11326471 Here in coastal California we are having a year without a summer, with very cool temps, fog, and overcast days much of the time--even to the point of having to turn on the furnace (I have not yet resorted...
NBC News: British Files Reveal Secret UFO Study
Mainstream news catching up slowly (very slowly) -- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38566733/ns/technology_and_science-space/ They're leaking UFO info. to the masses little by little -- no doubt hoping to prepare them for truth about the visits of extraterrestrials to our planet that have ...
Republicans are covering all bases in a dizzying way
They are both FOR and AGAINST many issues, leaving it up to Democrats running against them to figure out HOW to run against them. It would be hilariously amusing (and it is, keeping you laughing through your tears) if this...
Same Sex Marriage Ban Overturned in California
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/04/proposition-8-overturned_n_670739.html YES!!! Compassion, Intelligence, and Wisdom prevail in the Golden State...for a while. But we know the Tea Party self-proclaimed "Christian" types, who don't want others to enjoy the same freedoms they have, will carry...
Sense and Senselessness in romantic comedy movies
I love those Roz Russell/Cary Grant - type movies of the '30s and '40s, where the smart, sharp dialogue zips and zings. What we now have in present-day stuff is tripe. Everything has been dumbed down. This Maureen Dowd column hits it right on the mark -- look at what corporatism gone...
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Real journalism is defunct
The days of depending on journalists to bring forth truth to the masses are long gone. They will not police themselves, thus allowing FAUX news to fool the people, many of whom don't seem to care whether they get truth or fiction from their news reporters. From www.crooksandliars.com ...
Bob Herbert--A voice of sanity in a world of lunacy
But no one in power is listening. Oh, they'll tell us, "You don't understand all the ramifications and subtle nuances of the problems we're dealing with..." And on and on it goes, year after year, decade after decade, war after war, with more of the poor and middle class kids giving their lives...
Monday, August 02, 2010
7-year-old artist -- his incredible paintings sold for $150,000 in 30 minutes
Where does talent like this come from? He's only 7 years old !!! It makes a good case for reincarnation. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1299399/Kieron-Williamson-makes-150-000-30-minutes-selling-new-batch-paintings.html http://www.picturecraftgallery.com/gallery.php Kieron's paintings...
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Why You're Alive and Can Never Die
This article by Dr. Robert Lanza offers some intriguing ideas about life and death. It's interesting to read and ponder thoughts of this nature. Considering this to be of paramount importance in the grand scheme of things, I've spent much of my life doing just that. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-lanza/why-youre-alive-and-can-n_b_660552.html...
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