Enablers Of Price Gougers

Companies like Amazon, eBay, and others, are the perfect Platform for price gougers, as the images clearly demonstrate.  One of other companies, shown below, reflects a reasonable price for the 3M N-95 Respirators but is out of stock but they help to show us what the prices were before the Corona Virus outbreak.  There is no doubt, these platforms benefit from price gouging because their fees are greater with these inflated prices.




Price is $43.06



Price is $15.75

 "Price gouging occurs when a seller increases the prices of goods, services or commodities to a level much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. Usually, this event occurs after a demand or supply shock. Common examples include price increases of basic necessities after hurricanes or other natural disasters. In precise, legal usage, it is the name of a crime that applies in some jurisdictions of the United States during civil emergencies. In less precise usage, it can refer either to prices obtained by practices inconsistent with a competitive free market or to windfall profits. Price gouging may be considered exploitative and unethical.

As a criminal offense, Florida's "state of emergency" law^[2] is an example. Price gouging may be charged when a supplier of essential goods or services sharply raises the prices asked in anticipation of or during a civil emergency or when it cancels or dishonors contracts in order to take advantage of an increase in prices related to such an emergency. The model case is a retailer who increases the price of existing stocks of milk and bread when a hurricane is imminent.

United States. In the United States, state laws against price gouging have been held as constitutional at the state level as a valid exercise of the police power to preserve order during an emergency, and may be combined with anti-hoarding measures." 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_gouging

So far, to my knowledge, the US Government has not provided an easy way to report price gouging; I know at the local level it is very cumbersome for the ordinary citizen.

Please share your experience under the Comment Section; if sufficient comments are posted, I will forward this post to the office of the President, as I have in the past, on other occasions.  They have reacted in the past.

Double Virus Threat Revelation

Dr. John Day, M.D. tells Congress

Woman Tulsi Gabbard that we'll need 6 billion doses of chloroquine to treat coronavirus in the US.

Dr. John Day, M. D. reports about the recent revelation regarding the newer "L" strain explosion in Wuhan, China, as follows:

The new coronavirus information yesterday was that there are 2 strains, with different fatality rates. The original "S" strain continues to spread through China, where the data was collected, and causes fewer fatalities. It is less aggressive of a pathogen. The newer "L" strain exploded in Wuhan, and appears to have been responsible for most of the deaths there. Of course we still don't know the real numbers, but most estimates are vastly higher than official numbers, and based on cremation rates.

These 2 strains are significantly different, and the rapidity of the arising of the very differently mutated L strain suggests that it entered the ongoing epidemic in Wuhan, and transformed it into a horror-show. The Chinese authorities may have been acting upon the milder illness of the first S strain wave for their early decisions, leading into Chinese New Year. Of course I wonder what strains are circulating where in our world, but I also really wonder where that deadly L coronavirus strain came from.

The question of how this lab virus got into human circulation is still unsettled in public discourse. I do not believe pangolins got it from bats. This new information again brings up the question of "accident" or "attack" and it is now a 2-pronged question.  Whether the initial novel coronavirus S type was accidental or offensive, I really must favor the second L type coronavirus being an offensive attack. The killer wave came at a particularly vulnerable moment, with China having set the defensive response way too low. The aggressor could be assured of deeper penetration and more damage, once the defense was set as mainly-propaganda.

How may China respond? To whom might China respond in kind?

(The article below carries on with the approved narrative that these strains are naturally occurring, but points out that "neutral site" mutations diverge by 17%, a vast divergence in regions of the genome, which are not subject to evolutionary selection pressure as viruses multiply and spread. This excludes a natural series of mutations as cause.)

Population genetic analyses of 103 SARS-CoV-2 genomes indicated that these viruses evolved into two major types (designated L and S), that are well defined by two different SNPs that show nearly complete linkage across the viral strains sequenced to date. Although the L type (∼70%) is more prevalent than the S type (∼30%), the S type was found to be the ancestral version. Whereas the L type was more prevalent in the early stages of the outbreak in Wuhan, the frequency of the L type decreased after early January 2020. Human intervention may have placed more severe selective pressure on the L type, which might be more aggressive and spread more quickly.  

https://academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nsr/nwaa036/5775463#authorNotesSectionTitle

Please read all comments for latest information.

Note by Frank M.

I  often refer to Dr. John in this Blog, and I thought it is about time to let you all know who he really is.  In my almost 85 years I have been looked after by many doctors but only three of those I considered to be a Doctor's Doctor, and Dr. John Day is one of them.  As the picture shows, when Dr. John Day talks people pay attention.

The Prohibition Against Chemical And Biological Weapons

I offer the following as food for thought, and my comments are purely an expression of my opinion, based on what is readily available in the media and on the Internet.

Despite the "Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, London, Moscow and Washington, 10 April 1972, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1015, p. 163."  Practically all major nations maintain Laboratories, developing toxic agents and live destroying Pathogens.

https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/cpdpsucw/cpdpsucw.html
https://treaties.un.org/Pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=0800000280101653

Even the development of such weapons is prohibited, and yet their production is ongoing.  Why else have these highly secretive Labs, in the first place (see video and other links below).  Just because these developed pathogens are, supposedly, secured does not make their development and possession lawful.  We all know of stories where some of these dangerous pathogens were simply stored in cardboard boxes under some lab tables, instead of being locked up.  In a number of instances serious life-threatening pathogens were accidentally released into the atmosphere infecting and killing innocent people, and livestock.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1GnYs4LOc0
http://armswatch.com/the-pentagon-bio-weaponshttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/28/biolabs-pathogens-location-incidents/26587505/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXd4DFjNcM4
https://apnews.com/0cf158200e674f41bd3026133e5e043d/Russia-claims-US-running-biological-weapons-lab-in-Georgia
https://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/notorious-war-research-facilities/

There is of-course much more reading and watching available, and the foregoing links are just a sample of what is out there.  The history of chemical/gas usage during conflicts goes back a while. 
https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/a-brief-history-of-chemical-war

The use of Pathogens is now the new wave of criminality, employed worldwide.  If things go wrong, or if field testing is the purpose of release, mother nature takes the blame for the damage done.  It is near impossible to hold the guilty responsible, and it is doubtful that anybody would seriously do something about it, other than talk.  In the present instance, some Chinese food vendor was blamed for the outbreak.  The fact that a chemical weapons lab is in very close proximity of the food market, had nothing to do with it, so the story goes.

"The misuse of science or of scientific achievements to create weapons that poison and spread disease has always provoked alarm and abhorrence in the public mind. The [International Committee of the Red Cross] ICRC summed up the public horror at the use of such weapons in its appeal in February 1918, calling them "barbarous inventions" that can "only be called criminal". For centuries there have been taboos against such weapons, but the use of poisonous gas in World War I led to the first international agreement – the 1925 Geneva Protocol – banning asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases and bacteriological methods of warfare."  Emphasis added.

https://www.icrc.org/en/document/chemical-biological-weapons.

This clearly appears to demonstrate that the peoples of this world are governed by a bunch of individuals of low morals and character, aided by callous Scientists.  We, the people, complain and, on occasions, demonstrate about this or the other issue but few, apparently, shout to the heavens about these planned and/or executed crimes, by the use of lethal pathogens, against humanity.

This major virus assault on the populations of this planet appears to go the way some control forest fires go, out of control.  In my humble opinion, no callous scientist would work on a deadly pathogen without having the cure in his or her lab safe.  If this is indeed a developed virus, then logic says somebody has a cure/vaccine for it, which will be very expensive, and above all, a fantastic moneymaker for many.

Some Scientists Work Hard For Eliminating The Human Species

The following link, shown below, was send to me by Dr. John, via a Mr. Joe.

The end of time will most likely be orchestrated not by God but by willful acts of men.  Between the awesome power of Nuclear weapons and the insidious power of Chemistry, combined have the ability to wipe out, just about, all homo-sapiens (humans) on this planet.

History has shown that whenever men manage to create a weapon of mass destruction, sooner or later it has to be tested, to see its effectiveness.  This is just the way it is; lab tests are fine but until it is tested on a large scale, one can never be sure of its destructive power.  During WW II, men tested the power of the Atom-Bomb, to the great satisfaction of all interested parties.

With an accidental or designed release of live threatening viruses (pathogens), the creators and their masters, can assess the degree of efficacy of their creations.  This latest outbreak of a Corona Virus, no doubt, can be called a scientific success because its efficiency of infecting a vast number of people, in a very short time, is amazing, to say the least.  Air travel automatically ensures worldwide distribution.  If one has the cure for it, it can determine the last man standing, so to speak.

Francis Boyle drafted the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989, and is very aware of what is going on, in this field.
https://greatgameindia.com/dr-francis-boyle-creator-of-bioweapons-act-says-coronavirus-is-biological-warfare-weapon/

When reading Dr. John's writings, I learned that it might be a good idea to take daily 10,000 units of vitamin D3 for one month, and then 5,000 units of it daily forever.  Remember, one ounce of prevention is better than one pound of cure.  One might still become infected, however, the outcome may be different.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT CONFLICTS

If one is old enough to remember the product quality of the past, one will most likely lament about the lack of quality of most products now offered in the market place.  One may wonder why with all the propaganda ads flashed everywhere, shouting how great their products are, one can't find very little that compares with the good quality of days gone bye?

The Buzz phrase 'Continuous Improvement' does not mean the same to everybody.  Are we talking about continuous quality improvement or continuous profit improvement? These two ideas are in constant conflict; profit improvement, most of the time, spells less product quality. Experience tells us that quality lost against profit, and we the consumers go along with this twisted situation, instead of insisting on quality products, the result of continuous quality improvement.

Naturally, the younger generation is at a disadvantage because they have no idea what good quality used to be, i.e. really is.  For example, major department stores used to carry pretty descent leather shoes, at fair prices, now these stores, in the main, carry shoes with all man-made materials, which most likely make your feet sweat and smell.

If these inferior products, made with inferior materials, would be significantly cheaper, then one could say the buyer has a choice, buy good quality for more or inferior quality for less, however, these inferior products demand about the same price, or more, as good products used to cost.  This in part explains why so many new Billionaires are made every year; their substandard products (or services) are way over-priced and thus generate enormous profits.  To add insult to injury, since these inferior products don't last as long as good quality products, their short-term repeat business is assured, enhancing their profit picture even more.

By dealing with a new inexperienced consumer generation, every 20 years, these merchants (manufacturers and sellers) of substandard products succeeded with their 'Continuous  Profit Improvement' scheme, by trashing the quality of their products.  These disingenuous merchants now prey on an unsuspecting new consumer, who has been convinced, through clever marketing, of the new normal.  Let us just look at their product warranties, If one gets a one (1) year written Warranty, one can thank our maker; the manufacturers fully know that is about the time their product, generally, will last.

How can we get back to good quality products?  First, we must ignore all the hype about a product.  Second, we must use common sense to judge whether it is worth the money.  Third, we must evaluate if we truly need the product.  Whenever, some new product makes people stand for hours inline for it, you can be sure the item is way overpriced, there usually is a less expensive alternate product in the marketplace.  For example, Amazon has some Tablets at much lower prices that may work for you; I know I have two in my home.

When consumers shop with more discrimination, and reject inferior products, the merchants with poor quality products will have less business volume, which will force them to examine the causes for it.   They then have to make a choice, lower their price, or improve the product quality, while maintaining the current price level.  Either way, the consumer stands to win; we have the power, we truly could be the King, and add truth to the slogan, "The customer Is King".

POVERTY IN THE USA - IS AMERICA TRULY GREAT AGAIN?

About 88% of us have little or no idea what the other 12% plus is enduring, even though many of them are hard working people, and still cannot afford a roof over their heads.  Especially around Thanksgiving, when millions travel long distances, by car or planes to share meals with their families, the people they love.  We are so busy with our organized lives we hardly ever give a thought about our brothers and sisters, who are part of the 12% plus population.

My Thanksgiving resolution is to do something nice for someone who belongs to the 12% plus in America; a trusted organization, in my area, which has a clean record of doing good for the down-and-out, will be my target.  I highly recommend that you watch the documentary by the DW (Deutsche Welle), to get into the spirit of giving; it worked for me.  Please see the link shown below.

DW reports:
"Homelessness, hunger and shame: poverty is rampant in the richest country in the world. Over 40 million people in the United States live below the poverty line, twice as many as it was fifty years ago. It can happen very quickly."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHDkALRz5Rk

Despite the good intentions of President L. B. Johnson's war on poverty, the truth is it was and is a total failure.  "The War on Poverty was declared by President Lyndon B. Johnson in his State of the Union Address on January 8, 1964: This administration today here and now declares unconditional war on poverty in America. ... In January 1964, President Johnson gave Sargent Shriver the task of developing a bill to wage the war against poverty in the United States. The bill was presented to Congress in March, 1964."

Like all the many other wars we proclaim against this or that, the war on poverty is a disgrace for our nation, as it is an utter failure by any measure.  We always have money for external adventures, and buying the good will of other countries/regimes, but when it comes to the needs of our fellow men, we suddenly have the urge to reduce the national debt, by cutting necessary social services.

I am not suggesting to start a fund for the unfortunate brothers and sisters among us but I am suggesting an individual act of kindness by all of us, and by all means urge the people in your circle of family and friends to do the same.

Thanksgiving has come and is gone now but the perils of poverty are an ever present problem for too many of us; it is never too late to act and give a little.  We in the 88% group have so much to be thankful for.

Olympics Of Greed

When is enough, enough?  When someone amasses billions of dollars, somewhere along the line that person robbed the public, by overpricing their products and/or services.  How else could they become so filthy rich, while the general population is getting poorer by the year?

"Where did the phrase 'filthy rich' come from?

The pejorative nature of the phrase is lessening all the time, and it’s increasingly used just to denote very rich. The origins of the phrase come from term filthy lucre, which was first used in print in the 16th Century, and was then used to denote money that had come from foul means. This led to filthy being a slang word for money."

In my opinion, the foregoing still applies more than ever. 

https://www.bing.com/search?q=definition+of+filthy+rich&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=definition+of+filthy+rich&sc=1-25&sk=&cvid=3094128499AE44579377CBB06E03006F

Forbes 400 listing of the wealthiest in America is the scoreboard of the addicted to money crowd.  Yes, money, like sex for example, is addictive and these on the Forbes list work (more like steal) their way to the top to earn the gold medal of ultimate greed.  If it were not so sickening, one could feel sorry for these, apparently, addicted individuals because in the end, they cannot take it with them.  Can you imagine, the vast number of poor souls waiting for them to arrive, so they can get even for making their lives miserable on earth?

Assuming all is true what most religions teach, one would have to ponder this singular question, which is longer the suffering of a life span on earth, or the suffering for all eternity?  Now, one could say everybody knows the answer to that question.  Well, it appears, the filthy rich have no idea about this time-span question, why else would they risk everything?  The answer is twofold, addiction to money and greed; nothing else seems to matter for them.

It is a common belief, among most people that death is the great equalizer, if these greedy rich ones would just die and enjoy bliss for all eternity, what great equalization would that be? One hopes that there is justice somewhere, if not in the afterlife, where?  One can suspect that the religions of the world are in the service of the filthy rich, mandated to keep the populous quiet with the promise of great rewards in the afterlife for their inflicted suffering on earth.  Granted, this promise keeps the sufferers going, in the service of the wealthy and powerful, i.e. mission accomplished but is this just and fair?

Going back in history, were not the biggest scoundrel assuming the position of the Pope through money and power?  These often criminals became, according to church doctrine, infallible men;  what a crock this was.  The political systems of the world are so engineered that, most of the time, only the wealthy and well-connected can enjoy positions of power.   In the USA it takes, apparently, one billion dollars to get elected President.  Influenced perhaps by church doctrine, the public trusts that whoever is elected has now their interests at heart; nothing could be further from the truth.

Whoever had the most self-serving money contributions from the elites, and is elected, is now ready and empowered to serve not the interest of the people, who elected them, but the interest of those who provided the money to get them into position of power.  The Forbes 400 list is just the tip of the iceberg, it shows those who have managed to do it better than the herd of the also wealthy; it is nothing but the scoreboard of the greed Olympics.
https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/#249787f77e2f

Nowadays, when a politician brags that he or she is very rich the public now applauds; the wealthy politician has now star qualities, go figure.  The perceived logic goes like this, when we elect a very wealthy person, he or she won't need to steal from us while in office, however, we overlook the fact that this person now has to make it easier for his friends and sponsors to steal from us.  In reality nothing has changed, the former middle-class and the poor still get shafted, overtly or covertly.

I doubt very much that these costly wealth extractions in other countries serve the innocent voter, and his family, it surely serves the filthy rich whose wealth increases exponentially.   There has never been such a stark wealth inequality, as we experience now.







Need I say More?

Hypocrisy On Steroids

It was reported on Newsy 10/26/19, a TV network, that Our Secretary of State ordered new restrictions on the travel to Cuba, to support the people of Cuba, and to punish the Cuban Government for supporting Venezuela's Maduro.

NBC News reports 10/26/19, that "Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a letter to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao that the flights are being suspended indefinitely because of Cuba's repression of its people and support for Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-bans-all-flights-to-cuba-outside-havana-in-latest-crackdown/ar-AAJmWjU

I believe the second part but in no way is this helping the Cuban people, it will result in job losses for them.  It will surely hurt the very people our Government pretends to care about.  The same thing happens in Venezuela where extreme sanction by the US is hurting mainly the people we are, so called, concerned about.

My social issue with all this is simply this, first we increase the suffering of innocent people, and second I fail to see where in a democracy a Government can tell its free (?) people where they spend their vacations, or when they can visit their families back home.   And all that only for political reasons, and not for safety reasons.  Are we that far down the line on our way to a dictatorship?

I guess, the game is to bring the people of these foreign countries to the brink of starvation, so that they will get enough desperate to bring their own elected Governments down, since other dirty tricks did not work.  Is this normal?  No wonder that Americans are disliked all over the world, how could it be otherwise?  Instead of protecting us, our Government brings us in harms way abroad.

Trump says, we should stop being the police of the world, I say, we should stop being the Bully of the world. 

  

Let's Face It Our Nation - The USA Has Gone Mad

The very fact that our Government (past and present) has all these great amounts of money to engage in all these (past and ongoing) external wars for oil and/or regime changes, is the very proof that we are way overtaxed in our country.  We are not using these great sums of tax and new debt monies to improve the human conditions of the USA, but to support these geopolitical wars around the world, for profit and wealth accumulation by some, and that is wrong in my opinion.  Please refer to the charts shown near the end of this post, which clearly show that something is wrong.

People like Tulsi Gabbard, who speak out against these wasteful policies, resulting in not only money losses but more importantly, the losses of millions of lives, are attacked and framed as 'Russian Assets', for example.  These 'Slanderers' hope that we, who have been brainwashed for so long, will fall for this without questioning the motives for this type of slander.  I hope they are wrong with their assumption, and that we will resist this kind of character assassinations, and see it for what it is, slander pure and simple.

When living in Hawaii, I personally met and spoke with Tulsi Gabbard, at a gathering, about a local issue we had at that time, and one cannot find a nicer person to talk with than Representative Tulsi Gabbard.  Our politicians in their stump speeches always talk about how much they appreciate our armed services personnel, well, by slandering one of them, they demonstrate that their appreciation is nothing but fake.

Even our so called independent media (read corporate media) is in on the character assassination, one only has to watch the biased questioning of the victim, by one of them, to understand that they are in concert with the 'Slanderer'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNjzBJWUyWI

My concern here is that whenever the truth tries to surface, with the help of someone, like Tulsi Gabbard, the smear campaigns are in full operation, to not only kill the truth, but also the messenger, and that to me is a social issue, and not a political one. In a true and fair democracy this must not be allowed and/or rewarded!

Now let us look at what people, like Tulsi Gabbard, are talking about.  Our national debt is currently over 22 Trillion dollars.



Now let us look further into the past to appreciate the madness that is going on.


 It is all about the cost of wars. - Debt per family of four (4).

Author/Source unknown.

It does not matter anymore who is in office the borrowing continues.  The debt ceiling is now like a Helium filled balloon.


Can you imagine how much it costs to service 22 Trillion dollars of debt?  If we, the citizens, would run our households like this, we would end up in jail.  Why are these politicians still at large, free to do more damage to our nation, by placing so much debt onto our backs ($250,000 per family of four)?

Out Of The Mouth Of Babes

The 'Divine' have created our earth with all its beauty and perfection, and men is bent on destroying it for the sake of profit, and thus have become the enemy of nature.  Many hypocritical leaders of the world meet periodically to tell their lies, and make their disingenuous and inadequate promises to reverse climate change, however, nothing of consequence is ever done.

In one of the bible stories, I remember, the apostles asked Jesus, when will we know the end of time is near?  He replied, only the Father knows but there will be an increase in natural disasters, and there will be many wars.  If this describes our present days, it may not be by accident.

In Psalm 8.3 (in my Bible) it says:  "Out of the mouth of babes and infants you have drawn a defense against your foes, to silence enemy and avenger."

Once in a while, a young person with a strong belief and conviction comes onto the world stage, and tells the words that nobody is brave enough to utter.  Such is also the story of Greta Thunberg, who gave the following address to a bunch of 'Climate Hypocrites’; at their recent dog and pony show climate meeting.  Bravo Greta!

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=greta+thunberg+speech&view=detail&mid=493EC3F3D5BFE18BC5D1493EC3F3D5BFE18BC5D1&FORM=VIRE

One can say many things about Trump, wrong as he may be on climate change, but he is not a hypocrite on this issue, hiding behind ineffectual promises, as do the so called good politicians.  President Trump promises nothing, and the fake pledges by the others amount to the same thing, nothing.

Who is Greta Thunberg?
"Greta Thunberg was born on 3 January 2003 in Stockholm,^[7][8] the daughter of opera singer Malena Ernman and actor Svante Thunberg.^[9] Her paternal grandfather is actor and director Olof Thunberg.^[10]
Thunberg says she first heard about climate change in 2011, when she was 8 years old, and could not understand why so little was being done about it.^[11] Three years later she became depressed and lethargic, stopped talking and eating, and was eventually diagnosed with Asperger syndrome,^[12] obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD),^[12] and selective mutism.^[12][13] While acknowledging that her diagnosis "has limited me before", she does not view her Asperger's as an illness and has instead called it her "superpower".^[13]
For about two years, Thunberg challenged her parents to lower the family's carbon footprint by becoming vegan and giving up flying, which in part meant her mother had to give up her international career as an opera singer.^[9][14] Thunberg credits her parents' eventual response and lifestyle changes with giving her hope and belief that she could make a difference.^[9] The family story is recounted in the 2018 book Scenes from the Heart.^[15]
In late 2018, Thunberg began the school climate strikes and public speeches by which she has become an internationally recognized climate activist. Her father does not like her missing school, but said: "[We] respect that she wants to make a stand. She can either sit at home and be really unhappy, or protest, and be happy".^[14] Thunberg says her teachers are divided in their views about her missing class to make her point. She says: "As people they think what I am doing is good, but as teachers they say I should stop."^[14]
Thunberg published a collection of her climate action speeches, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference, in May 2019^[16] with the earnings being donated to charity.^[17] In one of her first speeches demanding climate action, Thunberg described the selective mutism aspect of her condition as meaning she "only speaks when necessary".^[11] In 2019, Thunberg also contributed a voiceover for a release of "The 1975", the theme song of an English band by the same name. Thunberg finishes by urging: "So, everyone out there, it is now time for civil disobedience. It is time to rebel." Proceeds will go to Extinction Rebellion at Thunberg's request.<sup>[18]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thunberg#Transatlantic_voyage</sup> 

Those Taking Valsartan Or Irbesartan Blood Pressure Medication Should Read This

Please follow the link shown below, to understand the extent of the problem discovered.  Blooomberg's article is extensive in coverage but deserves to be read by those affected directly or indirectly.  Check with your friends and relatives, who may take these drugs, and forward this article, along with the web-link.

Personally, my generic pills (Enalapril) are made in India, instead of China but I don't feel any better about that.  We often hear criticism about drugs fabricated in Canada, personally, I trust these Canadian drug companies more than all the others combined.  Unfortunately, some of these off-shore companies have branches in the US, and probably Canada, therefore, these drugs can still be bad, no matter where they were made.  It stands to reason, when the parent company is corrupt, their divisions located elsewhere will likely not be anymore ethical.

As Blomberg's article amply demonstrates, our regulators and the FDA inspection process are less than stellar; why did it take so long to discover this very serious problem, discussed below.  The manufacturer involved made cost-saving changes to its process in 2011, with serious adverse consequences for patients, using this drug.  Only in 2018 did the FDA go public, per the article referenced below.

"In July 2018 the FDA announced that NDMA had been found in the widely used blood-pressure medicine valsartan and started overseeing a recall of drugs from three companies. They’d all bought the active ingredient for their valsartan from Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co., one of China’s biggest generic companies. The recall has since been expanded 51 times, to include two related drugs, irbesartan and losartan, made by at least 10 companies—some since 2014. Drugs sold to millions of people in 30 countries could be tainted.
Some of the contaminated valsartan contains as much as 17 micrograms of NDMA in a single pill. That’s equivalent to eating 48 pounds of bacon. The FDA estimates that for every 8,000 people who took the highest dose of contaminated valsartan daily for four years, there would be one additional occurrence of cancer. “We had to be honest about that, but it’s not a great message for the consumer,” says Janet Woodcock, director of the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “Throw a couple of lamb chops on the barbecue and you’d find nitrosamine after a good grilling. You have to put this in perspective.”You’d find nitrosamine—a category of carcinogen that includes NDMA—but you wouldn’t find 17 micrograms of it. European health regulators put the cancer risk from contaminated blood pressure medicines higher: They estimate that one out of every 3,390 people could become sick."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-09-12/how-carcinogen-tainted-generic-drug-valsartan-got-past-the-fda

We Need To Increase The Sound Volume

At the time of my writing, this Blog's posts have been read a total of 9,710 times; from the USA 5,928 times, and 3,782 times from other countries, and except for a few Canadians, none from the other countries are on my mailing list.  This makes me wonder, how many more readers could be reached in the USA, if some of these readers, on my list and others, would share blog posts, they think are worthwhile sharing?  The aim of this Blog, and most other Blogs, is to start conversations about the social issues presented.  Those who rule our lives count on the fact that most of us, read or watch TV, or a video, shake or node our heads, and then forget all about it.  These are the kind of people the Governments of the world try to cultivate, these are easy to divide and conquer, and therefore rule and abuse.

As I recall, one of my posts discussed the strength of the NRA, which has about five (5) million members, not wonder, they usually get what they want.  I venture to say, even some politicians, who privately hate guns, kiss-up to them, after all, 5 million votes can make or break you, they calculate.  What is NRA's secrete?  People who  really love guns and shooting them, unite to confront those who wish to attack the second amendment, of 1789, an Amendment which made sense in those days.

I think there are far more, than 5 million of us, who have a social conscience; so why not try to unite and create a formidable force that politicians yield to, unless the wish to retire anyway.  Together, we could make the NRA look like small potatoes, as far as a voting block is concerned.  You might ask, how could this be achieved?  There are a two progressions that could come into play, such as, 'Arithmetic, and Geometric Progressions', as illustrated by the following examples.

Arithmetic Progression:

Each reader adds one reader, and this reader adds a reader, and so on.  Before you know it the number of readers would increase very nicely.  Starting with 2, we get 2, 3, 4, 5, etc., when more readers are involved in this process, it adds up even quicker.

Geometric Progression:

Let us say, there are only 2 members, and these are multiplied by a discrete common number greater than 1 (in our case), being the common ratio.  When we start with a common ratio of 3, for example, a geometric progression starting with 2 readers with a common ratio (multiplier) of 3, would look like this, 6, 18, 54, etc.  This would make the readership grow even more quickly.  For example, on Tripadvisor, where I posted only 90 reviews, I have 62,568 readers; surely the power of progression was also involved.  Whereas, on this Blog I posted 145 articles, and show less than 1/6 of that, at this time.

By now, we all have read or heard that a certain nasty or comic video on 'Youtube' went 'Viral', well, this was the result of a progression.  Either way, the power of progressions should not be underestimated, to the contrary it should be employed to amplify the volume of our voices.  Let us remember, politicians with hearing problems, require an increase in sound volume to ensure their attention.

As an aside, I had one reader who constantly questioned why I even bother with the problems of the world; which actually should stir our souls.  He even wondered why he should keep-up our friendship?  Finally, I took him off the reader list, however, he is still in my list of friends.  He is just an individual who no longer cares about the plight of others, or any other social concerns, for that matter.  I truly feel sorry for him, his self-centered world is a very, very small world, indeed.

When I write to Presidents, past and present, and I have a number of times, by having many people behind oneself, motivates them not only to reply with platitudes, and they have (see prior posts), but more importantly take action, which, so far, they have not.  I do not advocate for any party, I advocate only for the people, no matter what their private affiliations may be.

Therefore, I ask each of you to please employ the power of progressions, by passing posts you judge interesting, to people you know.  For those of you, who already work this way, I thank you.

Computers Get 90% of Medical Attention

Thank you, Dr. John for bringing this to my attention.  Instinctively, I thought, I knew the amount of time Doctors have to play with computers because once or twice a year I sit in one of those over-air-conditioned rooms, waiting for somebody to appear.  When they do, after a quick hello, their attention goes to the electronic box.  I witnessed where a simple task like writing a prescription, can eat-up a lot of time; a pen and a prescription pad was so much more efficient, in the primitive days gone by.  I never imagined that the time spent on computers, by doctors, is really that much.

Well, enough from me.  Please watch this video, to learn from ZDogg, MD, how things really are.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/zdoggmd/81745

With all this (sophisticated?) technology, we still manage to kill well-over 250, 000 people a year because of medical errors.  Go figure.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/22/medical-errors-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-america.html

Why Our Family Avoids Any Vaccinations For Many Years Already

Dr. John's Blog pointed me to the old-age question to vaccinate or not.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. wrote an article, which was published in June 2018, which is very telling in regard to the safety of Vaccines, and I recommend that everyone interested in health issues, takes the time to read it.  It could save your or your children's health, or even their life.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/vaccines-liberal-mind/5686389

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a longtime environmental campaigner and author of American Values: Lessons I Learned From My Family (HarperCollins) and Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy. Follow him on Twitter: @RobertKennedyJr

You may not agree with the author but at least be informed about the very minimal amount of testing performed by big Pharma because our politicians make it so easy for them.  There is ample evidence provided through major lawsuits against big Pharma, where the damages awarded were substantial, the record shows.  Apparently, our elected Government Representatives have managed to create laws shielding big pharma from lawsuits, when it comes to Vaccines.

What In Hell Is Going On?

Dr. John Day, is a medical doctor, and I value his opinions greatly.  Here is what he had to say relative to the ongoing mass killings of people, by young people.

"Free Falling Already,

  Suicidal young men want their lives to have meant something as they sacrifice themselves to a cause.  The cause might be anything. This is typical human behavior. Look at history.  For the "right cause", we call them "heroes".  Young men, profoundly unhappy, and willing to die, are part of human society.  They always have been.  They typically get harnessed into the plans of the powerful.  Recruiters seek these guys. Sometimes they detonate on their own.  They typically have had traumatic childhoods and a failure to fit into society and get their social needs met.  They are suicidal and marginalized.  They act to get revenge, get their pride back, stand for something and end their lives in one decisive act."

You may also want to read the comments made by Kunstler, by following the link below.  Yes, this is his opinion, and you may have your own opinion about this  matter; post your comment, and/or opinion right here.

https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/hold-the-teddy-bears-and-candles/

I have expressed my opinion regarding this matter before on this Blog, and have decided to let the opinions of others speak to the tragedy at hand, as well.  Why is it, that in the good old days we never heard or read about any such massacres?  Why is it that some nations do not have this problem?

The issue of mass killings needs a nationwide debate and exchange of opinions, as well as actions, to prevent recurrences.  Please, let us start to discuss the issue with all we know, and most importantly with our children.  Stop buying these gruesome video games, which corrupt the minds of our young people, some of whom can no longer separate fact from fiction.

Finally, The Dead Have Reached The Ears Of The NY Fire Commissioners

September 3, 2018, I posted on my blog “September 11 (9/11) Truth – Perhaps, in which I expressed my disbelief regarding the official version of the events and their causes.  Yesterday, Dr. John, in his blog, informed his readers of the following new development on this tragic story.

I am quoting here from Zero Hedge’s article on the web, referred to by Dr. John.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-31/ny-fire-commissioners-call-new-911-investigation-citing-overwhelming-evidence-pre

“NY Fire Commissioners Demand New 9/11 Probe, Citing "Overwhelming Evidence of Pre-Planted Explosives"

"New York area fire commissioners have called for a new investigation into 9/11, claiming that "overwhelming evidence" of "pre-planted explosives...caused the destruction of the three World Trade Center buildings." The Franklin Square and Munson Fire District outside of Queens, New York made history by becoming the first legislative body in the country to support a new investigation into the events of 9/11, according to Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth."

"The resolution, read aloud and passed during a July 24, 2019 meeting and calling for the investigation was drafted by Commissioner Christopher Gioia and was unanimously approved by the five commissioners."

"According to Activist Post, Commissioner Christopher Gioia said: “We’re a tight-knit community and we never forget our fallen brothers and sisters. You better believe that when the entire fire service of New York State is on board, we will be an unstoppable force. We were the first fire district to pass this resolution. We won’t be the last."

This is indeed very good news, and my weary heart is jumping for joy.  Finally, the proverbial snowball is running down the mountain.  It will be interesting to see how much support, if any, is coming from our President?

 


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