Video Lecture about Stossel's new book

John Stossel: Why Government Fails—But Free Individuals Succeed‬ Recorded: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Part One Video:

Part Two Video:


Transcript: http://www.independent.org/events/transcript.asp?eventID=156

Dr. Mercola issues WARNING

Double-Whammy! Doctors Demonize Vaccine Choices as FDA Licenses New Combo Vaccine       

Dr. Mercola - July 24 2012

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/07/24/new-vaccines-for-babies.aspx?e_cid=20120724_DNL_artNew_2

Story at-a-glance

• A study by the Oregon Health Authority and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control concluded that about 10 percent of parents in Portland, Oregon are making independent decisions about how many vaccines their babies should get and when they should get them. Public health doctors refer to such parents as “shot limiters,” and it has become fashionable in medical journals and media circles to demonize these parents
• On June 14, the FDA awarded GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) a license to sell MenHibrix, a new vaccine that combines two meningitis vaccines into one shot, without asking the agency’s own vaccine advisory committee for an opinion, despite the fact the FDA had rejected the license in 2010 and 2011 because GSK had trouble proving the vaccine actually worked
• The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is rumored to vote on a recommendation for the MenHibrix in October

Drugs vs. Supplements - new data proves the "safest" one

Pharmaceutical Drugs are 62,000 Times More Likely to Kill You than Supplements    

 Dr. Mercola - July 24 2012 

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/07/24/pharmaceutical-drugs-vs-nutritional-supplements.aspx?e_cid=20120724_DNL_artNew_1          

Story at-a-glance

• Official UK and EU data reveals that you are 900 times more likely to die from food poisoning than nutritional supplements, and compared to supplements, you’re 300,000 times more likely to die from a preventable medical injury during a hospital stay in the UK
• Adverse reactions to pharmaceutical drugs are 62,000 times more likely to kill you than food supplements, and 7,750 times more likely to kill you than herbal remedies
• You’re also more likely to die from being struck by lightning or drowning in your bathtub than having a lethal reaction to herbs or supplements
• Based on the data showing supplements and herbal remedies are in the ‘super-safe’ category of individual risk, UK, European, and American authorities are completely out of line in their assertion that supplements are dangerous and need to be more heavily regulated                                                                                                                        

"Big Pharma" Merck Caught Lying about MMR Vaccinations??

Why Did the Wall Street Journal Bury the Merck Fraud Story?       
July 23 2012

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/07/23/merck-vaccine-fraud-story-buried.aspx?e_cid=20120723_DNL_artNew_1

Story at-a-glance

• Two virologists have filed a federal lawsuit against Merck, their former employer, alleging the vaccine maker lied about the effectiveness of their mumps vaccine. They claim they witnessed “firsthand the improper testing and data falsification in which Merck engaged to artificially inflate the vaccine's efficacy findings”
• The Wall Street Journal published the story on June 22, 2012, but within days, it was scrubbed from the internet. Was the story erased as a result of discussions at the Wall Street Journal’s “elite” CFO network on June 25, which includes Merck?
• Other censored vaccine news include the Italian Health Ministry conceding the MMR vaccine caused autism in a now nine-year old boy, which was not covered by US media
• Chatom Primary Care has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Merck, alleging Merck went to great lengths manipulating test procedures and falsifying results to prop up fraudulent efficacy claims, thereby maintaining its monopoly on the MMR vaccine

Political and Media - Rhetoric Tricks of the Trade

Thou Shalt Not Commit Logical Fallacies

YourLogicalFallacy.com

http://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/

What do you think about this?  Somebody named "Jesse" created a webpage with a downloadable poster for free. It's going viral, being touted on several websites.  "Jesse" works in the advertising business, and wanted to teach his own two children the "dark side" of advertising so that they wouldn't fall for it.  His website claims that as he put it together into a simple format for his own children to understand, the idea was born to put it out there for everybody to have--parents of other children, teachers, college students, etc.  He even gives the "rights" to print it off and sell it, saying that if you're willing to put out the money and time to do it, then you may as well earn the money for doing it.  He just wants it out there!

What are rhetoric tricks that can be called "Logical Fallacies?"  Quote from website:  "A logical fallacy is usually what has happened when someone is wrong about something. It's a flaw in reasoning. They're like tricks or illusions of thought, and they're often very sneakily used by politicians and the media to fool people.  Don't be fooled! This website and poster have been designed to help you identify and call out dodgy logic wherever it may raise its ugly, incoherent head." 

One EXAMPLE from poster:  strawman

You misrepresented someone's argument to make it easier to attack.

By exaggerating, misrepresenting, or just completely fabricating someone's argument, it's much easier to present your own position as being reasonable or valid. This kind of dishonesty not only undermines rational discourse, it also harms one's own position because it brings your credibility into question - if you're willing to misrepresent your opponent's argument in the negative, might you also be willing to exaggerate your own in the positive?

Example: After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenceless by cutting military spending.

As you move the curser over the "Logical Fallacies" 24 buttons, it will bring up a short definition. But if you click on the button, it will give a more detailed explanation as well as an example sentence for that particular "fallacy," such as copy/pasted above for one of them.  You will have to click the return arrow in the upper left-hand corner to get back to the main page. 

Opps! "Big Pharma" caught in fraud and other criminal behavior

Exclusive: Glaxo whistleblower goes public with shocking details of bribery, marketing fraud and other pharma crimes

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/036499_Glaxo_whistleblower_bribery.html#ixzz211bZ10kz

"As you probably already know, NaturalNews is on the forefront of exposing the fraud and criminality of the pharma industry, and today we bring you a groundbreaking new interview from one of the key GlaxoSmithKline whistleblowers who provided evidence to the U.S. government that led to the stunning $3 billion criminal fraud settlement.

"His name is Blair Hamrick, and his recent interview on the Health Ranger Report reveals some truly shocking details of bribing doctors, marketing fraud, off-label prescribing and more.

Read some of the highlights of the interview (and see a related court document) here:
http://www.naturalnews.com/036499_Glaxo_whistleblower_bribery.html

Watch the full interview on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_RJ9QPG70U

Or click here to see it on TV.NaturalNews.com.

Dr. Gary Null's Video on ObamaCare

"WAR ON HEALTH - The FDA's Cult of Tyranny"
Complete 2 hour film is posted below>>
by Gary Null, PhD., International Expert in Nutrition and Health Sciences  http://www.garynull.com/
"New York City, June 15, 2012 - If you can't watch the whole video, you need to watch at least the first 30 minute talk of Gary Null.

"'War on Health' is the first documentary detailing and challenging the FDA agenda and its allegiance with the international Codex
Alimentarius, which hopes to establish a monolithic food and health regime. Betraying its founding mandate to assure drug, food and
chemical safety in the interests of public health, the FDA today is a repressive bureaucracy serving pharmaceutical and agricultural greed and profits. Vaccines, medical devices, prescription drugs are fast
tracked at alarming rates through the FDA at the expense of scientific oversight to assure their efficacy and safety. The result is hundreds of thousands of premature deaths annually from pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines and medical devices and an epidemic of medical incompetence and fraud sanctioned by federal health officials.

"Featuring many pioneering American and European attorneys, physicians, medical researchers and advocates of health freedom, War on Health lifts the veil on FDA's militaristic operations against organic food providers and alternative physicians. The film's conclusion is
perfectly clear: the FDA is a tyrannical cult founded upon the denial of sound medical science with little intention to improve the nation's health and prevent disease."

Written and Directed by Gary Null
Produced by Valerie Van Cleve
Associate Producer: Richard Gale
Editor: Richie Williamson

Offline Editing: Valerie Van Cleve, L.A. Jones
Camera Operators: Marcello Coppuchino, Peter Bonilla, David Grier, L.A. Jones, Gregory Jason Russ, Jake Hammer Mesmire, Edson Tanakae, Valerie Van Cleve, Richie Williamson

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