From: Financial Times, Believer in small government predicts 15-year depression, March 22 2009
Unfortunately, cashing out will not protect the value of investments, he [Congressman Ron Paul] insists, because “fiat” currencies will all decline over the coming years as measures to try to haul the world economy out of recession fail. “The current stimulus measures are making things a lot worse,” says Mr Paul.
“The US government just won’t allow the correction the economy needs.” He cites the mini-depression of 1921, which lasted just a year largely because insolvent companies were allowed to fail. “No one remembers that one. They’ll remember this one, because it will last 15 years.”
At some stage – Mr Paul estimates it will be between one and four years – the dollar will implode. “The dollar as a reserve standard is done,” he says. …
A deep recession had only been avoided up until now because of the efforts of successive governments to reflate the economy. But there are no more policy levers left, says Mr Paul. “This is the big one.”
Unsurprisingly, Mr Paul has been viewed as a crank in Washington, dismissed as a doomsayer and a party-pooper. His bill early this year to abolish the Federal Reserve was largely ignored. And his adherence to the Austrian School of economics, which predicted that fiat currencies would destabilise the world economy, has won him few friends.
“People don’t like the Austrians because they are against big government, against armies and against the welfare state. To accept Austrian economics, you have to accept limitations of credit expansion and that is what has kept the government and financial firms in business for so long.”
However, his views are, for the first time, being taken seriously in Washington. Like another politician who recently aimed for high office, Al Gore, Mr Paul’s uncomfortable truths are starting to be deliberated at elevated political levels. “Before last summer, in meetings nobody really knew I was there. Now they often defer to me on economic matters. But you won’t catch any of them admitting that publicly – not yet at least.”
He believes that markets will fall much further and inflation rise much higher before his fellow politicians recognise that the system has failed. “We are likely to see an inflation depression,” Mr Paul says.
“In the 1970s, we had stagflation, but not depression. Inflation depression is what you see in Zimbabwe.”
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From: Prison Planet
The American Union by 2005 – 2006 by Robert Gaylon Ross
This video reveals the plans of the international bankers to dominate the entire world both economically and politically. This charge is validated by video clips from C-SPAN, showing David Rockefeller, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright & Warren Christopher, and White House Councelors Mac McLardy & David Gergen describing what they have in mind for the U.S. and the rest of the world, as well.
Though the American Union was derailed in 2005, it is still on the agenda.
Visit http://www.4rie.com/ to buy the video in hard copy.
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“Things always take a little bit longer
than you think they’re going to.”
– Bob Chapman at age-72
The International Forecaster
From: Infowars
NSC advisor Jones: “I take my daily orders from Dr. Kissinger”
March 23, 2009
Last week a caller to the Alex Jones Show mentioned a speech transcript posted on the CFR website where U.S. National Security Adviser Jones declared the following:
Thank you for that wonderful tribute to Henry Kissinger yesterday. Congratulations. As the most recent National Security Advisor of the United States, I take my daily orders from Dr. Kissinger, filtered down through Generaal (sic) Brent Scowcroft and Sandy Berger, who is also here. We have a chain of command in the National Security Council that exists today.
Jones made the remark at the 45th Munich Conference on Security Policy at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof on February 8, 2009.
Mr. Jones is basically telling us the National Security Council is run by Henry Kissinger. The NSC is the principal forum used by Obama for considering national security and foreign policy matters. Biden, Clinton, Geithner, Gates, Mullen, Emanuel, Summers, and others are listed as participants, but not Henry Kissinger.
In 2006, the Associated Press reported that Kissinger advised Bush and Cheney, a fact included in Bob Woodward’s book “State of Denial.”
In other words, the Bush and Obama administrations — never mind the “change” rhetoric — receive the same advice (instructions) from the ruling elite.
Earlier this year, Kissinger went on the floor of the stock market to declare Obama had a chance to create a New World Order.
Said Kissinger:
He can give a new impetus to American Foreign policy, partly because the perception of him is so extraordinary around the world. I think his task will be to develop an overall strategy for America in this period when really a New World Order can be created — it’s a great opportunity, it isn’t just a crisis.
Kissinger — along with David Rockefeller, Paul Arthur Allaire, and Richard Holbrooke — directs the American Friends of Bilderberg. He is also connected to the globalist Aspen Institute, the Committee of 300, the Trilateral Commission, and sits on the advisory board of JP Morgan Chase.
“Kissinger has been patiently waiting since at least 1973 for his New World Order egg to hatch,” notes the August Review.
Kissinger earlier praised Obama’s picks for economic recovery, and why not?
Obama picked Trilateral Commission wonder boy Timothy Geithner to be Secretary of the Treasury. The rest of the team are protégés of Robert Rubin, also a Trilateral and former Treasury Secretary under Clinton.
Obama’s top foreign policy advisor has been Zbigniew Brzezinski, the co-founder of the Trilateral Commission with David Rockefeller.
Finally, before Obama was elected, Kissinger went on the Charlie Rose Show and talked about the New World Order:
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But never mind. It’s all a crazy conspiracy theory, never mind another indication that the one-worlders control the president, this time admitted by top NSC honcho James Jones, who just so happens to be a member if the Trilateral Commission.
Related:
Henry Kissinger Tells Luke Rudkowski to “Go to Hell” for Asking a Question
Kissinger: Obama’s ‘task’ is to help create a ‘new world order’
[CFR.org] Obama’s National Security Advisor: “I take my daily orders from Dr. Kissinger”
Kissinger Sent to Russia to Cut New World Order Deal
Globalist Kingpin, Henry Kissinger to teach Sarah Palin about foreign affairs
2008 Bohemian Grove Guest List Obtained By 9/11 Truth Activists
Bilderberg Luminary To Select Obama’s Running Mate
[CFR.org] Obama’s National Security Advisor: “I take my daily orders from Dr. Kissinger”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFtePsHsUkA]Gerald Celente on Glenn Beck 10 Feb 09 Economic Apocalypse !!!!!!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoCv1GwXUxc]Gerald Celente on Glenn Beck 14 Feb 2009 Global Katrina !!!
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Gerald Celente, Trend Expert,Believes FEMA Camps for US Citizens 14 dec 2008
Gerald Celente: Director of Trends Research Institute
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This is the opening track in U2’s latest album of this same name: “No Line in the Horizon.”
Bono described in this interview the meaning behind the title. He and Edge live in Killiney Bay, from where they watch the moment when the sea and the sky become one color—and it looks like the horizon just goes on to infinity, “no end in sight.”
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To watch in HD, click on the video to open it, and then click on the HD symbol, which then becomes red when the video re-opens, bigger.
To watch either version in full-screen, click on the rectangle-within-a-rectangle icon.
03/18/2009 Freedom Watch w/ Judge Napolitano, Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Alex Jones, and more
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Judge Napolitano’s guests…include Alex Jones, Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell, Peter Schiff, Andy Levy, and Mark Skousen.
Ron Paul joins the discussion in part 5.
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske from The Alex Jones Show, 3/20/09
“Things always take a little bit longer
than you think they’re going to.”
– Bob Chapman at age-72
The International Forecaster
Related:
Adapted from IMDb: Memorable Quotes for Georgia Rule
Dear Rachel [Lindsay Lohan],
My mother [‘Georgia’ (Jane Fonda)] always told me: the hardest things to do in life are to trust, to have faith and to forgive.
So I want you to hear the strength in my voice when I say I forgive you because I love you—that simple and that complicated.
To forgive is to move forward. Georgia rule.
Love,
Mom [Felicity Huffman]
More Ultra Vivid Headlines from G. Edward Griffin’s RealityZone.com
US: Owner of flight school that trained 9/11 terrorists is arrested on huge Ponzi Scheme that may be connected to the Mob. Very interesting story for dot connectors. Madcow 2009 Mar 20 (Cached)
UN wants to tax producing countries on their consumption of oil and use the revue (what’s left after paying UN expenses) to fund government projects in non-producing countries. Pure collectivism.
Reuters 2009 Mar 19 (Cached)
US; House passes 90% tax on bonuses to anyone at a company that received bailout. While many cheered, Congressman Ron Paul called the measure a distraction, a disgrace, and unconstitutional. He is right. The problem is the HUGE expansion of money that Congress approved, not the relatively small bonuses. The bill merely allows politicians to appear that they are protecting taxpayers when, in reality, they are robbing them blind. Raw Story 2009 Mar 19 (Cached)
US: Fannie Mae, which was bailed out with billions of taxpayers dollars – and says it needs much more – plans to pay its executives $1 million bonuses each. Washington Post 2009 Mar 19 (Cached)
Chinese spy who defected from the Communist Party tells all. Washington Times 2009 Mar 19 (Cached)
US: House passes mandatory national service bill. Formulas to be developed for requiring all youth to serve the government. Prison Planet 2009 Mar 19 (Cached)
US: Senator Chris Dodd says: I did not do it, I did not know it was done, No one told me, I was forced to do it, I was misunderstood, I had to do it to save America! Yahoo 2009 Mar 18 (Cached)
Obama wants to disarm commercial pilots so they cannot defend against hijackers.
NewsMax 2009 Mar 18 (Cached)
Obama backs a federal Europe as part of the continuing march into global government based on the model of collectivism. Telegraph 2009 Mar 18 (Cached)
US: John Stossel on ABC’s 20/20 gives a refreshingly accurate and irreverent view of the bailout program. 20/20 2009 Mar 18
UN panel says world should ditch the dollar. The stage is being set for a new regional currencies which are the next step toward the loss of national sovereignty and the building of the New World Order.
Reuters 2009 Mar 18 (Cached)
US: Group appeals to citizen anger over bank bailouts but offers no solution except more government. Blames greedy bankers but ignores Federal Reserve and fiat money. This is fake opposition to harness protest and block real reform. A New Way 2009 Mar 18 (Cached)
US: Taxpayers outraged over AIG bonuses. People are focused on the wrong issue. The greater fraud is that AIG was bailed out at all, not how it used the money. WSJ 2009 Mar 18 (Cached)
In this province of Zimbabwe, common people must mine for gold or starve, because government money has collapsed. A looking glass into the future for the rest of the world? YouTube 2009 Mar 17
Shoes and words fly as Canadians protest Bush at Calgary speech. Raw Story 2009 Mar 17 (Cached)
US: Diebold Company, that makes voting machines for 34 states, admits the machines allow ballots to be deleted without any record of the deletions – so there is no audit trail for fraud. They were designed that way. BradBlog 2009 Mar 17 (Cached)
Obama announces “Zero-to-five” plan to place children under the care of government centers starting from shortly after birth – to help them become better educated, of course. Washington Post 2009 Mar 17 (Cached)
Investigation of 9/11: Produced in Europe. So far this is the best overview we have seen. It’s hard to believe that anyone can see this and still believe the official myth of 9/11. Watch before it is pulled from the Internet. Google Video 2009 Mar 17
US: Experts say that AIG likely will never pay back the bailout “loans” of taxpayers dollars. This is news? MSNBC 2009 Mar 16 (Cached)
Montana legislature considers return to gold and silver dollars for official payments. Slams Federal Reserve System as theft of common man’s wealth. WND 2009 Mar 16 (Cached)
U.S. Mint suspends production (again) of gold and silver coins, claiming that the demand is too great. Another way of saying that is that their supply of gold and silver is too small.
Gold and Silver Blog 2009 Mar 14 (Cached)
Collapse of the Dollar. This is the Power Point presentation made by Dr. Larry Parks before the Montana state legislative committee on sound money. It is an excellent overview of the case against fiat money and for a return to gold or silver-backed money. MontanaSoundMoney Posted 2009 Mar 14
Ron Paul debates in favor of de-criminalizing Marijuana and ending so-called war on drugs. Classic libertarian view. LarryKingLive Posted 2009 Mar 14
You’ve Got A Friend. Truly fascinating sand art. One scene constantly changing into another as we watch. YouTube Posted 2009 Mar 14
The Obama Deception. Here is the long-awaited video documentary that exposes Obama as a tool of the same hidden forces that directed the Bush Admin.
YouTube Posted 2009 Mar 14
World Affairs Brief, March 20, 2009 Commentary and Insights on a Troubled World.
Copyright Joel Skousen. Partial quotations with attribution permitted. Cite source as Joel Skousen’s World Affairs Brief ( http://www.worldaffairsbrief.com )
RUSSIAN REARMAMENT BEGINS IN EARNEST
Russia finally went public this week with what I have been warning about for years–the rearmament of Russian forces “on a grand scale” to oppose the growing encirclement of NATO forces. The news hit the European wire services a day before the US press mentioned it. As usual, the American side of these same services delayed this story so as to spin the message as “gamesmanship” on the part of Putin and Medvedev for “Russian public consumption.” Nothing could be further from the truth. The Russians are serious, and this announcement means that they can no longer conceal all of their rearmament efforts in underground factories and bunkers (Yamantau Mountain etc) and will begin to do so more openly-just like Hitler did in the 1930s. The Russian Bear is beginning to make his move.
One of the greatest songs ever! Album: No Line on the Horizon.
I was born to sing for you
I didn’t have a choice but to lift you up
And sing whatever song you wanted me to
I give you back my voice
From the womb my first cry, it was a joyful noise
Only love, only love can leave such a mark
But only love, only love can heal such a scar
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEGOb48gIe4]High Quality — Song only, and what a song!!!
Only love, only love can leave such a mark
But only love, only love unites our hearts
Justify, till we die, you and I will magnify
The Magnificent
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcvOWunC4N8]Low-Fi — with Dave’s intro and closing remarks
Related:
From: News with Views
It seems that most everyone focuses his or her attention on what is happening in Washington, D.C. People don’t seem to get excited about politics until a national election rolls around or unless the President makes some startling announcement. Even well-meaning Christian leaders seem to spend the vast majority of their time dealing with policies that emanate from Washington, D.C. Already, I’m hearing leaders of the so-called Religious Right talk gushingly about who the next Presidential nominee of the Republican Party will be. Who cares? Do you mean to tell me that with all we have to deal with right now, we can’t find anything else to talk about? How shallow–and utterly ineffective–can we be?
In the first place, Washington, D.C., is a lost cause. It really is. We have about as much chance of flying to the moon in a glider as we do of seeing any significant change in Washington, D.C. Neither the Republican nor Democrat parties at the national level offer any hope. The federal government is hell-bent on turning the United States into a socialistic global village, and the two major parties are in it up to their necks. …
If there is any hope for lovers of freedom in this country, it will be found in individual States that are willing to shake off the filthy dust that has floated down from that putrid landfill on the banks of the Potomac, and stand up for freedom and independence the way Americans used to. And if the State we live in won’t do it, we might want to consider moving to one that will, because if we lose our liberties, it will be our own individual State that will have run up the white flag.
Trouble sleeping? Could this be the reason why?
I just watched much of the movie, “Ganja Queen,” in which an Australian woman was being tried by an Indonesian court for attempting to smuggle 10 pounds of marijuana into Bali.
Apparently, Australians were as enthralled with this trial as the Americans who were stuck to their TVs during the O.J. Simpson case. After the verdict was read (broadcast live all over Australia), her Mom who yelled this at the judges:
~”You will never sleep again!“
When I searched the net to make sure this is the exact quote, I couldn’t find her quote, but found another insomnia curse in comment #956 on page 20 at this petition.
Help Bring Schapelle Corby Home… A Free Woman!
Target: The Hon. Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia
Sponsored by: http://www.freeschapelle.com.au
# 956:
9:00 pm PDT, Jun 30, Sonia [____], Canada
I want to make sure this case is heard all over the news again and again until Schapelle is freed and cleared of all charges. I want the governement of Indonesia to realize that they are killing an innocent women, and they will never sleep well. May they have floods, life lost, land health and wealth as punishment from the gods for this unjustice. May the plagues of the worlds ingulph them until they do what is right and set her free. This I pray until the governement admits that they wanted to make an example of her not caring that she actually was and is innocent!
Nice.
By the way, this is the side of the story the movie did not show. These cursed judges were probably right.
Related:
All of my People Cursing People posts—in reverse-chronological order at ToBeFree
All of my ‘Christians’ Cursing People posts—in reverse-chronological order at ONEcanhappen
“People should have the right to sin
and commit all sorts of stupid acts,
and believe all sorts of wrong things.
…unless
you’re violating the rights of others.”
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske from The Dr. Katherine Albrecht Show:
Excerpts from: Libertarianism.com
Short Definitions of Libertarianism
lib·er·tar·i·an: One who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state.
— American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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“Libertarianism is, as the name implies, the belief in liberty. Libertarians believe that each person owns his own life and property, and has the right to make his own choices as to how he lives his life – as long as he simply respects the same right of others to do the same.”
— Sharon Harris, President, Advocates for Self-Government
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“Libertarianism promotes a society where no one is the first to harm (strike, defraud, steal from) another. If someone fails to obey this one-and-only law, then he or she must make things right again with the one who is harmed. The only legitimate use of force is self-defense. Basically, libertarianism is a restatement of how we learned to get along with each other as youngsters. We honor our neighbors’ choices, and they honor ours. We don’t start fights and only fight back when attacked. We try to make right any wrongs that we do. Simple, isn’t it?”
— Dr. Mary Ruwart, Author, Healing Our World
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“Libertarianism is what your mom taught you: behave yourself and don’t hit your sister.”
— Dr. Kenneth Bisson, Advocates Board of Directors
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“As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty; a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives, and no one is forced to sacrifice his or her values for the benefit of others.
“We believe that respect for individual rights is the essential precondition for a free and prosperous world, that force and fraud must be banished from human relationships, and that only through freedom can peace and prosperity be realized.
“Consequently, we defend each person’s right to engage in any activity that is peaceful and honest, and welcome the diversity that freedom brings. The world we seek to build is one where individuals are free to follow their own dreams in their own ways, without interference from government or any authoritarian power.”
— from the Preamble to the Libertarian Party Platform
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“Libertarianism is the view that each person has the right to [live] his life in any way he chooses so long as he or she respects the equal rights of others. Libertarians defend each person’s right to life, liberty and property-rights that people have naturally, before governments are created. In the Libertarian view, all human relationships should be voluntary; the only actions that should be forbidden by law are those that involve the initiation of force against those who have not themselves uses force-actions like murder, robbery, rape, kidnapping and fraud.”
— Charles Murray, author, What it Means to Be a Libertarian
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“In popular terminology, a libertarian is the opposite of an authoritarian. Strictly speaking, a libertarian is one who rejects the idea of using violence or the threat of violence — legal or illegal — to impose his will or viewpoint upon any peaceful person. Generally speaking, a libertarian is one who wants to be governed far less than he is today.”
— Dean Russell, Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), 1955
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“Libertarianism is what you probably already believe… Libertarian values are American values. Libertarianism is America’s heritage of liberty, patriotism and honest work to build a future for your family. It’s the idea that being free and independent is a great way to live. That each of us is a unique individual, with great potential. That you own yourself, and that you have the right to decide what’s best for you. Americans of all races and creeds built a great and prosperous country with these libertarian ideals. Let’s use them to build America’s future.”
— David Bergland, 1984 Libertarian Party presidential candidate and author of Libertarianism in One Lesson
Related: Katherine Albrecht on Libertarianism: “People Have a Right to Sin”
“Neal, who has a Ron Paul bumper sticker on his car, said the next time he is pulled over by a police officer, he won’t know whether it’s because he was speeding or because of his political views.”
Related: David Icke: PLEASE DON’T RIOT … IT’S JUST WHAT ‘THEY’ WANT
From: News with Views
Thanks to a concerned Missouri state policeman, a nationally syndicated radio talk show host stated that he was alerted last week to a secret Missouri state police report that categorized supporters of Congressman Ron Paul, Bob Barr, and myself as “‘militia’ influenced terrorists.” The report, he said, “instructs the Missouri police to be on the lookout for supporters displaying bumper stickers and other paraphernalia associated with the Constitutional, Campaign for Liberty, and Libertarian parties.”
Ignoring the threat of Muslim terrorists, the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) report focuses on the so-called “militia movement” and “conflates it with supporters of Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, Bob Barr, the so-called patriot movement and other political activist organizations opposed to the North American Union and the New World Order.”
This report is not original, of course. During the Clinton administration, a Phoenix Federal Bureau of Investigation and Joint Terrorism Task Force explicitly designated “defenders” of the Constitution as “right-wing extremists.” However, the MIAC report significantly expands on earlier documents and is the first known document to actually name names.
Embryonic stem cell research:
“This is controversial as a form of research because it does depend upon the destruction of younger humans in order to serve the interest of older and more wealthy humans.”
– Tad Pacholczyk
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske from The Dr. Katherine Albrecht Show:
Guest: The Reverend Tad Pacholczyk, Ph.D. // Government’s Lethal Exploitation // Obama’s Embryonic Stem Cell Research Executive Order // Stem cell lines // Brave New World //
Katherine interviews the Rev. Tad Pacholczyk (Pah-HOLE-chik) a noted Neuroscientist as well as Staff Ethicist and Director Of Education at the National Catholic Bioethics Center. Katherine and Rev. P. discuss Obama’s executive order that will allow citizens’ tax dollars to be used to support embryonic stem cell research. Rev. P opposes embryonic stem cell research — as does Katherine. Katherine reads from Rev. P’s article “Government’s lethal exploitation of the most vulnerable of human beings.” Rev. P. explains how embryonic stem cell research requires the destruction of human embryos, calling it the killing of younger humans for the benefit of older, wealthier ones. Rev. P. explains what a stem cell line is. Katherine is told that there are about 500,000 embryos in a “Liquid Nitrogen orphanage” of sorts. Position of the Catholic church of invitro fertilization. Caller asks, “What if couples cannot conceive, is invitro the way to go?” Rev. P. says no.
Priest combines religion and science
The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC)
Commentary by Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted on Obama Embryonic Stem Cell Research Executive Order
Making Sense of Bioethics
“Abortion is not a civil right for the mother.
It’s a violation of the civil rights for the baby.”
– Dr. Alveda C. King
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske from The Dr. Katherine Albrecht Show:
Guest: Dr. Alveda C. King // 50 million abortions // Margaret Sanger // Hippocratic Oath // Christian and libertarian sensibilities // Katherine’s mom’s story // ‘Conscience Rule’ //
Obama administration may rescind ‘Conscience Rule.’ Guest: Dr. Alveda C. King, daughter of slain civil rights leader Reverend A. D. King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Pastoral Associate for the African-American Outreach of the Priests for Life. King says 50 million abortions have occurred since Roe v. Wade. King equates abortion to genocide. Katherine shares with Dr. King Margaret Sanger’s abhorrent racist views, as illustrated by a quote where she refers to people as “human weeds.” King talks about her own experience of being tricked into an abortion when younger. Katherine reads the Hippocratic Oath, which amazingly contains a prohibition against abortion and a passage requiring physicians to maintain patient privacy. Katherine explains her Christian and libertarian sensibilities. Katherine shares her story about her mom choosing life (Thanks Mom!). Callers weigh in about the “Rule of Conscience.”
Priests for Life African-American Outreach
King for America
Obama may overtune “Conscience” Rule
Dr. Alveda King’s informative video 28:00 long
Hippocratic Oath
Racist and eugenicist statements by Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood
* The finding that decaffeinated coffee is only half as effective is probably due to the stripping of much of the goodness of the coffee in order to remove the caffeine. There is a good reason why decaf doesn’t taste as good.
Also, if you’re interested, I give some tips that I’ve learned as to how to make the healthiest, best tasting coffee possible, at home in comment #2 in this article: Cup of coffee a day can keep Alzheimer’s away, say scientists
From: WebMD
Want a drug that could lower your risk of diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, and colon cancer? That could lift your mood and treat headaches? That could lower your risk of cavities?
If it sounds too good to be true, think again.
Coffee, the much maligned but undoubtedly beloved beverage, just made headlines for possibly cutting the risk of the latest disease epidemic, type 2 diabetes. And the real news seems to be that the more you drink, the better.
Reducing Disease Risk
After analyzing data on 126,000 people for as long as 18 years, Harvard researchers calculate that compared with not partaking in America’s favorite morning drink, downing one to three cups of caffeinated coffee daily can reduce diabetes risk by single digits. But having six cups or more each day slashed men’s risk by 54% and women’s by 30% over java avoiders. …
In recent decades, some 19,000 studies have been done…
“Coffee is loaded with antioxidants, including a group of compounds called quinines that when administered to lab rats, increases their insulin sensitivity” he tells WebMD. This increased sensitivity improves the body’s response to insulin.
That may explain why in that new Harvard study, those drinking decaf coffee but not tea beverages also showed a reduced diabetes risk, though it was half as much as those drinking caffeinated coffee.*
“We don’t know exactly why coffee is beneficial for diabetes,” lead researcher Frank Hu, MD, tells WebMD. “It is possible that both caffeine and other compounds play important roles. Coffee has large amounts of antioxidants such as chlorogenic acid and tocopherols, and minerals such as magnesium. All these components have been shown to improve insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism.”
Meanwhile, Italian researchers credit another compound called trigonelline, which gives coffee its aroma and bitter taste, for having both antibacterial and anti-adhesive properties to help prevent dental cavities from forming.
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