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Sunday, October 8, 2017

FEMINISM and the liberal elites - NOT PLAYBOY AND HUGH HEFNER - mostly to blame for the tragic resuls of the sexual revolution - The rate of STDs is skyrocketing - The current WAR ON MASCULINITY - Sex education's destruction of children's innocence and morals, and its damage of their mental health

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With the recent passing of Hugh Hefner, Playboy's creator, some media has blamed him for the depredations of the sexual revolution.  This is unfair. 

The true source of the sexual revolution and its trail of misery is women's liberation, which believes that women have the same right to sexual promiscuity as men - completely ignoring the fundamental differences in biology, psychology, and historical social roles in both sexes.  And then the Pill made it all possible.  
 
While Hefner profited from a male population eager to escape into his Playboy fantasy world, the real social catastrophe was unleashed by women's lib.  Women's lib not only changed the relationship between men, women, and the family, but women's political ideology and voting patterns have resulted in irreversible changes to society with welfare states gone mad.   
 
Women vote for political parties that render the need for a husband's financial and parental contribution obsolete.  Women can have babies out of wedlock, or divorce their husbands, and then count on the government to support them and their kids.  As the state replaces husbands, a shocking number of children grow without a father.  
 
Feminism does not stop there.  It has been waging a vicious war against men and masculinity.  Boys sense this negativity in their female teachers, their mothers, and the liberal media and entertainment.  Men are criticized, ridiculed, and even demonized.  "Down with the patriarchy" - whatever that means.
 
Feminists see boys as defective girls.  They are too active, too curious, too heroic, eager for power, playing fantasies of conquerors and superheroes - all of that being denounced by women and the leftist media as "toxic masculinity".  What women want is feminized males and masculinized females, and that's the depraved and abusive way they are raising their kids.   
 
The new generation is growing confused about their gender, even in kids as young as five or six, who are repeatedly encouraged to believe that they can be "anything they want" - not meaning doctors and astronauts, but of any sex they choose, while throwing the science of biology into the trash.
 
Many men in their twenties and thirties are still with their parents, playing video games and watching porn because (1) they are scared to death of women's meanness and aggressiveness, and (2)  they have no jobs due to increased participation of women in the work force, and the mass arrival of migrants from the third world.

Schools are indoctrinating children as young as six into sex-ed that includes depraved sexual practices that previous generations did not learn about until they were teenagers or adults.   These kids' minds and morals are being damaged, and their innocence destroyed - all in the name of 'inclusivity,' and tolerance of diversity.  
 
The following article is one of several that blame Hugh Hefner for the sexual revolution's trail of social and individual tragedy.  This blame on Hefner is exaggerated, but the information presented here is factual, as it focuses, among other items, on the growing number of people infected with STDs.

Romance, as it was presented in movies in the 50s and 60s, is dead.  Over.  When you meet the beautiful prince or princess of your dreams he or she is quite likely to be carrying at least one type of STD.  If not, the high incidence of adultery will make you worry about what infection your unfaithful spouse may be smuggling into your bed.  
 
A few samples of what women's lib and the sexual revolution have brought into our society:  
  • One third of the US population suffers from a sexually transmitted disease.  That's 110 million Americans.
  • Men who engage in homosexual activity are 100 times more likely to contract anal cancer than HIV-negative men “who exclusively have sex with women.”
  • Females who engage in anal sex - an activity now endorsed and encouraged by media such as Teen Vogue - are suffering from incontinence, due to damage to their colon.

 
By Trevor Grant Thomas, The American Thinker
 
A timely and stunning statistic befitting the recent death of America’s patriarch of pornography: a shocking 110 million Americans—over one-third of our population—are saddled with a sexually transmitted disease. According to The New York Times,
The incidence of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis is increasing, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An estimated 110 million Americans now are infected with a sexually transmitted disease
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Friday, September 1, 2017

Hurricane Harvey: SCHOOLS SHOULD TEACH LIFE SAVING SKILLS instead of sexual depravity in the name of political correctness - Harvey's collateral damage: infectious diseases, mold, and more

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There is an ongoing controversy over how leftist educators are indoctrinating children as young as six years old in human sexuality and all its variants, including details about intimate acts that past generations characterized as depraved.  All that is done in the name of inclusivity, so that children will not only learn to accept such behavior as normal, but will,  in the minds of leftist educators, embrace it too at some point.
 
There was a time when schools were meant to educate children, make them better citizens, better human beings.  These days they are used as centers of indoctrination for the cult of political correctness as defined by left wing educators and politicians.  Inclusivity, for example, now automatically excludes conservative views.  Tolerance is extolled, except for people with traditional values.   
 
And the latest environmental tragedy in Texas reminds us once again how schools have utterly failed to prepare individuals to save themselves.  We have watched hours of TV reporting on the tragedy affecting Houston and other localities submerged under water.   Although there is no denying the personal suffering of thousands of people, you may have felt curious about a few issues that the media chooses not to discuss.
 
There was too much blind trust on authorities, not enough independent thinking. 
Harvey was expected to be huge, that much we knew, and even worse than it actually turned out to be.  However, people chose to obey instructions that told them "to shelter in place" regardless of where they were.  The mayor of Houston said it would have been impossible to evacuate six million people.  However, it would have made good sense to evacuate a few thousand, particularly vulnerable folks such as people in nursing homes.
 
If you live on a third floor or higher, have plenty of food and supplies, and are well acquainted with survival skills, then it makes sense to shelter in place.  But if you live on a first or second floor, if you are fragile due to old age or a medical condition, if you are pregnant, if you have children with serious health issues, and if you don't have the money to purchase essential supplies for at least a couple of weeks, then it makes sense to evacuate ahead of time. 
 
There were many cases of people who were perfectly safe but had to be rescued because they ran out of food on the third day of the storm.  Even under normal conditions we should have enough food supplies for two weeks or more.  Not items that will spoil in case the power goes off, but canned food, crackers, peanut butter, health bars, and such.   And lots of drinking water.
 
People had not prepared a BUG OUT BAG
Time and again you would see people carrying nothing with them as they were being rescued.  Nothing!   A bug out bag is essential and should be ready at all times.  Some items can be left there permanently, such as extra clothes, while others should be on a list to include before departure, such as medications, pet food, health bars, important documentation, money, credit cards, and so on.  There are websites that specialize on bug out bags, and how to prepare for a disaster in general.  
 
Some people drowned or risked their lives because they did not know how to swim.
Swimming lessons should be mandatory for all able school children.   No one should lose his life because of the lack of such a basic skill.  But then educators are told to spend time teaching about kinky sex instead.
 
Warnings about water infections should have been given from the start. 
People wading in water should have been aware of the many germs lurking in that water, and how dangerous they are if you happen to have a scratch on your skin.
 
Texas had at least two weeks to prepare but there was no well organized plan to save pets and other animals.
Some loyal pet owners made sure that their pets went with them no matter what, but many others left them behind, to maybe drown or starve.  This is a situation that unfortunately repeats itself in every single disaster.
 
Washington Post:  Experts talk about the flood's collateral damage
 
Excerpts:   
 
Short term -  Water injuries
 
The majority of people who die during floods drown: About 75 percent of the fatalities are drownings, per the World Health Organization. Two feet of rapid floodwater will sweep away an SUV. Just six inches of water, if it moves quickly enough, can knock over an adult, according to the National Weather Service.
 
Floodwaters can also draw out unwelcome wild animals. Images of stinging fire ants clumped together as large floating rafts set social media abuzz on Monday. Snakes, too, are a concern.   Storm activity definitely increases the potential for snakebite as the snakes get flooded out and seek higher ground.
 
Short term: Infectious diseases
 
A flood contains more than rain. Sewage systems spill their guts. And the water can dredge up things more disturbing, if less infectious, than human waste. In New Orleans in 2005, the flooding from Hurricane Katrina exhumed corpses, sending coffins afloat through neighborhoods.
 
It is not easy to predict the nasty microbes that will strike. But Hurricane Katrina, which hit land at the same time of the year as Harvey, could offer some lessons.   In September 2005, the CDC reported 30 cases of MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus bacterium, among a group of New Orleans evacuees sent to Dallas.
 
And Vibrio pathogens, bacteria popularly described as “flesh-eating," sickened two dozen people and killed six. There were also scattered reports of skin rashes, from infections and heat, as well as red marks blamed on biting mites.  Texas health officials are urging people to get tetanus booster shots to protect themselves against the disease, which enters the body through cuts. 
 
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

MYSTERIOUS CREATURES INSIDE OF US - 99% OF MICROBIAL DNA IN HUMAN BLOOD IS UNKNOWN

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*  Mysterious, unknown creatures live inside of us....  This is not a horror film script, but the result of a scientific study.
*  And when you think of how bacteria (particularly gut bacteria) influence our brain and emotions, then we have ask the disturbing question:  Who is in charge of us?
 
Stanford University:  A survey of DNA fragments circulating in the blood suggests the microbes living within us are vastly more diverse than previously known. In fact, 99 percent of that DNA has never been seen before.

A great deal of mystery DNA has been found in the human gut. Of all the non-human DNA fragments the team gathered, 99 percent of them failed to match anything in existing genetic databases.
 
A new survey of DNA fragments circulating in human blood suggests our bodies contain vastly more diverse microbes than anyone previously understood. What's more, the overwhelming majority of those microbes have never been seen before, let alone classified and named, Stanford researchers report August 22 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
 
Continue reading this article and one on how gut bacteria affect the brain, including the incidence of AUTISM

Friday, June 2, 2017

STUDY: CATNIP IS A BETTER MOSQUITO REPELLENT THAN DEET - One more reason to respect your cat's wisdom

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Considering all the exotic diseases now being spread by mosquitos it is more important than ever to protect yourself from their bites.  Catnip may be the answer to keeping you safe.   You can plant this herb in your garden or balcony, rub your skin with it, and keep pesky mosquitos away.  This page also includes instructions on how to prepare a home-made lotion.

Researchers report that nepetalactone, the essential oil in catnip that gives the plant its characteristic odor, is about ten times more effective at repelling mosquitoes than DEET — the compound used in most commercial insect repellents.
 
The finding was reported by the  American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society, by the same Iowa State University research group that discovered that catnip also repels cockroaches.
 
Researchers report that nepetalactone, the essential oil in catnip that gives the plant its characteristic odor, is about ten times more effective at repelling mosquitoes than DEET — the compound used in most commercial insect repellents.
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

SCIENTISTS RECLASSIFY PART OF THE HUMAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AS A NEW ORGAN - This may help in a better understanding of digestive disease

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WHAT IS THE MESENTERY?   
The mesentery is a fold of the peritoneum which attaches the stomach, small intestine, pancreas, spleen, and other organs to the abdomen.  Until now, it has been overlooked in medicine as a fragmented structure. 
  • The mesentery was long-believed to be made up of separate structures
  • But a new study has shown that it is one continuous organ 
  • Researchers say the next step is understanding its function in the body
  • The finding could aid better understanding and treatment of abdominal and digestive disease 

  • Forget what you were told in biology class, as researchers have classified a brand-new organ inside the human body.

    The mesentery was long-believed to be made up of separate structures, but a new study has shown that it is one continuous organ.  Researchers hope that the reclassification will aid better understanding and treatment of abdominal and digestive disease. 

    Researchers from University Hospital Limerick in Ireland used complex microscopy to show that the mesentery was one continuous organ.
     
    Professor J Calvin Coffey, who first discovered the organ, said: 'In the paper, which has been peer reviewed and assessed, we are now saying we have an organ in the body which hasn't been acknowledged as such to date.  The anatomic description that had been laid down over 100 years of anatomy was incorrect. This organ is far from fragmented and complex. It is simply one continuous structure.'
     
    The finding has led to Gray's Anatomy – one of the most widely-used series of medical textbooks in the world – being updated to include the new organ.
     
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    Thursday, August 4, 2016

    HOW TO SURVIVE A RIP CURRENT - VIDEO - Also, learn about DRY DROWNING

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    The RNLI launched an education campaign telling people how to escape the strong currents as part of its aim to half the 190 deaths a year around British and Irish coasts
    Could you escape a killer rip tide?  An expert shows you how to break the grip of the rip. 
     
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    Tuesday, January 26, 2016

    TOXIN FOUND IN SEAFOOD AND BLUE-GREEN ALGAE MAY CAUSE ALZHEIMER'S - The same algae can kill pets minutes after contact with its BMAA neurotoxin. - READ about studies showing how Alzheimers can be contagious, its link with Mad Cow Disease, and how anesthesia contributes to senility

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    Blue-green algae on rocks in Cornwall with sea in background
    Blue green algae growing on rocks in Cornwall ocean waters.

    The following article mentions age as the top cause of Alzheimer's disease, and adds better diagnostics as a factor in its statistical increase.  But age causes SENILITY, not Alzherimer's.  Senility used to be the normal result of aging:   a little loss of memory and a bit of silliness was part of getting old.
     
    Alzheimers, however, is a disease that can affect people in their forties.   
     
    Also, the article on blue-green algae toxins causing Alzheimer's does not mention meat consumption as a major risk in acquiring this disease. 
     
    The meat industry has succeeded in silencing the fact that cattle that may be contaminated with Mad Cow Disease can end up at slaughterhouses as long as it does not show symptoms.  It's only animals who are basically collapsing that are taking off the meat processing plant, and not at every site.
     
    Due to the high costs of monitoring the health of the millions of animals arriving at meat processing plants, shortcuts must be implemented.  And so the public may end up eating contaminated beef.
     
    Further on this page please see outline and web link to fascinating article on how prions, that cause brain disease, pass from the urine or feces of a sick wild animal to grass which absorbs them, to the cow that grazes on it - and then to the consumer who eats that meat.   These prions are basically indestructible.  They cannot be killed by any known sterilizing method. 
     
    Also read article that exposes how Alzheimer's can be transmitted from one person to another through the use of surgical and dental instruments, and blood transfusions. 
     
    And now to the latest suspect:  The BMAA toxin found in seafood and blue green algae.

    Poisonous algae found in UK freshwater lakes and reservoirs could be fuelling Alzheimer's and dementia epidemic afflicting one million people
    Toxin also found in seafood
    such as OYSTERS
  • It is the first direct evidence that a chemical, produced by algae, might be linked to devastating brain conditions
  • Scientists have discovered the toxin in seafood and plants, through which it is feared it is entering the food chain
  • Researchers highlighted a growing body of evidence that the toxin, named BMAA, could trigger brain diseases
  • If confirmed, the chemical would be the first major environmental factor linked to increasing rates of Alzheimer’s 

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    Continue reading, including articles on how the blue green algae toxin kills pets by contact, on the links between Mad Cow Disease and Alzheimers, on how Alzheimers can be contagious, how anesthesia contributes to senility, the link between aluminum and Alzheimer's, and how prions that cause neurological disease can travel from wild animal to cow through grass, and end up in the human meat eater.

    Thursday, November 12, 2015

    INDONESIA'S FIRES CALLED A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY - ORANGUTANS AND OTHER ANIMALS ARE THREATENED BY FOREST FIRES deliberately set by villagers to clear land - Much of Southeast Asia under a poisonous haze that affects people's health

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    While the US president and other leftist leaders blame the West for climate change (they don't call it global warming anymore), countries in Asia are perpetrating ecological crimes against humanity.
    More than 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres) of land has been burned and six provinces severely affected by the haze, according to Indonesia's forestry ministry
    More than 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres) of land has been burned and six provinces severely affected by the haze, according to Indonesia's forestry ministry  
     
    Fires deliberately set by villagers to clear land are raging across Indonesia, creating thick smog that's believed to be the caused of 500,000 respiratory infections.  The government has been in readiness to evacuate victims from haze-affected provinces, while pollution caused by the fires has killed many and caused respiratory illnesses in half a million.
     
    The conditions are so extreme that Sutopo Puro Nugroho, spokesperson for the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recently called the persistent haze a "crime against humanity," adding that 43 million people have been inhaling toxic fumes from the smoke for months.
     
    Innocent animals are being victimized
    A few days ago I posted an article on Indonesia deliberately setting forests on fire to clear land, and then attacking defenseless orangutans who try to flee to safety.   It was the heartbreaking story of a starving mother orangutan with a baby reaching a village only to be stoned by villagers.
     
    Nick of time: International Animal Rescue's photo shows a baby orangutan holding onto its malnourished mother while being rescued in Borneo's West Kalimantan province. The pair had escaped a forest fire before being set upon by villagers
     
    An endangered Borneo orangutan and its baby escaped from raging fires in Indonesia that destroyed their forest habitat - only to be attacked by angry villagers.  
     
    The malnourished mother and youngster, called Gito, were found distressed and clinging to one another as locals hurled rocks at them and tried to tie them up before they were saved by International Animal Rescue (IAC).  Read more here
     
    Indonesia's forest fires threaten a third of endangered orangutans.  Fires have spread beyond plantations deep into primary forests and national parks, the last strongholds of the endangered apes.
     
    But not much is being reported about Indonesia's ongoing practice of setting fire to the forests, with the resulting destruction of trees, animals' habitat and animals themselves, and the poisoning of the air with smoke that make people ill, not only in Indonesia but in many other parts of Southeast Asia.  

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    Wednesday, July 22, 2015

    YOU CAN DROWN ON DRY LAND - DRY DROWNING and secondary drowning can occur many hours after a child or adult has left the water. - Even a small amount of water inhaled can prevent the lungs from providing oxygen to the bloodstream - It can kill babies after having a bath.

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    • Drowning can occur many hours after a person has inhaled water.
    • Anytime a child or adult inhales even a small gush of water it can irritate the lungs and cause swelling.
    • That small amount of liquid is enough to hinder the lungs' ability to provide oxygen to the bloodstream.
    • A not insignificant number of the victims are children who died after having a bath.
    • Read about what signs to watch out for, and what to do.
    Boy Dies Of Dry Drowning
    After Leaving Pool And Walking Home

    Johnny Jackson, a 10-year-old American boy from South Carolina, died at home on Sunday from "dry drowning" more than an hour after going swimming and walking home with his mother.   The sad event highlights a little known danger that parents and child carers should be aware of, that drowning can kill hours after being submersed in water.  

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    Thursday, June 4, 2015

    ISRAELI PROCEDURE CURES 58% OF CANCER IN TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS

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    Clinical trials of a new drug cocktail have been shown to cure 58 percent of terminally-ill patients by shrinking cancerous tumors or eliminating them altogether. The scientific community is hailing this discovery as a major breakthrough in cancer research.
     
    The new cocktail is a form of immunotherapy, a relatively new class of drugs that harness the body’s immune system to extinguish fatal tumors. Israeli researcher Prof. Jacob Schachter, who took part in the development of the drug and in the recent clinical trials, told Israel’s Channel 10 that the newfound drug cocktail could serve as the basis of treatment for many types of cancer, potentially replacing chemotherapy. “It’s an explosion,” he said.
     
    In one of the trials, over half of the terminally ill patients saw their tumors shrink or disappear completely.
     
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    Saturday, March 21, 2015

    MAN-MADE POLLUTION AFFECTING POLAR BEAR BRAINS - But what about humans? Statistics show our IQs have declined by 14 points in a century, and rates of autism are soaring

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    Environmental factors are blamed for the sharp increase in cases of autism in children.  According to the Autism Science Foundation, in 2014 1 in 68 children were diagnosed with autism, 30% more than in 2012, when it was 1 in 88.  
     
    Harvard University study shows environmental pollution as one cause for the dramatic rise in autism.
     
    Statistics also show that humans are getting less intelligent.  IQ has declined 14 points since the Victorian era.
     
    Daily Mail - Is pollution giving polar bears brain damage? Chemicals from stain repellent disrupt brain signal in Arctic predators.

    Researchers found pollutants were associated with lower levels of neurotransmitters in polar bear brain tissue
    He seems to be saying, I've got serious problems, man
    Stop polluting my world.  Please.

  • Researchers at University of Copenhagen studied polar bear brain tissue
  • They found perfluoroalkyl pollutants accumulated in the animals' brains
  • Higher levels were associated with lower levels of key neurotransmitters
  • These may impact on the behaviour and hormone levels in polar bears 
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    Thursday, March 19, 2015

    RESEARCHERS CHANGE HUMAN LEUKEMIA INTO HARMLESS IMMUNE CELLS - The hope is that these new immune cells may assist in fighting the cancer

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    leukemiaAfter a chance observation in the lab, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers found a method that can cause dangerous leukemia cells to mature into harmless immune cells known as macrophages.
     
    They hope that when the cancer cells become macrophages they will not only be neutralized, but may actually assist in fighting the cancer.
     
    The findings will be described in a paper that will be published online March 16 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
     
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