wakingtimes--2020-03-06--Coronavirus vs. the Mass Surveillance State: Which Poses the Greater Threat?

Emboldened by the citizenry ’ s inattention and willingness to tolerate its abuses , the government has weaponized one national crisis after another in order to expands its powers .
The war on terror , the war on drugs , the war on illegal immigration , asset forfeiture schemes , road safety schemes , school safety schemes , eminent domain : all of these programs started out as legitimate responses to pressing concerns and have since become weapons of compliance and control in the police state ’ s hands .
It doesn ’ t even matter what the nature of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ national emergencies , “ unforeseen economic collapse , loss of functioning political and legal order , purposeful domestic resistance or insurgency , pervasive public health emergencies , and catastrophic natural and human disasters ” —as long as it allows the government to justify all manner of government tyranny in the so-called name of national security .
Now we find ourselves on the brink of a possible coronavirus contagion .
I ’ ll leave the media and the medical community to speculate about the impact the coronavirus will have on the nation ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s War on the Coronavirus impact our freedoms ?
For a hint of what ’ s in store , you can look to China—our role model for all things dystopian—where the contagion started .
In an attempt to fight the epidemic , the government has given its surveillance state apparatus—which boasts the most expansive and sophisticated surveillance system in the world—free rein .
Thermal scanners using artificial intelligence ( AI ) have been installed at train stations in major cities to assess body temperatures and identify anyone with a fever .
Facial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people ’ s movements constantly , reporting in real time to data centers that can be accessed by government agents and employers alike .
And coded color alerts ( red , yellow and green ) sort people into health categories that correspond to the amount of freedom of movement they ’ re allowed : “ Green code , travel freely .
Red or yellow , report immediately.
” Mind you , prior to the coronavirus outbreak , the Chinese surveillance state had already been hard at work tracking its citizens through the use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nationwide .
Equipped with facial recognition technology , the cameras allow authorities to track so-called criminal acts , such as jaywalking , which factor into a person ’ s social credit score .
Social media credit scores assigned to Chinese individuals and businesses categorize them on whether or not they are “ good ” citizens .
A real-name system—which requires people to use government-issued ID cards to buy mobile sims , obtain social media accounts , take a train , board a plane , or even buy groceries—coupled with social media credit scores @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” are banned from accessing financial markets , buying real estate or travelling by air or train .
Among the activities that can get you labeled unworthy are taking reserved seats on trains or causing trouble in hospitals .
That same social credit score technology used to identify , track and segregate citizens is now one of China ’ s chief weapons in its fight to contain the coronavirus from spreading .
However , it is far from infallible and a prime example of the difficulties involved in navigating an autonomous system where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For instance , one woman , who has no symptoms of the virus but was assigned a red code based on a visit to her hometown , has been blocked from returning to her home and job until her color code changes .
She has been stuck in this state of limbo for weeks with no means of challenging the color code or knowing exactly why she ’ s been assigned a red code .
Fighting the coronavirus epidemic has given China the perfect excuse for unleashing the full force of its surveillance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as Eamon Barrett acknowledges in Fortune magazine , is what happens after : “ Once the outbreak is controlled , it ’ s unclear whether the government will retract its new powers.
” The lesson for the ages : once any government is allowed to expand its powers , it ’ s almost impossible to pull back .
Meanwhile , here in the U.S. , the government thus far has limited its coronavirus preparations to missives advising the public to stay calm , wash their hands , and cover their mouths when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t go underestimating the government ’ s ability to lock the nation down if the coronavirus turns into a pandemic , however .
After all , the government has been planning and preparing for such a crisis for years now .
The building blocks are already in place for such an eventuality : the surveillance networks , fusion centers and government contractors that already share information in real time ; the government ’ s massive biometric databases that can identify individuals based on genetic and biological markers ; the militarized police , working @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and able to coordinate with the federal government when it ’ s time to round up the targeted individuals ; the courts that will sanction the government ’ s methods , no matter how unlawful , as long as it ’ s done in the name of national security ; and the detention facilities , whether private prisons or FEMA internment camps , that have been built and are waiting to be filled .
Now all of this may sound far-fetched to you now , but we ’ ve already arrived at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s 1984 , Aldous Huxley ’ s Brave New World , and Philip K. Dick ’ s Minority Report .
It won ’ t take much more to push us over the edge into Neill Blomkamp ’ s Elysium , in which the majority of humanity is relegated to an overpopulated , diseased , warring planet where the government employs technologies such as drones , tasers and biometric scanners to track , target and control the populace .
Mind you , while these technologies are already in use today and being hailed for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ benefits , it won ’ t be long before the drawbacks to having a government equipped with technology that makes it all-seeing , all-knowing , and all-powerful——helped along by the citizenry—far outdistance the benefits .
On a daily basis , Americans are relinquishing ( in many cases , voluntarily ) the most intimate details of who we are—their biological makeup , our genetic blueprints , and our biometrics ( facial characteristics and structure , fingerprints , iris scans , etc . )
—in order to navigate an increasingly technologically-enabled world .
Consider all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , hunted , hounded , and stalked by the government and its dubious agents : By tapping into your phone lines and cell phone communications , the government knows what you say .
By uploading all of your emails , opening your mail , and reading your Facebook posts and text messages , the government knows what you write .
By monitoring your movements with the use of license plate readers , surveillance cameras and other tracking devices , the government knows where you go .
By churning through all of the detritus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you go , what you say—the government can predict what you will do .
By mapping the synapses in your brain , scientists—and in turn , the government—will soon know what you remember .
By mapping your biometrics—your “ face-print ” —and storing the information in a massive , shared government database available to bureaucratic agencies , police and the military , the government ’ s goal is to use facial recognition software to identify you ( and every other person in the country ) and track your movements , wherever you go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government will soon know everything else about you that they don ’ t already know : your family chart , your ancestry , what you look like , your health history , your inclination to follow orders or chart your own course , etc .
Of course , none of these technologies are foolproof .
Nor are they immune from tampering , hacking or user bias .
Nevertheless , they have become a convenient tool in the hands of government agents to render null and void the Constitution ’ s requirements of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and seizures .
The ramifications of a government—any government—having this much unregulated , unaccountable power to target , track , round up and detain its citizens is beyond chilling .
Imagine what a totalitarian regime such as Nazi Germany could have done with this kind of unadulterated power .
Imagine what the next police state to follow in Germany ’ s footsteps will do with this kind of power .
Society is rapidly moving in that direction .
We ’ ve made it so easy for the government to watch us .
Government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you read , how much you spend , where you go , with whom you interact , when you wake up in the morning , what you ’ re watching on television and reading on the internet .
Every move you make is being monitored , mined for data , crunched , and tabulated in order to form a picture of who you are , what makes you tick , and how best to control you when and if it becomes necessary to bring you in line .
Chances are , as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already been assigned a color-coded threat assessment score—green , yellow or red—so police are forewarned about your potential inclination to be a troublemaker depending on whether you ’ ve had a career in the military , posted a comment perceived as threatening on Facebook , suffer from a particular medical condition , or know someone who knows someone who might have committed a crime .
In other words , you ’ re most likely already flagged in a government database somewhere .
The government has the know-how .
Indeed , for years now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conspired to acquire near-limitless power and control over biometric information collected on law-abiding individuals , millions of whom have never been accused of a crime .
Going far beyond the scope of those with criminal backgrounds , the FBI ’ s Next Generation Identification database ( NGID ) , a billion dollar boondoggle that is aimed at dramatically expanding the government ’ s ID database from a fingerprint system to a vast data storehouse of iris scans , photos searchable with face recognition technology , palm prints , and measures of gait and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scars , and tattoos .
Launched in 2008 , the NGID is a massive biometric database that contains more than 100 million fingerprints and 45 million facial photos gathered from a variety of sources ranging from criminal suspects and convicts to daycare workers and visa applicants , including millions of people who have never committed or even been accused of a crime .
In other words , innocent American citizens are now automatically placed in a suspect database .
For a long time , the government was required to at least observe some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how it could access someone ’ s biometrics and DNA and use it against them .
That is no longer the case .
The information is being amassed through a variety of routine procedures , with the police leading the way as prime collectors of biometrics for something as non-threatening as a simple moving violation .
The nation ’ s courts are also doing their part to “ build ” the database , requiring biometric information as a precursor to more lenient sentences .
And of course Corporate America ( including Google , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has made it so easy to use one ’ s biometrics to access everything from bank accounts to cell phones .
We ’ ve made it so easy for the government to target , identify and track us .
Add pre-crime programs into the mix with government agencies and corporations working in tandem to determine who is a potential danger and spin a sticky spider-web of threat assessments , behavioral sensing warnings , flagged “ words , ” and “ suspicious ” activity reports using automated eyes and ears , social media , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and you having the makings for a perfect dystopian nightmare .
This is the kind of oppressive pre-crime and pre-thought crime package foreshadowed by George Orwell , Aldous Huxley and Phillip K. Dick .
Remember , even the most well-intentioned government law or program can be—and has been—perverted , corrupted and used to advance illegitimate purposes once profit and power are added to the equation .
In the right ( or wrong ) hands , benevolent plans can easily be put to malevolent purposes .
Surveillance , digital stalking and the data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a society in which there ’ s little room for indiscretions , imperfections , or acts of independence .
This is the creepy , calculating yet diabolical genius of the American police state : the very technology we hailed as revolutionary and liberating has become our prison , jailer , probation officer , Big Brother and Father Knows Best all rolled into one .
It turns out that we are Soylent Green .
The 1973 film of the same name , starring Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson , is set in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ starving New York City whose inhabitants depend on synthetic foods manufactured by the Soylent Corporation for survival .
Heston plays a policeman investigating a murder , who discovers the grisly truth about the primary ingredient in the wafer , soylent green , which is the principal source of nourishment for a starved population .
“ It ’ s people .
Soylent Green is made out of people , ” declares Heston ’ s character .
“ They ’ re making our food out of people .
Next thing they ’ ll be breeding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , how right he was .
Soylent Green is indeed people or , in our case , Soylent Green is our own personal data , repossessed , repackaged and used by corporations and the government to entrap us .
Without constitutional protections in place to guard against encroachments on our rights when power , technology and militaristic governance converge , it won ’ t be long before we find ourselves , much like Edward G. Robinson ’ s character in Soylent Green , looking back on the past with longing , back to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whom we wanted , buy what we wanted , think what we wanted , and go where we wanted without those thoughts , words and movements being tracked , processed and stored by corporate giants such as Google , sold to government agencies such as the NSA and CIA , and used against us by militarized police with their army of futuristic technologies .
We ’ re not quite there yet .
But that moment of reckoning is getting closer by the minute .
In the meantime , we ’ ve got an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and wash your hands .
Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze .
And stock up on whatever you might need to survive this virus if it spreads to your community .
We are indeed at our most vulnerable right now , but as I make clear in my book Battlefield America : The War on the American People , it ’ s the American Surveillance State—not the coronavirus—that poses the greatest threat to our freedoms .
Jon Rappoport is the author of three explosive collections , THE MATRIX REVEALED , EXIT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ THE MATRIX , Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29thDistrict of California .
He maintains a consulting practice for private clients , the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power .
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize , he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years , writing articles on politics , medicine , and health for CBS Healthwatch , LA Weekly , Spin Magazine , Stern , and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe .
Jon has delivered lectures and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ logic , and creative power to audiences around the world .
You can sign up for his free emails at NoMoreFakeNews.com or OutsideTheRealityMachine .
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Coronavirus vs. the Mass Surveillance State: Which Poses the Greater Threat?
Jon Rappoport, Guest
Waking Times
“If, as it seems, we are in the process of becoming a totalitarian society in which the state apparatus is all-powerful, the ethics most important for the survival of the true, free, human individual would be: cheat, lie, evade, fake it, be elsewhere, forge documents, build improved electronic gadgets in your garage that’ll outwit the gadgets used by the authorities.”—Philip K. Dick
Emboldened by the citizenry’s inattention and willingness to tolerate its abuses, the government has weaponized one national crisis after another in order to expands its powers.
The war on terror, the war on drugs, the war on illegal immigration, asset forfeiture schemes, road safety schemes, school safety schemes, eminent domain: all of these programs started out as legitimate responses to pressing concerns and have since become weapons of compliance and control in the police state’s hands.
It doesn’t even matter what the nature of the crisis might be—civil unrest, the national emergencies, “unforeseen economic collapse, loss of functioning political and legal order, purposeful domestic resistance or insurgency, pervasive public health emergencies, and catastrophic natural and human disasters”—as long as it allows the government to justify all manner of government tyranny in the so-called name of national security.
Now we find ourselves on the brink of a possible coronavirus contagion.
I’ll leave the media and the medical community to speculate about the impact the coronavirus will have on the nation’s health, but how will the government’s War on the Coronavirus impact our freedoms?
For a hint of what’s in store, you can look to China—our role model for all things dystopian—where the contagion started.
In an attempt to fight the epidemic, the government has given its surveillance state apparatus—which boasts the most expansive and sophisticated surveillance system in the world—free rein. Thermal scanners using artificial intelligence (AI) have been installed at train stations in major cities to assess body temperatures and identify anyone with a fever. Facial recognition cameras and cell phone carriers track people’s movements constantly, reporting in real time to data centers that can be accessed by government agents and employers alike. And coded color alerts (red, yellow and green) sort people into health categories that correspond to the amount of freedom of movement they’re allowed: “Green code, travel freely. Red or yellow, report immediately.”
Mind you, prior to the coronavirus outbreak, the Chinese surveillance state had already been hard at work tracking its citizens through the use of some 200 million security cameras installed nationwide. Equipped with facial recognition technology, the cameras allow authorities to track so-called criminal acts, such as jaywalking, which factor into a person’s social credit score.
Social media credit scores assigned to Chinese individuals and businesses categorize them on whether or not they are “good” citizens. A real-name system—which requires people to use government-issued ID cards to buy mobile sims, obtain social media accounts, take a train, board a plane, or even buy groceries—coupled with social media credit scores ensures that those blacklisted as “unworthy” are banned from accessing financial markets, buying real estate or travelling by air or train. Among the activities that can get you labeled unworthy are taking reserved seats on trains or causing trouble in hospitals.
That same social credit score technology used to identify, track and segregate citizens is now one of China’s chief weapons in its fight to contain the coronavirus from spreading. However, it is far from infallible and a prime example of the difficulties involved in navigating an autonomous system where disembodied AI systems call the shots. For instance, one woman, who has no symptoms of the virus but was assigned a red code based on a visit to her hometown, has been blocked from returning to her home and job until her color code changes. She has been stuck in this state of limbo for weeks with no means of challenging the color code or knowing exactly why she’s been assigned a red code.
Fighting the coronavirus epidemic has given China the perfect excuse for unleashing the full force of its surveillance and data collection powers. The problem, as Eamon Barrett acknowledges in Fortune magazine, is what happens after: “Once the outbreak is controlled, it’s unclear whether the government will retract its new powers.”
The lesson for the ages: once any government is allowed to expand its powers, it’s almost impossible to pull back.
Meanwhile, here in the U.S., the government thus far has limited its coronavirus preparations to missives advising the public to stay calm, wash their hands, and cover their mouths when they cough and sneeze.
Don’t go underestimating the government’s ability to lock the nation down if the coronavirus turns into a pandemic, however. After all, the government has been planning and preparing for such a crisis for years now.
The building blocks are already in place for such an eventuality: the surveillance networks, fusion centers and government contractors that already share information in real time; the government’s massive biometric databases that can identify individuals based on genetic and biological markers; the militarized police, working in conjunction with federal agencies, ready and able to coordinate with the federal government when it’s time to round up the targeted individuals; the courts that will sanction the government’s methods, no matter how unlawful, as long as it’s done in the name of national security; and the detention facilities, whether private prisons or FEMA internment camps, that have been built and are waiting to be filled.
Now all of this may sound far-fetched to you now, but we’ve already arrived at the dystopian futures prophesied by George Orwell’s 1984, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, and Philip K. Dick’s Minority Report.
It won’t take much more to push us over the edge into Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium, in which the majority of humanity is relegated to an overpopulated, diseased, warring planet where the government employs technologies such as drones, tasers and biometric scanners to track, target and control the populace.
Mind you, while these technologies are already in use today and being hailed for their potentially life-saving, cost-saving, time-saving benefits, it won’t be long before the drawbacks to having a government equipped with technology that makes it all-seeing, all-knowing, and all-powerful——helped along by the citizenry—far outdistance the benefits.
On a daily basis, Americans are relinquishing (in many cases, voluntarily) the most intimate details of who we are—their biological makeup, our genetic blueprints, and our biometrics (facial characteristics and structure, fingerprints, iris scans, etc.)—in order to navigate an increasingly technologically-enabled world.
Consider all the ways you continue to be tracked, hunted, hounded, and stalked by the government and its dubious agents:
By tapping into your phone lines and cell phone communications, the government knows what you say. By uploading all of your emails, opening your mail, and reading your Facebook posts and text messages, the government knows what you write. By monitoring your movements with the use of license plate readers, surveillance cameras and other tracking devices, the government knows where you go. By churning through all of the detritus of your life—what you read, where you go, what you say—the government can predict what you will do.
By mapping the synapses in your brain, scientists—and in turn, the government—will soon know what you remember. By mapping your biometrics—your “face-print”—and storing the information in a massive, shared government database available to bureaucratic agencies, police and the military, the government’s goal is to use facial recognition software to identify you (and every other person in the country) and track your movements, wherever you go. And by accessing your DNA, the government will soon know everything else about you that they don’t already know: your family chart, your ancestry, what you look like, your health history, your inclination to follow orders or chart your own course, etc.
Of course, none of these technologies are foolproof.
Nor are they immune from tampering, hacking or user bias.
Nevertheless, they have become a convenient tool in the hands of government agents to render null and void the Constitution’s requirements of privacy and its prohibitions against unreasonable searches and seizures.
The ramifications of a government—any government—having this much unregulated, unaccountable power to target, track, round up and detain its citizens is beyond chilling.
Imagine what a totalitarian regime such as Nazi Germany could have done with this kind of unadulterated power.
Imagine what the next police state to follow in Germany’s footsteps will do with this kind of power. Society is rapidly moving in that direction.
We’ve made it so easy for the government to watch us.
Government eyes see your every move: what you read, how much you spend, where you go, with whom you interact, when you wake up in the morning, what you’re watching on television and reading on the internet.
Every move you make is being monitored, mined for data, crunched, and tabulated in order to form a picture of who you are, what makes you tick, and how best to control you when and if it becomes necessary to bring you in line.
Chances are, as the Washington Post has reported, you have already been assigned a color-coded threat assessment score—green, yellow or red—so police are forewarned about your potential inclination to be a troublemaker depending on whether you’ve had a career in the military, posted a comment perceived as threatening on Facebook, suffer from a particular medical condition, or know someone who knows someone who might have committed a crime.
In other words, you’re most likely already flagged in a government database somewhere.
The government has the know-how.
Indeed, for years now, the FBI and Justice Department have conspired to acquire near-limitless power and control over biometric information collected on law-abiding individuals, millions of whom have never been accused of a crime.
Going far beyond the scope of those with criminal backgrounds, the FBI’s Next Generation Identification database (NGID), a billion dollar boondoggle that is aimed at dramatically expanding the government’s ID database from a fingerprint system to a vast data storehouse of iris scans, photos searchable with face recognition technology, palm prints, and measures of gait and voice recordings alongside records of fingerprints, scars, and tattoos.
Launched in 2008, the NGID is a massive biometric database that contains more than 100 million fingerprints and 45 million facial photos gathered from a variety of sources ranging from criminal suspects and convicts to daycare workers and visa applicants, including millions of people who have never committed or even been accused of a crime.
In other words, innocent American citizens are now automatically placed in a suspect database.
For a long time, the government was required to at least observe some basic restrictions on when, where and how it could access someone’s biometrics and DNA and use it against them.
That is no longer the case.
The information is being amassed through a variety of routine procedures, with the police leading the way as prime collectors of biometrics for something as non-threatening as a simple moving violation. The nation’s courts are also doing their part to “build” the database, requiring biometric information as a precursor to more lenient sentences. And of course Corporate America (including Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc.) has made it so easy to use one’s biometrics to access everything from bank accounts to cell phones.
We’ve made it so easy for the government to target, identify and track us.
Add pre-crime programs into the mix with government agencies and corporations working in tandem to determine who is a potential danger and spin a sticky spider-web of threat assessments, behavioral sensing warnings, flagged “words,” and “suspicious” activity reports using automated eyes and ears, social media, behavior sensing software, and citizen spies, and you having the makings for a perfect dystopian nightmare.
This is the kind of oppressive pre-crime and pre-thought crime package foreshadowed by George Orwell, Aldous Huxley and Phillip K. Dick.
Remember, even the most well-intentioned government law or program can be—and has been—perverted, corrupted and used to advance illegitimate purposes once profit and power are added to the equation.
In the right (or wrong) hands, benevolent plans can easily be put to malevolent purposes.
Surveillance, digital stalking and the data mining of the American people add up to a society in which there’s little room for indiscretions, imperfections, or acts of independence.
This is the creepy, calculating yet diabolical genius of the American police state: the very technology we hailed as revolutionary and liberating has become our prison, jailer, probation officer, Big Brother and Father Knows Best all rolled into one.
It turns out that we are Soylent Green.
The 1973 film of the same name, starring Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson, is set in 2022 in an overpopulated, polluted, starving New York City whose inhabitants depend on synthetic foods manufactured by the Soylent Corporation for survival.
Heston plays a policeman investigating a murder, who discovers the grisly truth about the primary ingredient in the wafer, soylent green, which is the principal source of nourishment for a starved population. “It’s people. Soylent Green is made out of people,” declares Heston’s character. “They’re making our food out of people. Next thing they’ll be breeding us like cattle for food.”
Oh, how right he was.
Soylent Green is indeed people or, in our case, Soylent Green is our own personal data, repossessed, repackaged and used by corporations and the government to entrap us.
Without constitutional protections in place to guard against encroachments on our rights when power, technology and militaristic governance converge, it won’t be long before we find ourselves, much like Edward G. Robinson’s character in Soylent Green, looking back on the past with longing, back to an age where we could speak to whom we wanted, buy what we wanted, think what we wanted, and go where we wanted without those thoughts, words and movements being tracked, processed and stored by corporate giants such as Google, sold to government agencies such as the NSA and CIA, and used against us by militarized police with their army of futuristic technologies.
We’re not quite there yet. But that moment of reckoning is getting closer by the minute.
In the meantime, we’ve got an epidemic to survive, so go ahead and wash your hands. Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. And stock up on whatever you might need to survive this virus if it spreads to your community.
We are indeed at our most vulnerable right now, but as I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, it’s the American Surveillance State—not the coronavirus—that poses the greatest threat to our freedoms.
About the Author
Jon Rappoport is the author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29thDistrict of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at NoMoreFakeNews.com or OutsideTheRealityMachine.
(To read about Jon’s mega-collection, Exit From The Matrix, click here.)


wakingtimes--2020-03-06--This ‘Biker Gang’ Has Been Working to Support, Protect and Empower Abused Children

When one thinks of a typical motorcycle club , a few things come to mind : bruising bar fights , gang warfare , and the kind of criminal activity popularly depicted in the TV series Sons of Anarchy .
And while there are certainly a few modern motorcycle clubs that live up to the bad-boy image , children around the world have also been relying on a different type of biker gang for emotional support and protection .
Enter Bikers Against Child Abuse ( BACA ) , an international nonprofit organization that relies on volunteers to form a layer of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parental abuse and other at-home ordeals .
At first glance , the group resembles any other outlaw motorcycle club—complete with their own logos , patches , leather vests , and a network of chapters throughout the world .
The group ’ s mission is to simply help children and their families through positive intervention , never violating parents ’ rights or using violence and physical force to get their point across .
Whether the child has a nightmare in the middle of the night or an abuser is menacing a child , BACA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intervene .
The group also helps children cope with the stress of appearing before court .
As the group explains on their website , BACA works with individuals and agencies—state child protective services , for example—to support children who are frightened by their environments .
Once a BACA liaison verifies a case through the authorities , the group steps in to introduce themselves , often through a motorcycle ride .
The group explains : “ The B.A.C.A .
chapter rides to meet the child and he/she is given a vest with a B.A.C.A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The child is free to wear the vest or not , and we support their decision .
The child is also given bumper stickers , and other gifts that are generally donated by the public .
These initial visits generally last about a half an hour .
Following this initial contact , the child is given the name and number of two B.A.C.A .
Members residing geographically closest to them , who then become the child ’ s primary contacts .
Prior to becoming the primary contacts for the child , the bikers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extensive background check , have ridden with the Chapter for at least a year , and have received special instructions from the Licensed Mental Health Professional .
Anytime the child feels scared and feels the need for the presence of his new B.A.C.A .
family , the child may call upon these bikers to go to the child ’ s house and provide the necessary reassurance to feel safe and protected.
“ The group ’ s membership and supporters also help children by ensuring that they don ’ t ever feel lonely , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ However , BACA ensures that the entire experience is consensual for both parents and children and will never intervene without permission .
Bikers who want to volunteer for BACA also undergo extensive background checks and training prior to entering service , and none of them are financially reimbursed for their work—it is purely a labor of love .
Over the course of over two decades , the group has expanded from the United States to locales across the world including Canada , New Zealand , and Australia .
Chuck Blair , vice president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that for many children—and people in general—life can be unpredictable .
“ Sometimes it ’ s a great ride , sometimes it ’ s not a great ride , ” he said .

This ‘Biker Gang’ Has Been Working to Support, Protect and Empower Abused Children
Elias Marat, The Mind Unleashed
Waking Times
When one thinks of a typical motorcycle club, a few things come to mind: bruising bar fights, gang warfare, and the kind of criminal activity popularly depicted in the TV series Sons of Anarchy.
And while there are certainly a few modern motorcycle clubs that live up to the bad-boy image, children around the world have also been relying on a different type of biker gang for emotional support and protection.
Enter Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA), an international nonprofit organization that relies on volunteers to form a layer of protection and empowerment for kids coping with parental abuse and other at-home ordeals.
At first glance, the group resembles any other outlaw motorcycle club—complete with their own logos, patches, leather vests, and a network of chapters throughout the world.
The group’s mission is to simply help children and their families through positive intervention, never violating parents’ rights or using violence and physical force to get their point across.
Whether the child has a nightmare in the middle of the night or an abuser is menacing a child, BACA bikers stand at their ready to positively intervene. The group also helps children cope with the stress of appearing before court.
As the group explains on their website, BACA works with individuals and agencies—state child protective services, for example—to support children who are frightened by their environments. Once a BACA liaison verifies a case through the authorities, the group steps in to introduce themselves, often through a motorcycle ride. The group explains:
“The B.A.C.A. chapter rides to meet the child and he/she is given a vest with a B.A.C.A. patch sewn on the back. The child is free to wear the vest or not, and we support their decision. The child is also given bumper stickers, and other gifts that are generally donated by the public. These initial visits generally last about a half an hour. Following this initial contact, the child is given the name and number of two B.A.C.A. Members residing geographically closest to them, who then become the child’s primary contacts. Prior to becoming the primary contacts for the child, the bikers are cleared for participation by passing an extensive background check, have ridden with the Chapter for at least a year, and have received special instructions from the Licensed Mental Health Professional. Anytime the child feels scared and feels the need for the presence of his new B.A.C.A. family, the child may call upon these bikers to go to the child’s house and provide the necessary reassurance to feel safe and protected.“
The group’s membership and supporters also help children by ensuring that they don’t ever feel lonely, scared, abandoned, or insecure. However, BACA ensures that the entire experience is consensual for both parents and children and will never intervene without permission.
Bikers who want to volunteer for BACA also undergo extensive background checks and training prior to entering service, and none of them are financially reimbursed for their work—it is purely a labor of love.
Over the course of over two decades, the group has expanded from the United States to locales across the world including Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.
Chuck Blair, vice president of BACA, explained to Bakersfield Now that for many children—and people in general—life can be unpredictable. “Sometimes it’s a great ride, sometimes it’s not a great ride,” he said.
He added:
“B.A.C. A is a group of bikers that works to empower children of abuse not to be afraid of the world they live in. I think every kid should be able to have a beautiful life so, if we could do anything to make it better for them again, I’m all for it.”
By Elias Marat | Creative Commons | TheMindUnleashed.com


wakingtimes--2020-03-06--Junk Foods Promote Hunger and Overeating

The struggle with weight gain and obesity is a common and costly health issue , leading to an increase in risk for heart disease , Type 2 diabetes and cancer , just to name a few .
Obese individuals also have substantially higher medical expenses and indirect costs associated with lost productivity , transportation and premature mortality , and obesity is the reason why 1 in 3 fail to qualify for military service in the U.S .
According to the 2019 State of Obesity report , 18.5 % of American children ( ages 2 to 19 ) and 39.6 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just overweight .
Between the 1988-1994 and 2015-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys , the adult obesity rate rose over 70 % and the childhood obesity rate rose by 85 % , and there are no signs of this trend slowing or reversing .
While the food industry has become notorious for funding anti-obesity programs that focus on physical activity , research clearly shows that processed foods , sugary beverages and high-carbohydrate diets are a primary concern .
Sure , inactivity certainly contributes to the problem , but you can not exercise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Processed vegetable oils , which are high in damaged omega-6 fats , are yet another reason why processed food diets are associated with higher rates of heart disease and other diseases .
Soybean oil , which is the most widely consumed fat in the U.S. , has been shown to play a significant role in obesity and diabetes , actually upregulating genes involved in obesity .
Remarkably , soybean oil was found to be more obesogenic than fructose .
It ’ s also been shown to cause neurological changes in the brain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and promotes obesity through a variety of mechanisms .
Among them is the way these kinds of foods affect your appetite control .
Several studies have also demonstrated that processed foods are addictive .
As detailed in “ The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food , ” your body is designed to naturally regulate how much you eat and the energy you burn .
Food manufacturers have figured out how to override these intrinsic regulators , engineering processed foods that are “ hyper-rewarding.
” According to the food reward hypothesis of obesity , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ response in our brains that it becomes very easy to overeat .
One of the guiding principles for the processed food industry is known as “ sensory-specific satiety.
” In a 2013 New York Times article , investigative reporter Michael Moss described this as “ the tendency for big , distinct flavors to overwhelm your brain.
” The greatest successes , whether beverages or foods , owe their “ craveability ” to complex formulas that pique your taste buds without overwhelming them , thereby overriding your brain ’ s satiety signals .
Potato @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foods on the market , containing all three “ bliss-inducing ” ingredients : sugar ( from the potato ) , salt and fat .
And while food companies abhor the word “ addiction ” in reference to their products , scientists have discovered that sugar , in particular , is just that .
In fact , sugar has been shown to be more addictive than cocaine .
Research published in 2007 showed 94 % of rats allowed to choose between sugar water and cocaine chose sugar .
Even cocaine addicted rats quickly switched @ @ @ @ @ @ @ offered as an alternative .
The rats were also more willing to work for sugar than for cocaine .
The researchers speculate that the sweet receptors ( two protein receptors located on your tongue ) , which evolved in ancestral times when the diet was very low in sugar , have not adapted to modern times ’ high-sugar consumption .
As a result , the abnormally high stimulation created by sugar-rich diets generates excessive reward signals in your brain , which have the potential to override normal self-control mechanisms and thus lead to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Australian researchers found a single week of bingeing on fast foods impaired appetite control , making the volunteers more likely to desire more junk food , even if they ’ d just eaten .
They also scored lower on memory tests , thus confirming previous findings showing a Western-style diet impairs learning and memory .
As reported by Science Alert : For this eight-day experiment , healthy volunteers between the ages of 17 and 35 with a body mass index between 17 and 26 ( slightly underweight to mildly overweight ) were instructed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on four days • A main meal and a drink or dessert from a popular fast food chain on two days On days 1 and 8 , the volunteers were given a toasted sandwich and milkshake for breakfast at the lab .
The control group were given the same breakfast at the start and end of the study , but were instructed to eat normally during the remainder of the week .
On days 1 and 8 , participants also completed pre- and post-breakfast “ wanting and liking tests , ” in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ breakfast foods and asked to rate how strong their desire to eat the food right now was .
Next , they were instructed to consume the samples and rate how much they liked it , and how much more of it they thought they would be able to eat right then .
As reported by the authors : If you eat a fast-food burger , you can easily take in close to half your daily caloric requirements .
Add in fries and a soda and you may be nearing an entire day ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you have not received the vitamins and minerals , the live enzymes and micronutrients , the healthy fats or high-quality protein that your body needs to function , let alone thrive .
This was recently demonstrated in a Swedish study , which found that the more added sugar your diet contains , the lower your micronutrient intake ( i.e.
, vitamins and minerals ) .
To examine this relationship , the researchers examined dietary data collected in two Swedish population based studies ( the National Swedish Food Survey and the Malmö Diet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s added sugar intake was estimated by subtracting naturally-occurring fructose from the total sugar content of the diet as a whole .
Energy intake for added sugar was then stratified into six groups : They also calculated the intake of calcium , folate , iron , magnesium , potassium , selenium , vitamin C , vitamin D and zinc , finding an inverse relationship between added sugar intake and intakes of all nine micronutrients .
According to the authors : When fast food meals are consumed day in and day out , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weight gain is virtually guaranteed , yet your body may still be starving and malfunctioning for lack of essential nutrients .
Aside from promoting obesity , processed food and fast food diets have also been strongly linked to depression , especially in teens .
In a 2019 study , researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham looked into the role diet plays in symptoms of depression .
To do that , they analyzed the excretion of sodium and potassium in the urine of 84 urban , low‐income adolescents .
Higher levels of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indication of a diet high in sodium , such as processed foods and salty snacks .
A low level of potassium , meanwhile , is indicative of a diet lacking in fruits , vegetables and other healthy potassium-rich foods .
As expected , higher sodium and lower potassium excretion rates were associated with more frequent symptoms of depression at follow up 1.5 years later .
“ This study was the first to demonstrate relationships between objective indicators of unhealthy diet and subsequent changes in depressive symptoms in youth , ” the authors wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foods high in sodium and low in potassium may lead to depression by negatively influencing neurotransmitters and neural function during a time that is particularly vulnerable .
“ Given the substantial brain development that occurs during adolescence , individuals in this developmental period may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of diet on the neural mechanisms underlying emotion regulation and depression , ” the researchers said .
In addition , poor diet could influence depression by disturbing the gut microbiome , which could further influence brain function .
Past studies have also confirmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
For example , a systematic review of 12 studies involving children and adolescents also found an association between unhealthy diet and poorer mental health .
Conversely , those with healthier diets had better mental health .
The consumption of junk food has also been linked to a higher risk for psychiatric distress and violent behaviors in children and adolescents .
Adults may also suffer mentally from a diet based on unhealthy foods .
A 2016 study found women who ate a pro-inflammatory diet ( which can include one high in processed foods @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recurring depressive symptoms , and a 2018 systematic review and meta-analysis , which looked at data from 101,950 participants , also found an association between a pro-inflammatory diet and risk of depression .
Unfortunately , Americans not only eat a preponderance of processed food , but 60 % of it is ultraprocessed — products at the far end of the “ significantly altered ” spectrum , or what you could typically purchase at a gas station .
Any food that isn ’ t directly from the vine , ground , bush or tree @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the amount of change the food undergoes , processing may be minimal or significant .
For instance , frozen fruit is usually minimally processed , while pizza , soda , chips and microwave meals are ultra-processed foods .
The difference in the amount of sugar between foods that are ultraprocessed and minimally processed is dramatic .
Research has shown 21.1 % of calories in ultraprocessed foods come from added sugar , compared to just 2.4 % of the calories in processed food and none in unprocessed foods .
In addition to obesity , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ultra-processed foods will also shorten your life span .
French researchers found that for each 10 % increase in the amount of ultraprocessed food an individual consumed , the risk of death rose by 14 % .
This link remained even after taking confounding factors such as smoking , obesity and low educational background into account .
The primary factors driving the increased death rate was chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer .
In my view , eating a diet consisting of 90 % real food and only 10 % or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for most that could make a significant difference in your weight and overall health .
Ultraprocessed foods should be kept to an absolute minimum and consumed only rarely .
As noted in a 2016 study , “ Decreasing the consumption of ultraprocessed foods could be an effective way of reducing the excessive intake of added sugars in the USA.
” To get started , consider the following basics .
For more detailed guidance , see my nutrition plan : •Focus on fresh foods , ideally organic , and avoid as many processed foods @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a can , bottle or package and has a list of ingredients , it ’ s processed ) .
Severely restrict carbohydrates from refined sugars , fructose and processed grains , and increase healthy fat consumption .
Examples of healthy fats include grass fed butter , ghee , lard , coconut oil and coconuts , avocados , nuts and seeds , raw cacao butter , extra virgin olive oil , organic pastured eggs .
You can eat an unlimited amount of nonstarchy vegetables .
Because they are so low in calories , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should be vegetables .
•Replace sodas and other sweetened beverages , including fruit juices , with pure , filtered water .
•Gradually reduce your eating window to six to eight hours with your last food intake at least three hours before bedtime .
•Shop around the perimeter of the grocery store where most of the whole foods reside , such as meat , fruits , vegetables , eggs and cheese .
Not everything around the perimeter is healthy , but you ’ ll avoid many of the ultra-processed foods this way .
•Stress @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sugar that may drive your addictive , stress-eating behavior .
If you can recognize when you ’ re getting stressed and find another means of relieving the emotion , your eating habits will likely improve .
The Emotional Freedom Techniques ( EFT ) can help reduce your perceived stress , change your eating habits around stress and help you create new , healthier eating habits that support your long-term health .
To discover more about EFT , how to do it and how it may help reduce your stress and develop new habits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ EFT is an Effective Tool for Anxiety .
”

Junk Foods Promote Hunger and Overeating
Dr. Mercola, Guest
Waking Times
The struggle with weight gain and obesity is a common and costly health issue, leading to an increase in risk for heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and cancer, just to name a few.
Obese individuals also have substantially higher medical expenses and indirect costs associated with lost productivity, transportation and premature mortality, and obesity is the reason why 1 in 3 fail to qualify for military service in the U.S.
According to the 2019 State of Obesity report, 18.5% of American children (ages 2 to 19) and 39.6% of adults are now obese, not just overweight. Between the 1988-1994 and 2015-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, the adult obesity rate rose over 70% and the childhood obesity rate rose by 85%, and there are no signs of this trend slowing or reversing.
While the food industry has become notorious for funding anti-obesity programs that focus on physical activity, research clearly shows that processed foods, sugary beverages and high-carbohydrate diets are a primary concern. Sure, inactivity certainly contributes to the problem, but you cannot exercise your way out of a poor diet.
Processed vegetable oils, which are high in damaged omega-6 fats, are yet another reason why processed food diets are associated with higher rates of heart disease and other diseases.
Soybean oil, which is the most widely consumed fat in the U.S., has been shown to play a significant role in obesity and diabetes, actually upregulating genes involved in obesity. Remarkably, soybean oil was found to be more obesogenic than fructose. It’s also been shown to cause neurological changes in the brain.
Junk Foods Addiction Is Real
Processed junk food destroys your metabolism and promotes obesity through a variety of mechanisms. Among them is the way these kinds of foods affect your appetite control. Several studies have also demonstrated that processed foods are addictive.
As detailed in “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food,” your body is designed to naturally regulate how much you eat and the energy you burn. Food manufacturers have figured out how to override these intrinsic regulators, engineering processed foods that are “hyper-rewarding.”
According to the food reward hypothesis of obesity, processed foods stimulate such a strong reward response in our brains that it becomes very easy to overeat. One of the guiding principles for the processed food industry is known as “sensory-specific satiety.”
In a 2013 New York Times article, investigative reporter Michael Moss described this as “the tendency for big, distinct flavors to overwhelm your brain.” The greatest successes, whether beverages or foods, owe their “craveability” to complex formulas that pique your taste buds without overwhelming them, thereby overriding your brain’s satiety signals.
Potato chips are among the most addictive junk foods on the market, containing all three “bliss-inducing” ingredients: sugar (from the potato), salt and fat. And while food companies abhor the word “addiction” in reference to their products, scientists have discovered that sugar, in particular, is just that. In fact, sugar has been shown to be more addictive than cocaine.
Research published in 2007 showed 94% of rats allowed to choose between sugar water and cocaine chose sugar. Even cocaine addicted rats quickly switched their preference to sugar once it was offered as an alternative. The rats were also more willing to work for sugar than for cocaine.
The researchers speculate that the sweet receptors (two protein receptors located on your tongue), which evolved in ancestral times when the diet was very low in sugar, have not adapted to modern times’ high-sugar consumption.
As a result, the abnormally high stimulation created by sugar-rich diets generates excessive reward signals in your brain, which have the potential to override normal self-control mechanisms and thus lead to addiction and overeating.
Junk Foods Interfere With Appetite Control
Most recently, Australian researchers found a single week of bingeing on fast foods impaired appetite control, making the volunteers more likely to desire more junk food, even if they’d just eaten. They also scored lower on memory tests, thus confirming previous findings showing a Western-style diet impairs learning and memory. As reported by Science Alert:
“The findings suggest something is amiss in the hippocampus — a region of the brain that supports memory and helps to regulate appetite. When we are full, the hippocampus is thought to quieten down our memories of delicious food, thereby reducing our appetite. When it’s disrupted, this control can be seriously undermined.”
For this eight-day experiment, healthy volunteers between the ages of 17 and 35 with a body mass index between 17 and 26 (slightly underweight to mildly overweight) were instructed to eat:
Two Belgian waffles on four days
A main meal and a drink or dessert from a popular fast food chain on two days
On days 1 and 8, the volunteers were given a toasted sandwich and milkshake for breakfast at the lab. The control group were given the same breakfast at the start and end of the study, but were instructed to eat normally during the remainder of the week.
On days 1 and 8, participants also completed pre- and post-breakfast “wanting and liking tests,” in which they were first presented with six sugary breakfast foods and asked to rate how strong their desire to eat the food right now was. Next, they were instructed to consume the samples and rate how much they liked it, and how much more of it they thought they would be able to eat right then. As reported by the authors:
“One week’s exposure to a WS-diet [Western-style diet] caused a measurable weakening of appetitive control, as measured by the two key ratings on the wanting and liking test. Prior to the intervention, participants viewed palatable breakfast foods and judged how much they wanted to eat them, and then how much they liked their actual taste. This test was repeated after participants had eaten to satiety. Across these pre- and post-meal tests, wanting ratings declined far more than ratings of taste liking. This manifestation of appetitive control — that is the expectation that food is less desirable than it actually tastes — changed in participants following the Western-style dietary intervention.”
High-Sugar Diets Lower Nutrient Absorption
If you eat a fast-food burger, you can easily take in close to half your daily caloric requirements. Add in fries and a soda and you may be nearing an entire day’s worth of required calories. However, you have not received the vitamins and minerals, the live enzymes and micronutrients, the healthy fats or high-quality protein that your body needs to function, let alone thrive.
This was recently demonstrated in a Swedish study, which found that the more added sugar your diet contains, the lower your micronutrient intake (i.e., vitamins and minerals).
To examine this relationship, the researchers examined dietary data collected in two Swedish population based studies (the National Swedish Food Survey and the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study).
Each individual’s added sugar intake was estimated by subtracting naturally-occurring fructose from the total sugar content of the diet as a whole. Energy intake for added sugar was then stratified into six groups:
Less than 5% of energy intake from added sugar 5% to 7.5% 7.5% to 10% 10% to 15% 15% to 20% Greater than 20%
They also calculated the intake of calcium, folate, iron, magnesium, potassium, selenium, vitamin C, vitamin D and zinc, finding an inverse relationship between added sugar intake and intakes of all nine micronutrients. According to the authors:
“These findings suggest that in two Swedish populations the higher the intake of added sugar in the diet, the more likely it is that the intake of micronutrients will be compromised … However, although the trends are significant and consistent with those obtained in other studies on the subject, future studies are needed in order to build the necessary scientific knowledge to establish a threshold of added sugar intake based on micronutrient dilution.”
When fast food meals are consumed day in and day out, for months and years on end, weight gain is virtually guaranteed, yet your body may still be starving and malfunctioning for lack of essential nutrients.
Depression Is a Junk Food State of Mind
Aside from promoting obesity, processed food and fast food diets have also been strongly linked to depression, especially in teens. In a 2019 study, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham looked into the role diet plays in symptoms of depression.
To do that, they analyzed the excretion of sodium and potassium in the urine of 84 urban, low‐income adolescents. Higher levels of sodium in the urine can be an indication of a diet high in sodium, such as processed foods and salty snacks. A low level of potassium, meanwhile, is indicative of a diet lacking in fruits, vegetables and other healthy potassium-rich foods.
As expected, higher sodium and lower potassium excretion rates were associated with more frequent symptoms of depression at follow up 1.5 years later. “This study was the first to demonstrate relationships between objective indicators of unhealthy diet and subsequent changes in depressive symptoms in youth,” the authors wrote.
It’s possible that eating foods high in sodium and low in potassium may lead to depression by negatively influencing neurotransmitters and neural function during a time that is particularly vulnerable.
“Given the substantial brain development that occurs during adolescence, individuals in this developmental period may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of diet on the neural mechanisms underlying emotion regulation and depression,” the researchers said.
In addition, poor diet could influence depression by disturbing the gut microbiome, which could further influence brain function. Past studies have also confirmed the diet-depression link among children and teens.
For example, a systematic review of 12 studies involving children and adolescents also found an association between unhealthy diet and poorer mental health. Conversely, those with healthier diets had better mental health. The consumption of junk food has also been linked to a higher risk for psychiatric distress and violent behaviors in children and adolescents.
Adults may also suffer mentally from a diet based on unhealthy foods. A 2016 study found women who ate a pro-inflammatory diet (which can include one high in processed foods), were more likely to have recurring depressive symptoms, and a 2018 systematic review and meta-analysis, which looked at data from 101,950 participants, also found an association between a pro-inflammatory diet and risk of depression.
The Scourge of Ultraprocessed Food
Unfortunately, Americans not only eat a preponderance of processed food, but 60% of it is ultraprocessed — products at the far end of the “significantly altered” spectrum, or what you could typically purchase at a gas station.
Any food that isn’t directly from the vine, ground, bush or tree, is considered processed. Depending on the amount of change the food undergoes, processing may be minimal or significant. For instance, frozen fruit is usually minimally processed, while pizza, soda, chips and microwave meals are ultra-processed foods.
The difference in the amount of sugar between foods that are ultraprocessed and minimally processed is dramatic. Research has shown 21.1% of calories in ultraprocessed foods come from added sugar, compared to just 2.4% of the calories in processed food and none in unprocessed foods.
In addition to obesity, depression and other chronic health problems, ultra-processed foods will also shorten your life span. French researchers found that for each 10% increase in the amount of ultraprocessed food an individual consumed, the risk of death rose by 14%.
This link remained even after taking confounding factors such as smoking, obesity and low educational background into account. The primary factors driving the increased death rate was chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer.
In my view, eating a diet consisting of 90% real food and only 10% or less processed foods is an achievable goal for most that could make a significant difference in your weight and overall health.
Ultraprocessed foods should be kept to an absolute minimum and consumed only rarely. As noted in a 2016 study, “Decreasing the consumption of ultraprocessed foods could be an effective way of reducing the excessive intake of added sugars in the USA.” To get started, consider the following basics. For more detailed guidance, see my nutrition plan:
•Focus on fresh foods, ideally organic, and avoid as many processed foods as possible (if it comes in a can, bottle or package and has a list of ingredients, it’s processed).
Severely restrict carbohydrates from refined sugars, fructose and processed grains, and increase healthy fat consumption. Examples of healthy fats include grass fed butter, ghee, lard, coconut oil and coconuts, avocados, nuts and seeds, raw cacao butter, extra virgin olive oil, organic pastured eggs.
You can eat an unlimited amount of nonstarchy vegetables. Because they are so low in calories, the majority of the food on your plate should be vegetables.
•Replace sodas and other sweetened beverages, including fruit juices, with pure, filtered water.
•Gradually reduce your eating window to six to eight hours with your last food intake at least three hours before bedtime.
•Shop around the perimeter of the grocery store where most of the whole foods reside, such as meat, fruits, vegetables, eggs and cheese. Not everything around the perimeter is healthy, but you’ll avoid many of the ultra-processed foods this way.
•Stress creates a physical craving for fats and sugar that may drive your addictive, stress-eating behavior. If you can recognize when you’re getting stressed and find another means of relieving the emotion, your eating habits will likely improve.
The Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) can help reduce your perceived stress, change your eating habits around stress and help you create new, healthier eating habits that support your long-term health. To discover more about EFT, how to do it and how it may help reduce your stress and develop new habits, see my previous article, “EFT is an Effective Tool for Anxiety.”


wakingtimes--2020-03-05--Shanghai Government Officially Recommends Vitamin C for COVID-19

( OMNS Mar 3 , 2020 ) The government of Shanghai , China has announced its official recommendation that COVID-19 should be treated with high amounts of intravenous vitamin C. ( 1 ) Dosage recommendations vary with severity of illness , from 50 to 200 milligrams per kilogram body weight per day to as much as 200 mg/kg/day .
These dosages are approximately 4,000 to 16,000 mg for an adult , administered by IV .
This specific method of administration is important , says intravenous therapy expert Atsuo Yanagisawa , MD , PhD , because vitamin C ’ s effect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by IV than if taken orally .
Dr. Yanagisawa is president of the Tokyo-based Japanese College of Intravenous Therapy .
He says , “ Intravenous vitamin C is a safe , effective , and broad-spectrum antiviral.
” Richard Z. Cheng , MD , PhD , a Chinese-American specialist physician , has been working closely with medical and governmental authorities throughout China .
He has been instrumental in facilitating at least three Chinese clinical IV vitamin C studies now underway .
Dr. Cheng is presently in Shanghai continuing his efforts to encourage still more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incorporating high oral doses as well as C by IV .
Dr. Cheng and Dr. Yanagisawa both recommend oral vitamin C for prevention of COVID-19 infection .
An official statement from Xi ’ an Jiaotong University Second Hospital ( 2 ) reads : “ On the afternoon of February 20 , 2020 , another 4 patients with severe new coronaviral pneumonia recovered from the C10 West Ward of Tongji Hospital .
In the past 8 patients have been discharged from hospital .
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[ H ] igh-dose vitamin C achieved good results @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for patients with severe neonatal pneumonia and critically ill patients , vitamin C treatment should be initiated as soon as possible after admission .
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[ E ] arly application of large doses of vitamin C can have a strong antioxidant effect , reduce inflammatory responses , and improve endothelial function .
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Numerous studies have shown that the dose of vitamin C has a lot to do with the effect of treatment .
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[ H ] gh-dose vitamin C can not only improve antiviral levels , but more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lung injury ( ALI ) and acute respiratory distress ( ARDS ) .
” For more information , below is a list of previous reporting by OMNS on COVID-19 and vitamin C : Disclaimer : This article is not intended to provide medical advice , diagnosis or treatment .
Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of WakingTimes or its staff .
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Vitamin C May be a Potential Treatment for COVID-19, According to Some Chinese Doctors
Andrew W. Saul, Guest
Waking Times
Editor’s Note: This article has been labeled as ‘Partly Misleading’ by ScienceFeedback.org. Their review of this content includes perspectives from noted doctors and scientists, and can be read in full, here.
(OMNS Mar 3, 2020) The government of Shanghai, China has acknowledged that COVID-19 might be treatable with high amounts of intravenous vitamin C. (1) Dosage recommendations vary with severity of illness, from 50 to 200 milligrams per kilogram body weight per day to as much as 200 mg/kg/day.
These dosages are approximately 4,000 to 16,000 mg for an adult, administered by IV. This specific method of administration is important, says intravenous therapy expert Atsuo Yanagisawa, MD, PhD, because vitamin C’s effect is at least ten times more powerful by IV than if taken orally. Dr. Yanagisawa is president of the Tokyo-based Japanese College of Intravenous Therapy. He says, “Intravenous vitamin C is a safe, effective, and broad-spectrum antiviral.”
Richard Z. Cheng, MD, PhD, a Chinese-American specialist physician, has been working closely with medical and governmental authorities throughout China. He has been instrumental in facilitating at least three Chinese clinical IV vitamin C studies now underway. Dr. Cheng is presently in Shanghai continuing his efforts to encourage still more Chinese hospitals to implement vitamin C therapy incorporating high oral doses as well as C by IV.
Dr. Cheng and Dr. Yanagisawa both recommend oral vitamin C for prevention of COVID-19 infection.
An official statement from Xi’an Jiaotong University Second Hospital (2) reads:
“On the afternoon of February 20, 2020, another 4 patients with severe new coronaviral pneumonia recovered from the C10 West Ward of Tongji Hospital. In the past 8 patients have been discharged from hospital. . . [H]igh-dose vitamin C achieved good results in clinical applications. We believe that for patients with severe neonatal pneumonia and critically ill patients, vitamin C treatment should be initiated as soon as possible after admission. . .[E]arly application of large doses of vitamin C can have a strong antioxidant effect, reduce inflammatory responses, and improve endothelial function. . . Numerous studies have shown that the dose of vitamin C has a lot to do with the effect of treatment. . . [H]gh-dose vitamin C can not only improve antiviral levels, but more importantly, can prevent and treat acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress (ARDS).”
For more information, below is a list of previous reporting by OMNS on COVID-19 and vitamin C:
References
1. http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/bF2YhJKiOfe1yimBc4XwOA
2. http://2yuan.xjtu.edu.cn/Html/News/Articles/21774.html
Disclaimer: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of WakingTimes or its staff.
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wakingtimes--2020-03-07--Farmer Wins $265 Million Verdict Against Monsanto In Unanimous Ruling

Earlier this month , Missouri peach farmer Bill Bader and his family-owned Bader Farms was awarded $ 265 million in a lawsuit against Monsanto , the controversial biochemical-agriculture company that is now owned by Bayer .
A unanimous jury awarded Bader and his farm $ 15 million in compensatory damages plus another $ 250 million in punitive damages .
Bader ’ s attorney Bill Randles said that the company has created an “ ecological disaster ” that has damaged the property , careers , and health of Bader and many others around the world .
Randles says that the company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ profit .
The Bader lawsuit is just one of many that have been filed and won against the company since the dangers of its products were first discovered , and many more lawsuits are expected to come .
Bader ’ s lawsuit , along with several others expected soon , is in relation to the use of a chemical called Dicamba , which has been used by farmers for decades to kill weeds on their fields .
Monsanto knew about these dangers but covered them up and encouraged farmers to use the product @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dangerous .
This is not to be confused with the Roundup lawsuits , which involved a different chemical used in the company ’ s products , but overall , it ’ s the same type of situation .
In both cases , Monsanto knew of how dangerous the chemicals were but continued to sell them anyway , and used their financial influence with regulators to bypass EPA guidelines , or simply have them changed .
Monsanto ’ s parent company Bayer , said that it was surprised by the ruling , and claimed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presented ” to show that Monsanto was responsible for the damages .
As Truth Theory reported last year , Monsanto targeted authors and journalists who reportedly negatively on its products and waged a propaganda war against them , which included spamming book pages and articles with negative reviews , and otherwise working to discredit critics .
John Vibes is an author and journalist who takes a special interest in the counter culture , and focuses solutions-oriented approaches to social problems .
He is also a host of The Free Your Mind Conference and @ @ @ @ @ @

Farmer Wins $265 Million Verdict Against Monsanto In Unanimous Ruling
John Vibes, Truth Theory
Waking Times
Earlier this month, Missouri peach farmer Bill Bader and his family-owned Bader Farms was awarded $265 million in a lawsuit against Monsanto, the controversial biochemical-agriculture company that is now owned by Bayer.
A unanimous jury awarded Bader and his farm $15 million in compensatory damages plus another $250 million in punitive damages.
Bader’s attorney Bill Randles said that the company has created an “ecological disaster” that has damaged the property, careers, and health of Bader and many others around the world.
“It’s very sad. He’s been the ‘peach guy.’ Now . . . his peach farm cannot survive,” Randles said in an interview with The Sierra Club.
Randles says that the company knowingly hurt people for the sake of profit.
“They knew they were going to hurt people, and they planned to make money off of it. It is that simple. There were a lot of documents in which they privately acknowledged the harm they’re causing,” Randles said.
The Bader lawsuit is just one of many that have been filed and won against the company since the dangers of its products were first discovered, and many more lawsuits are expected to come.
Bader’s lawsuit, along with several others expected soon, is in relation to the use of a chemical called Dicamba, which has been used by farmers for decades to kill weeds on their fields. Monsanto knew about these dangers but covered them up and encouraged farmers to use the product in conditions that were known to be dangerous.
This is not to be confused with the Roundup lawsuits, which involved a different chemical used in the company’s products, but overall, it’s the same type of situation. In both cases, Monsanto knew of how dangerous the chemicals were but continued to sell them anyway, and used their financial influence with regulators to bypass EPA guidelines, or simply have them changed.
Monsanto’s parent company Bayer, said that it was surprised by the ruling, and claimed that there was “no competent evidence presented” to show that Monsanto was responsible for the damages.
“BASF is convinced of the safety of its products when they are used correctly following the label instructions and stewardship guidelines,” the company said in a statement.
As Truth Theory reported last year, Monsanto targeted authors and journalists who reportedly negatively on its products and waged a propaganda war against them, which included spamming book pages and articles with negative reviews, and otherwise working to discredit critics.
About the Author
John Vibes is an author and journalist who takes a special interest in the counter culture, and focuses solutions-oriented approaches to social problems. He is also a host of The Free Your Mind Conference and The Free Thought Project Podcast.


wakingtimes--2020-03-07--Gibson Will Give Free Guitars to Any Tennessee Musicians Who Lost Them in the Tornado

Nashville-based guitar company Gibson is offering to help replace the guitars of any musicians who may have had theirs destroyed in the deadly tornadoes that recently ripped through central Tennessee .
The company ’ s non-profit organization Gibson Gives issued a press release stating that any musicians from the area who are seeking a replacement can send an email to donation.request @ gibson.com .
“ Guitars will be provided at Gibson ’ s sole discretion based on proof of damage or loss .
Replacement guitars may be demo models , prototypes , or shop worn across Gibson ’ s family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ read .
Dendy Jarrett , Executive Director of Gibson Gives explained , “ Our goal is to get a guitar back into the hands of anyone who has had their guitar damaged or destroyed in the recent Tennessee storm .
As a Nashville , Tennessee-based company , we are also engaging with our artists and other partners to provide support across many areas.
” According to the company ’ s website , guitars will be provided at Gibson ’ s discretion based on proof of damage or loss .
The press release also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ models , prototypes , or shop worn across Gibson ’ s family of Guitar Brands .
The National Weather Service reported that the tornado was an EF-4 storm with 175 mph winds .
The tornado resulted in 24 deaths , and as of Thursday there were still at least 3 people missing in the aftermath of the storm .
As of Wednesday night , 38,000 residents were left without power and schools throughout the state were closed .
Officials estimate that somewhere from 150 to 200 buildings were destroyed in the storm , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Eighteen of those deaths occurred in Putnam county .
This was reportedly the first deadly tornado that the area has seen in over ten years .
Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter said five children younger than 13 were among the victims .

Gibson Will Give Free Guitars to Any Tennessee Musicians Who Lost Them in the Tornado
John Vibes, The Mind Unleashed
Waking Times
Nashville-based guitar company Gibson is offering to help replace the guitars of any musicians who may have had theirs destroyed in the deadly tornadoes that recently ripped through central Tennessee.
The company’s non-profit organization Gibson Gives issued a press release stating that any musicians from the area who are seeking a replacement can send an email to donation.request@gibson.com.
“Guitars will be provided at Gibson’s sole discretion based on proof of damage or loss. Replacement guitars may be demo models, prototypes, or shop worn across Gibson’s family of guitar brands,” the statement read. Dendy Jarrett, Executive Director of Gibson Gives explained, “Our goal is to get a guitar back into the hands of anyone who has had their guitar damaged or destroyed in the recent Tennessee storm. As a Nashville, Tennessee-based company, we are also engaging with our artists and other partners to provide support across many areas.”
According to the company’s website, guitars will be provided at Gibson’s discretion based on proof of damage or loss. The press release also noted that replacement Guitars may be demo models, prototypes, or shop worn across Gibson’s family of Guitar Brands.
The National Weather Service reported that the tornado was an EF-4 storm with 175 mph winds.
BREAKING…survey update from Putnam Co.: -EF-4 tornado (175 mph winds)
-18 fatalities, 88 injuries, 3 still missing
-Path and width will be determined in coming days
-First violent tornado in @NWSNashville area since 4/10/2009 — NWS Nashville (@NWSNashville) March 5, 2020
The tornado resulted in 24 deaths, and as of Thursday there were still at least 3 people missing in the aftermath of the storm. As of Wednesday night, 38,000 residents were left without power and schools throughout the state were closed. Officials estimate that somewhere from 150 to 200 buildings were destroyed in the storm, totaling millions of dollars in damages.
Eighteen of those deaths occurred in Putnam county. This was reportedly the first deadly tornado that the area has seen in over ten years.
Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter said five children younger than 13 were among the victims.
With a big focus on Nashville, today is revealing just how bad rural Putnam County was hit. 18 of the 24 killed across the state died here. Devastation everywhere. There was a home where that slab of concrete is. #TennesseeTornadoes pic.twitter.com/Bi36jmZKlk — Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) March 4, 2020
By John Vibes | Creative Commons | TheMindUnleashed.com


wakingtimes--2020-03-07--Physicists Are Building a Quantum Teleporter Based on Black Holes

A team of physicists plan to build a functional teleporter that aims to work like a bridge across two points in space using a simulation of two quantum entangled black holes utilizing quantum circuitry .
University of Maryland researchers Christopher Monroe and Brian Swingle told Quanta they believe they can build quantum circuitry that would function similar to entangled black holes .
According to theoretical research from a few years back , two fully-entangled black holes should be able to transmit quantum information between them—rather than destroying it—after it passes one ’ s event horizon , Quanta Magazine reports .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ phenomenon called quantum teleportation , which engineers utilize when they build quantum computers .
Basically quantum computing involves transmitting encrypted information from one machine to another .
According to earlier models , the circuitry would perform exactly how a tiny black hole might , Quanta reports .
In other words , the experiment isn ’ t just attempting to recreate a black hole ’ s activity , it wants the circuits to be indistinguishable from the real thing !
If the project works as intended , the physicists would be able to input @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” circuit , which would scramble and then consume it .
After a while , that information would pop out of the second circuit , already unscrambled and decrypted .
However , what sets it apart from existing quantum teleportation methods , Quanta reports , is the transmitted information surfaces fully scrambled and then needs to be decrypted , making the process take longer and ends up being less accurate as an error-prone quantum computer tries to recreate the original communication .
If the researchers are successful , this will drastically improve quantum @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and entangling the properties of black holes , University of California , Berkely researcher Norman Yao told Quanta , would “ allow teleportation on the fastest possible timescale.
” In 1993 , an international group of six scientists showed that perfect teleportation is possible in principle , or at least it didn ’ t break the perceived laws of physics .
In 2017 , Chinese scientists were able to “ teleport ” photons to a satellite 300 miles away , using a phenomenon called quantum entanglement .
Professor Michio Kaku of City University @ @ @ @ @ @ @ video that teleportation was within our grasp , stating that within the next decade we will teleport the first molecule .
More recently Austrian and Chinese scientists have succeeded in teleporting three-dimensional quantum states or “ qutrit ” for the first time .
Teleportations of humans is an ethical issue since the person being teleported has to be destroyed or killed while using quantum teleportation , according to Kaku .
The professor then proposes a question that science can ’ t answer yet : what happens to the soul when the original copy @ @

Physicists Are Building a Quantum Teleporter Based on Black Holes
Aaron Kesel, The Mind Unleashed
Waking Times
A team of physicists plan to build a functional teleporter that aims to work like a bridge across two points in space using a simulation of two quantum entangled black holes utilizing quantum circuitry.
University of Maryland researchers Christopher Monroe and Brian Swingle told Quanta they believe they can build quantum circuitry that would function similar to entangled black holes.
According to theoretical research from a few years back, two fully-entangled black holes should be able to transmit quantum information between them—rather than destroying it—after it passes one’s event horizon, Quanta Magazine reports.
Essentially these black holes would recreate a phenomenon called quantum teleportation, which engineers utilize when they build quantum computers. Basically quantum computing involves transmitting encrypted information from one machine to another.
According to earlier models, the circuitry would perform exactly how a tiny black hole might, Quanta reports. In other words, the experiment isn’t just attempting to recreate a black hole’s activity, it wants the circuits to be indistinguishable from the real thing!
If the project works as intended, the physicists would be able to input quantum information into one “black hole” circuit, which would scramble and then consume it. After a while, that information would pop out of the second circuit, already unscrambled and decrypted. However, what sets it apart from existing quantum teleportation methods, Quanta reports, is the transmitted information surfaces fully scrambled and then needs to be decrypted, making the process take longer and ends up being less accurate as an error-prone quantum computer tries to recreate the original communication.
If the researchers are successful, this will drastically improve quantum computing technology including the Internet. Recreating and entangling the properties of black holes, University of California, Berkely researcher Norman Yao told Quanta, would “allow teleportation on the fastest possible timescale.”
In 1993, an international group of six scientists showed that perfect teleportation is possible in principle, or at least it didn’t break the perceived laws of physics. In 2017, Chinese scientists were able to “teleport” photons to a satellite 300 miles away, using a phenomenon called quantum entanglement.
Professor Michio Kaku of City University, New York previously expressed in a video that teleportation was within our grasp, stating that within the next decade we will teleport the first molecule. More recently Austrian and Chinese scientists have succeeded in teleporting three-dimensional quantum states or “qutrit” for the first time.
Teleportations of humans is an ethical issue since the person being teleported has to be destroyed or killed while using quantum teleportation, according to Kaku. The professor then proposes a question that science can’t answer yet: what happens to the soul when the original copy dies?
By Aaron Kesel | Creative Commons | TheMindUnleashed.com


wakingtimes--2020-03-07--Viruses: a different perspective

Viruses: a different perspective

One research-estimate suggests there are 320,000 viruses on Earth that infect mammals .
This means : types of viruses .
For each type , I suppose you could say there are at least trillions of individual viruses .
So we should all be dead .
Long gone .
But we aren ’ t .
First of all , there are what ’ s called endogenous viruses .
They live in the human body and they watch television and they lie around and don ’ t cause illness .
On sophisticated tests , they can show up , and researchers will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They ’ re doing nothing .
Then there are exogenous viruses .
They come in from the outside , enter the body , and look for cells in which they can take up residence and multiply .
The immune system notices , and either ignores them as trifling or mounts a defense to defeat them .
These viruses can also show up on sophisticated tests .
Researchers tend to ( falsely ) believe the mere presence of the viruses signals trouble ( illness ) .
This is a massive mistake .
So-called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ significant at all , amounts to much more than mere presence .
A few particles of virus showing up on a test says nothing about actual illness .
There must be millions and millions of a virus actively replicating in the body to cause disease .
And even then , a healthy and strong immune system could ultimately defeat this bunch of little doofuses .
That leaves who knows how many other viruses out there , never living in or entering the human body at all .
They ’ re playing music or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ condos in cows or sheep or moose .
Now we come to what-if type speculations .
Suppose dangerous viruses are flying in from planets far away ?
Suppose they ’ re combining in caves and then crawling into the bodies of rock climbers ?
Suppose biowar labs are fiddling and diddling and cooking up altered versions of several viruses that will kill millions of people ?
CAN YOU PROVE THIS ISN ’ T SO ?
No I can ’ t , just as I can ’ t prove that a purple and white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t building a radio .
But I can say this .
Doing research on biowar germs isn ’ t the same thing as doing successful research on them .
Assuming these scientists are actually developing biowar germs that work…well , in a recent article titled “ People dying equals coronavirus ?
” , I posted several old dire warnings about past viral epidemics : SARS was weaponized .
So was Zika .
So was Swine Flu .
So was Ebola .
And yet…these epidemics were duds .
But you see , the people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t care , and don ’ t care now , that their predictions never materialized .
They don ’ t care .
Every time a new epidemic is announced by some public health agency , they state brand new warnings .
We humans may routinely be able to fend off and defeat , naturally , 100 trillion trillion viruses in the environment , but this weaponized virus is going to kill us all .
Soon .
There is one more category of virus I should mention .
I have detailed it in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus that isn ’ t there at all .
It ’ s a beauty .
Researchers perform various procedures aimed at detecting it , but these scientists invent MARKERS they CLAIM are indirect evidence of a virus they can ’ t directly pinpoint .
From such lunatic procedures , a whole story and tale and legend about the virus they never found is created .
The pros can even report this never-discovered virus is causing a global epidemic .
It ’ s a marvel .
They might go on to develop a vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine .
Or they can say , “ All our efforts to produce an effective vaccine against virus X have so far fallen short.
” Meaning : “ How could we make a vaccine against a virus we never found ?
” Just wait a while .
Eventually , they ’ ll figure out a way .
“ After , ahem , synthesizing a gene from a specimen of the neuro-electric imprint of the shadow of the recalcitrant cave-hiding virus , we were able to inject the gene in volunteers and reduce the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent .
We ’ re confident a vaccine derived from the gene will prove effective in 74.2657843265 percent of healthy individuals .
If they get sick , don ’ t blame us .
Blame the virus .
We sure as hell will.
” Jon Rappoport is the author of three explosive collections , THE MATRIX REVEALED , EXIT FROM THE MATRIX , and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX , Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29thDistrict of California .
He maintains a consulting practice for private clients , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ personal creative power .
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize , he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years , writing articles on politics , medicine , and health for CBS Healthwatch , LA Weekly , Spin Magazine , Stern , and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe .
Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics , health , logic , and creative power to audiences around the world .
You can sign up for his free emails at NoMoreFakeNews.com or OutsideTheRealityMachine .
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Viruses: a different perspective
Jon Rappoport, Guest
Waking Times
“Give us your huddled masses, yearning to be vaccinated. We’ll find a virus and say a vaccine must be produced.”
One research-estimate suggests there are 320,000 viruses on Earth that infect mammals.
This means: types of viruses. For each type, I suppose you could say there are at least trillions of individual viruses.
So we should all be dead. Long gone. But we aren’t.
First of all, there are what’s called endogenous viruses. They live in the human body and they watch television and they lie around and don’t cause illness. On sophisticated tests, they can show up, and researchers will mistakenly assume they’re doing damage. They’re doing nothing.
Then there are exogenous viruses. They come in from the outside, enter the body, and look for cells in which they can take up residence and multiply. The immune system notices, and either ignores them as trifling or mounts a defense to defeat them. These viruses can also show up on sophisticated tests. Researchers tend to (falsely) believe the mere presence of the viruses signals trouble (illness).
This is a massive mistake. So-called viral infection, if it means anything significant at all, amounts to much more than mere presence. A few particles of virus showing up on a test says nothing about actual illness. There must be millions and millions of a virus actively replicating in the body to cause disease.
And even then, a healthy and strong immune system could ultimately defeat this bunch of little doofuses.
That leaves who knows how many other viruses out there, never living in or entering the human body at all. They’re playing music or their version of baseball or finding warm condos in cows or sheep or moose.
Now we come to what-if type speculations. Suppose dangerous viruses are flying in from planets far away? Suppose they’re combining in caves and then crawling into the bodies of rock climbers? Suppose biowar labs are fiddling and diddling and cooking up altered versions of several viruses that will kill millions of people? CAN YOU PROVE THIS ISN’T SO?
No I can’t, just as I can’t prove that a purple and white snake in the Orion Belt isn’t building a radio.
But I can say this. Doing research on biowar germs isn’t the same thing as doing successful research on them. Assuming these scientists are actually developing biowar germs that work…well, in a recent article titled “People dying equals coronavirus?”, I posted several old dire warnings about past viral epidemics: SARS was weaponized. So was Zika. So was Swine Flu. So was Ebola. And yet…these epidemics were duds.
But you see, the people issuing those dire warnings back then didn’t care, and don’t care now, that their predictions never materialized. They don’t care. Every time a new epidemic is announced by some public health agency, they state brand new warnings.
We humans may routinely be able to fend off and defeat, naturally, 100 trillion trillion viruses in the environment, but this weaponized virus is going to kill us all. Soon.
In the current “coronavirus epic,” there is one new feature the prophets of doom can exploit: after the word comes down that it’s over and done, they can say, “Well, you see, actually more than two million people in China died from the virus. The government there is covering it up. It WAS a bioweapon. PROVE THAT IT WASN’T.”
There is one more category of virus I should mention. I have detailed it in past articles. It’s the virus that isn’t there at all. It’s a beauty. Researchers perform various procedures aimed at detecting it, but these scientists invent MARKERS they CLAIM are indirect evidence of a virus they can’t directly pinpoint. From such lunatic procedures, a whole story and tale and legend about the virus they never found is created. The pros can even report this never-discovered virus is causing a global epidemic. It’s a marvel.
They might go on to develop a vaccine against the never-detected virus. A toxic vaccine.
Or they can say, “All our efforts to produce an effective vaccine against virus X have so far fallen short.” Meaning: “How could we make a vaccine against a virus we never found?” Just wait a while. Eventually, they’ll figure out a way.
“After, ahem, synthesizing a gene from a specimen of the neuro-electric imprint of the shadow of the recalcitrant cave-hiding virus, we were able to inject the gene in volunteers and reduce the presence of indirect marker CR65-35 by 27.243 percent. We’re confident a vaccine derived from the gene will prove effective in 74.2657843265 percent of healthy individuals. If they get sick, don’t blame us. Blame the virus. We sure as hell will.”
About the Author
Jon Rappoport is the author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29thDistrict of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at NoMoreFakeNews.com or OutsideTheRealityMachine.
(To read about Jon’s mega-collection, Exit From The Matrix, click here.)