Amazon Kindle DX

November 24th, 2011

If you have been waiting for an excuse to buy the Kindle DX (the one with the big screen), Amazon just knocked $120 off the regular price.

I saw this when I logged into my Amazon Associates account. It said that this promotion ends 11/28.


GERMAN BOND AUCTION FAILS

November 23rd, 2011

Via: Reuters:

A “disastrous” sale of German benchmark bonds sparked fears on Wednesday the debt crisis was beginning to threaten even Berlin, with the Bundesbank forced to dig deep into its pockets to ensure the auction did not fail.

In one of the least successful debt sales by Europe’s powerhouse economy since the launch of the single currency, the low returns offered — just 2 percent annually over 10 years — deterred investors made uneasy by the escalating cost of the crisis to Germany.

That meant the central bank had to pick up 39 percent of the 6 billion euros of debt Germany had hoped to sell after commercial banks bought just 3.644 billion euros of the issue.


Undercover Researchers Expose Chinese Internet Water Army

November 23rd, 2011

Via: Technology Review:

An undercover team of computer scientists reveals the practices of people who are paid to post on websites.

In China, paid posters are known as the Internet Water Army because they are ready and willing to ‘flood’ the internet for whoever is willing to pay. The flood can consist of comments, gossip and information (or disinformation) and there seems to be plenty of demand for this army’s services.


Canada: G20 Case Reveals ‘Largest Ever’ Police Spy Operation

November 23rd, 2011

Via: CBC News:

Police organizations across the country co-operated to spy on community organizations and activists in what the RCMP called one of the largest domestic intelligence operations in Canadian history, documents reveal.

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In all, the RCMP-led joint intelligence group — a conglomeration of federal, provincial and municipal police tasked with G8/G20 reconnaissance — employed more than 500 people at its peak, the records show. The group ran undercover operations, recruited confidential informants and liaised with domestic and foreign governments, law enforcement agencies and even corporations.

The JIG’s targets included activists protesting the Olympics, the migrant-justice group No One Is Illegal, Southern Ontario Anarchist Resistance and Greenpeace.


Malls Track Shoppers with Cell Phone Surveillance Systems

November 23rd, 2011

Via: CNN:

Attention holiday shoppers: your cell phone may be tracked this year.

Starting on Black Friday and running through New Year’s Day, two U.S. malls — Promenade Temecula in southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Va. — will track guests’ movements by monitoring the signals from their cell phones.

While the data that’s collected is anonymous, it can follow shoppers’ paths from store to store.

The goal is for stores to answer questions like: How many Nordstrom shoppers also stop at Starbucks? How long do most customers linger in Victoria’s Secret? Are there unpopular spots in the mall that aren’t being visited?

While U.S. malls have long tracked how crowds move throughout their stores, this is the first time they’ve used cell phones.

But obtaining that information comes with privacy concerns.

The management company of both malls, Forest City Commercial Management, says personal data is not being tracked.

“We won’t be looking at singular shoppers,” said Stephanie Shriver-Engdahl, vice president of digital strategy for Forest City. “The system monitors patterns of movement. We can see, like migrating birds, where people are going to.”

Still, the company is preemptively notifying customers by hanging small signs around the shopping centers. Consumers can opt out by turning off their phones.

The tracking system, called FootPath Technology, works through a series of antennas positioned throughout the shopping center that capture the unique identification number assigned to each phone (similar to a computer’s IP address), and tracks its movement throughout the stores.


Massachusetts State Senator: Andrea Rossi Meeting with Government Officials and Representatives of MIT, UMass and Northeastern

November 23rd, 2011

Via: Senator Bruce Tarr:

Andrea Rossi, an engineer who has captured the attention of the scientific world with two successful tests of his “E-Cat” cold fusion reactor, arrived at the State House on Tuesday morning for two days of meetings with government officials and representatives of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Massachusetts and Northeastern University.

Mr. Rossi’s reactor, if successfully proven and developed, has the potential to change the way the world deals with energy, and I’m pleased that he’s willing to discuss basing its production in Massachusetts.

Rossi’s E-Cat reactor, which has thus far been developed and tested in the Italian city of Bologna, is intended to produce large amounts of energy from a reaction between nickel and hydrogen. The reaction produces heat which then heats water to produce steam, from which electricity can be generated. Importantly, the process creates little to no radiation, a major problem for the nuclear fission process currently used to produce power in reactors around the world.

The enormous potential of this technology demands that it be addressed by the best scientific minds in the world. Since Massachusetts is the home of some of the best colleges and universities in the world, it makes sense for that process to happen here.

Our institutions of higher learning have been tremendous in their response to this opportunity, and I look forward to working with them.

Related: Which U.S. Organization Bought Andrea Rossi’s E-Cat System?


Arab States, Turkey, U.S. Plan ‘No-Fly Zone’ Over Syria

November 23rd, 2011

Here we go again.

Via: Albawaba:

Senior European sources said that Arab jet fighters, and possibly Turkish warplanes, backed by American logistic support will implement a no fly zone in Syria’s skies, after the Arab League will issue a decision, under its Charter, calling for the protection of Syrian civilians.

The sources told Kuwait’s al Rai daily that the no fly ban will include a ban on the movement of Syrian military vehicles, including tanks, personnel carriers and artillery, adding that this move would aim at curbing the movement of Assad forces, and cripple their ability to bomb cities. The European sources said the no fly ban might lead to the paralysis of the Syrian regime forces “in less than 24 hours.”

Related: Reuters: Turkish Papers Highlight Contingency Plans for Syria


Egypt: Three American College Students Arrested for Allegedly Throwing Firebombs at Security Forces During Protests

November 23rd, 2011

Fascinating.

Via: AP / New Zealand Herald:

Three American college students have been arrested in the Cairo protests at Tahrir Square.

Luke Gates, 21, Gregory Porter, 19, and Derrick Sweeney, 21, were arrested on the roof of a university building where they were allegedly throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters near Tahrir Square.

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The students – who are studying Arabic at the American University in Cairo – have been held in Cairo since their arrest Monday night.


Group Will Bring Attention to ‘Systematic Human Rights Abuses’ by Monsanto, Bayer and Dow

November 23rd, 2011

Via: The Ecologist:

Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal accuses biotech giants Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF of promoting dangerous pesticides including endosulfan, paraquat and neonicotinoids

The world’s major agrochemical companies, Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF, will face a public tribunal in early December accused of systematic human rights violations.

They are accused of violating more than 20 instruments of international human rights law through promoting reliance on the sale and use of dangerous and unsafe pesticides including endosulfan, paraquat and neonicotinoids.

Research Credit: noncompliant


Cryptogon Reader’s Family Member Has Multiple Sclerosis

November 23rd, 2011

WARNING: Nothing that appears on Cryptogon should be considered medical advice.

Update: Dr. Terry Wahls

This is one of the most astonishing videos that I have ever seen. Please consider sharing this through your networks.

Via: TEDxTalks / YouTube:

Dr. Terry Wahls learned how to properly fuel her body. Using the lessons she learned at the subcellular level, she used diet to cure her MS and get out of her wheelchair.

Related:

Minding My Mitochondria 2nd Edition: How I Overcame Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Got Out of My Wheelchair by Terry L. Wahls

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Update: Cryptogon Reader Responses

Thanks to everyone who responded to this post. These emails have been edited to maintain the privacy of the senders.

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Hello Kevin,

I have a father in law with mild symptoms of MS. We began giving him a 2gram dose of Psilocybe Galindoi Sclerotia (often known as “Philosophers Stones”) every three days. An hour after his first dose, his normal symptoms had completely vanished. He experienced a dramatic shift in his daily life from his new found physical freedoms.

On the onset of the third day, his symptoms begain to slowely re-emerge, and he again took another 2gram dose of fresh P. Galindoi sclerotia.. with the same results. He then set up a 3 day routine with this medication. Besides the alleviation of his MS symptoms, he also noticed extreme mobility changes from severe war injuries suffered in the Vietnam War. His normal 4 hour wake up routine to unstiffen and move completely vanished and left him feeling 20 years younger.

Psilocybe Galindoi Sclerotia contains the psychoactive substance Psilocin, which is a Schedule 1 drug in the US as well as being illegal in almost all parts of the world.. its a pity.. a 2grm fresh dose of sclerotia is not enough to produce a psychedelic event, but more of a heightened sense of awareness, vision and energy.. it plugs brain receptors responsible for serotonin uptake and creates a very euphoric happy feeling…. it has an extremely low risk of abuse, excretes from the body in 8 hours after ingestion, and has an extreme tolerance build up, after 3 days of taking low doses, the euphoric feelings subside while the medicative value continues.

It can be easily grown and concealed, information can be easily obtained on the internet for production of this amazing fruitbody. One reference site for information: http:www.shroomery.org

I wanted to pass this on in hopes it might help.

Sorry to use this format to pass this on, would much rather have posted to the article and saved you any trouble for your time…

thanks for your site, and attitude towards dissemination of information.

J

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Hi Kevin,

Here is a link for the case for N-acetyl glucosamine. It is available over the counter at health food stores and is non toxic as far as I know.

http://www.jbc.org/content/early/2011/09/29/jbc.M111.277814.abstract

Best wishes,

I

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[The links that were included with this email appear below it. –Kevin]

Hi Kevin,

This is regarding your family member who (I am assuming) was recently diagnosed with MS. A few years ago, I suffered an attack of Guillain Barre’ Syndrome (GBS), which is an auto-immune disease affecting the peripheral nervous system. (GBS is very similar to MS, save that MS affects the central rather than peripheral nervous system.) After a great deal of research–which essentially parallels research into MS, I ran across Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN). This peculiar drug, which has essentially no noticeable side effects, can actually stop the progression of MS (as well as a large array of other Immune-mediated diseases) almost immediately. The reason none of us have ever heard about it is simply money: It is dirt cheap to produce, and the patent has long ago been transferred to the generic market. Not only does Big Pharma have no interests in it, they have a powerful reason to suppress any information or large-scale studies done about it (it could sideline all their patented, expensive, toxic immune-suppressing “therapies” ). I have been using LDN daily for over a year, and it has made a world of difference in my recovery. Here are some resources for you:

1) The LDN Organization (which is not in any way associated with profiting from LDN) has a website; here is it’s very brief summary regarding LDN and MS.

2) I have attached a Word Document to this e-mail which is based on the information provided on the LDN org’s website, but which is more appropriate for giving to a physician–a sort of “handout”. (The LDN site has tons of information, but is not at all “printer-friendly”; this word document is simply a careful “cut & paste” synopsis of what you will find on that website.)

3) I have quite a few alternative healthy videos on my Youtube Channel (look in “Playlists” under “Health”); included among these is the following:

a) A Local News Piece on LDN and MS.

b) England’s Dr. Chris Steele on LDN.

c) A Brief on the Mechanics of LDN.

4) In addition to LDN, look carefully into the research involving vitamin D3 and MS. Here is an excellent documentary from UC San Diego’s School of Medicine on Vitamin D3, which will involve MS. (as a supplement, here is the daily dosage size you would want to consider–it’s also a very good brand.)

5) Another alternative treatment to consider is Calcium EAP (Calcium 2-Amino Ethyl Phosphate). Here is an article based on Dr. Hans Napier’s research/treatment program using Ca-EAP, which is evidently still used in Germany. You should, however, know that Napier used an injected solution as part of his protocol, rather than oral capsules. (I was not able to determine what actual dosage he used, but I’m sure such information exists–certainly via German resources.)

6) Medical Cannabis is also another potentially effective (and harmless) treatment option. Here is the best documentary on Medical Cannabis I’ve encountered.

7). Besides Calcium-EAP and Vitamin D, among the many supplements to consider, I would strongly recommend starting daily use of a B-12 sublingual (use either methylcobolamin or adenosylcobolamin–the latter is also known as “dibencozide”). Here is the brand and type I use (and I have experimented with many). Finally, one should also begin using a good source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids, which–along with B-12–plays an essential role in rebuilding damaged myelin, as well as actually reducing the inflammatory pathways within the immune system. Something like this would provide that, as well as a complete balance among the various fatty acids, all of which play a role in autoimmunity.

I am sorry to hear the reason you need this information; but understand: Everything I’ve mentioned above will, at worst, do no harm; yet all of it (particularly combined) can have dramatic effects on both stopping future attacks, as well as healing (to some degree) the effected myelin sheath.

The best to you and yours,

C

http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org/
http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org/ldn_and_ms.htm
http://www.youtube.com/user/12we5rt


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr-n8jMLenU&feature=channel_video_title
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ-qekFoi-o&feature=channel_video_title
http://www.iherb.com/Now-Foods-Vitamin-D-3-5-000-IU-240-Softgels/22335?at=0
http://www.iherb.com/Solaray-Calcium-EAP-500-mg-60-Capsules/23892?at=0
http://www.vrp.com/neuroendocrine-support/calcium-aep-membrane-integrity-factor-aids-multiple-sclerosis-asthma-and-osteoporosis

http://www.iherb.com/Country-Life-Gluten-Free-Active-B-12-Dibencozide-3000-mcg-60-Lozenges/1637?at=0
http://www.jacn.org/content/21/6/495.full
http://www.iherb.com/Health-From-The-Sun-Omega-3-6-9-The-Total-EFA-Essential-Fatty-Acids-Certified-Organic-16-fl-oz-473-ml/3727?at=0

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I knew I remembered reading this. Most interesting to me is geographic distribution of MS – a distinct north-south gradient. Basically the closer to the Equator you are, the less likely you are to get it. Fascinating to me, perhaps to you as well.

http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000369

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Hi Kevin,

Re your reader with a family case of MS. They may already know about the work Ian Gawler’s Foundation is doing in Melbourne with not just cancer, but MS as well. It’s an integrative approach and all my dealings with them over the years leaves me with a very high regard for what they do. Here’s the link:

http://www.gawler.org/

I hope it helps.

Cheers,

CB

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Kevin,

I came down with all the classic symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis 23 years ago while I was in grad school. Fortunately about six months later I came across a book called Better Health through Natural Healing by Ross Trattler. Main thing he advised was to go on a gluten free diet. Took several months of trying out the diet to determine that it was helping. My symptoms since then have stopped getting worse. I still have some mild double vision plus some weakness in my left leg, but that’s the same as it was 23 years ago. The diet is rather strict, but it’s been worth it. Luckily there are more gluten-free products available today than back in the 80s and 90s. One thing about MS is that it mainly occurs in countries where the population eats lots of gluten. People who eat little or no gluten have little or no incidence of MS.
Best wishes to your relative.

S

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Hi Kevin,

Thanks for your great site. I try to make purchases on Amazon via your site, so some small bit goes to you.

The reader with MS may consider contacting Robert Ginsburg. He is a healer trainer by physicist/healer Nicolai Levashov. Levashov’s method is based a very different model of reality (a number of his books and articles are translated into English, by the way). Levashov has done incredible things, that were documented by US MDs Barbara Koopman and Richard Blasband, like heal incurable infant brain cancer and cause a boy, born with no testicles, to grow them.

I don’t know if Robert has worked with people with MS, but he has had successes on a wide range of conditions which standard medicine can’t touch, i.e. Meniere’s Disease, atrial fibrillation, gastrointestinal disorders, etc… He lives in Oxford, UK, and works with folks all over the planet.

Also, his initial consultation is free so there’s no cost to contact him. His website is:
http://robertginsburg.com/index.html

My wife and I have worked with Robert over the years for various conditions/issues…

No need to respond. I hope the reader finds some treatment modality which helps them.

Best wishes,
S

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Kevin – ever since coming back to germany i have met people with ms, two of which chose to work with me. both women, both in their late fourties/early fifties. the first has just had her 3. annual checkup where the neurologist told her to not worry and that she did not need to see him. the second woman, friend of the first, also had her neurologist, different guy, tell her that he didn’t need to see her for another year.

i trained in and use the practices of core-energetics. but any reichian work should do. look into it as from what i read in the survivor stories is that every last one had some kind of energetic awakening (hard to know what an awakening is unless one had been asleepening). folks will go right from having the energy back to mystification, but doing work with core-/pathwork- uhh.. methods, seems to keep it real ..

m

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kevin there is a gentleman by the name of Leo Kolivakis who used to post on zerohedge.com. he suffers from ms also. during his posting on zerohedge he talked about a treatment with surgery. the treatment is called “the liberation treatment”. i know Leo posted about having the surgery done. Leo Kolivakis is in the financial business and have his own blogspot dalled “the pension pulse”. his email is lkolivakis@gmail.com. he has also talked about going gluten free and vitamin “D” in drop form. you can google the above info including leo’s name and ms on the same line.
in exchange, do you know anything about the aussie research into diabetes, where they were injecting good pancreatic cells into diabetics and kick starting the production of insulin in the diabetic. it has been about eight years since i read anything about that here in the U.S.
i hope that leo’s info is helpful….i don’t know anyone with ms but found his information informative!
thank you
bk

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This is the story of a young Italian man who has been having some excellent results by following a procedure in which he eliminates all metals from his body with a method that his doctors do not think is correct. He points out that a lot of the therapy he had been doing with these generally excellent hospitals were making him worse, because some of the MR s and the therapies and the analyses were filling him up with other kinds of metals.
I believe the method he uses for eliminating the metals is used in the US and is called “EDTA chelation therapy”.
Unfortunately I have not found info in English on the site, and translating it would take a long time. However, I could probably try to translate a few lines or paragraphs if necessary.

The young man, Matteo Dall’Osso, can be contacted here: matteodallosso@gmail.com.

It sounds plausible, hopeful and positive to me. His story is certainly worth reading:

Home

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Anyways, what I wanted to say, was that I recall hearing Kevin Trudeau talk about excitotoxins (especially aspartame) being the culprit. So I would suggest that the person eliminate all excitotoxins from their diet.
Here’s a link I just found on the topic:
http://perdurabo10.tripod.com/id812.html
Anyways, I hope this is helpful.
Keep up the good work!

J

—End Update—

A Cryptogon reader has a family member who has multiple sclerosis. If you know of any alternative therapies that are worth investigating, please leave a comment or email me. You don’t have to search the Internet and report your results. The person has been dealing with this for a long time. However, if you have personal experience with something that has helped, there’s a Cryptogon reader out there who could really use that information.


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