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there are an awful lot people telling me what to think about this or think about that.
Well I am afraid that you will all just have to let me think about it.

involved or impacted by the mass murders in Orlando Florida last night.





This is of course, with 50 already confirmed dead and another 53 being treated in the ER (some critically injured so the death toll may still rise), the largest mass shooting by a lone gunman in US history and changes will have to happen because of it.


What the changes will be is of course yet to be jelled. We now know the shooter is/was a US Born citizen of Afghan descent. We know he had an AR-15, a pistol and some devices (the bomb squads are still looking at them) he planted around the Gay & Lesbian Club where the slaughters occurred.

I know some are already blaming the availability of guns, but as someone who knows how childishly easy it is to make a gun and the wide spread availability of non-gun kits designed to be completed into guns that work, the presence all over the web of gun blue prints and machines to mill or turn steel and how fairly powerful explosives can be put together in a home with household chemicals such as nail polish remover, paint thinner and an antiseptic (for instance, many other do it yourself compounds are possible and easy) I am not sure thosse facts are the entire extent of the problem.

Obviously because the shooter's parents are from Afghanistan some have seized on that and claim that is proof he was a Muslim extremist and the shooting was ideological in motive.

For me, I need more. For all we know he was Catholic or Christian as both religion's Bibles also speak out against Gays.

What is clear to me is that I am sure there were warning signs of s dangerous psychosis which some people ignored or the official response to was grossly inadequate. We saw that here in VA when a young Asian who had scchizophrenia so badly he was committed for it by his parents, but the Mental Health system in VA failedm citing a 'right to medical privacy' to forward his name to law enforcement which allowed the crazy college student to shoot up his campus. We also saw clear warning signs of dangerous psychosis when a television reporter in Roanoke gunned down former co-workers. And on and on. Aurora, California, Newhall, Connecticut, etc. Fact is most mass shooters turned out to be very crazy people and folks knew it, but also allowed them to leave the psychiatric institutions and often local law enforcement was never notified so their name did not match any records in the law enforcement data bases when they went to buy a gun. That needs to change.

Yes, I concede they could still make one, but often when a mental disease reaches that point, well let's just say making things that work, that ability is often gone. In any case if they were still kept in a nut hospital (political incorrectness of using the Nut word seen and ignored) where they belonged, the only thing they would be permitted to make would be pot holders and oven mitts.

There are some Tips about to be a longevity wich I heard of ;

1) Feeling you are more younger (at least 13 years) than your physical age.

2) The daily intake of your calories is reasonable.

3) An average of your basic pulse is about 15 beats per 15 seconds.

4) Stomach flat when you lay down.

5) A higher level of vitamin D in your blood.

6) Thick ears plus long lobes.

7) The type of your blood is B.

8) The blood pressure is higher slightly.(close to 140/90 mmHg)

9) Living in a good environment with lots of green plants.

10) Like doing exercise often.

And maybe some more... anybody know? I only fit for No.7, so longevity is not my business so far.

Now enjoy your weekend! I off to rest.

13 years ago...I was at an all time high, I suppose you could say.. ....just looking at an old blog of mine from 2016 where I had lost about 80lbs or so since 2009 ...and since then, I have just put it in the back of my mind until I did some looking back and now it's like 13 years later and I'm still keeping it off...surprised myself Progress is progress, though. I know I'll never be thin....but I'm happy where I'm at and at 50 now, I can't complain

It started about six years ago. I was having pains in my hips and my lower back and arms. My doctor would give me a prescription for pain. Well that was not helping so I asked what is causing this? It was hard to move, it hurt to bend or twist. I finally was told its probably inflammation. When I got home I spent the rest of the day searching google to find relief. I was taking prescriptions that were not helping,it had been about three years. I found that taking a spice from India, turmeric is very good for inflammation. I found that a tablespoon is a proper dose. You need to take black pepper with the turmeric for best results. I do not believe that I can put that much in my omelet. So I use a teaspoon instead. Then for my evening meal I use a teaspoon again and this has worked well for me. I have slacked off the turmeric and the pain is back in my right arm, so I bought two pounds of turmeric at Amazon. I am going to get rid of it again. I do not waste money on the pills and capsules that are being sold. Also I now look to google if something does not feel right before going to the doctor. It has been an expensive lesson to learn. I hope this will be helpful information for other people.

The Privatization of Water:
Nestlé Denies that Water is a Fundamental Human Right

The current Chairman and former CEO of Nestlé, the largest producer of food products in the world, believes that the answer to global water issues is privatization. This statement is on record from the wonderful company that has peddled junk food in the Amazon, has invested money to thwart the labeling of GMO-filled products, has a disturbing health and ethics record for its infant formula, and has deployed a cyber army to monitor Internet criticism and shape discussions in social media.

This is apparently the company we should trust to manage our water, despite the record of large bottling companies like Nestlé having a track record of creating shortages:

Large multinational beverage companies are usually given water-well privileges (and even tax breaks) over citizens because they create jobs, which is apparently more important to the local governments than water rights to other taxpaying citizens. These companies such as Coca Cola and Nestlé (which bottles suburban Michigan well-water and calls it Poland Spring) suck up millions of gallons of water, leaving the public to suffer with any shortages. (source)

But Chairman, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, believes that “access to water is not a public right.” Nor is it a human right. So if privatization is the answer, is this the company in which the public should place its trust?

Here is just one example, among many, of his company’s concern for the public thus far:

In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. Who’s to blame? He says it’s bottled water-maker Nestlé, which dug a deep well that is depriving locals of potable water. “The water is not only very dirty, but the water level sank from 100 to 300 to 400 feet,” Dilwan says. (source)

Why? Because if the community had fresh water piped in, it would deprive Nestlé of its lucrative market in water bottled under the Pure Life brand.

In the subtitled video below, from several years back, Brabeck discusses his views on water, as well as some interesting comments concerning his view of Nature — that it is “pitiless” — and, of course, the obligatory statement that organic food is bad and GM is great. In fact, according to Brabeck, you are essentially an extremist to hold views opposite to his own. His statements are important to review as we continue to see the world around us become reshaped into a more mechanized environment in order to stave off that pitiless Nature to which he refers.



The conclusion to this segment is perhaps the most revealing about Brabeck’s worldview, as he highlights a clip of one of his factory operations. Evidently, the savior-like role of the Nestlé Group in ensuring the health of the global population should be graciously welcomed. Are you convinced?

Open Discussion Welcome!

I think I am at a crossroads in my life. Been there before and had to navigate my way through, seems like I will have to do the same again.

I got a reality check last week. Kidney specialist told me in no uncertain terms that I need to quit cigarettes and stop taking anti inflamatories for my hip and leg pain. I think the reality of it is hitting home, my kidneys are not good and it could cause problems for me later on. I don't need to make big changes aside from quitting smoking, but I do need to make those changes.

Like the man said. You can have fame, fortune, women, everything in the world but if you don't have your health, you got nothing. Its time to start treating my body better and get rid of the cigarettes and the anti inflamatories. Kidney dialysis is not something I think I would adapt to very well

I have written poetry and Blogs over many years now. I had to leave my friends behind and felt like I would not live let alone ever write again. I was diagnosed with cancer and over the period of two years had five surgeries. I am much Blessed to be alive, cancer free and back with everyone and everything I have so missed. I have been so happy until more bad news.

In May I will be going in for another surgery. Not cancer this time. Thank God. But serious. I've been praying and anything I can to rid me of this fear I have. I find myself fearful of anything and everything anymore. I feel the root is the surgery. But I can't sleep or get through a day living with constant fears. I wake and sleep in fear.

PLEASE, if any of you can offer suggestions on how you deal with fear it would be most helpful. I have tried all I know. THANK YOU!

Dr.Fauci Predicted A Pamemic under Trump back in 2017 and never said a word about it.

Factual article from the FT news



“There’s no such thing as a perfect vaccine?.?.?.?with Covid it’s no different,” said Professor William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University. The yellow fever jab, for example, is widely understood to be the most effective live-virus vaccine ever invented, with a single dose generating long-lasting immunity in 98 per cent of those vaccinated. But even that means that on average 2 per cent of people will still get infected.

Phase 3 trials for most of the leading Covid-19 jabs showed an efficacy against symptomatic infection of more than 90 per cent. Real-world studies of effectiveness in the UK, Israel and Canada suggest that vaccines are displaying a slightly lower effectiveness outside of the trial environment, probably because of the spread of the more vaccine-resistant Delta variant. Estimates put protection against symptomatic infection, depending on the vaccine, at between 60-90 per cent. According to Public Health England, about 17 per cent of the 105,598 Delta variant cases reported across England in the four weeks to July 19 were among fully vaccinated people. PHE counts people as fully vaccinated 14 days after their second dose.

Anthony Masters, a member of the UK’s Royal Statistical Society, said fully vaccinated people were likely to make up a “bigger proportion” of cases as vaccine coverage was extended, particularly in younger groups who face a higher exposure risk because of greater social mixing. “If you get extremely high coverage across the different ages, it’s plausible that cases could become majority among fully vaccinated people,” he said. About 55 per cent of the UK population had received both doses by July 21. In Israel, where nearly 60 per cent of the population are fully vaccinated and coverage is spread more evenly across age cohorts, 52 per cent of about 6,000 people who tested positive in the week to July 21 were fully vaccinated. Are some fully vaccinated people at more risk of falling ill than others? Very few fully vaccinated people who test positive for Covid-19 are getting seriously ill. According to PHE’s real-world studies, the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine is still 96 per cent effective against hospital admission, while the Oxford/AstraZeneca shot is 92 per cent effective. But Natalie Dean, a biostatistics professor at Emory University in Atlanta, stressed that these figures were averages and that efficacy depended on people’s existing risk profiles. “Everything is relative when it comes to vaccines and risk,” she said. A Financial Times analysis of global infection fatality rates, for example, suggests that a double-jabbed 80-year-old person now faces about the same mortality risk as an unvaccinated 50-year-old.”

Vaccine: A preparation that is used to stimulate the body's immune response against diseases. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but some can be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose.

This is exactly what the Covid vaccine does, it boosts immunity against the covid virus-producing anti-bodies that can and do reduce the serious effect the virus can produce in those unvaccinated.

Some ignorant people cite Israel as an example of the vaccine failing due to the high number of people tested as having covid and also vaccinated, but logically if the majority of the population are vaccinated then of course those tested positive will be vaccinated.


About two-thirds of people who die on UK roads are wearing a seatbelt, but this is a consequence of usage rates of nearly 99 per cent, so using the Non-vaccine logic this means wearing a seat belt causes death.

The Covid vaccine was designed to reduce infection, IT DOES THAT
The Covid vaccine was designed to reduce hospitalisation, IT DOES THAT
The Covid vaccine was designed to reduce deaths, IT DOES THAT

The Covid vaccine is proven to work[/b