Sunday, May 17, 2009

Artificial Life

Bird flu, swine flu so many dangerous animal diseases suddenly.

But how dangerous really are the Swine and Bird flu?

Deaths caused by Swine Flu (counting only with this occasion, not the previous cases in the 1960’s, 1920’s, etc. ) we have 121 worldwide, and almost half of this ones, are in Mexico only. link

According to the World Health Organization from 2003 to 2009, the number of Human deaths by Bird Flu worldwide was 261. link

Caused only by normal flu, there are 67.000 deaths a year link

Swine Flu have been really dangerous in the past, especially in the years during and imediatly after the First World War, but at the same time we have to consider that the evolution in conditions of Hygiene, Medicine, and in the Communication and Prevention methods are enormous when compared with that time, and as so, it is not probable that a similar situation happen.

So what is the true reason behind all this panic that is bring apart by Governments, World Institutions and Mass Media? Could it be that this diseases are just being used as instruments for something else? And why these diseases appear only in animals that are massively used as Human alimentation, and not in ordinary animals?

Could it be about money?? If we consider that there is only one medicine that can be used against both Bird and Swine Flu (Tamiflu), and that only one Company holds the patent of it (Roch Institute), but Tamiflu was not develop by Roche, but was developed by Gilead Sciences Inc., an American Company, that receives 10% of each Tamiflu shot sold, as part of the agreement of the patent sell to Roche and that Gilead had as Chairman until the year 2000 Donald Rumsfeld (The U.S. Secretary of Defence for W. Bush) and that this still gets money from Gilead maybe we can understand little bit better why all this panic environment created around it. link

But could it money justify it all? The stocks of Tamiflu that were supposed to last years have been sold in less than nothing, and the list of orders is so big, that the producers of the vaccine don’t have how to answer so many demands. link link

So with so much money made, after the Bird Flu, doesn’t seem that money is the justification (or only justification) for the panic surrounding the Swine Flu.

So what could it justify the creation of so much fear and panic around these diseases? Or, could it be, that the idea is to be afraid of the animals itself, and not of the diseases?

Laurence Tiley, Professor of Molecular Virology at Cambridge University:

“Once we have regulatory approval, we believe it will only take between four and five years to breed enough chickens to replace the entire world population,” Professor Tiley said. “Developing flu-resistant chickens has clear benefits for human health and animal welfare, as we wouldn’t have to slaughter chickens around the world. Chickens provide a link between the wild bird population, where avian influenza thrives, and humans, where new pandemic strains can emerge. Removing that bridge will dramatically reduce the risk posed by avian viruses.”

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At the same time, Monsanto tried to put a patent on a Pig. But the case have raised so much public talk, the Monsanto decide it to abandon the project selling the part of the Company that was responsible for genetic development with animals. But the new Company still carry on the project.

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Let’s see if a not so far away future, some scientist or researcher for a company will appear saying that the solution for the Swine Flu will be Pigs Genetically Manipulated in order to be immune to the Flu.

We all now, how negative the public opinion is about Genetic Manipulated Organisms, even politicians and institutions across the world have raised their voice against this type of Organisms.

But is there any reason why we should not acept GMO‘s and the incorporation of these ones in or food chain?

The answer is all of the reasons to be at least suspicious, not to say totally against it.

First: Not just the idea of a life form be treated like a product out of a factory is repugnant, consider this life form a Human invention is very arguable. First because all the creatures are a Nature creation, and as so they belong to everyone and to no one at the same time, no one can claim right over something that belongs to Nature. And even the claim of the companies like Monsanto, DuPont, Bayer, BASF (this are just the biggest ones, not the totality of them), that they actually have developed new life forms, with a totally different Gene, and as so they have the right of patent, because is a “invention” do not bring much more ethic or moral in to the question.

Especially because the most of the times, this patents are illegal, because they are not truly new Genes, but simply normal animals that are infected with diseases or have been used chirurgical operation on them, in order to transform it. Or in the case of the patent that Monsanto have claimed over the Breeding process and the Pig Genes resulting out of this, what they have done is not more than a specific combination of methods of crossbreeding using artificial insemination already existing and in use; and the Gene sequence coming out of it, is not a Monsanto invention, but just a natural variation of the Gene.

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And also, not just Monsanto claims rights over the breeding process, and the genetic indicators, but also the entire pig population related to it. This is the offspring produced by the method; the entire pig population produced by the method, and the pigs that carry the Gene patented.

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Like the patent claims rights in Africa, United States, Europe, Russia, Australia, Brazil, Mexico this would give the company that owns the patent control over pretty much the entire pig population.

Second: The safety to Human consumption of these organisms in a medium/long time period not had been proved. Not just that, but the way they are tested to be see if they can be put on sale or not is ridiculous, to not say more.

The method used is called: “Substance Equality”. That basically works like this: They take for example a Gene from a Cow and put them in the Pig. If both the Cow and the Pig are known to be safe to Human alimentation, than the new Pig that comes out of the crossing between the Genes, is safe also.

The same principle is applied in Genetic Manipulated Plants, even knowing that for example BT-Corner is a crossing between an Herbicide and Corner. I would like to see, where it says that herbicides are not harmful to Humans.

Even knowing that on these days, all the GMO that come in food have to be labelled, giving us the option of buying it or not, the same will not happen after the end of 2009 when Codex Alimentarius is to start to be totally applied. According to Codex, there is no need to label the aliment as a GMO or not.

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Third: The nutrient levels in all the GMO are incredible low when compared with natural organic products, this happen both in animals, and plants genetic manipulated. link

Fourth: Some products developed by the biggest companies in this field are not what we can consider the most public friendly. From Monsanto we have Bovine Growth Hormone; from Bayer we have Heroin, and a endless numbers of chemicals, pesticides and herbicides, the same with BASF. Also Monsanto have been charged with many different accusations from dumping toxic waste in the U.K, environmental pollution in Illinois and Alabama. And is very public the hundreds of farmers that Monsanto have sued in States and Canada, because of supposed violation of Intellectual Property over seeds that Monsanto own the patents. Because the farmers have got Monsanto seeds, in their crops that where brought by wind or birds. link

So, with so many well proved arguments against it, it will be very hard to GMO Companies to make us accept the GMO products, unless they prove them to be the final hope for our survival, that only creating genetic manipulated animals immune to diseases we could rest in peace, free from the fear of diseases passed to us by animals.

Could it be?? I let for your consideration.

Text by: Specter

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Monday, May 4, 2009

A Wolf in a Sheep skin

Little more than 100 days have pass since Barack Hussein Obama inauguration as President of United States. People all around the planet, from United States, to Europe, from Africa, to South America, everywhere, celebrating the victory of Obama, like if each and every single one of them had voted for him, like if it was the President of everyone, the President of the World.
On that day, 20 of January, it’s almost like if Christ it self, have come down to Earth again, that all the Evil and Injustice on the Earth would cease immediately just because of this man election.
Off course that it’s good that Bush time had come to an end; after all, in the past 8 years, we have seen and heard some of the History biggest lies, and scams. Since 9/11, passing thru the Iraq War to the biggest economical crises since 1930, everything about George W. Bush period as president was bad.
But why will Obama be different? If we look to the past, we clearly see that in the beginning almoust all the politicians look good, and fair, and that at the end, all of them are just a bunch of cynical hypocrite liars, that serve the interests of the elite that had put them in power, not the one's from the People that have elected him.
So why do you think Obama is different? Because he is a Democrat? Because off his political opinions and promises? Because he say nice things?
Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, among others, where also from the Democratic Partied,also had good ideas, and also had said nice things,do this tell you something??
When the biggest donators/supporters of both parties, are the same, do you believe that it will make a difference, if it is a Republican or a Democratic winning?

And when you have a Democratic Administration, packed up with Republicans members and supporters, like the case of the Secretary of Defence Robert Gates, the State Department Special Envoy Henry Kissinger, the Presidential Advisor Allan Greenspan, just to mention some. Do you still believe it will be that different?

There is also other spooky factor, about Obama Administration. With a closer look, we see that the most and more important members have other allegiances, not just to the parties they come from, but also, too some Public or not so Public Think Tanks and Organizations, witch the more knowed are the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, or the for some time very secretiv, Bilderberg Club; just like in the Administrations of Jimmy Carter, George Bush, Bill Clinton or George W. Bush.
There are members of the current Administration that belong to one, or several of this Organizations, and Think Tanks, the administration members listed here, are just some of the more important ones:
Secretary of Treasury - Timothy Geithner: Member off the Trilateral Commission, Council in Foreign Relations, and Bilderberg Group.
Secretary of State - Hillary Clinton: Member off the Bilderberg Group, and Council on Foreign Relations, and married to Bill Clinton, that is a member of the Trilateral Commission.
Ambassador to the U.N. – Susan Rice: Member of the Trilateral Commission
National Security Advisor – Gen. James Jones: Member of the Bilderberg, Council on Foreign Relations, and Trilateral Commission.
Deputy National Advisor
– Mike Froman: Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Trilateral Commission.
State Department Special Envoy - Henry Kissinger: Member of the Bilderberg, Trilateral Commission and Council on Foreign Relations.
Chairman of the Economic Recovery Committee
– Paul Volcker: Member of the Bilderberg, Trilateral Commission, and Council on Foreign Relations.
Director of the National Intelligence – Adm. Dennis C. Blair: Member if the Bilderberg Club, Council on Foreign Relations, and Trilateral Commission.
Secretary of Defence – Robert Gates: Member of the Bilderberg Club, Council on Foreign Relations, and trilateral Commission.
Deputy Secretary of State – James Steinberg: Member of the Bilderberg, Council on Foreign Relations, and Trilateral Commission.
State Department Special Envoy – Richard M. Haas: Member of the Bilderberg Club, Trilateral Commission, and Council on Foreign Relations.
Presidential Advisor
– Allan Greenspan: Member of the Bilderberg Club, Trilateral Commission, and Council on Foreign Relations.
State Department Special Envoy – Richard C. Holbrooke: Member of the Bilderberg Club, Council on Foreign Relations, and Trilateral Commission.
National Security Adviser - Denis McDonough: Senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
National Security Adviser - Richard Danzig: Until recently was the Sam Nunn Prize fellow in International Security at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
National Security Adviser - William J. Perry: Senior fellow at the Hoover Institution
Foreign Policy Adviser - Susan E. Rice: Brookings Institution senior fellow for Foreign Policy, Global Economy, and Development.
Economic Adviser - Jason Furman: Senior fellow for economics at the Brookings Institution.
Economic Adviser - Austan Goolsbee: Senior Research fellow at the American Bar Association and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Economic Adviser - Daniel K. Tarullo: Senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

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Lets now analize the personal, professional, and political, background of some of the members of the Administration

Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, not much to say about this “lady”, caught lying over and over again in several different situations, (something that both members of the Clinton family, have used us, thru out the years), having a process against her, running in the courts, because of her, illegal fund raising, when running to the Senate, among some others not so clear situations. link

Secretary of Treasury, Timothy Geithner, if it wasn’t for it be a serious subject, we could almost ask if this was some kind of April’s Fools joke, or something like that.
Our poor good Obama have chosen to run the Treasury that is the department of the State that deals with the Federal Reserve, no more, or less than the Ex President of the Federal Reserve in New York.
First thing, to know, is that the Federal in the Federal Reserve is just a word, a name; it doesn’t mean that the Federal Reserve is a Federal Institution, under U.S. Government jurisdiction, because the truth is, that the Federal Reserve is a private owned Company, owned and controlled by six share holders all of them private banks, from witch only one is American; the Rockefellers thru the Morgan Chase Bank, that is far away from wish or represent the best interess of the American or the World People. (For more information on this subject check: “Fiat Empire”; “The creature of Jekyll Island" and "The Money Masters". All this documentaries have a direct link in the documentaries section of this blog).
So, basically what we have is, one ex-employee of this private owned Corporation, being selected to be the government responsible for interact with the Corporation.
If this is not an interest of conflicts, then I don’t know what is.

And even better, as his Special Presidential Advisor we have the great Ex-Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Allan Greenspan, that was the chairman of the FED from 1987 until 2006. So we have the forehead of these private banks, being the special advisor to the President, about Finance and Economics. Nice one!!!!

As one of his State Department Special Envoy, we have Henry Kissinger.
That according to the National Security Adviser James Jones own words, is the person that give him (James Jones) his daily orders. link
Who is exactly Henry Kissinger?
Well, he was the National Security Advisor in the Ford and in the Nixon Administration, and also Secretary of State to Nixon.
A person that among some of his most famous statements is the describing of the Indian Ex-Prime Minister Indira Ghandi as “bitch”; and: “I don’t see why we need to standby and watch a country go Communist, due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide by them”; or the no less famous: “The illegal we can do right now, the unconstitutional will take a little longer”.

A person that have supported dictatorial tyrannical political regimes such as the Military regime of Jorge Videla in Argentina, after this overthrow the democratically elected government of Isabel Peron. link

The knocking down of the democratically elected Chilean president Salvador Allende and helping putting on power the General Augusto Pinochet, and his dictatorial regime that from 1974 to 1990 have kill over 3200 persons, incarcerate more than 80.000 persons with out trial, and tortured more than 30.000. link
Have inclusively be call, to testify in a court in London, when the judgement of Pinochet. link

The fully support, including arms sailling to Indonesian President Suharto, when in 1975 Indonesia illegally invaded Timor. Leading to the kill of over 200.000 persons the most of them civilians until the end of the occupation in 1999 link . (check "Trials of Henry Kissinger" in the documentaries section of this blog")
Not bad, for someone that have even won a Peace Nobel Prize.
And that 15 days before the start of Obama presidency, claims that the World situation, and the international respect that Obama have, is the perfect setting for establishment of a New World Order link

Let’s now analyze Obama decisions, and actions after this first 100 days in the lead.

One of the biggest campaign promises, was that Obama would not choose lobbyist to his Administration, making even everything very clear about it, when he wrote a rule, basically saying that if a person was a lobbyist in a period of 2 years before start working in the White House, could not be selected to the administration, and even if not being a registered lobbyist, if it had as been employer or client of some lobbyist or government contracted company, the same rule was to be applied.

But have this rule be followed? The answer is just a simple, straight “No”.

Starting with William J. Lynn III, that was nominated by Obama, to be the Deputy Secretary of Defence, when he was one of the biggest lobbyists for Raytheon, that is one of the largest Defence Contractors. link

After he nominated as a Middle East Envoy George Mitchell, that even knowing that was not a registered lobbyist, was the Chairman of DLA Piper, a law firm, that is a lobbyist, having lobbied Federal Agencies, members of the U.S. House and 24 Senate Offices, including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton during 2006 and 2007. There is also the fact of DLA Piper, have several offices in Middle East, from Dubai to Kuwait, have a constructing firm, contracted in Iraq, and have as affiliation with a law firm on Saudi Arabia, once again, its not just going against the rules, that the own Obama had define, but also the conflict of interests is notorious. link

To be the CIA Director another controversial nomination Leon Panetta.
Not just the leak of knowledge and experience was enough to contest this nomination, there is also the bending of the lobbyist rules, and the conflict of interests that this nomination brings.
Even knowing that like George Mitchell, Leon Panetta, is not registered as a lobbyist, he bend the rules, by having got money for some of the companies, that are big lobbyist, and contractors with the White House, and/or Pentagon.
According to documents, delivered by Mr. Panetta, to the U.S. Senate of when is nomination to the CIA Director Position, Mr Panetta, have received more than 700.000 U.S. Dollars during 2007, from several different companies, and entities. And some of them can bring a clear conflict of interests.
Mr Panetta, have got 56.000 U.S. Dollars from Merryl Lynch. & Co;. because of 2 speaches he had make for them, and had got 28.000 US Dollars from Wachovia Corp also because 1 speach. Both this companies, Merryl Lynch and Wachovia, where bought by other companies, last year. Merryl Lynch by Bank of America and Wachovia by Wells Fargo both of them very big in the Bank Lobby, the list continues, this time with 28.000 U.S. Dollars because of a speach to the Carlyle Group, Carlyle Group is one of the biggest contractors with in the Pentagon, and the American Defence.
In the same list, come that the “Pacific Maritime Association” has paid to Mr Panetta, something like 60.000 U.S. Dollar, for a service described as Governmental Advisor Fee. The “Pacific Maritime Association” is one of the lobbyists in the Federal Government regarding terrorism laws that affect shipping.
And there is also EduCap. Inc a non profit firm, that is being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service.
EduCap. Inc has donated to Leon & Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy 50.000 U.S. Dollars, and provided flights on its corporate jet to several Washington figures. link

Other of his election period promises, was the one referring to NAFTA, many times Obama had said, that he would review NAFTA, that it was bad for the Americans, so on, so on.
But the naked truth is that at the same time he was making this statements, Austin Gooles, one of the senior members in his campaign team, was calling Canadian officials, saying to them not worry about it, that it was just campaign talking. link And as the recent declarations of the Admnistration about the subject prove, it was really just campaign talking. link

Other of his campaign promises, was that after he was elected, in maximum 16 months after, all the troops would be out of Iraq.
But at the same time, Samantha Power, stated on a CBC interview, he won’t be bounded by thus declarations.
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And meanwhile, the dead line is in 23 months allready,

One of his first Act's passed by Obama, was the Food Safety Modernization Act, that basically puts in full power in the U.S. of America, something called Codex Allimentarius link That is a plan of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), that will basically outlaw every natural medicine, no matter if plant, food supplement, or similar, unless this are patented and registered link (for more info on this subject check "We Become Silent" in the documentarie section of this blog, and in the lectures section check: "Dr Rima Laibow - Codex and "Nutricide"" and "Ian R. Crane - Codex Alimentarius", soon a text about the Codex in this blog)

A famous decision he had, was just some days in the Office, was the ceasing of the salary of the C.E.O’s of the companies that use the Bailout money that the U.S. government had put as a rescue tool, to the banks and brokers firms.
The only problem, is that all the major banks and broker firms, are exempt of it, and not just that, but also that the measure, would only be applied in future happenings between the companies and the government.

Oh and remember the Patriot Act Obama, promised to vote against? Well, at the end, our dear Mr Obama, has change his mind, and voted for the renewal of it, link as well as for the re-applying of the FISA legislation. link

Other famous of his measures that Obama had announced just after some days in the White House was the closing of the Guantanamo and other secret prisons, controlled by the U.S. around the World.
But, what in reality the executive order says, is that Obama, will thing in close Guantanamo and other prisons, in a year or so.
Not just the executive order doesn’t state that any prison will be closed for sure, as it also keep allowing the use of renditions (that is not more than secret abductions), and the sending of persons, illegally made it prisoner, to this secret prisons. link
And what about torture? Well, maybe Obama is not a torture supporter, but one thing is for sure, he has no problems, in protect who support.
When the British authorities, announced that they would release information about the torture off a British resident, detained at Guantanamo, Obama had threat Britain, with the cut off of Security Information, in case of the British authorities, went forward with it.
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Let's now talk, about Foreign Policy

Let’s start with the Israel/Palestine conflict, a fast visit to Obama website link let no doubt that Obama, is a Israel sympathiser, and by his words, we can also see that he don’t condemn the attacks of Israel over Palestine link , and according to his own words, at AIPEC meeting in the 6 of June, 2008: “Jerusalem will remain the Capital of Israel and it must remain undivided”. link

About the so talked, Anti Missile Shield, beeing constructed in East Europe, not only Obama supports totally the idea, as he have even expand it, from Poland to Czech Republic, and preparing to advance with other component of it, in Lithuania.
Can we see here, an attempt, of annoying Russia?

At the same time, that Obama claims, that he will remove the troops from Iraq, he send 30.000 more marines to Afghanistan. The reason? Obama has decided that U.S. should attack the northern of Pakistan.
link This decision was made exclusively by the White House, with the disapproval from the U.S. allies, and the Pakistanian government, that see in this action a huge disrespect by his sovereignty. link
At least this time he has kept his promise link


There would be much more to debunk about Obama. But i believe that this is enough to put you aware of the real Obama.

Do you still thing he his a cute little sheep? Or are you starting to see the tooth’s of the wolf?


Text by: Specter

See you next time
Stay in Peace