Cure for cancer / Kevin Trudeau / Fraud & Corrupt Doctors

*Wikipedia intro for Kevin Trudeau*

"Trudeau's activities have been the subject of both criminal and civil action. He was convicted of larceny and credit card fraud in the early 1990s, and in 1998 paid a $500,000 fine for making false or misleading claims in his infomercials. In 2004, he consented to a lifetime ban on promoting products other than his books via infomercials."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Trudeau

I have to say, I think it's ridiculous for anyone to say there's already a cure for cancer, especially based on some conspiracy theory that they hold it back to make more $. The person or pharma company that finds it will be SOOO rich. And as far as the FDA or government hiding it, ok....that might sell a lot more prescriptions or perhaps keep people in the hospital paying ridiculous amounts of money, but what about the health care costs associated with it?  And Mr Trudeau, if you know there's a cure for cancer and what it is....WHY ARE YOU STUCK DOING INFOMERCIALS AT 2AM?????

Also, w/respect to "corrupt" doctors, just like cops, lawyers or politicians....there are bound to be a lot of good ones and a few that ruin it for everyone. In the states where most of these theories start, I can see the concern because I think doctors get paid by prescription.....perhaps not.  But the laws are certainly different up here in Canada. They get paid by the visit and by the government (for the most part) ...and while they may be treated to free samples or vacations or dinners....they are under no obligation to try the products on patients afterwards. Furthermore, who cares if their rich friends treat them to vacations and try to convince them something works?!?!?! They were smart enough to make it through med school, they are smart enough to do the research and figure out what's best on their own. PLUS they work like 80+ hours/week, I say let them be bribed. Keep em happy and doing a good job.

Relativity / Speed of Light Broken?

Just thinking about the experiment that apparently fired a neutrino at faster than the speed of light. If they test this again and it's true, it doesn't mean Einstein was wrong in his equation E=mc2 ( energy = mass x speed of light(squared) )

- Light from the sun still takes an exact amount of time to reach us (8 seconds I believe) and it still takes a billionth of a second for these words to bounce off your eyeballs. -- If true, I think it will just prove that, like time, the speed of light is relative.....maybe Einstein just didnt live long enough to work it out

Giant Galaxy NGC 6872 
Image Credit: Sydney Girls High School Astronomy Club,
Travis Rector (Univ. Alaska), Ángel López-Sánchez (Australian Astronomical Obs./ Macquarie Univ.), Australian Gemini Office

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110403.html

Mosquito in a nudist colony

Below is a link to The God Debate - Hitchens vs D'Souza at Notre Dame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V85OykSDT8

The title is a reference to a (paraphrased) quote from the debate by Dinesh D'Souza. 


"Kinda like a mosquito in a nudist colony.....I'm having trouble figuring out where to begin." - D'Souza


I find D'Souza to be the only person so far to debate Hitchens in a somewhat logical, rational and respectable way on the side of Christianity and Intelligent Design..... despite disagreeing with a lot of what he implies.    Here's another quote before I go on with my rant  ;)   I believe he said Churchill was the first to utter these words....


D'Souza : "It is always exhilarating to be shot at without result"
(referring to hearing Hitchens' attacks and it not changing his mind)


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W/respect to intelligent design, the fine-tuning of the universe can be explained as rolls of the dice. If you roll a die an almost infinite amount of times, on at least one occasion you will get perfection or the fine-tuning we see in the universe. There's a very high probability that there are others and that infinite other rolls of the dice have produced universes that never lived past their first second of existence. Doesn't mean we are any less important or special.....or that we don't have a purpose. It's a "miracle" that we even exist, if you prefer to call it that :) But to think that mere human beings are the focus of an entire universe??? I really don't think we are any different from a blade of grass, a tree or a rat. All living things trying to reproduce and survive the best we can. Why does a tree not get eternal life? or a rat? Because we are the only species to ever exist (on this planet) to have the intelligence to know that we are going to die.

Having said that, our atoms do not die and are recycled.....so we all will live on, regardless of belief.

Also I feel the urge to point out that while I am not religious in any normal sense and consider myself to be agnostic....I don't think it's ridiculous to think there could be some higher power or prime-mover or creator.   But to think there is a supernatural entity inside your head that will intervene in your life and that of others is pushing it a little bit if you ask me.   Especially when people take it so literally that they seriously want the world to end so Jesus can return and they can go be in heaven.  And no, I'm not talking about Camping and his doomsday scenarios recently.   Many "normal" Christians can't wait for this shit to happen.    And as Hitchens says in the debate about Israel.......they now have their place on the coast of the Med, as prophesied in the bible.... but part of the reason they are excited is because it is the promised land (where Jesus can return and bring the end of days)   (I apologize if I have my facts mixed up here, it is quite possible)

I find myself enthralled with this topic more than I ever thought possible.   And although I'm sure not many are reading this, I can't stop thinking and writing about it, even though my mind is pretty much made up on the issue.   I just really wish everyone could stop taking everything so f'n literally and sit back and reflect intelligently on these issues of live, love, morality and God.   It's more eye-opening that you might think, if you base your views on ancient texts.   Oh yeah...to think that one ancient religion is right and all others are wrong(and thus going to hell) is ridiculous.    They are either all right or all wrong.    Why can't we just remove the "district managers" and think about the head honcho.   If everyone that was religious just believed in a higher power without a specific prophet, there would be no reason for the crusades, the inquisition or the global jihad in motion right now against all us "infidels".

Finally I have to say that most religious people consider themselves to be rather humble.  Well...thinking you(we) are the centre of the universe is very far from that quality and is quite arrogant IMO.  

p.s. One word to explain morality.......EMPATHY

Finally something about bipolar

I started this blog a few months back to give myself a creative outlet to help my stress, anxiety and depression.  It certainly has helped me and it certainly has been an outlet, but I've said very little on the main topic of Bipolar Disorder.   It has turned mainly into a mental workshop for my ideas concerning politics, world events, religion and life in general.   But nothing very personal.

I don't want to get into the whole story, it's far too long for this post, but anyone else with this disorder knows how horrible things can be at times.   The extreme shifts in mood and thinking, suicidal thoughts mixed with grandiose fantasies.   Constant meds and weight gain.   Constant ignorance from outside and dealing with a stigma about mental illness, that while shrinking...is still very present in the minds of most people who have not experienced it.

I also sawed into my arm with a dull butcher knife and 2days later(in my infinite wisdom) decided to take a red hot pair of scissors to my arm.... twice.   I think in an attempt to express the INSANE mental pain I was going through.   All I can say is it seemed like a good idea at the time.   lol   Now I don't only have a scar, I have a f'n brand   haha

This summer was the first time in 6 or 7 years that I've been able to get out of my apartment almost every day.    So while I've been doing better in that regard, things are still very rocky and uncertain.  I still have been alone for all these years with the exception of 3 weeks.  I feel like I can't escape this seemingly meaningless routine and am resigned to some unknown fate...even though I don't really believe in that  ;)

I'm on Lithium now, but it's hard to take all my meds on time because of my crazy sleeping schedule.   I think I've only had one night since August where I slept for more than 3 hours at a time.  And constant nightmares...jesus.   But oddly I seem to feel better when I'm like this.   Perhaps a sign of hypo-mania?  Or just a lot on my mind.   I never know, but am sick of self-analyzing and diagnosing, regardless.     I am taking an SSRI which is a big no-no, but I think it gives me the boost I need to get over my agraphobia.

I'm very close to finishing the application process for school and think I'll probably be starting online courses in January...so not all is bad.    I just have to keep at it.

I will try to follow up with some more bipolar topics for any of you who have come to read about that.....

And anyone with depression/BP/anxiety or anything similar.....please don't be a stranger.   I dont really know anyone with these sorts of issues outside of a few at a centre where I sometimes volunteer.   It would be nice to read and follow someone else's blog and talk about similar experiences.   best wishes to any of you reading now.   You are stronger than you think.....

CK

The Worms of Libya are about to feast on their King - Ghadafi's Death

                                                                 


Here's some short footage of Ghadafi's body after his last stand in the city of Sirte.   It's somewhat graphic as you might expect.


http://english.aljazeera.net/video/middleeast/2011/10/2011102014201566639.html


                                 


The above subject line is quite crude, I know.   But he really was no more than a worm.   Who tortured, killed and kept his people in a box of fear, isolation and dangerous misinformation.



He had such an opportunity to repair relations with the world after giving up his WMD in 2003 when he saw Saddam fall(yes that action prompted Gaddafi to hand it all over). Then ppl start protesting, he started shooting and bombing them and the rest is history.  Far from removing the "threat" to his regime...he actually strengthened the will of, not only the Libyan ppl, but the entire world by reminding us all of the grave injustices committed by brutal tyrants.


I wish there was a hell for him to go to.

Interesting Facts - Hitchens/Dembski Debate

There are some fascinating facts in this series, regardless of your beliefs.   I will try to post a few as I watch the ending.   So far it is amazing and I can see why the Christian Academy would try to prevent this video from getting out uncensored.   Hitchens proves yet again that he is a force to be reckoned with in any intellectual pursuit.

I will be genuinely saddened when he dies, because sadly it looks like there will be no miracles for him.   Maybe he just isn't praying enough....

Skip to 9:00 in Part 1 to skip the b.s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7wU9QJ5mOQ&feature=share

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- Every second since the formation of the first galaxies, a sun has exploded somewhere out there.

- We are half a chromosome away from our closest primate relative, the chimpanzee.

- It is estimated that the entire human population almost went extinct, with only 2-3000 people thought to have survived severe climate crises in Africa 100-250,000 years ago...

- 99.8% of all species to ever appear on the earth are now extinct

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We're just infinitely small bubbles living in another bubble, that floats in an infinite ocean.    Enjoy the ride folks, before it bursts.

When it does, I would think we just become even smaller parts of that ocean.     Our atoms don't die and are recycled, so whatever your beliefs, that much is true and there is some sort of afterlife.   Though consciousness may not follow....that is the ultimate question.