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There are already too many Alien Visitors in this Solar System, especially around Guam. Therefore there is a need for one group to coordinate ALL Alein interventions on earth matters. Through Tyna, the TAO have taken that lead in order to prevent undesirable consequences.

If they decide “NO” is the answer to even a small tropical storm over Guam to hinder reconnaissance flights by the U.S. military, then “NO” it should be.

Remember D23//7 and the Consortium? They went missing because they were under the illusion of superiority.

All that is left of them is the memory of D23//7 and the Consortium as well as the 342,288 Aliens who were stationed on earth and the 3 million plus that were on vessels anchored just outside our solar system and the Emperor’s line of no weaponry.

Are you capable of being objective and heeding the Tao?

The consequences are not worth disobedience which can lead to anarchy among the visitors. You know That will not be tolerated.

HOWIE

This article is apropos to what America is experiencing today. The rich having control over the money supply, the government legislative branches and the ability to manipulate if not control the media so that the people are influenced to believe that the middle and lower classes are responsible for the ills of the country.

The parallels between the people of Wyoming’s dissatisfaction and the present day’s people’s unrest with Wall Street are erie.
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A “War” in Johnson County, Wyoming, may herald the end of the “Wild West.” The days of all-powerful cattlemen dominating the ranges seem to be over.

Three years ago, rich stockmen controlled the law and land throughout the territory. When a prostitute called Ella “Castle Kate” Watson sold her favours for stolen stock.

The cattlemen hanged her, and then falsely spread it to newspapers all over thee country that she was a Bandit Queen.

This year they declared that Wyoming homesteaders had formed a band of rustlers known as the “Red Sash Gang,” and they organized an army to wipe them out.

While there are undoubted rustlers and desperadoes in the mountain hide-outs, the stockmen’s first victims were two ranchers, killed in cold blood.

This aroused the country. Desperadoes and farmers united to drive off the stockmen’s army, who in the end had to be rescued by US cavalry.

It seems that the cattlemen’s real grievance is the spread of fixed ranches, with barbed wire fencing which restricts the great cattle ranges. Both cowboys and rustlers may now find their palmy days are over.

AH

They will start with the small fry, meaning those that stole 5 to 6 figure amounts of money. But if Obama gets reelected they will go after those that stole $millions and even $billions of dollars from Saddam’s loot.

As a reader of Daily Health News, you already are acquainted with the unfortunate truth that medicine today has become a big business.

In the best cases, doctors are driven by the desire to do well by doing good. But sometimes, they are driven by less noble motivations, such as pure greed.

I’ve written before about this sad state of affairs — so my interest was piqued when I came across the new book Hope or Hype: The Obsession with Medical Advances and the High Cost of False Promises.

Calling themselves “disillusioned insiders,” the book’s coauthors, Richard A. Deyo, MD, MPH, and Donald L. Patrick, PhD, MSPH, warn of the “hazards of uncritically embracing medical advances.”

As you can imagine, I was eager to hear what they had to say, so I placed a call to Dr. Deyo.

A key theme of their book is that some pharmaceutical companies, some makers of medical devices and even many doctors are all too eager to manipulate vulnerable people into believing that a new product offers the latest and best hope for a frightening health problem, Dr. Deyo told me.

The problem is, there’s usually lots of hoopla surrounding the release of a promising new drug or technology, but it’s not long before we start hearing about dangerous side effects and other risks associated with the new treatment.

This happens again and again. Dr. Deyo and I went through a few examples from recent years…
Avandia (rosiglitazone).

This is a medication that was much hyped and that many doctors were prescribing for diabetes, but it was linked with an increased risk for heart attacks just eight years after the drug was introduced.

The FDA now requires Avandia’s label to carry a warning that includes the cardiovascular risk.

Vioxx (rofecoxib). This drug, no longer on the market since it was recalled by the manufacturer in 2004, was developed to treat arthritis and other causes of acute pain.

It was aggressively marketed and expensive in comparison with its competitors, but it turned out to be, in most cases, no more effective and certainly less safe than some of its competitors, Dr. Deyo noted.

Robotic prostate surgery. This is an increasingly popular technology that many American hospitals and surgeons have promoted as vastly better than traditional surgery.

But robotic prostate surgery has downsides, including a higher risk for erectile dysfunction and incontinence and a higher cost (typically $1,500 to $2,000 more than manual surgery).

Some of the complications have been ascribed to the inexperience of surgeons using the machines, a problem that now may become less widespread as doctors become more familiar with robotic techniques.

Metal-on-metal hip replacements. These were supposed to be an improvement over traditional hip replacements made of metal and plastic.

But it hasn’t turned out that way — not by a long shot.

At this year’s annual conference of the British Hip Society, researchers presented results of studies that showed that between 12% and 15% of patients who had been fitted with metal-on-metal hip joints had to undergo corrective surgery within five years.

For patients fitted with one particular brand of metal-on-metal hip made by the DePuy Orthopaedics unit of Johnson & Johnson, researchers said the rate was even worse — 21% to 35% after four years and 49% after six years!

Problems included tiny particles of the metal being worn off, a buildup of metals and fluids within the body and pain for the patients. The DePuy hips have now been recalled.

So how can a patient see through the hype? How can you know if there might be problems with a drug or medical device before the FDA takes it off the market or puts up a warning?

“It can be hard to know if the doctors or hospitals are sincerely smitten with a new product or if it’s just good marketing techniques on the part of the manufacturers — or a combination of all those factors,” Dr. Deyo said.

“Among all of us, there seems to be a tendency to assume that newer, more sophisticated technology is better, and it’s often hard to slow down and take a critical look.” But, Dr. Deyo said, patients can go a long way toward better informing themselves by taking these steps…

1. Do some research. Information from the manufacturer of a medication or a device will certainly be biased, but, says Dr. Deyo, it’s a good place to start.

Then go to the Internet — but beware. Many seemingly unbiased sites actually have ties to medical companies…

and many well-meaning providers of medical information and opinions on the Web simply don’t know what they’re talking about.

Be suspicious if you see advertisements for the treatment, drug or technology on the site that you are viewing.

Also check the “contact” or “about” pages of the site to see if there are any revealing clues there.

As a general rule, it’s best to rely on sites where information comes from readily identifiable qualified sources, such as the National Institutes of Health.

2. Find out whether your physician has a stake (personal or financial) in what he/she recommends or prescribes.

For example, if your doctor is working or consulting for the manufacturer of the medication or device that is under consideration, then he has a conflict of interest.

If you find yourself in a situation where a doctor suggests prostate removal using robotic surgery, don’t be afraid to ask if he owns a stake in the facility offering the surgery or if he has done any work for the manufacturer of the robotic equipment.

3. Get a second opinion — and even a third.

Dr. Deyo said that this is especially important to do whenever your doctor has a conflict of interest or whenever a recommended medication or procedure is expensive but not life-saving.

He suggests making a list of your questions and asking them of each doctor. He adds that one important question should be, “What would happen if I don’t have the procedure or if I take a different medication?”

Often the patient will discover that there isn’t a consensus, which is eye-opening. In some cases, this may prompt you to do even more homework.

New products offering hope can be extremely compelling — and some do live up to the hype. But using your own resources and judgment to check out the substance behind the promise should be just as compelling when it comes to your continuing good health.

Source:

Richard A. Deyo, MD, MPH, Kaiser-Permanente Endowed Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine, department of family medicine at Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.

He is also coauthor with Donald L. Patrick, PhD, MSPH, of Hope or Hype: The Obsession with Medical Advances and the High Cost of False Promises (Amacom).