Monday 22 January 2018

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I used R quite extensively about 10 years ago.  It was a useful OpenSource application that was easy and intuitive to use and learn - plus it ran nicely in Windows DOS.  Then Google acquired/bought the operation and started integrating under their GoogleFusion Project and it seemed to get a boost.   But it seemed clear that it was only a preliminary inquiry and I think they decided to move more decisively into GoogleCode expanding their "Cloud" product utilizing their Java (which having seen where they are now was I think the right decision.
Al-in-all it is a simple Terminal/DOS window kind of older application - and with a bit of study is easily acquired - but in the scheme of things it would be more productive to learn Java and use the greatly expanded functionality into G-Suite/Google Docs (all in the cloud) than be stuck in this Year2000 technololgy.

Sunday 21 January 2018

Why is there such resistance to Anti-Vax Conspiricy

I have become somewhat OCD about this Anti-Vax issue recently - my last post was on this - and then Jeff Holiday made this video (below is the first of a long series apparently - which seems a little backwards to be submitting "solid conclusions" before one has completed the study).  Jeff is known as one of the Alt-Right's acceptable Progressives (for some reason - perhaps related to his Libertarian positions on pot/bitcoin).



Then today I saw this interesting video (and supporting article) entitled with  "Man-made Polio Virus Vaccine Created Cancer" which is fairly explosive in itself except I have personal experience of the risks of chimpanzee disease carrier when my sister was infected with Hep B by a bite pet chimp of her husband on their return from Africa in the 1970's.



Yes - there does seem to be alot of religious zealotry BUT is there any truth to these claims APART from that?   I refer to these books as additional references.

I just finished "Against their Will" that provides a very broad overview of many of the most shocking instances of Medical "licence" in America over past 100 yrs.  It was a great eye-opened and covered many new instances that I had never heard much about.

















As well I refer to "Evidence of Harm" by David Kirby as I read a chapter in Sheryl Attkissons book "Stonewalled" that refers to her collaboration with him on this book.  She covered the story while at CBS and it was a huge scoop.  Her reference to it is Stonewalled is to examine the psychology of suppression of news and events by Government and Business.  That alone made it worthwhile as this is part of the story in Vaxxed 0- and it is a BIG part.   The underlying nag is "why are our Governments lying to us?'.
















The Anti-Vax movement has issues - especially with delivery of Del Bigtree and the definitely zealous, bordeline PD Polly Tommey.   I recognize this kind of ginned up outrage and admit some of it may be misplaced but I also think that there is something to their claims and it has alot to do with the monolithic public health policy surrounding vaccines.


Sunday 14 January 2018

Vaxxed - Open Interviews

Vaxxed made a splash when initially released and was credited with then candidate Donald Trump promising to sponsor an investigation into the horrific claims that the CDC (U.S Center for Disease Control) ignored critical testing of various Vaccine Products.   Among the serious concerns are that through many ways various Vaccine programs are causing very serious medical injury's.

Here is young women (Savannah) who has been struck by a series of terrible health reactions that her mother attributes to a Guardasil Vaccine when she was 14 yrs old and had no health concerns at all.   From this interview we can see she is a walking medical disaster.



It some cases it appears to be servere allergic or adverse reactions that trigger serious neurological auto-immune responses that have been linked to Autism, Diabetes and other formerly rare illnesses like Dysautonomia (POTS) - [a malfunction of the Autonomic Nervous System].

Alot of controversy exists as there has been a growing public outcry in America about the obvious rising incidence of Autism (or more generally Autistic Spectrum Disorder) in America and in particular the aggressive response of Public Health in advocating - often strongly - more better vaccine programs. Actress  Jenny McCarthy was among the first to launch a strong public campaign to bring this issue to light after she claimed her son's suffered from autism after his vaccine.



Among the scandals was the de-frocking of by British researcher Dr Andrew Wakefield who was accuse of falsifying data in his study that suggested a link between Vaccines and Autism.   While he investigated relationship between Gastro-intestinal Disorders and Measles Vaccines.

Among the recent serious allegations made are that the adjutants included in Vaccine products (to preserve the vaccine over time) are the culprit - especially when given to very young children and babies.  It is well known that heavy metals like mercury - present in the adjutants - have serious neuro-toxin effect on the brain may, in some unknown way be related to the auto-immune disorders that can in some related to these behavioral dysfunctions or trigger neuro-immune disorders.

While I think vaccines can and have done alot of good in preventing illness - I have always been sceptical that they are "safe" - or at least as "100% safe" as Public Health officials claim - and have become much more opposed to the various "World Health" programs that push such programs.

There is good evidence that the PR Stategy has to change - and various Vaccine groups have to start paying much more attention to fact of harm.



Robert J. Kennedy - "Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak: The Evidence Supporting the Immediate Removal of Mercury -- a Known Neurotoxin -- from Vaccines"  link to article July 24, 2014

Monday 8 January 2018

Handmaiden's Tale Redux

I see that an actress made famous as the slightly homey anodyne heroine of Handmaiden's Tale on Hulu.com.

I always think Children of Men was a much better scifi approach - and more precient.

Monday 1 January 2018

2017 Bookshelf Clean-up

Here is list of  "Favourite" Books from my account at GoodReads.com.

Among the categories:

History:  The Cause of Hitler's Germany;  The Untold History of the United States; American Betrayal; The Reckoning;  Enigma; Paris 1919; The Discover's; Citizens.

Fiction: The Book Thief; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Collected Jack London; The Little Prince; Schindler's List; Of Mice and Men; American Beauty (movie)

Politics/Social: Stonewalled; Tell Me No Lies; The Enemy Within; ShakeDown; The Emperors Embrace; Divorce Poison; Why Boys Don't Talk; Taken into Custody, Ties that Bind; America Alone; ;Who Stole Feminism, Voltaire's Bastards: Alzheimer's Portrait of an Epidemic.

Poetry/Art: Odes of Pablo Neruda; Borderlines (Travelogue of Thailand);  Sexual Personae; The Prophet; Kahlo; Klimt

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