This article on FOX News is not news for a lot of folks, but it's a nice update even for those who are aware that the Feds are attempting to thwart the freedom of choice concerning supplements with its New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) regulations.

According to those opposing the NDI guidelines, once certain supplements are banned, Big Pharma would likely begin developing and eventually patenting the formulas for those items. Since they, unlike independent manufacturers, are more than capable of footing the hefty bill associated with the regulatory testing process, soon enough the companies bringing you conventional medications would be the same ones offering alternative treatments. Consumers’ money would be going into one big pocket.

This is an article from the American Medical Association Journal of Ethics: "Should Participation in Vaccine Clinical Trials Be Mandated?". Excuse the long quote from the journal article, but in this case it is necessary to the impact of this blog post:

In recent decades there has been a distressing decline in the numbers of healthy volunteers who participate in clinical trials [7], a decline that has the potential to become a key rate-limiting factor in vaccine development. Reasons for this decline are unclear but are likely to be multifaceted. One familiar problem is the payment of volunteers [8]. To date, the relatively meagre compensation that participants often receive could be seen to belittle and undervalue the contribution of these individuals to global health. The modest financial remuneration commonly provided often means that students and the unemployed make up the bulk of volunteers [6, 8, 9]. As a result, the risks of developing a health intervention that would benefit the whole population are carried disproportionately by some of society’s most poor and vulnerable. This is a situation few would judge to be fair or ethical. However it is hard to increase volunteer payment without creating financial incentives. “Danger money” is frowned upon as an inducement that inevitably clouds an individual’s appreciation of risk, limiting the likelihood that consent is informed [6, 7]. As a result, consensus has generally dictated that payment for volunteers’ trial involvement be modest and limited to compensation for travel, time, and inconvenience only.

If progression of promising vaccines from the lab to the clinic is to remain unaffected and financial inducement is an ethically unacceptable solution to the recruitment shortage, other strategies need to be considered. Compulsory involvement in vaccine studies is one alternative solution that is not as outlandish as it might seem on first consideration. Many societies already mandate that citizens undertake activities for the good of society; in several European countries registration for organ-donation has switched from “opt-in” (the current U.S. system) to “opt-out” systems (in which those who do not specifically register as nondonors are presumed to consent to donation) [10], and most societies expect citizens to undertake jury service when called upon. In these examples, the risks or inconvenience to an individual are usually limited and minor. Mandatory involvement in vaccine trials is therefore perhaps more akin to military conscription, a policy operating today in 66 countries. In both conscription and obligatory trial participation, individuals have little or no choice regarding involvement and face inherent risks over which they have no control, all for the greater good of society.

The article goes on to say that if the severity of a disease is increased (meaning state propaganda and lies exaggerating or inventing crises), the forcing of human beings to become test monkeys "becomes a more palatable option." Accordingly, there is a huge motivation to lie, spread myths, distort studies, and clamp down on dissenters from the conventional wisdom.

The authors also state that "sensationalist and unfounded stories" have been the root cause of more and more people fearing and thus denying the government's vaccination indoctrination. The two authors of this piece are truly evil and perverted individuals. Thanks to Travis Holte for the link.

How many of you who watched the Super Bowl game yesterday caught faux libertarian Clint Eastwood's tacit support of the fascist bailout of Chrysler Corporation? As my friend's son Rafael (a Ron Paul supporter) quipped after the commercial, "I expected to hear 'I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message.'"

UPDATE: But don't worry, Clint, the taxpayers lost $1.3 on Chrysler's "comeback." [Thanks to Eli Cryderman]

Lew: And this was managed without the use of any "hanging chads" or ballot counters with magnifying glasses? Were any cardsharps brought in to count ballots from the bottom of the deck? Once again, Stalin's Realpolitik prevails!

In yet another step toward a cashless society, a homeowner in California was not allowed to pay his monthly mortgage payment in "legal tender." The bank manager even called the police on the customer. Do you see how easy it is for the Banksters' puppets to carry out the Banksters' plans for a cashless society/global worthless currency? The next step will be that instead of a a credit card, debit card, or even a bank check, you will be required to have a microchip implanted under your skin with your account information on it for "security" purposes, i.e., all physical payments will be illegal (or even possible) anymore.

A middle school in Pennsylvania has banned open-top boots because they can hide contraband too easily. The contraband? Personal electronic devices. The policy sounds more like prison rules. The texting is said to be disruptive to a "positive education atmosphere." A quote from the article:

The school district does have a mandatory uniform for the middle school students. The school handbook devotes a section to proper attire that states shoes, boots and sneakers with matching-colored laces are permitted. It also says if clothing disrupts learning, the administration has the right to set rules about questionable attire.

If a student does not comply, discipline can range from a reminder sent home to parents on the first offense to possible detention or suspensions at the principal's discretion for repeated offenses.

"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything," the communist dictator Joseph Stalin is purported to have said.

If you search this on the Web you will find many flag-waving democracy worshippers who insist on seeing a videotape of Stalin actually saying this before they will accept it. Videotape or not, it would be just as true if Mother Theresa, the Pope, or anyone else said it. Anyone who follows Nevada and Iowa Republican Party politics knows this.

We must have peace and neutrality, says Ron Paul.

See how high-schoolers field simple questions on geography, history, politics. Article by Mac Slavo.

Don't treat other nations in ways we don't want to be treated, says Laurence Vance.

Jack Douglas on the all-too real war game the US, Israel, and Iran are playing.

Bill Rounds on fake names and info on Facebook.

Fraudulent election year unemployment data are beyond belief.

Michael Boldin on the anti-centralization fight.

Another TSA thief grabs $5,000 from a passenger's coat. Article by Michael Tennant.

And piracy will never kill you. Article by Paul Tassi.

Take this quiz and see.

We know it's for more than fighting cancer, but the medical establishment may be learning. Article by Anthony Bond.

Joseph Mercola on the proven ways to help you grapple with it.

A reader, Barbara, writes me to say: "I was in Whole Foods today and picked up a brochure titled "Healthy Heart." Was shocked to read that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children should get blood pressure screenings - starting at age 3! American medicine is truly a racket!"

It's true.