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44 minutes ago, ericbj said:

 

I agree.

But would add this:
Antibiotics have likely saved millions of lives.  (An uncle of mine suffocated to death from quinsy at the age of 21 in 1925 - likely avoided with penicillin).

But antibiotics have probably contributed to the premature death of hundreds of millions.  By the immeasurably slow process of undermining the immune system.

 

Why?  Because administered orally they habitually cause dysbiosis of the gut;  and our intestinal flora are the first line of defence of the immune system.  (The second line of defence is the 80% or so of the immune system's killer cells that are said to hang out, every time one has a meal, on the other side of the intestinal wall.

 

Make sure to consume live (unpasteurised) fermented foods after a course of antibiotics.

 

Oral antibiotics are not the sole culprit.  Blame must also go to ultra-processed industrial foods containing bacterial-killing preservatives, the chemically-contaminated nutrient deficient products of modern farming, excess sugar and lack of prebiotic soluble fibre in present-day diets, etc.

 

Finally: antibiotics encourage fungal infections.  They are these days synthesized, but mostly derived from fungal secretions.

Good that you mentioned fermented foods.  We consume a lot of won bok and daikon kim chi which I make with fermented gochujang chili paste and loads of ginger and garlic.  I also add fresh blueberries to Fage Greek Yogurt for dessert or quick snacks.  As the household cook, I make sure processed foods have a limited place on our menu.

I didn't know about fungal infections.  So far I have not been plagued by them. 

1 hour ago, Kinok Farang said:

Lovely man but horrendous decision to back the Ayatollah against the Shah.

That was the start of the march of Islam that will eventually destroy the Western World.

The de facto leader of the Muslim world, Iran, is not fairing very well.  Israel has all but destroyed its air defense system and possibly damaged its electrical grid.  Iran's warehouse (Syria) of terrorist armaments and much of its contents are gone.  And Syria's new rebel regime will most likely distance itself from the mullahs in Iran.  If Trump furnishes Israel with bunker busting bombs the Israeli air force could very well destroys Iran's nuclear facility at Natanz.

If that happens, look for the Saudis to normalize relations with Israel with other Arab countries following.  Iran will lose much of its influence in the Middle East and will eventually have to give up backing the Houthis in Yemen.  The wild card here is Turkey.  Will Erdogan lose his grip on power.  If he does, look for radical Islam to take a back seat to the moderates. Will Pakistan make peace with India since being burned by India's archenemy, China.  Only time will tell what happens next.

Happy New Year to you, too.

First on my New Year's resolution list is to avoid online trolls.

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

Should I post my vid of the fire next door to me in Siem being fought with donated 1950s Korean firetrucks and garden hoses?

Yes, if that will make you feel any better.

1 hour ago, Airalee said:

Well….the 75 year issue was covered quite extensively.  But we weren’t allowed to post any supporting links here as they weren’t from approved sources.

 

Next time something like Covid comes around or whenever there is a debate about economics/politics/etc…..try searching out some alternative media.

 

Here’s some homework to practice with.  
 

Google “Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency” and see the recent (last couple weeks) news that comes up.   probably some of your online local news sources will come up.  
 

Then….look for some of those right wing conspiracy theorist websites and see what they have to say about it,

Thanks for the tips, but I have my own favorites which aren't perfect but quite reliable. 

I live in the blue state of Hawaii which is corrupt as hell.  Besides following the local news online, I subscribe to an investigative news outlet whose reporters have received many awards for their journalism.  They have uncovered all kinds of

fraud and corruption.  I like the comment section that helps to furnish even more first hand information.

Both of my sons enjoy conversing with me about what is going on in the world since they do not have the time that I have.  I try to give them the unadulterated facts without any political bias and because I'm a history buff I usually am able to answer most of their questions.

1 minute ago, Airalee said:

Turn off your television and try getting your info from sources who don’t get their funding from big pharma.

 

 

I don't own a TV and only watch it online for local news.

10 minutes ago, Airalee said:

Did you say anything here when it came out that Pfizer wanted 75 years to release their test data?

 

At least you (from what I can see in your post history) didn’t pile on the unvaccinated like so many others did.

 

But perhaps now is the time to do some research into what all the people who were cancelled, smeared etc. have been saying all along.   You’ll just have to go to other sites than google and YouTube to find that information.

I didn't comment because I did not see that about Pfizer. 

Doing research today is such a chore because of so much conflicting information with everyone having their own agenda and in most cases, biases.  Also adding to the confusion is AI which is being used for nefarious purposes.

One source that I have no trust in is the CDC.  It's no secret that it is controlled by Big Pharma. And Fauci, he has rarely told the truth.

10 minutes ago, Airalee said:

Oh…there were plenty.  Tens of millions.

 

They know.  Your mental gymnastics show your own doubt of the science.

 

Why didn’t you speak out before?  

I have never approved of hiding and manipulating statistics.

Tens of millions.  I was being facetious by using a supposition.

5 minutes ago, atpeace said:

I never got Covid before the jab but I was not around people other than my wife. We got Covid soon after I started mixing with people in May of 2022 and my second jab.  

 

Went out for New Years last night and most the people in the restaurant were pathetically unhealthy. It was just an observation but definitely don't feel they should be forced to be healthy.  Their choice but the government forcing me to get vaccinated because of them was frustrating.  Then on top of it the AN vaccine tyrants ignoring the science and telling me health wasn't an issue. 

 

Next virus that impacts certain segments of society recommendations: Focus on those segments!  If 99% of the efforts put into stopping the spread would have been on city dwellers that are unhealthy the virus IMO would have been much more manageable for all of society.

 

Funny how some now want to move past Covid and not look at what went wrong.  I wonder why 🙂

IF the Chinese had not allowed the virus to escape the country maybe things might have been more manageable, too.  They only attempted to protect their own population.  Then it came back with a vengeance and the CCP resorted to all sorts of inhumane controls which backfired. 

52 minutes ago, Airalee said:

Maybe the vaccine made it worse.  
 

More vaccinated people were dying than unvaccinated as the vaccination rates went up.  And then, when it got so bad, they stopped disclosing vaccination status of those who died.

 

Next!

Maybe there weren't that many unvaccinated people left.  The fact is no one knows for sure and the world will most likely never know.  And hiding and manipulating statistics is really criminal.  Same thing goes for the origin of the virus.  

14 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

After x times getting sick, maybe time to question the 'It would have been worse without having taken the jabs'. 

The simple truth is that by taking the experimental shots you have seriously harmed your immune system, resulting in you becoming much more prone to infections. 

And taking Paxlovid is NOT the answer but will only make things worse.

Now you can get angry, dismiss and ridicule the above, but reading some of the articles/studies finally allowed to be posted on this Forum, might help you understand the downward spiral you are currently in, and show some ways to slow it down and reverse course.  Wishing you and your girlfriend a full recovery. 

Who knows. Could of been worse.  If they weren't vaccinated they might not be here to talk about it.  Thankfully, they are on the road to recovery.  No two situations are alike.

59 minutes ago, Paradise Pete said:

 

Have you ever taken an antibiotic? If so, why wasn't your immune system good enough? And how do you feel about Ivermectin?

As we age our immune system begins to decline. Antibiotics I have taken for UTI's and contaminated shellfish have worked wonders for me.  The trick is to match the right antibiotic for each particular situation. 

2 hours ago, rumak said:

 

from Sasha Latypova's research :  "I queried VAERS data many times over 2021-2022 using historical data from seasonal flu vaccines lot-to-lot as a comparator.  Right away it was obvious that the difference was astounding: covid injections had 15-41 times more serious adverse events and 40-152 times more deaths per lot.  Even more troubling was the incredibly high lot-to-lot variation for covid shots compared to the flu vaccines, even after adjusting for the lot sizes in doses. It is expected that for a product manufactured in compliance with the cGMP all manufacturing lots will have very similar rates of adverse events, very close to zero, and that held largely true for the flu vaccine data.  In contrast, the covid shots varied roughly 1000% lot-to-lot.  Some lots had very few reports, and some had 5000-6000 reports, including 1,000-2,000 serious reports and hundreds of deaths.  The variability was not explained by the sizes of lots, nor by any normal demographic data adjustments such as age or gender of the recipients. It was clear that the manufacture was recklessly uncontrolled."      

Her substack > 

Sasha Latypova Dec 30

Not good if the data is correct.  One Abbot Laboratories executive remarked, "The one thing we've learned from history is nobody learns from history," when commenting about pandemics and vaccine development.

1 hour ago, ChrisY1 said:

And again, the usual Fire Safety checks to be conducted......these are never ongoing, but just wait till the next time.

 

At least he is not denying there may have been insufficient enforcement of existing rules and regulations.  Most bureaucrats and politicians would make all kinds of excuses to save face.  How much follow up there is remains to be seen.  I am not familiar with the gentlemen and hopes he actually does something and not kick the can down the road.

5 minutes ago, Jack Hammer said:

The rescue equipment outside might be state of the art, , the backpacker hostel had no sprinkler system and no fire extinguishers,  that is definitely Third World country.

Guess you have never been in a real Third World country, where fire fighting equipment is archaic and barely functional. 

Open your eyes and read ALL of the previous posts, especially those by the OP.

45 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Yeah, I thought so. Just a flood of dial a denial figures. You must have used these a million times. Getting COVID wasn't the problem. It was the already immune-compromised who were at risk. You obviously weren't. Lucky you.

What about those who were in top shape and got very sick?  The unsolved mysteries of COVID are still with us and most likely many will never be revealed.

In a previous post, I wrote about my experience with the virus. My girl and I consider ourselves to fortunate to not have suffered despite being exposed.

32 minutes ago, Social Media said:

 

Farmers across the country are planning a significant escalation in their protests against the government’s recent inheritance tax changes. In a bold move, radical elements within farming protest groups are preparing to blockade supermarket distribution centers, potentially crippling the nation’s food supply chain.  

 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gf_42T5WEAAYT9P?format=jpg&name=small

 

According to sources, the planned action could begin as early as mid-January, starting with short blockades to demonstrate feasibility before escalating to longer shutdowns. The ultimate goal, protest leaders warn, could be a “complete shutdown” of distribution hubs, leading to empty supermarket shelves and widespread disruption.  

 

“The first time will be for a short period to show it can be done,” one protest insider told *The Telegraph*. “Then a 12 or 24-hour shutdown, and ultimately, if it gets that far, a complete shutdown until the Government comes to the table. It could ultimately shut down the economy—no food means serious chaos. The Government have picked a fight with the wrong sector!”  

 

The unrest stems from a policy announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the Autumn budget, which imposed a 20 percent inheritance tax on farmers’ assets exceeding £1 million. This marked a significant shift from previous tax breaks that allowed family farms to pass down through generations without being subjected to the 40 percent inheritance tax rate.  

 

The new policy has provoked widespread anger within the farming community. In November, thousands of farmers gathered in Westminster to protest the tax, with high-profile attendees like Jeremy Clarkson, the former *Top Gear* presenter, lending their support. Since then, smaller demonstrations have continued in the capital, and tractor “go-slow” protests have been staged in areas such as Dover and Suffolk.  

 

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and other farming organizations are organizing a national day of action on January 25, which will include tractor rallies and roadside banners targeting Labour’s marginal constituencies. However, some groups believe these measures are not enough and are opting for a more aggressive approach with the planned blockade.  

 

The proposed action would focus on disrupting supermarket distribution centers, which are critical for moving food from suppliers to retail outlets. Such a move could result in significant disruptions to the nation’s food supply chain, with empty shelves and delayed deliveries impacting households across the country.  

 

As tensions rise, protest leaders are adamant that the government must reconsider its policy. They argue that the tax changes threaten the viability of family-run farms, which have long been the backbone of the UK’s agricultural sector. By targeting this essential industry, they contend, the government risks destabilizing not just the farming community but the entire economy.  

 

“It could ultimately shut down the economy, no food means serious chaos. The Government have picked a fight with the wrong sector!”

 

Based on a report by Daily Telegraph 2024-12-31

 

 

 

Look for a run on groceries.

7 hours ago, OneManShow said:

Well 

Nice to ? 
This is in fact he did when he became president. Thousands lost their life since then including US soldiers. 
 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter's_engagement_with_Ruhollah_Khomeini

Please explain how thousands lost their life (sic) because of him.  Granted, Operation Eagle Claw was a disaster, but why blame Carter for the failure as bad intentions?

Remember all the finger pointing after the Bay of Pigs?

5 hours ago, jaywalker2 said:

Clearly, you don't understand that everything you think about the science of vaccines is wrong. The MRNA vaccines (and I'm neither pro nor against) are not "genetic DNA therapy." That is literally gibberish. The vaccines did save millions of lives, the incidence of serious side effects, while real, was small, they did not cause turbo cancer (which is impossible), the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines did cause myocarditis and pericarditis, although the incident was rare and in most cases self-healing, there is no long-term natural immunity against Covid (just is there is no long-term immunity with the vaccines because of the rapid mutation of the virus), and it is literally impossible that the Big Pharma industry could have dictated all of the positive studies on the vaccines that took place in multiple countries. So why don't you go out and enjoy yourself instead of still talking about something you know nothing about.

 

Oh, and Thailand had a vaccination rate of only around 62 percent and the vast majority of those received the Astra Zeneca and Chinese vaccines. So, no, the MRNA vaccines are not responsible for the rise in cancer cases in Thailand

I gather that you are actually interested in discovering what's going on in the real world.  While I cannot get the link to work,  you can Google "The Pandemic Hunters Bloomberg" and scroll down to "Scientists Search For the Next Pandemic Virus In Remote Jungles". 

It's a long article about how a division of Abbot Laboratories is working on identifying viruses that might become the next pandemic.  Hope you like it.

1 hour ago, G_Money said:

Have you tried to increase your vocabulary to include more than “you’ve got nothing “.

 

Or is it because YOU HAVE NOTHING?

That's HIS mantra.

2 minutes ago, digger70 said:

Well yea , I did start of as the WUHAN FLU didn't it. .🙏

And the Chinese gave it to rest of the world.  Maybe it's payback time.

1 minute ago, Celsius said:

 

No offense, but are you also impressed by the beauty of Thai shopping malls? They arr also world class.

Very impressive, but not my thing.  I prefer natural wonders and the outdoors.

1 hour ago, Red Phoenix said:

 

Let me refresh your memory of how it was sold...

and don't give me the crappy excuse of 'evolving scientific insights' when they coerced and forced this experimental gen-therapy on everybody.

 

This what Albert Bourla actually said: "No variant identified so far that escapes our vaccine protection".  "Protection" does not mean immunity.  It means protection from serious injury and death.

As for comments from the rest, in my opinion, most didn't know what the hell they were talking about.

Rachel Maddow      Crackpot

Bill Gates                  Unreliable

Joe Biden                   Puppet

Anthony Fauci          Liar

Rochelle Walensky   Fauci Apostle

20 minutes ago, Card said:

"With New Year’s Eve festivities approaching, he expressed hope that the tragedy would not affect the city’s tourism."

 

YES IT IS!!!!@@

If you say so.