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Senate Bill 1959 to Criminalize Thoughts, Blogs, Books and Free Speech Across America Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Just look at the application of RICO laws which were originally designed to fight organized crime operations but are now applied to virtually anyone (and yet they are never applied to Big Pharma, which operates almost exactly like organized crime!). All these anti-terrorism laws run the danger of expanding in enforcement to the point where they are applied against the People of this country. At first, it's only illegal for "terrorists" to think thought crimes, but before long, it's illegal for anyone to think those same thoughts.

The health care reform legislation that Congress should pass, but won't Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

See my book, Natural Health Solutions and the Conspiracy to Keep You From Knowing About Them to see even more evidence that reveals the true organized crime behavior of today's drug industry giants. It is especially interesting that the FTC, which claims to protect consumers, has made absolutely no effort whatsoever to end the pharmaceutical monopoly in the United States. If anything, the FTC seems a lot more interested in eliminating competition to pharmaceutical companies by threatening sellers of nutritional products or alternative medicine products.

30-Day Supply of Cherry Concentrate Supplements for Every NewsTarget Reader in the U.S. Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

That's why the FDA has resorted to censorship and intimidation, using the tactics of organized crime operations to threaten cherry growers and marketers into removing any information from their websites that might reveal the truth about the exciting health benefits of cherries. The CherryFlex manufacturer, for example, cannot even link to this very article without being threatened or raided by the FDA! In 2006, the Life Extension Foundation published an excellent article about the FDA's censorship of cherry growers. It's called FDA Threatens to Raid Cherry Orchards.

FDA seeks to bypass doctors with behind-the-counter drug sales via pharmacists Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The FDA / Big Pharma gang, as I've stated many times, is operated much like an organized crime ring. (Where is the RICO Act when you really need it?) Both the AMA and FDA are still primarily drug pushers, and neither one is willing to admit that medicinal herbs, superfoods or nutritional therapies have any ability to treat or cure any disease whatsoever. These groups are so stuck in the outdated mindset of drugs that they cannot see just how quickly they are both becoming obsolete.

Senate, House agree on FDA reform; key provisions remain but FDA remains threat to America Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

There's no call for a criminal investigation of the crimes that have been committed against the American people by top FDA officials, nor is there any attempt to use RICO Act laws (racketeering laws) to investigate the organized crime ring currently being run by Big Pharma and the FDA. There's no call for the FTC to investigate the monopoly pharmaceutical pricing practices that now require Americans to pay as much as 550,000% markups on pharmaceuticals (the highest prices in the world, by far).

FDA refuses to pull dangerous diabetes drug Avandia, even knowing it will kill thousands Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

In fact, RICO laws should be applied to Big Pharma right now, as the whole system is run much like organized crime.) This latest decision by the FDA to keep Avandia on the market, knowing full well that it will kill tens of thousands of Americans each year, is yet another example of the FDA's ongoing crimes against the American people (and its all-too-cozy relationship with drug companies). Once again, the FDA has sold us out, and the system of modern medicine has demonstrated itself to be an utter failure at preventing disease or protecting the lives of patients.

Read between the lines on the FDA's CAM Guidelines Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

For example, when the RICO Act was initially passed (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act) in 1970, lawmakers insisted it would only apply to organized crime gangs. You know: mob bosses and their henchmen. But guess what? The term "Corrupt Organization" has been expanded to mean almost anything, and now the RICO Act is being applied against corporations, industry trade groups and even police departments! (Deservedly so, no doubt, but still far outside the original idea of the law.

U.S. Senators financially enslave Americans as Indentured Servants to Big Pharma Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

There's no end to the cash being generated by this illegal price fixing scheme that, by any sane standard, would have long ago been classified as an organized crime racket and prosecuted under the RICO Act. The real problem, then, is not necessarily dishonest Senators who would sell out their countrymen (and women) for a few dollars from Big Pharma. The real problem is that corporations are allowed to financially influence lawmakers in the first place!

FDA drug safety bill passes in the U.S. Senate; health freedom advocates outraged at betrayal of American consumers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Senate, and organized medicine today is now unquestionably operating as a system of organized crime. Lawmakers have been paid off, regulators have been influenced, and the media is being bought with advertising dollars. Big Pharma now has a near-total chokehold over everything to do with medicine in the United States, from what is taught in medical schools to what's accepted as "scientific" by the medical journals. The takeover of America by drug companies is now nearly complete.

FDA seizes $71k in herbal tea products as campaign of censorship against nutritional supplements continues Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Censoring truthful health claims of nutritional supplements While the FDA claims it raided the Charantea company in order to protect consumers from mislabeled products, the truth is that the agency -- which operates a criminal prescription drug racket that should be prosecuted under organized crime laws -- is far more interested in protecting the market for pharmaceuticals. Herbal tea products that effectively lower blood sugar are seen as competition for high-profit diabetes drugs.

Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs Melody Petersen See book keywords and concepts

A few years earlier he had made the cover of Time magazine for his investigation of organized crime. In December 1959 Senator Kefauver turned his attention to the pharmaceutical industry and began what would be a long series of hearings probing its practices. Stories had begun to appear of patients searching for a cheaper antibiotic and finding them all priced the same, sometimes to the penny.

Too Profitable to Cure Brent Hoadley, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Like organized crime, pharmaceutical corporations seek to take their unconscionably acquired profits and convert them to power. When dollars can be exchanged for influence and market control, society as a whole will become victims of the pharmaceuticals. Diabetes Facts A brief study of diabetes will reveal just how greedy the pharmaceuticals are. According to recent statistical data: • Fact: Diabetes affects more than 18 million people in the U.S. and 220 million people worldwide. • Fact: Approximately 4 million U.S. diabetics, and 120 million diabetics worldwide, use insulin.

Kevin Trudeau's Natural Cures book review Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The bottom line: the raging success of Kevin Trudeau's Natural Cures book is a milestone that signals the approaching demise of today's system of organized crime / organized medicine. Watch for the FTC, AMA, FDA, the mainstream press and others to do everything in their power to silence Trudeau to prevent him from doubling his success with a second book that reaches even more readers. In the end, though, they can't silence us all.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

Since there's a far greater need to secure financial transactions than there is to prevent airtime-minute fraud, emergent, unintended currency systems like Sambaza are likely to become targets of organized crime. Plus, the more people adopt Sambaza as a means of buying and selling, the more the Kenyan government is going to pay attention. Sambaza transactions currently incur no taxes, and are not subject to accounting by anyone other than Safaricom. Kenya may soon become the world's first real lesson in how electronic currencies work—both how they succeed, and, perhaps, how they fail.

More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease Kevin Trudeau See book keywords and concepts

This is like loe Valachi, the first member of the mafia to come forward and actually admit that a mafia exists, godfathers exist, crime bosses exist, organized crime exists, mafia hits exist, and payoffs from the mafia to politicians exist. It was unheard of up until the time that loe Valachi, an insider, blew the whistle. Now, one of the most powerful lobbyists in Washington admits what we all know, and all knew all along—that corruption in Washington is flagrant and blatant; that the corporations own the politicians.

Natural Health Solutions Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

End the system of organized crime that's pretending to be a system of health care. As a nation, we deserve better. Government is supposed to be our servant, not the other way around. Too many Americans are giving up their power and have agreed to become servants of their government. The government, though, was only created for the purpose of serving us, the people. The government should be protecting our interests, furthering our self-improvement, and investing in education for the people and future generations.

Systems of medicine explained: Conventional, alternative, integrative, complementary and more Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It's called organized medicine because it is an organized system of profit-minded players who engage in the marketing, screening, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, all under the watchful eye of the FDA, using tactics that resemble organized crime. "Western medicine" refers to the type of medicine practiced in the West; the United States, Western Europe, and so on. It's based on the philosophical foundations of Western thinking, which maintains that a body is only a collection of its parts, and that by isolating the parts and studying them separately, you can understand the whole.

Toxic Sludge is Good For You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton See book keywords and concepts

This issue is much bigger," Kaufman said, "because this is obstructing a criminal investigation of companies affiliated with organized crime involved in the illegal disposal of waste with an illegal contract at great taxpayer expense. The Burford-Lavelle thing was just using superfund for political shenanigans—determining which site would be cleaned up or not cleaned up based on politics." In Sierra Blanca, Kaufman said, "We're talking about government basically taking a dive for organized crime during an open criminal investigation."69 Victimless Grime?

Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About Kevin Trudeau See book keywords and concepts

Finally, one person, Joe Velacci, came forward and blew the whistle on the inner workings of organized crime. Since that time, dozens of former mafiosi have come forward to share the secrets that went on behind closed doors. In a similar fashion, the inner workings of the tobacco industry have been shrouded in secrecy. Finally, a man with a conscience came forward at the risk of his own life to blow the whistle on the greed, lies, and deceit that was directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. Think about it. Where are weapons of mass destruction?

20 Years of Censored News Carl Jensen See book keywords and concepts

On February 4, 1990, Brewton wrote, "During an eight-month investigation into the role of fraud in the nation's savings and loan crisis, The Post has found evidence suggesting a possible link between the Central Intelligence Agency and organized crime in the failure of at least 22 thrifts, including 16 in Texas." It was the first in a series of S&L articles by Brewton that found links between S&Ls, organized crime figures, and CIA operatives, including some involved in gun running, drug smuggling, money laundering, and covert aid to Nicaraguan contras.

Emerging Viruses: AIDS And Ebola : Nature, Accident or Intentional? Leonard G. Horowitz, D.M.D., M.A., M.P.H. See book keywords and concepts

The military/industrial complex in association with organized crime had overrun the nation's natural immune system—the checks and balances for truth and justice established under the United States Constitution. American government became a cancerous growth that consumed rather than abetted the public's health and welfare.

Toxic Sludge is Good For You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton See book keywords and concepts

Oklahoma, where three towns rejected another New York plan for sludge because they feared it could carry everything from AIDS to organized crime with it.''55 Bowie, Arizona (population 400), was one of the communities targeted with "passive public relations" in 1992, when Bowie resident Ronald K. Bryce received state approval to apply 83 million pounds per year of New York sludge on his cotton fields.

She was called upon repeatedly to deny allegations that her employers were engaged in environmental violations, influence peddling and organized crime. Merco came under criticism, for example, when it was discovered that one of its partners, Standard Marine Services, belonged to the Frank family barge empire, a group of companies labeled by the state as New York Harbor's worst polluter. Standard Marine owed over $1 million in taxes and judgments and was forced to drop out of Merco after it was unable to get financial bonding.

The Medical Racket Martin L. Cross See book keywords and concepts

It is not organized crime, just an enormous cottage industry that is ingeniously and creatively ripping off America to the tune of some $100 billion dollars a year, and perhaps much more. Other People's Money Why are there so many crooks in what used to be a reputable profession. The answer is "OPM"—Other People's Money. Apparently, bilking a third party like the government or an insurance fund doesn't seem to trigger the conscience of the profession as much as directly picking the pockets of patients they are sworn to respect and cure.

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

Capone, Al (kuh-POHN) A leader of organized crime in Chicago in the late 1920s, involved in gambling, the illegal sale of alcohol, and prostitution. He was sent to prison in the 1930s for income tax evasion. carpetbaggers Northerners who went to the South after the Civil War to take part in Reconstruction governments, when persons who had supported the Confederacy were not allowed to hold public office. (See Fourteenth Amendment.) Some of them arrived, according to legend, carrying only one carpetbag, which symbolized their lack of permanent interest in the place they pretended to serve.

Reclaiming Our Health: Exploding the Medical Myth and Embracing the True Source of Healing John Robbins See book keywords and concepts

Repeatedly using words like fraud, hoax, and cult, the book all but said that chiropractic was a form of organized crime. In a haunting and eerily reminiscent phrase, it announced that: "According to the unanimous voice of science, chiropractic theory has about the same medical validity as witchcraft."22 THE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES, AND THE TENSION MOUNTS Despite the AMA campaign, however, chiropractic was becoming increasingly popular, and even Americans who knew little about chiropractic were becoming curious.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

Capone, Al (kuh-pohn) A leader of organized crime in Chicago in the late 1920s, involved in gambling, the illegal sale of alcohol, and prostitution. He was sent to prison in the 1930s for income tax evasion. carpetbaggers Northerners who went to the South after the Civil War to take part in Reconstruction governments, when persons who had supported the Confederacy were not allowed to hold public office {see Fourteenth Amendment). Some of them arrived, according to legend, cattying only one carpetbag, which symbolized their lack of permanent interest in the place they pretended to serve.

Robert Kennedy, also known as Bobby, was a champion of the civil rights movement and a foe of organized crime. He was elected to the Senate after John Kennedy's assassination. In 1968, while running for the presidential nomination of the Democratic party, he was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian, evidently because of Kennedy's position favoring Israel. {See Arab-Israeli conflict.) Kent State A controversial incident in 1970, in which unarmed students demonstrating against the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War were fired on by panicky troops of the National Guard.

Gary Nulls Ultimate Anti Aging Program Gary Null, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

The fraud in medicine is higher than organized crime, making doctors, hospitals—the medical industry—the number-one criminals in America today. Unnecessary procedures and medications often have side effects, making medical malpractice the number-one cause of death and disability. When patients sought to take control of their healing process, or at least become equal partners, doctors went ballistic.

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