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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Prince Charles, Oil & GlaxoSmithKline

I find this astounding.

You'd have to be a hermit to not know who Prince Charles is and an alien if you didn't know that he is slightly eccentric. His stance on alternative medicine was highlighted on this blog back in March. His Duchy Originals company had been told to change the wording of a campaign promoting two herbal medicines, after a regulatory authority ruled claims in the advert were misleading.

Even more odd is Prince Charles complementary medicine charity, The Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health whom apparently hold investments in oil, gas, pharmaceutical and arms companies.

£112,000 in Artemis UK Special Situations, which includes investments in BP, Shell, GlaxoSmithKline and BAE systems.

The Charities Commision has a downloadable document for Charles’ ‘complementary medicine’ charity that show all the investments.

Source: - Republic Blog

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Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Action Required: Alaska admits it’s incapable of protecting it’s children

Hat Tip: Gianna Kali

Cut & Pasted from Beyond Meds Blog


Alaska Admits It Is Incapable of Protecting Children and Youth in Its Care from Harmful Psychiatric Drugging

Today, responding to the State of Alaska’s admission in PsychRights v. Alaska that it was incapable of protecting the children and youth in its care from improper and harmful psychiatric drugging, the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights®) told the court it must step in.

PsychRights v. Alaska was filed last Fall to halt the State of Alaska’s practice of administering and paying for psychiatric drugs being given children and youth without safeguards being in place to make sure proper decision making occurs. In trying to get PsychRights v. Alaska “thrown out of court” the State admitted it was incapable of protecting the children and youth in its care as follows:

A reading of the Complaint makes obvious that the true subject of plaintiff’s grievances is not the Department, but prescribers of psychotropic pharmaceuticals, the pharmaceutical companies which produce and market them, and the overall culture of pediatric psychiatry. The implication that the Department possesses meaningful authority and control over these matters-or is in any realistic position to administer the relief requested even if the court were to order it-is a fiction.

“The point is the State has the responsibility to properly care for the children and youth in its care regardless of the ‘culture of pediatric psychiatry,’” according Mr. Gottstein. Today’s court filing tells the court, “It is shameful the State is abdicating its responsibility when it should be working to correct the problem.”

In the absence of the State being willing to address the problem without court intervention, the lawsuit seeks to solve it by obtaining a court order prohibiting the psychiatric drugging of children and youth by the State unless and until

(i) evidence-based psychosocial interventions have been exhausted,

(ii) rationally anticipated benefits of psychotropic drug treatment outweigh the risks,

(iii) the person or entity authorizing administration of the drug(s) is fully informed of the risks and potential benefits, and

(iv) close monitoring of, and appropriate means of responding to, treatment emergent effects are in place.

Practically every day brings revelations that pediatric psychopharmacology is the result of illegal drug company actions to improperly influence psychiatrists to prescribe extremely harmful drugs to children and youth, in spite of there being no real evidence of their efficacy. “Rather than meeting its mandate to properly care for and protect these children and youth from harm, the actions of the State are reprehensible,” Mr. Gottstein declared, adding “The State is also trying to hide its complicity by stopping the discovery process.”

The defendants in the lawsuit are the State of Alaska, its Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), and responsible officials, Sarah Palin, Governor, William Hogan, Commissioner of DHSS, Tammy Sandoval, Director of the Office of Children’s Services (OCS), Steve McComb, Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), Melissa Stone, Director of the Division of Behavioral Health (DBH), Ron Adler, CEO of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API), and William Streur Deputy Commissioner and Director of Medicaid. All of the substantive filings in the lawsuit are available on the Internet at right here.

The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights is a public interest law firm devoted to the defense of people facing the horrors of unwarranted forced psychiatric drugging and electroshock. PsychRights is further dedicated to exposing the truth about psychiatric interventions and the courts being misled into ordering people subjected to these brain and body damaging drugs against their will. Extensive information about these dangers, and about the tragic damage caused by electroshock, is available on the PsychRights web site right here.


So I was thinking and talking to others…we need to take action. It’s not clear the governor of Alaska even knows about this legal action so let’s make sure she knows how important it is.

ACTION REQUIRED??
Call Governor Sarah Palin at (907)465-3500 Office of the Governor or email her at sarah.palin@alaska.gov

Phone calls tend to be more effective. And remember!! Gov. Sarah Palin professed to care about disabled children. Let’s put her campaign promises on the table for the children of Alaska and let her know these drugs cause and perpetuate disability .

These kind of legal changes can have impact on the rest of the country if successful. Please don’t feel it’s too far away if you’re on the mainland like me.

Also please contact the Department of Human and Health Services Commissioner: William Hogan at (907)269-7800 or email him at william.hogan@alaska.gov

The other defendents worth contacting are:
Tammy Sandoval, Director of the Office of Children’s Services (907)269-3440

tammy.sandoval@alaska.gov

Melissa Stone, Director of the Division of Behavioral Health (907)269-3410

melissa.stone@alaska.gov

Ron Adler, CEO of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute (907)269-7100

ronald.adler@alaska.gov

Steve McComb, Director, Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice (907) 465-2212

DJJ@health.state.ak.us

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Sunday, March 22, 2009

Deception

I have about a third left of the brilliant novel 'Deception Point' by Dan Brown.

These lines struck home to me when I read them earlier.

Think Biederman, Keller, Benbow, Garnier.

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Gabrielle's plan for dealing with Harper was something Sexton called 'overshooting' - an interrogation technique invented by the early Roman authorities to coax confessions from criminals they suspected were lying. The method was deceptively simple:

Assert the information you want confessed.
Then allege something far worse.



The object was to give the opponent a chance to choose the lesser of two evils - in this case, the truth.

The trick was exuding confidence, something Gabrielle was not feeling at the moment.

DAN BROWN - Deception Point


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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Big interest in heavy drugs

Source: nature.com

Author: Katharine Sanderson

Pharmaceutical companies are beginning to bet on the idea that simply switching a hydrogen atom with a heavier isotope in a currently approved drug could create a better drug. Encouraged by results from clinical trials, companies are snapping up intellectual-­property rights on many of the modified drugs.

On 16 March, for example, Concert Pharmaceuticals of Lexington, Massachusetts, reported results of a phase I clinical trial for a version of the antidepressant paroxetine, sold as Seroxat by GlaxoSmith­Kline and first marketed under that trade name in 1992. Concert's version swaps out one or more of the hydrogen atoms in the paroxetine structure (see 'Drug modifications') for deuterium, a heavier isotope of hydrogen that contains a proton and a neutron, rather than just a proton. The company was testing this deuterated version for treating hot flushes without the side effect of standard paroxetine in which the liver enzyme CYP2D6 is inactivated. Because this enzyme metabolizes many other drugs, inactivating it means it is hard to take other drugs along with paroxetine.

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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

'The John Dunbar Theme'

Browsing through some CD's today and came across the soundtrack to the movie 'Dances With Wolves'. I was never a big fan of the movie but always liked the music featured in it. This one in particular, 'The John Dunbar Theme'. It's simply beautiful.

Enjoy.

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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Virgin Media - A Rant

This is just a typical example of a fucked up Britain.

Yesterday I received 5 phone calls from my cable company.

Caller: Hello, this is Virgin Media, can we have your password please?

Fid: Um, sorry, I'm not going to give any Tom, Dick or Harry my password who claims to be from Virgin Media.

Caller: But we need your password to discuss this matter.

Fid: What matter?

Caller: We need your password

Fid: I'm not in the position of giving you my password, you could be anyone, how do I know you are Virgin Media?

Caller: Okay.

**Hangs up.


This happened 5 times... on a Saturday!


So, I call Virgin Media, I have no problem giving them my password if it is I who calls them.

They can confirm that an outside company now makes 'courtesy calls' to Virgin Media customers to remind them that their bill is due.

I ask when my bill is due.

March 10th Sir, they tell me!

18 days away!



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Sunday, February 08, 2009

Pride

The Claret & Blue machine keeps on rollin'



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Monday, February 02, 2009

Birmingham 2nd Feb 2009 - Snow :-)

View from my place.

Snaps taken on a Samsung mobile phone.

Brrrrr

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Da Blues

Minus 3 outside.

Minus £98 in bank account.

Bank charges looming and pre-paid electric running low.

Doncha just love the Yuletide season.


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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Christmas starts here folks.



Taking a break until after Christmas. I have been busy of late writing. I'm on page 96 of my draft. It's all about Seroxat/MHRA and GSK and other things that have happened along the way.

Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas... even my stalker!

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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

My good friend, Arun Bhanot








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Saturday, November 22, 2008

One man and his obsession with Seroxat campaigners





When Jealousy Becomes an Obsession



Sunday, November 16, 2008

A Change of Mood

Status Quo

Burning Bridges



Mystery Medley [Live]



Forty Five Hundred Times [17 Minutes Live Vesion]





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Saturday, November 15, 2008

'BABY P' - SCUMBAGS NAMED!

http://breaking.tcm.ie/world/mhgbaucwmhoj/

The trial of a woman and two men accused of murdering a baby boy in England has been put back to September following a defence application at the Old Bailey, London.

The trial of Tracey Connelly (aged 25), who denies killing her 17-month-old baby Peter on August 3 last year, was switched from June 9 to September 8.

She also denies a charge of allowing or failing to prevent the death at her home in Penshurst Road, Tottenham, north London.

Her partner Steven Barker (aged 31) of the same address, and his brother Jason Owen (aged 35) of Wittersham Road, Bromley, Kent, deny the same charges and will be tried with her.

Peter was pronounced dead at North Middlesex Hospital, north London, where he was taken with injuries.

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Friday, November 14, 2008

Tonight's Choices

Songs now removed to free up some space on external server.

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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Tonight's choice of songs.

Songs now removed to free up some space on external server.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Tonight's Choice of songs

Songs now removed to free up some space on external server.

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Another Seroxat/GSK Song




THE CAUSE By Grimes



Check. Yo, it's Grimes.
In corporation with B Fiddy.

Everybody involved with the movement
This is for you.
Stand up and be counted.

I sit slumped as I take another tablet
I take a Stanley as I'm shaving off a milligram.
Suicidal thoughts is what I'm left with
I need this drug in my system, it's how its got me.
Not addictive and safe, that's what they told me
As electric shocks are shooting all through my membrane.
Think about killing my family for the hell of it and
Turn the pistiol on myself so I'm really free.
So I can fly to the sky and breathe out relief
But I can't, I must be strong and remain here.
Free myself from the Devils grip around my soul
Take control cos my people been so scared.
By the corporate killers and they're dressed in thier best suits
They're like gangsters, the other side of the law.
While another victim is raised inches above the floor
Another use of the noose that couldn't take no more.
Life of a zombie with a pulse scratching four walls and
Study 329 it would have showed you this.
And all them tests on them kids it would have showed you this
But dollars and pounds, yeh they could really blind me they
Cut the conscience so they could really make the cash
Profit announcement, they sit back and really laugh.
They took thier magic beans and sold them to the whole world like
They were really magic, there was no beanstalk. just
There's plenty bad thoughts, too many stillborns,
Too many wrists slit, too many husbands with the anger and the clenched fists.


And I ain't done.
It's about time David pulled the rug from beneath Goliath.
That's whats happening here.
This is a movement.


Three days Kerry Ann has been taking these twenty self harm scars
Later, she throws in the towel, all out of character.
Mr Glaxo never said it would do this to her
Another statistic on the boardroom type of graph
But the bank balance is healthy so let's all have a laugh
Pop the Champers GSK and ava glass
Toast to the death toll, yea, really must be proud of that.
Forget the blood on your hands, it's all on your family
Your cars and your house and the things that make you happy.
Well it looks like Goliath has underestimated David
If I was you I'd get your white flag waving.

It's the movement.
B. Fiddy.


Written & Performed by Grimes




MY SPACE





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Friday, November 07, 2008

TO ALL THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO MAKE A STAND AGAINST PHARMA...

...YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE TO ME.



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Friday, October 10, 2008

AC/DC UK Tourdates



Music to my ears... literally.


Birmingham March 2nd 2009





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