Placebo?

Placebo
   “-- a fake treatment [using] an inactive substance like sugar, distilled water, or saline solution --”¹
   -- “1 a pill, etc., containing no active substance, given to satisfy a patient or to serve as a control in an experiment ... 2 something said only to flatter or mollify.”2

Considering the recent sugar fraud,³ should we revisit all those science studies that used sugar as the placebo? that refined substance now revealed to be not-so-inactive?

And should we ask ourselves: What else in our cultural consumption⁴ do we consider as innocuous / inactive, when in consequence it is nothing of the sort? How many, for the sake of gain, are dispensing poisons in disguise?

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1. http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=31481
2. Collins Gage Canadian Paperback Dictionary © 2006 Nelson Education Ltd.
3. Discussed in a previous Déjà Vu ~ Times post at http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/2016/09/one-more-nail.html
4. —political, economic, social, religious, etc,—

One More Nail?

One more nail in the coffin of scientific integrity?

How the sugar industry paid experts to downplay health risks (Time: 5:49) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylOpXKOJbOY


Sugar Industry Paid Scientists for Favourable Research (Time: 2:58 min) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRGx9FO6XSs

See also: ● Harvard study in 1960s cast doubt on sugar's role in heart disease, pointing finger at fat  ~ The Associated Press Posted: Sep 13, 2016 8:39 AM ET | Last Updated: Sep 13, 2016 8:39 AM ET at http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/sugar-harvard-conspiracy-1.3759582?cid=Watchdog+67
● CBC: AIH "Sugar Study" at minute 10:12 at http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/psychiatric-challenge-sugar-study-catfish-from-the-sky-part-1-1.3760962

So why is it that more and more average Joes and Janes are distrusting science? Is it because our headlines—when truth finally makes it through the fog of money and power—reveal, déjà vu on déjà vu, how science has frequently sold itself (and most of humanity and Mother Earth) down the drain for various forms of drachma?

Here are just a few previous nails (many of which have been considered in other Déjà Vu ~ Times posts):

Vaccine protocols
»   http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/search/label/Vaccines
»   http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/search/label/Vaccines
»    Autism - Made in the U S A - (Time ~ 1:41:10) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwuyxyBUmwY
Geoengineering, etc.
»    http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/search/label/Geoengineering
»    Mining Science at http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/mining-science-1.3502958
Psychotropic drugs
»    http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/2015/01/washout.html
»    Making a Killing: The Untold Story of Psychotropic Drugging - Full Movie (Documentary) (Time: 1:34:42) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk-ryvdWPgw
Food, Inc
»    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food,_Inc. »    Food, Inc. (2008 Documentary) (Time: 1:55:31) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t8eaVd-DPs
»    http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/2012/10/some-choice.html

So next time we average J-Js are accused of being anti-science, conspiracy quacks, let us remind the uninformed—including the willfully blind and deaf¹—that many scientists have demonstrated a susceptibility to conceal, distort, and outright lie in pursuit of prestige, power, money, or (perhaps most often) just plain survival.

Remind those too, who blindly trust in the lords of power and gain that science is a discipline of observation, testing, and “confirming déjà vus”!

In the meantime, while so many blind trustees wander down garden paths, perhaps we can take comfort in partial paraphrase of old Isaiah:

~ And in that day [a day of accountability] shall the deaf hear ... and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. ... For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: ... They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn [truth]. (Old Testament | Isaiah 29: 18, 20, 24)

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1. Old Testament Jeremiah 5:21 ~ Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

Strange Things?

Forget Mandela Effects, Think QUANTUM POLLUTION w/Anthony Patch ~ Kev Baker Show (Time: 1:42:57)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVCzq0TwQI0

How much do we know about what is really going on in our world? Has science become god? Do we care enough to question? to stand up against hubris and tyranny? Are we even conscious of strange things?

Look Out!!!

(Heads Up!)

Here's a recent CBCNews photo and headline (by Kyle Bakx/CBC):

LookUpBanff billboard promotes conspiracy theory about toxic chemtrails: Highway billboard promotes outlandish theory that government is sterilizing populace with sprayed chemicals
By Kyle Bakx, CBC News Posted: Aug 25, 2016 7:00 AM MT. Last Updated: Aug 26, 2016 7:40 AM MT at
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/chemtrails-david-keith-geoengineering-lookupbanff-1.3733776?cmp=rss&CMP=news-digests-calgary

Now that the facts of geoengineering* are getting wider exposure (and can no longer be ignored), the BIG (and small¹) guns are being positioned on the heights to “kill” the real story with denials, distortions, and mockery. And what is the real story? It is a story of power and gain.² The quintessential déjà vu. Perhaps the oldest déjà vu in the world where those pursuing power and gain will always

1) conspire to achieve their own ends;
2) deny and mock the very idea of conspiracy; and
3) do anything and everything necessary to protect power and gain.³

Does the fact that we continue to fall for these denials make us one of the most unobservant, unscientific, historically unlearned of all the ages? Are we just pretending to be 21st Century sophisticates? And what do we call people who refuse to learn from experience, observation, and history?

Thus, the companion story for those who wish to learn from the past is to be on the “Look Out” for

▪ increasing numbers of industry spokesman, (paid or privileged, duped or deliberate) to deny the history of geoengineering and to praise its glorious future;⁴
▪ trusted “scientists” who sell science and soul to industry dictates and agendas;⁵
▪ trusted “journalists” who generate talking-point stories from industry scripts;⁶
▪ so-called “objective” reports that fail to acknowledge contrary facts, evidence, or credible witnesses;
▪ knee-jerk, emotional tirades against “conspiracy nuts” by those who are, or trust in, monetized spokesmen;
▪ extreme or faux activists spouting fringe or bizarre claims that can be easily mocked or debunked and then conflated with real facts and evidence;⁷
▪ the bottom-line paradigm that hooks into the nose;
▪ the money trail that leads to modus operandi;
▪ the psychopathy of power and gain.⁸

So perhaps it would be a good idea to quit trusting in compromised / corrupted voices and to do some personal observation and research. Perhaps one could begin with an honest study of the evidence at

http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/

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* Also known in science reporting as weather modification, climate intervention, climate engineering or solar radiation management (SRM), but is mocked under the name “chemtrails” when trying to debunk so-called conspiracy theorists; however if one researches the science terms, one may discover that tinfoil hats are considerably more advanced than blinders and earplugs!
1. E.g., bloggers, journalists, pundits, commentators, dupes, etc., etc. who buy the BIG lies of Big Business—hook, line, and sinker.
2. A power-and-gain story as old as (if not older than) Biblical Cain.
3. http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/2016/08/imagine.html
4. E.g., see the CBC Quirks and Quarks interview of January 30, 2016 rebroadcast August 6, 2016 (Time 18:09) at http://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/quirks-quarks-for-jan-30-2016-1.3425708/the-planet-remade-through-geoengineering-1.3425811  It seems that Oliver Morton is sadly uninformed or (more sadly) complicit when he presents geoengineering scenarios as in-the-future when they are already decades old in practice. The same applies to David Keith whose words and emotional POV seem to have been parroted by Mr. Bakx. How interesting that both Morton and Keith espouse “future” geoengineering technologies, yet utterly reject the idea that geoengineering have been in secret use for years!
5. E.g., the Ideas broadcast, Mining Science from March 24, 2016 (Time 53:59) at http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/mining-science-1.3502958
6. Mr. Bakx' story seems to fit industry talking-points to a T⁺. See also, The REAL Truth Behind 'Chemtrails' published Aug 17, 2016 (Time 4:06) The Young Turks at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEii1_kEoZs
Then consider the insightful CBC Ideas presentation: Imprisoned by Profit: Media & Democracy from May 27, 2016 (Time 53:59) at http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/imprisoned-by-profit-media-democracy-1.3601228
7. http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/
8. http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/2014/05/a-plague-of-psychopaths.html
http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/search/label/Psychopathy
http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/2014/12/without-conscience.html

Bullies & Bravehearts

Once more we are witness to a “David & Goliath” encounter. In that ancient battle, those standing on the sidelines in the valley knew the outcome could change their lives forever. This 2016 incarnation reaches far beyond any valley or nation. It is global and has already had catastrophic impact.

So, if you don't think you have the time or energy to join the bravehearts, at least learn about them in their own words—NOT from the words of mammon-bloated bullies. Here is their story:

Caravan To Midnight - Episode 572 Vaxxed:
From Cover-Up to Catastrophe (Time 1:38:39) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJxOkclawtc

(When videos are taken down or censored, search the title on YouTube to see if it had been mirrored somewhere else.)

You can listen to this while driving, waiting, eating, cooking, doing chores, or just lounging, but LISTEN*, please. The outcome of this battle may prove to be one of the pivot points of history.

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* Listen to the guests. You may not agree with the host's politics or views, but do not let that sidetrack your attention. If he becomes too distracting, there are many other places to hear this account. Just go to YouTube and search Vaxxed. You can also review:
http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/2016/08/imagine.html or
http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/2016/08/the-arm-of-flesh.html

Imagine?

If one were a psychopath/sociopath¹—i.e., a PWOC²—whose raison d’être was to pursue power and gain, what would one be predisposed to do:

▪ lie?
▪ steal?
▪ cheat?
▪ distort?
▪ falsely accuse?
▪ malign?
▪ short change?
▪ manipulate mankind and markets?
▪ create profit-generating catastrophes?
▪ foment wars?
▪ externalize costs?
▪ convert (corrupt) a good into an evil?
▪ hire shills and trolls to front for one?
▪ etc., etc., etc.

But let us consider: corrupting a good into an evil.

A recent exposé of unconscionable corruption and fraud is profiled in Vaxxed³—a documentary that everyone should watch (as Robert De Niro encourages) so we can make up our own mind as to its credibility. Despite shills, trolls, and dupes maligning this film, it is NOT anti-vaccine. It presents as anti-corruption, anti-fraud, anti-abuse, anti-tyranny, anti-PWOCs; its concern: pro-health, pro-child, pro-family, pro-transparency, pro-choice, pro-safety, pro-uncorrupted science. It is a voice crying in the profit-driven wilderness against vaccine protocols that are:

▪ untested and unproven respecting the safety of vaccine mixtures;
▪ decades past due for review and exposure of timing and effectiveness;
▪ insufficiently and corruptly assessed by oversight bodies;
▪ in critical need of open, honest discussion;
▪ in dire need of punitive accountability.

So, how long till we clue in that mega-corps and their HyPEs⁴ who swim in psychopathic waters (who stand to lose massive amounts of “power and gain” if truth be told) cannot be trusted in any degree?

Can we not see the déjà vu?—that vaccine “science” has become a latter-day, oppressive tyranny like unto the days of Galileo?—blindly committed to its own preservation, gain, and status quo, whatever the cost to others?

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1. http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/2014/05/a-plague-of-psychopaths.html
2. PWOC = a Person WithOut Conscience, which includes corporate (faux-)“persons” by so-called court decision. See also http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/2011/02/econ-005-person.html ; http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/2014/12/without-conscience.html
3. Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe (Time: 1hr. 35 min.) at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5562652/
4. HyPEs = Highly Paid Employees

ADDITIONAL VIEWS AND COMMENTARIES: As always, watch, listen, and learn with discernment.
● VAXXED Documentary Explored with Filmmakers on Antidote (Time: 50:58 min.) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KrpK0rbl9w
● VAXXED DIRECTOR ANDREW WAKEFIELD BREAKS SILENCE ON VACCINE VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN AND CDC COVERUP (Time 12:49 min.) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=titN2bZYlUU
● Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe (Time: 1:31:43) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gepyvumlS-8
● FULL Vaxxed Coast to Coast AM Interview Bigtree, Wakefield & Hooker (Time 1:18:39) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG6ZHT0L8rs
● Robert De Niro on Pulling 'Vaxxed' From Tribeca Film Festival (Time:5:01) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eHZVqDbdEc
● Robert De Niro, Tribeca and the censorship of the VAXXED documentary (Time: 26:35 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFAGViYJ_VI
● UN VAXXED A Docu Commentary for Robert De Niro (Time 1:26:04) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM_rTjKdegw

Inevitable?

What happens when an economy (national or global) is based on a system that promotes psychopathic behaviors? If one doesn't believe that corporate capitalism favors psychopathy, one has not been reading headlines of late or one has a very short and selective memory.

Review:

▪  A Plague of Psychopaths? at http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/2014/05/a-plague-of-psychopaths.html
▪  Capital Punishment at http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/2015/10/capital-punishment.html
▪  Mayday? Mayday? Mayday! at http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/2015/05/mayday-mayday-mayday.html
▪  TransAlta Culpa (Again)? at http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/2014/08/transalta-culpa-again.html
▪  How Long Till We Get It??! at http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/2009/08/how-long-till-we-get-it.html

But there may be hope.

Read:

Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future by Paul Mason

Listen to:

The End of Capitalism a “CBC Ideas” podcast at http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-end-of-capitalism-1.3334355 (Time 53:56 min.)

So, indeed—how long till we finally acknowledge that:

▪  capitalism's highest rewards go to people without conscience (PWOCs)?
▪  if we keep doing what we have been doing—pursuing power and gain at the expense of each other—we will not survive?
▪  what goes around, will come around?

So for those puzzling about how a corporate tyrant like Donald Trump* could rise politically as far as he has, perhaps we need only look at the system DT has used, abused, and profited from for decades.

Perhaps our love affair with corporatism has brought us to this inevitable, political choice! and the inevitable “impending doom” (whether right or left), unless we awake to the realities of our competitive, psychopathic system.

PS: Do not assume that Socialism^† is the only alternative. It is equally corrupt and bankrupt. There are other options that have been explored in other posts.^‡

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* The pure face of corporate capitalism?
† http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/search/label/Socialism
‡ http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/2009/12/economics-of-jesus.html
-- http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/2013/12/gods-economy-christmas-perspective.html
-- http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/2014/06/gods-economy-is-it-possible.html
-- http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/2015/08/course-correction.html
or peruse the labels:
-- http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/search/label/EconomicsOfJesus
-- http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/search/label/God%27sEconomy
or Google: “gift economy”

Area 25?

If you

▪ don’t know about “Area 25”;¹

▪ are one (or know a loved one) who can’t “snap out” of melancholy or depression;

▪ are seeking greater understanding of mental illness and mental health;

these broadcasts  from “Ideas with Paul Kennedy” might prove enlightening and life-saving.

Wit's End, Part 1 (54 min.) at http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/wit-s-end-part-1-1.3641153

Wit's End, Part 2 (54 min.) at http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/wit-s-end-part-2-1.3654204

Note added October 28, 2016: Perhaps an “area” to consider more than the physical Area 25 is the spiritual area (arena) explored in a recent post, titled “We are Legion???” at http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/2016/10/we-are-legion.html.

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1. “Area 25” is dealt with beginning circa minute 44:46 of Wit’s End, Part 2.

“Imprisoned by Profit”

Recently, on “Ideas with Paul Kennedy,” the subject was “Imprisoned by Profit: Media and Democracy”¹ which can be listened to here.² In that episode, we are confronted with yet another voice crying in the wilderness of corporatism and bottom-line. But the story is not just about media. As we listen, we can hear the déjà vu in almost every arena that profit touches: science, education, business, medicine, health, construction, food, finance, fashion, employment, entertainment, religion, government contracts, etc., etc.

So let's ask ourselves: How many values and principles do we compromise or sacrifice outright for the sake of profit? Perhaps we should ask ourselves this question on a daily basis. Would that daily query change anything about the way we think and live?

How long before we recognize that the only way to truly be free from the corruptions of profit is to embrace the gift economy?³

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1. The discussion was with “world renowned Indian Journalist Palagummi Sainath ... [who] believes the media around the world is, for the most part, imprisoned by profiteering and political constraints.”
2. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/imprisoned-by-profit-media-democracy-1.3601228 (Time: 53:59 min.)
3. Gift economy: Google the term or begin here: http://dejavu-times.blogspot.ca/2013/12/babylon-boomerang.html ; http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/2014/06/gods-economy-is-it-possible.html ; http://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.ca/2013/12/gods-economy-christmas-perspective.html