Antidepressant SSRI Luvox - Columbine drug - is being prescribed as a Covid prophylactic drug?

 I will not share everything that is on my mind since I've learned that Luvox - Fluvoxamine is being used to help Covid... blah blah blah

Dr. Peter Breggin wrote about one aspect of this drug:

Eric Harris was taking Luvox (a Prozac-like drug) at the time of the Littleton murders

by Peter R. Breggin, M.D   April 30, 1999

On April 29 the Washington Post confirmed that Eric Harris, the leader in the Littleton tragedy, was taking the psychiatric drug Luvox at the time of the murders. On April 30 the same newspaper published a story quoting expert claims that Luvox is safe and has no association with causing violence. In fact, Luvox and closely related drugs commonly produce manic psychoses, aggression, and other behavioral abnormalities in children and young people.

Luvox is a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) that is approved for children and youth (up to age 17) for use in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder. However, doctors often give it for depression, since it is in the same SSRI class as Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil.

According to the manufacturer, Solvay, 4% of children and youth taking Luvox developed mania during short-term controlled clinical trials. Mania is a psychosis which can produce bizarre, grandiose, highly elaborated destructive plans, including mass murder. (emphasys mine) Interestingly, in a recent controlled clinical trial, Prozac produced mania in the same age group at a rate of 6%. These are very high rates for drug-induced mania--much higher than those produced in adults. Yet the risk will be even higher during long-term clinical use where medical supervision, as in the case of Harris, is much more lax than in controlled clinical trials. These drugs also produce irritability, aggression or hostility, alienation, agitation, and loss of empathy. (emphasys mine)

Reports suggest that Eric Harris may have had a relatively good family life. If so, it adds to the probability that he was suffering from a drug-induced manic reaction caused by Luvox. The phenomenon of drug-induced manic reactions caused by antidepressants is so widely recognized that it is discussed several times in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association and many times in The Physicians' Desk Reference. (emphasys mine)

I have lectured widely and written extensively about violence in association with taking SSRI antidepressants in Talking Back to Prozac (St. Martin's Press, 1994) and Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry (Springer Publishing Company, 1997).

I have testified as a medical expert in three teenage cases of murder in which SSRIs were implicated in playing a role. In one case, a sixteen year old committed murder and tried to set off multiple bombs and incendiary devices at the same time. I have also testified in cases of adult murderers who were under the influence of SSRIs, including one mass murder of twelve people followed by suicide. The comparisons to Littleton are obvious. (emphasys mine)

Psychiatric drugs including Ritalin and Prozac have also been taken by at least one other school murderer (Kip Kinkle). Psychiatric drug use is only one of the contributing factors to the episodes of school violence. However, it is one of the most easily prevented factors. There is strong scientific evidence to support the view that SSRIs should not be given to children and teenagers.

On Denigrating the Humanities by Professor Richard Falk

 "I was reading with interest the profile of Joshua Angrist in the Jerusalem Post, the Israeli-American MIT economist who shared this year’s Nobel Prize in economics with two others when I came upon this uncongenial sentence: “Angrist said he was frustrated that many salaries, particularly in academia, were set using fixed pay grades, with professors in fields such as computer science and economics being paid the same as professors of literature, instead of being set by market forces, (emphasys mine) as they are elsewhere.”

Angrist apparently was much earlier deeply at odds with the way in which academic salaries were set in Israel. His words of 15 years ago were reprinted in The Jerusalem Post:  “I was tired of the situation here. The Israeli system does not reflect the reality of pay differential by field. (emphasys mine)It’s the public system, and it’s not very flexible.” It seems to me that Israel was engaged in admirable initiative–treating a university as a community of scholars where knowledge flourished across disciplinary borders without affixing price tags on the comparative value of differing ways of knowing to be determined by market forces. (emphasys mine) An alternative approach would be to seek higher, apparently more appropriate salaries for the faculty across the board, which might have helped create a contented community instead of alienated economists and computer geeks who rushed for the exits whenever a foreign university offered more money to attract an Israel professor. (emphasys mine)

There is a further disturbing implication of Angrist’s invidious comparison. It is as if literature, and presumably the humanities overall, were a superfluous luxury in a society where computer science and economics are valued highly by the market. (emphasys mine)  Professor Richard Falk  (entire article here.)

 As a literature professor and art lover I’ve been noticing this phenomenon for a long time. Mr Angrist's words reflects the combats humanities have been suffering to deliberately alter their particularity, their core or even eliminate them.

Neuroscience wants to approach all humanities’ fields and some “experts” are showing that they simply cannot understand let alone claim responsibility for anything related to aesthetics, art, literature, sociology… name it.. Their “studies” are laughable.

The rise of Big Tech monopolies from Microsoft to Google

Google's new search results page will answer your question with more (useful) questions (nope. Read the article here.)

Watch the video " The rise of Big Tech monopolies from Microsoft to Google"

"I don't recall." "I don't recall..." I don't recall... I honestly don't recall. I don't recall" Bill Gates deposition in Aug, 27, 1998.

"My relationship with Silicon Valley and the tech has historically been really good. Many of these folks are my friends." Obama

Have a great Sunday!

 

Implanted Microchip, Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum

From a 2016 interview with Klaus Schwab, boss of the World Economic Forum in Davos, in which he says humans will have a chip implanted in their brain or skin within 10 years.

It seems this reality is getting closer and closer. 

The consequences... Food for thought.

9/11 reported by BBC - Never Forget

 

Just in case you were on a trip in another planet:

This is BBC reporting that the two  towers had been collapsed while one of the towers were right behind the "journalist".

Source: UK Column.

Hyperrealistic Paper Sculptures of Everyday Objects

What some artists do with paper always astonishes me. This is Makiko Azakami that I just found here where more paper artists are exhibited.

"Makiko Azakami is a Japanese artist that uses paper as main material. She creates hyperrealistic sculptures of everyday objects by cutting and folding paper. Among her very accurate artworks we can see the reproduction of a Leica camera, a paintbrush, a pencil or a calculator. She manges to mislead the viewer with the precision of her creations."

I would never guess these are made of paper. At this page there are more but unfortunately Makiko's site is no longer online.

Favorite colour

               Say what?

              Hmm....

She likes blue

Speechless

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Frankie and Johnny - last scene

 Last scene

Frankie looks at the window in the morning and find out that the woman who has been constantly abused by her husband left him.

 

A quick glimpse on each character's morning...

And they are finally together.

(Debussy'a Clair de Lune involve us all.)

ADT -Active Denial Technology (burning skin feeling) and "The voice of God"

                                     UNITED STATES 10.23.2013 Video by Sgt. Brittany Fogel 

 

"The Solid State Active Denial Technology (SS-ADT) is a non-lethal weapon system which disrupts hostile activities and can deny personnel from remaining in specific areas, without causing permanent physical harm or collateral damage."

The video depicts it so appealing that it seems that we should have this system in our houses for protection. We need protection, security we need protection... We need it badly.

It is a non lethal weapon after all.

Let's listen to Mark Cancian's experience with the non lethal weapon on his article "‘Heat Ray’ And ‘The Voice Of God’: My Experience With The Nonlethal Weapons Eyed For Use In D.C. Protests" published at Forbes: 

Excerpt:

"How should people think about these systems? The reporting has been breathless as if the military were about to shine death rays on peaceful citizens. The exotic nature of the technologies has added to the anxiety. In fact, both systems have been around for a long time and deployed overseas. (It’s not clear whether (emphasys mine) ADS was used overseas.) ADS has not been used operationally in the United States. LRAD is commercially available, and police departments use it occasionally. Indeed, LRAD has a variety of uses from scaring wildlife off runways to alerting boaters about danger.

Because the LRAD is like a powerful megaphone, its use seems relatively familiar. ADS is different, a novel and exotic capability for which there is no ready analog. People should think of it like a taser, which police departments routinely use. For those fortunate enough not to have met one up close, a quick explanation: a Taser fires electrodes into the victim and then hits them with a high voltage that is enough to short-circuit the nervous system for a short period of time. Victims are incapacitated. Tasers have gained acceptance because they provide an intermediate step between a baton and a bullet. Someone coming after a police officer with a stick, for example, needs to be stopped, but they don’t need to be shot.

ADS is similar. It uses technology to incapacitate people without hurting them. It’s an intermediate force option. An important difference, however, is that tasers are used every day, and are hence familiar, while ADS is strange and unfamiliar.

Aren’t these the kind of systems that militarize the police? No. Militarization of the police is a real problem, but that’s not the issue here. Debates about militarization arise because DOD has a program whereby it provides excess military gear to police departments. Many have criticized the program for encouraging the overuse of force. However, the ADS and LRAD provide the opposite kind of capability: civilian policing capabilities brought into the military. Further, ADS would not be available even if police departments wanted it because the system is expensive, complicated, and scarce.

So, would it have been appropriate to deploy the systems? It’s important to note that the systems were not used and were not even moved to the area. The D.C. National Guard does not own them; they would come from other parts of DOD, likely the Marine base at Quantico. It’s also clear that a staff member just asked a question. That’s what staff members are supposed to do. It’s a long way from asking a question to deploying a capability.

The question of usage gets wrapped up in disputes about President Trump’s attitude towards the use of force against demonstrators, and the fact that many people disagreed with his views. It’s a reasonable discussion about what level of violence requires what level of response. Wherever the line gets drawn, however, it is better to use a high-tech electronic beam than batons, tear gas, and, ultimately, firearms."

Entire article here.

 Geneva Guidelines on Less-Lethal Weapons and Related Equipment .

Decide.

  Graphic content - "non lethal weapon and the Olsen case"

Have a great Saturday!

 

Vertigo at Waipi'o Valley Road (Big Island, Hawaii)

 

                                                      Wasif Malik / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 (Waipi'o Valley Road)                                                  

I came across with  Matt Hickman's 8 of the World's Steepest Streets and this picture...

I feel dizzy and vertigo is already trying to imbalance me. :)

"Full of twists and turns and lined with beautiful trees and scenery, Hawaii's Waipi'o Valley Road has an average gradient of about 25%, with some stretches reaching gradients of up to 40%.7

Waipi'o Valley Road on the northeast coast of Hawaii's Big Island is one of the only steep streets on this list that isn't accessible to public transit. In fact, only four-wheel-drive vehicles may drive on this paved, one-lane road through the lush Hawaiian rain forest. Many local car rental companies do not permit customers to drive down this street in rented vehicles due to the high frequency of accidents and breakdowns."

Check the other 7 of the 8 of the World's Steepest Streets described by Matt Hickman.

Why you should rethink having bottled water

I've been drinking water from the tap since ever and will never understand the reasons that made plastic bottled water a luxury, a necessity, and the illusion of it's safety and healthful.

Propaganda. We didn't learn anything from history. "A lie repeated..." surely you know Gobble's strategy. 

You should research what you're buying in case you drink bottled water however here are some links in case you're too busy:

 

Bottled water should be a luxury, not a necessity

The profits of brands such as Evian and Perrier can pay for environmental offsets

John Gapper

 Bottled Water: Unhealthy, Dirty and Costly

What Companies Do Not Disclose But Consumers Must Know

Marina Martinez

 

Bottled Water Quality Investigation: 10 Major Brands, 38 Pollutants

The consumption of bottled water containing certain bacteria or groups of bacteria and the implications for public health Report of the Scientific Committee of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland

 

Times When You Need to Avoid Drinking Water

Pandora papers by ICIJ: Journalists exist and we have to support them

We all knew, we have been  referring to them as the "1%" and some claiming that these people should be brought up to light, exposed. since they have been hiding in plain sight.

Now thanks to the work of the ICIJ - International Consortium of Investigative Journalism - 

"Millions of leaked documents and the biggest journalism partnership in history have uncovered financial secrets of 35 current and former world leaders, more than 330 politicians and public officials in 91 countries and territories, and a global lineup of fugitives, con artists and murderers.

The secret documents expose offshore dealings of the King of Jordan, the presidents of Ukraine, Kenya and Ecuador, the prime minister of the Czech Republic and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The files also detail  financial activities of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “unofficial minister of propaganda” and more than 130 billionaires from Russia, the United States, Turkey and other nations.

The secret documents expose offshore dealings of the King of Jordan, the presidents of Ukraine, Kenya and Ecuador, the prime minister of the Czech Republic and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The files also detail  financial activities of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “unofficial minister of propaganda” and more than 130 billionaires from Russia, the United States, Turkey and other nations.

The leaked records reveal that many of the power players who could help  bring an end to the offshore system instead benefit from it – stashing assets in covert companies and trusts while their governments do little to slow a global stream of illicit money that enriches criminals and impoverishes nations.

Among the hidden treasures revealed in the documents:

• A $22 million chateau in the French Riviera – replete with a cinema and two swimming pools – purchased through offshore companies by the Czech Republic’s populist prime minister, a billionaire who has railed against the corruption of economic and political elites.

• More than $13 million tucked in a secrecy-shaded trust in the Great Plains of the United States by a scion of one of Guatemala’s most powerful families, a dynasty that controls a soap and lipsticks conglomerate that’s been accused of harming workers and the earth.

• Three beachfront mansions in Malibu purchased through three offshore companies for $68 million by the King of Jordan in the years after Jordanians filled the streets during Arab Spring to protest joblessness and corruption.

The secret records are known as the Pandora Papers.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists obtained the trove of more than 11.9 million confidential files and led a team of more than 600 journalists from 150 news outlets that spent two years sifting through them, tracking down hard-to-find sources and digging into court records and other public documents from dozens of countries."

The whole article is here.

This is real journalism and I thank each of them for the achievement.

Even though they want to make of Julian Assange's "case" an example to silence those who have principles they will never, ever succeed.#FreeAssange

Ravel's Bolero animated by Simon Brethé 2

I posted it some years ago. 

Senator John Kennedy arguing Dr Fauci - CCP and WHO dangerous liaisons

Hi! How are you coping with the pandemic?

A lot to say but...

Democracy is a scam.

Happy New Year - Inner Peace Year

 

PEACE TRAIN (Lyrics post below)

by Cat Stevens

Now I've been happy lately
Thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be
Something good has begun
Oh, I've been smiling lately
Dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be
Someday it's going to come

'Cause I'm on the edge of darkness
There ride the Peace Train
Oh, Peace Train take this country
Come take me home again

Now I've been smiling lately,
Thinkin' about the good things to come
And I believe it could be,
Something good has begun

Oh Peace Train sounding louder
Glide on the Peace Train
Come on now Peace Train
Yes, Peace Train holy roller

Everyone jump upon the Peace Train
Come on now, Peace Train

Get your bags together,
Go bring your good friends, too
'Cause it's getting nearer,
It soon will be with you

Now come and join the living,
It's not so far from you
And it's getting nearer,
Soon it will all be true

Oh Peace Train sounding louder
Glide on the Peace Train
Come on now Peace Train
Peace Train

Now I've been crying lately,
Thinkin' about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating,
Why can't we live in bliss

'Cause out on the edge of darkness,
There rides a Peace Train
Oh Peace Train take this country,
Come take me home again

Oh Peace Train sounding louder
Glide on the Peace Train
Come on now, Peace Train
Yes, Peace Train holy roller

Everyone jump upon the Peace Train
Come on, come on, come on
Yes, come on, peace train
Yes, it's the peace train

Come on now, peace train
Oh, peace train

Peace Train by Cat Stevens -Happy 2021

Merry Xmas and Happy 2021 - PEACE

I didn't publish this year but the traditional Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year is vital for it's a time to cultivate the good we all have inside.

If you don't like the holidays I understand but find inner peace

It's been a difficult year 2020. Once I stopped focusing on the news, independent media for mainstream media I never followed, the effect was extremely positive.

Focus on loving, peacekeeping, peacemaking, discovering more about your inner self, relaxing, being at peace, exercising, eating nutritious food, and everything on your list that is good for yourself and those around you.

Fight for peace in all it's ways, shapes and forms.

Be at peace! Love!

What best to easy our minds than comedy?

HAVE FUN!