Shocking truth about AIDS exposed on World AIDS Day with "House of Numbers" un-cut footage Tuesday, December 01, 2009 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com
(NaturalNews) When Brent Leung started showcasing his groundbreaking new documentary film about AIDS, "House of Numbers" (www.HouseOfNumbers.com), he had no way to comprehend the wave of defamatory attacks that would be unleashed against him. Promoters of conventional AIDS theories (with all their vaccines and pharmaceuticals) have gone on a rampage against Leung, calling him an "AIDS denialist" -- with an obvious invocation of the similar-sounding "Holocaust denialist" phrase.
The implication, of course, is that if you deny any part of conventional AIDS theories, you're as bad as a Nazi war criminal. It's a curious comparison, especially given that the origins of the modern pharmaceutical industry are found precisely in the Nazi regime where pharmaceutical scientists routinely conducted medical experiments on Jewish prisoners. As a fascinating matter of historical fact, the Chairman of Bayer in the 1950's (yes, the same Bayer that makes Bayer Aspirin) was Dr. Fritz ter Meer, a convicted war criminal, who after committing crimes against humanity was sentenced to seven years in prison at the Nuremberg war trials.
The pharmaceutical industry operating today is largely a cabal of unindicted criminals who are guilty of crimes against humanity, and one of their favorite methods of multiplying their profits is to push a disease, then sell a vaccine they claim "treats" the disease. It's the same old scam, whether we're talking about cervical cancer, swine flu or even AIDS.
Getting back to Brent Leung and his film House of Numbers, when the AIDS-pharma promoters saw his film, they knew they had to attack the messenger and try to discredit him as quickly as possible. So they claimed Leung quoted the scientists in the film out of context, thereby distorting what they were saying. In particular, Leung was attacked for his interview with Dr. Luc Montagnier, the Nobel Prize-winning co-discoverer of the AIDS virus, who explained to Leung during the interview that AIDS can be overcome (cured) with nutrition, and that the vaccine approach is entirely overblown.
Such an idea, of course, spells financial doom for drug companies and their cohorts, all of whom profit from the oft-repeated myth that "AIDS has no cure" and that only drugs can treat AIDS. So the critics went after Leung for daring to include Montagnier's words in his documentary. One critic in particular, Jeanne Bergman from an "AIDS truth" website, claimed that Leung "sucker punched" Montagnier.
She also claimed Leung quoted Montagnier out of context and blamed him for asking "leading questions" by saying, "Montagnier does not spontaneously say in the film that a healthy diet will clear the virus. Leung asked leading questions and then presented a fragment of conversation out of context."
As you'll soon see, Jeanne Bergman has no clue what she's talking about. But that's actually par for the course when it comes to the AIDS industry.
For his part, Dr. Montagnier doesn't mince words. He's very clear on the points he's making, saying them several times in different ways. His points are, essentially (paraphrased):
• You can be exposed to AIDS without getting infected. • A strong immune system can protect you against AIDS. • With the help of good nutrition, you can fight off AIDS. • The importance of AIDS vaccines is exaggerated. • AIDS can be approached with low-cost, highly-effective alternatives to vaccines. • What the African people really need is better nutrition to protect themselves from AIDS. • The facts about nutrition and AIDS are being neglected (by the medical establishment).
He's not wishy-washy about these things. He speaks with clear intent and does not waver on these points. At the end of the interview, before the cameras are turned off, he even acknowledges to Leung that what he just said was essentially a "bombshell" of information that stands at odds with conventional AIDS scientists such as Fauci.
Below nipped from lassiter. Text by Michael Moore below. After that is the text of the letter I wrote to Obama this afternoon.
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From Michael Moore:
Dear President Obama,
Do you really want to be the new "war president"? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president. Pure and simple. And with that you will do the worst possible thing you could do -- destroy the hopes and dreams so many millions have placed in you. With just one speech tomorrow night you will turn a multitude of young people who were the backbone of your campaign into disillusioned cynics. You will teach them what they've always heard is true -- that all politicians are alike. I simply can't believe you're about to do what they say you are going to do. Please say it isn't so.
It is not your job to do what the generals tell you to do. We are a civilian-run government. WE tell the Joint Chiefs what to do, not the other way around. That's the way General Washington insisted it must be. That's what President Truman told General MacArthur when MacArthur wanted to invade China. "You're fired!," said Truman, and that was that. And you should have fired Gen. McChrystal when he went to the press to preempt you, telling the press what YOU had to do. Let me be blunt: We love our kids in the armed services, but we f*#&in' hate these generals, from Westmoreland in Vietnam to, yes, even Colin Powell for lying to the UN with his made-up drawings of WMD (he has since sought redemption).
So now you feel backed into a corner. 30 years ago this past Thursday (Thanksgiving) the Soviet generals had a cool idea -- "Let's invade Afghanistan!" Well, that turned out to be the final nail in the USSR coffin.
There's a reason they don't call Afghanistan the "Garden State" (though they probably should, seeing how the corrupt President Karzai, whom we back, has his brother in the heroin trade raising poppies). Afghanistan's nickname is the "Graveyard of Empires." If you don't believe it, give the British a call. I'd have you call Genghis Khan but I lost his number. I do have Gorbachev's number though. It's + 41 22 789 1662. I'm sure he could give you an earful about the historic blunder you're about to commit.
With our economic collapse still in full swing and our precious young men and women being sacrificed on the altar of arrogance and greed, the breakdown of this great civilization we call America will head, full throttle, into oblivion if you become the "war president." Empires never think the end is near, until the end is here. Empires think that more evil will force the heathens to toe the line -- and yet it never works. The heathens usually tear them to shreds.
Choose carefully, President Obama. You of all people know that it doesn't have to be this way. ( Read more... )
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Congressional speeches written by Big Pharma lobbyists Tuesday, December 01, 2009 by: E. Huff, staff writer
(NaturalNews) The New York Times recently unveiled a story about industry lobbyists and the power they have over the United States Congress. Examination of a series of statements made by 42 Congressmen revealed that Genentech, the world's largest biotechnology company, has been ghostwriting industry-favorable speech content for Congressmen to recite during health care reform oratory.
Twenty-two Republicans and 20 Democrats were found to have included some or all of Genentech's pro-biotechnology rhetoric during various speeches. Hearers began to notice identical, word-for-word statements being made by various Congressmen, all of which was traced back to Washington lobbyists hired by Genentech.
It was discovered that Genentech contrived two versions of its talking points, one for Republicans and one for Democrats. The company approached Congress and urged them to make supporting statements about biotechnology for inclusion into the Congressional Record. All statements were designed in support of the health care reform bill and its provisions for bolstering the biotechnology industry.
Representative Bill Pascrell Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey caught reciting lobbyist verbage, denied that he knew from where his statements originated. Claiming ignorance, he purports that the information was provided to him by his staff and that he was unaware of its source.
Other Congressmen cited for using lobbyist propaganda include Reps. Robert A. Brady (D-PA), Phil Hare (D-IL), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Donald M. Payne (D-NJ), and Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY).
The New York Times found that Genentech has an extensive history of lobbying efforts that include preparing pre-written talking points specifically for Congress to include in the Congressional Record.
Uncovered emails revealed that Genentech desired to aggressively appeal to Congress to include as many of its statements as possible in the Congressional Record. Company employees have even hosted fundraisers for many of the lawmakers they petitioned, a blatant conflict of interest.
A lobbyist closely associated with Genentech described the ghostwriting practice as "business as usual", stating that it happens all the time in the industry. Stating that there was nothing "nefarious" about the practice, a company representative defended the practice as both legitimate and customary. (!)
Despite the fact that the practice is both unethical and deceptive, industry spokesmen continue to defend what they are doing as normal, everyday operating procedure. Such a notion exemplifies the unscrupulous manner in which drug and biotechnology companies run their operations. It also illustrates that they have no qualms about manipulating Congress and lying to the public to achieve their goals.
I feel the need to make a semantic correction here. Luc Montagnier co-discovered the HIV virus. AIDS is a syndrome (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). Syndromes are a collection of symptoms which may have many different causes. HIV may be *a* cause of AIDS, but not *the* cause of AIDS. I am not even certain that HIV causes AIDS. HIV may well be an opportunistic infection which people with AIDS are prone to getting.
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On this World AIDS Day, NaturalNews has acquired some exclusive footage that exposes the truth about AIDS through some shocking footage from the new documentary film House of Numbers.
This is the footage the AIDS industry absolutely does not want you to see! It's an exclusive interview with Dr. Luc Montagnier, the co-discoverer of the AIDS virus.
AIDS truth exposed: Un-cut exclusive footage from House of Numbers
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Lentils, black-eyed peas, grapes, red and white wine, apple juice
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Citrus Fruits
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Kale, mustard, horseradish, daikon, collards, green sorrel, yellow corn, arugula
antioxidant; enhances immune function
Bottom Line: Evidence for health benefits from phytochemicals to prevent cancer or heart disease is still preliminary and based on research isolating compounds from food or from epidemiologic studies. Dietary recommendations should emphasize eating 5-9 servings of a VARIETY of fruits and vegetables, plus whole grains, nuts, seeds, and legumes.
For most of my life I have been very deficient in phytochemicals. As a kid, my Dad insisted that all veggies be cooked to death. I never saw a pea roll on my plate at home. Veggies were boiled & the water discarded, so virtually no vitamins. So most veggies were bereft of nutrition beyond fiber. ( Read more... )
I am now having liquid tuna salad most every day, 2-1/2 times a day. My glucometer readings are higher than I like (1 week average is 160). The reading had been this high until I started taking Pregnenolone (about 50 days ago), which dropped my glucometer readings dropped down ~145. So the liquid salad had un-done my pregnenolone related glucometer improvements.
Impossible for me to make a carb free low oxalate salad. I use low carb veggies, or use small amounts of higher carb veggies, but since my salads have more than a half-dozen different veggies in a salad and I slurp about 2 quarts of smoothie over the day, I am getting more carbs in a day than I had been getting in more than a week. Given my large increase in carbs, my glucometer readings are quite good these days.
Despite the carbs, I can feel the salad being good for me. So I continue. And I experiment to find which combo of veggies makes a more flavorful and lower carb impact salad.
The article below from Natural News encourages me to keep slurping down salads. In a month or so, I plan to check my glycosylated hemoglobin Hb A1C (measure of glucose control over the preceding 120 days). I have not had an Hb A1C test in 5 years. Diabetics are supposed to get an Hb A1C test every 3 months. 5 years ago it was 5.9. Under 6.0 is "normal" for non-diabetics. I need to see how the liquid salads are impacting my long-term glucose control. Looks like the test will cost me $30 at Walgreens.
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Phytochemicals in plant-based foods fight obesity and prevent disease, researchers say Monday, November 30, 2009 by: S. L. Baker, features writer
(NaturalNews) If you ever feel tempted to go for a cheeseburger, fries and a soft drink, consider this: along with the fast food, you are ordering up an increased risk of heart disease, diabetes and obesity. But the opposite is true, too. According to a new University of Florida (UF) study, if you stay away from processed and fast foods and instead eat a lot of veggies, nuts and fruits, you will actively be helping to prevent or reverse harmful metabolic processes in your body. The result? Better health and a slimmer body.
An important advantage to having plant-based foods as an abundant part of your daily diet appears to result from the phytochemicals they contain. As noted in the UF findings recently published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, these natural substances prevent oxidative stress -- a process linked to being overweight and to the onset of diseases including heart disease and diabetes. Phytochemicals include lycopene from tomatoes, isoflavones from soy, beta carotene from carrots, anthocyanins from blueberries, allicin from garlic, and many more.
Without enough phytochemicals and antioxidants to counteract oxidative stress, damaging free radicals cause inflammation and other toxic problems in the body. In overweight people, excess fat tissue and certain enzymes that are more active also trigger the production of excessive free radicals, according to a media statement by the UF researchers.
The research team, headed by Heather K. Vincent, Ph.D., studied a group of 54 young adults divided into a normal weight and an overweight or obese group, analyzing their dietary patterns over several days. Surprisingly, the people in both groups took in about the same amount of calories. However, the overweight and obese young people were found to be eating fewer plant-based foods. That means those who were carrying around excess pounds were consuming fewer protective trace minerals and phytochemicals and consuming far more saturated fats.
In addition, those eating less plant-based foods were found to have higher levels of oxidative stress and inflammation in their bodies than their normal-weight counterparts. This is a crucial finding because oxidative stress and inflammation are processes clearly associated with the onset of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and joint disease.
"Diets low in plant-based foods affect health over the course of a long period of time," Dr. Vincent explained in a statement to the press. "This is related to annual weight gain, inflammation and oxidative stress. Those are the onset processes of disease that debilitate people later in life."
"People who are obese need more fruits, vegetables, legumes and wholesome unrefined grains," she said. "In comparison to a normal-weight person, an obese person is always going to be behind the eight ball because there are so many adverse metabolic processes going on."
In order to get enough protective phytochemicals daily, the UF researchers concluded that people should try to consume plant-based foods such as leafy greens, fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes at the start of each meal. As a way to encourage people to get enough phytochemicals from meals and snacks, Dr. Vincent also called for use of a phytochemical index [see my following post, Phytochemicals at Work], which compares the number of calories consumed from plant-based, nutrient-rich foods with the overall number of calories taken in each day.
It seems to me that scientists who hid/destroy data which they do not like, and/or who manipulate data to get the answer they want to see, should be held accountable. Prison, loss of professional standing, and possibly execution. People who manipulate data for their personal financial gain (Al Gore, for instance) should have every penny of their assets confiscated as well as jail or execution.
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ClimateGate scandal demonstrates intellectual protectionism of modern scientists Monday, November 30, 2009 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com (See all articles...)
(NaturalNews) The inconvenient release of private email conversations among climate change scientists has been a boon for climate change skeptics. What emerges from the leaked emails is a depiction of a group of scientists who practice "intellectual protectionism" -- meaning they know they're right and they'll do anything to protect their beliefs, even if it means hiding or manipulating data.
Sound familiar? Scientists in the pharmaceutical industry have been practicing this for decades. If you think the ClimateGate emails are revealing, just imagine what kind of similar emails are flying around between Big Pharma scientists who routinely manipulate study data and commit scientific fraud in the name of medicine. Time and time again, we see revelations of manipulated clinical trials where data was intentionally distorted in order to make a dangerous, useless drug appear to be safe and effective.
What ClimateGate scientists and Big Pharma scientists have in common is that they have both abandoned the core principles of good science in their quest to be right. Rather than asking questions of nature and humbly listening to the answers provided by the data, these scientists have staked out a position and decided to defend that position at all costs -- even if it requires hiding or distorting data!
That approach is entirely unscientific, of course. In my mind, it now puts much of the recent global warming science in the same category as Big Pharma's research: Pure quackery.
As Christopher Booker explains in The Telegraph, "The reason why even the Guardian's George Monbiot has expressed total shock and dismay at the picture revealed by the documents is that their authors are not just any old bunch of academics. Their importance cannot be overestimated. What we are looking at here is the small group of scientists who have for years been more influential in driving the worldwide alarm over global warming than any others, not least through the role they play at the heart of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)." (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/...)
Claiming to save the planet is no excuse for scientific fraud
Global warming may, indeed, be a real phenomenon. But trying to "prove" it by conspiring to manipulate the data in order to be right is absolutely the wrong way to go about studying the issue. In fact, these ClimateGate revelations have soundly discredited much of the global warming scientific community to the point where whatever these people say from now on simply cannot be trusted.
And that's a shame because the question remains: What if the global warming scientists are really right? What if they're right for all the wrong reasons, and they let their egos and their professional pride get in the way of conducting real science, thereby discrediting the very notion they were attempting to prove? That's a possibility we would still do well to consider.
Yet, from their released emails, it's quite clear these scientists were manipulating data ( Read more... )
Three questions we need to be asking
In order to know what's truly happening with human-caused climate change, we need to get accurate answers to the following three questions:
Question #1) Are CO2 emissions on the rise? And by how much? (The answer to this is clearly yes. This part isn't being debated.)
Question #2) Will high CO2 levels in the atmosphere cause global warming? If so, what will be the climate effects at different CO2 levels? (This is the part being debated.)
Question #3) What can we do to prevent devastating climate change from occurring? (This is also being heavily debated.)
In my mind, there's no question that what we dump into the air affects the climate in some way, but as I'm not a climate scientist, I must rely on others to determine what levels of carbon dioxide are correlated with observable climate effects (such as a change in atmospheric temperature or lack thereof). What I've learned from the ClimateGate scandal is that I really can't trust these scientists to tell the truth about their findings, and that leaves me in a position of having more questions than ever before.
It won't change my behavior, though. I'll still engage in recycling. I'll continue with my plans to install solar panels to power my house. I'll keep planting trees and growing most of my own food locally. Regardless of who's right about ClimateGate, we all have a responsibility to reduce our footprint on this planet, or we may someday discover some other environmental tsunami rising up to haunt us in ways we may have never imagined.
The ClimateGate scientists may have made complete fools of themselves, but I believe we must still practice ecologically-sound "green living" in our own way, each and every day, to the best of our abilities. In other words, don't let the egos of a small group of scientists distract you from the very real need to protect the future of life on our planet. Reduce your own environmental footprint in ways that you can. Conserve and protect what we have on this planet, and we may yet have a planet left for our children a few generations down the line.
Remember: Just because these scientists manipulated the data doesn't mean we all have free license to endlessly pollute the planet. If these scientists really were hiding data indicating global warming isn't as bad as we thought, that would only be a blessing because it would mean we have more time than we thought to reduce the eco-footprint of human life on Earth (hopefully without invoking nefarious Big Brother population control measures...) ( Read more... )
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Below from fulguritus on FaceBook. Go to URL at end for pics.
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Tribe of Ukrainian Fighting Women (Pics) By: Dahlia Rideout
French photojournalist Guillaume Herbaut spent some time with an unusual and tough group of 150 Ukrainian women who call themselves “Asgarda.” These women live in the Carpathian Mountains and follow a rigorous routine of fighting and boxing, often with medieval weaponry.
The women idolize Yulia Tymoshenko, the icon of the Orange Revolution and leader of the Ukrainian Fatherland party.
The portraits are inspiring, bizarre, and strangely beautiful. Source: Oeilpublic.com
When I was a kid, I did not get very many vaccines compared to what kids are exposed to today. I remember having egg allergies as a pre-teen. I got over the allergies in my late teens. I never had any immune shots other than Salk (polio) and tetanus as a teen.
No vaccinations for me as an adult, and no problems with eggs. I just started eating eggs in my tuna fish salad smoothie. I probably had less than a dozen eggs in the past year. Now I am going thru 15 or so eggs a week. No sign of egg allergies.
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I've always wondered if the prevalence of egg allergy in kids comes from having vaccines cultured on eggs, so that the immune system would build up antibodies to the eggs as well as to the targeted germ. My daughter had egg allergies when she was little, and we laid off eggs for a year or two, and also had no more vaccines. After that period she was fine with eggs. That's the way the immune system works. It "forgets" an "enemy" if you stay away from exposure to that substance long enough. That is why people need booster shots, in theory.
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On the heals of all this relationship talk-another friend told me that he thought Jeff and I were "two peas in a pod". That utterly surprised reaction that I get when I tell someone that we've broken up is making me crazy. I KNOW ALREADY, GUYS. You don't have to tell me :/
Relationships are hard, but there are a few things we all should keep in mind to keep a relationship healthy and moving forward. I recently read a blog where the author wrote out some common reasons that men end relationships and I think I would like to offer some perspective for BOTH sides of the game. This is not why every man or woman leaves; it's some very real things that have gone wrong in some relationships that I hope can help save some fighting and even heartache. ( Why men leave ) ( Why women leave ) ( Maybe there's something that can be done )
Cathy Malmrose gives a glimpse into a project where seven year old girls build desktops with Ubuntu for their grandparents.
One early spring day as we were walking home from the bakery on the corner, we passed by a neighbor and struck up a conversation. He complained about his desktop being constantly attacked by viruses. We suggested Ubuntu. A professional man in his 50s, he said he wanted to try installing a Linux distribution on his desktop but that, “it looks too complicated. I probably couldn’t install Ubuntu. I don’t want the hassle.”
My little five year old daughter had been snuggled in my arms while I was talking to this neighbor. She had been listening closely. When we got home, she said, “Mom, I can install Ubuntu. I bet I can. Can I try? Can I try?”
As a mother who wants to foster her children’s interests in all things technical and scientific, I dropped the loaf of french bread and turned on a nearby desktop. I did a quick back-up and wiped the system. I handed my daughter Anna an install CD and said, “Here you go.”
Someone on FaceBook (I won't say who) has recently posted about a heart attack he had when he was 30 years old. The doc's told him that the heart attack happened not for "medical reasons" but because he was under high stress. WTF! Why would they consider a potentially lethally stressful lifestyle to NOT be medical problem?
Below is a snippet from a health list. Names have been removed. A woman (who is a vegetarian) was told by her doc that she is malnourished. The doc wants her to take something called "Ensure". Below is a response from a licensed dietitian.
"I am a registered dietitian and I see absolutely nothing of merit in a can of Ensure, except maybe if you have no other source of food(such as in an emergency).
"I would stick with adding in more dairy foods (with the dairy fat such as whole milk kefir, yogurt, cheese) and lots of egg yolks if you are not allergic to either, along with a good multivitamin if you don't take one already. If you are anemic, it will be extremely hard for you to correct that without a iron supplement, or B-12 or folate as the case may be according to your blood tests."
IMO, vegetarians have a rough time getting all nutrients they need. Essential omega 3 oils come from fish. NON-essential omega 3's are found in plants. Vitamin D2 (found in plants) needs to be converted by the body into D3 Some people can't do the conversion very efficiently. D3 comes from fish, or can be made from lanolin. Vitamin B-12 is another nutrient vegetarians and vegans often lack. Some vegans I have known refuse to take Vitamin B-12.
I am not surprised that the vegetarian might have malnourishment problems. But the dietitian feels the doc is giving bad advice. I have no idea if the vegetarian is lacto-ovo or not, so maybe dairy and eggs won't work for her. But that would, IMO, be reason to question whether vegetarianism is really right for a malnourished person.
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kellcrow7 was supposed to get her DSL Direct Elite internet service last Wednesday, but AT&T fucked up royally! They sent her a DSL modem for use with a landline. Only she has NO landline. So they promised her the correct hardware will arrive on Saturday. We shall see if AT&T fucks up again.
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I have never owned or operated an Apple computer. Nothing I have ever read about them makes me want to buy one. Mac users tend to feel vastly superior to us Windows users. But they never make it clear why they feel so superior. The ONLY point they make which has some validity is that malware focuses on Windows machines. Of course, I read that the only reason Macs are free from malware is because Mac isn't popular enough to attract the makers of viruses, trojan horses, etc. If Mac got much more popular, the malware would manifest on Macs as well as Windows boxes.
Just now I read an article posted by Michael Alexander on FaceBook which reinforces my negative feelings about Apple. First part of article below. Rest of article on the URL at end.
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iPhone upgrades - a one-way control-freak street
Destroying the past for your own damn good
By Rik Myslewski in San Francisco
Posted in Mobile, 27th November 2009 07:02 GMT
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For over 30 years, your personal computer has been, well, your personal computer. You could install whatever software you liked - provided it was compatible. After installing an app or an operating system, if you then decided you preferred the previous version, you were free to uninstall the new and revert to the old.
But nowadays, that's not entirely true. You can't revert software on your iPhone. Why? Because Apple doesn't trust you.
Last month, after Apple unveiled the new iPhone 3.1 OS, more than a few Reg readers asked how - or, indeed, if - they could revert their iPhone operating systems back to version 3.0 when they experienced battery, WiFi, and other problems after upgrading to version 3.1.
The answer is they can't. At least not officially. And much the same goes for iPhone applications.
I am not posting this because of Harry Brown's political aspirations. I am posting it because the principles below seem to me to be a good way to run one's life, no matter who is in the Whitehouse. Click line at end of his post to get to the webpage and the rest of the information.
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[How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World by Harry Browne is back in print. The new 387 page hardcover edition has the complete original text, with a new afterword by Harry Browne. The book is available for purchase at http://www.bookzone.com/bookzone/10001105.html.]
Introduction In his superb classic How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World, Harry Browne defines freedom as living your life as you want to live it. He claims that you can enjoy a high degree of freedom right now. He indicates that:
"Hoping to be free, many people engage in continual social combat — joining movements, urging political action, writing letters to editors and Congressmen, trying to educate people. They hope that someday it will all prove to have been worthwhile.
But as the years go by they see little overall change. Small victories are won; defeats set them back. The world seems to continue on its path to wherever it’s going. Until they die, the hopeful remain just as enslaved as they’ve always been.
The plans, the movements, the crusades — none of these things has worked. And so the unfree man continues to dream, to condemn, and to remain where he is.
There must be a better way…
Fortunately, there is such a way…
There’s a way that depends entirely upon what you choose to do. You can live your life as you want to live it — no matter what others decide to do with their lives."
By trying to change others in order to become free you’re always trying to do something out of your control. On the other hand, you can use methods to free yourself that are completely under your control.
There are two basic reasons why most people remain enslaved:
They’re unaware of the many options and alternatives available to them;
They accept without challenge certain assumptions that restrict their freedom.
Harry calls these assumptions traps. As long as you don’t challenge these assumptions, they can keep you enslaved.
If you want to increase your freedom, Harry Browne’s How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World is must reading. I don’t know of any other book that even comes close to providing you with such powerful self-liberating information. Here I can only present you with a brief overview. ( Read more... )
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