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John Bobbit isn't amused! ?

But, enquiring minds want to know... Do you consider yourself a Blow Monkey Bob? ?

Become a vegan? (Too soon??)

Very well done! Nice score! (And the music wasn't bad either!?) Good luck to both of you. ??

As long as Meghan doesn't try to sing like Yoko, I'm ok with it. ?

Well, then it's probably a good thing that very few people would want to see "Trademark" on a bumper sticker, ya? ?

This was aired last month and is very interesting (I watched because the second segment was the use of psilocybin in a clinical setting, an area I've been studying). The progress is headed by the same guy that led the team in decoding the human genome. It's NOT a fast and easy solution (very painful), but it IS effective for what it currently targets. I seem to recall that they said they've found "solutions" for over 500 DNA issues, but need to create therapeutic strategies for each still. That said, these obviously target incorrect genetic code issues which most cancers do not fall under. In addition to oxygen therapy (mentioned previously), I'm very curious about the use of natural supplements to combat cancer (all in addition to reducing sugar intake, increasing hydration and high-intensity interval training, HIIT, to improve blood-flow which naturally improves the delivery of oxygen to the body). Some that have shown promise are fucoidan (found in brown seaweed); the various parts of the Graviola tree (found in the Amazon); AHCC (activated hexose correlate compound - a hybridization of several kinds of medicinal mushrooms); lactoferrin; concentrated flax hull lignans; cesium chloride (typically combined with dimethyl sulfoxide, or DMSO); Agaricus Blazei Murill (ABM - a mushroom out of Brazil); Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis); Meshima (an Asian mushroom); an extract from Broccoli; another extract from Green Tea; a modified citrus pectin (MCP); Diindolylmethane (DIM); Stinging Nettle; Chinese skullcap; Berberine; Pomegranate; Ganoderma lucidum (a.k.a., the Reishi mushroom); Pygeum bark; crinum latifolium (a Vietnamese herb); compounds in wheat germ called DMBQ; and all the new stem-cell/T-Cell discoveries. Actually, the new approaches to stem-cells and T-Cells (the cells that can become anything in your body, as you age you lose a lot, by 35 you've already lost around 55%!) are very interesting. There's a new treatment that's expensive (over $100k) that requires needles and precise laboratory work but, I'm finding that this procedure can now be approached with a combination of supplements. I'm trying one combination now and am already seeing results!

Bummer! ?

Wait... I thought you liked Scandinavian women with tails, no? ?

I think I need to have a Baroque day soon... (I've had enough of them financially, but they aren't as enjoyable as the musical ones! ?)

tl; dr Studies have shown that people who have more birthdays tend to live longer. ?

The part highlighted in red above is where the problems start. Cells, just like most other living things, will try anything to stay alive. When they are deprived of enough oxygen, they begin to use substitutes with glucose being the most accessible. Although I'm NOT certain of the actual process (I'm neither an oncologist nor have I studied this area to the depths I've researched other things), but it's once it reaches the 40% tipping point that the cell begins to mutate. As Starise alluded to, there are usually other factors involved and, actually, this is one of the main reasons targeted, human-created treatments have issues: The body works synergistically, not as a bunch of separate functions. Oxygen therapy is similar to the barometric treatment you get if you have the "Bends" (air-bubbles in your blood supply from surfacing too quick while deep-sea diving). The goal being to enrich the oxygen levels of the cells so they don't need to rely on sugars. Currently, the so-called "treatments" for cancer are the equivalent of setting your house on fire to get rid of termites. There are two main reasons for all the celebration among cancer survivors: The first is the most obvious, to acknowledge those who have fought and won, but the second is to subtly imply that the treatments are effective so people will continue to use them. What they DON'T want the public to realize is that nearly 98% of those that take chemotherapy do not survive! (Here's one report: According to a 2004 report by Morgan, Ward, and Barton: "The contribution of cytotoxic chemotherapy to 5-year survival in adult malignancies. ... survival in adults was estimated to be 2.3% in Australia and 2.1% in the USA." See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15630849, or https://www.burtongoldberg.com/home/burtongoldberg/contribution-of-chemotherapy-to-five-year-survival-rate-morgan.pdf) Studies have also discovered that at least 80% of oncologists won't take chemotherapy for themselves should they contract cancer. So, like the picture of the Centenarian smoking above, there's always going to be a few exceptions to the rule, however, if you only publicize the exceptions, the general masses (that typically do zero research) tend to assume that the exceptions are actually the norm. This is why, whenever you turn on just about any mainstream media currently, the news is almost always horrible. The reason is almost always a political agenda (I won't go down this path here, but it should be pretty obvious that governments like to create problems that they can solve by taxing and removing freedoms - money, power and control of the masses - same as it's been for millennia). One example was after marijuana was legalized in Oregon (2015). A news report trumpeted the 16 traffic fatalities caused by marijuana and driving!!! What they intentionally leave out is the fact that there were 13 traffic fatalities a few years earlier (2004) that involved marijuana - and this was before it became legal. What they also leave out is how that number compares to all traffic fatalities. For example, in 2016, there were 495 traffic fatalities in Oregon. One look at all the statistics and you could conclude that having only THREE additional deaths that involved (the now legalized) marijuana isn't really all that bad, and, how do we know that any of those wouldn't have occurred anyway if marijuana wasn't present? Needless to say, that's not the message those that control the media wanted to send! ---------------------------------------------------- As a side-note on the original topic, the mind and body are incredible things! I've not only witnessed, but have had personal proof, that so-called "impossible" (per the mainstream medical society) things can occur. Intent is HUGE!!! My Mom flatly stated that she would beat her cancer and she was only one of two survivors for the type of ovarian cancer that she had (the survival rate was only 0.03%!!!). She's going on 91 in May and has been cancer-free for 22 years now. However, the bulk of her current health issues stem from the chemo treatments she had to take back then. The other main component (which applies to many areas of life) is KNOWING. This goes beyond belief. No, I'm not talking about Scientology or anything like that but, what I've found is that too many people feel that there's only one way to do things. I've realized that almost all of the different areas have something to offer, albeit sometimes buried in nonsense. There's a lot of good in both Eastern and Western medical philosophies, you just need to weed out the parts that are either added for "mystical/magical effect" or for profit (i.e., most of the prescription medication in Western medicine which, by the way, the physicians usually only learn about from pharmaceutical reps!). Remember: Your physician is NOT trained in the medicines they prescribe, pharmacists are.

Never smoked anything and have no desire to start now! So... I'll go with:

Q: How do you make a cat sound like a dog? A: Soak it in lighter fluid then light a match! *Woof!* Q: How do you make a dog sound like a cat? A: Freeze it then take a chainsaw to it! *Meeeeeeoooow!!!* *Disclaimer: No small, furry animals were harmed in the making of this joke.* ?

Cue Bapu, Steve, et. al. to add their cover of that!

Having been a part owner in an Alternative Energy startup who's PhD work is in the brain/mind area, I've seen quite a bit of information regarding EMF's ranging from informative to probably hysterical hype. The jury's still somewhat out on this subject. The main issue is this: The brain is a very electrical device that was never meant to be subjected to "unnatural" vibrations like the frequencies coming from power lines, cell phones, WiFi, etc. The next problem is the vast amounts of misinformation or downright subliminal brainwashing from all forms of media. The accuracy of main-stream reporting is FAR less than the mass public would ever believe (and reality is much, much weirder than you think). The biggest threat to mankind as a whole comes from a select few who have promoted money and power over caring for other humans that share the planet. Much of this is buried and you have to spend months down some pretty dark rabbit holes to truly discover the scope of what's going on. After losing houses, vehicles and about a million dollars back in the so-called "Credit Crunch" of 2008-9, I did just this (including three solid months then and more since). What I found makes most conspiracy theories look tame, so I'm not going to expound on that topic here. Plus, now that Net Neutrality has been overturned, a lot of companies (like Google) have started openly censoring the internet "in favor of more reputable sources like mass media and Wikipedia" - yes, they actually said that. That said, the parts that apply here are these: Cancer is far more understood than you'll ever hear. It comes from when a cell loses 40% of its oxygen (a doctor won the Nobel Prize back in the 30's for this discovery) - Although banned in the U.S., a few of the highest ranking people in the FDA have been documented going to West Germany for oxygen therapy when they contracted cancer There are safer ways to produce power, but they don't make enough money (as J. P. Morgan once said "If I can't put a meter on it, I don't want it!") There are actually some experimental ways to use magnets around the brain that are beneficial The FDA will not approve anything that will prevent or cure - they will only approve treatments (and are funded by those who benefit most from this) The FCC is run by a guy who was a lawyer for Verizon The country that came up with 5G (Israel) won't even allow it in their country - too dangerous. The bottom line is this: All of those who are supposed to be looking out for YOU are not; if a benefit doesn't make someone a profit, it will be suppressed. The new types of communication (e.g., 5G) utilize microwaves (the frequency term) for example. It was a radar communications engineer who discovered that these waves can cook things back in the 40's, however the devices we use to cook are shielded. Would you have an unshielded microwave oven running in your bedroom? Ironically, many people do! Sure, they're at lower power, but all Blue Tooth devices, WiFi's, cell phones use frequencies that are unnatural to our brains. So, I seriously doubt that Neal's use of headphones had anything to do with his brain cancer. However, there are so many suspects that it would be hard to narrow the true cause down. Feel free to start your own investigations. Here's one guy who survived who has started his own campaign to get people aware of the dangers: Lloyd Burrell