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Doppler ultrasonography in equine musculoskeletal imaging
Journal Club – Summary
In horses with digital flexor tendinopathy or suspensory desmitis/desmopathy, does doppler ultrasonography provide addition useful information compared with B-mode ultrasonography?
Ultrasonography is the mainstay of the diagnosis of soft tissue injuries of the equine distal limb. The purpose of this critically-appraised topic was to determine whether there is scientific evidence for its use alongside b-mode ultrasonography in horses.
The search terms "(horse* OR equi*) AND (tendon* OR tendin* OR ligament* OR desm*) AND doppler" were generated from the question and inputted into the PubMed search engine. Seventeen results were yielded, of which eight were deemed to contain information potentially relevant to the PICO question.
Four studies investigated the use of power1 or colour2-4 doppler, and in four studies colour doppler was a dependant variable5-8.
A small case-control, semi-blind, prospective study1 documented B-mode parameters (lesion length and cross-sectional area [CSA], tendon CSA) and grade of power doppler signal in the suspensory ligament branches of lame (n=8) and sound (n=5) horses. Doppler signal was present in 11/20 symptomatic branches, with higher doppler grades (3/4, 4/4) seen in severe lesions. Mild (23) or moderate (2) B-mode abnormalities were identified in 25/48 asymptomatic branches, of which 12/25 had mild doppler signal. No doppler signal was seen in branches without B-mode abnormalities. Power doppler may help to differentiate between acute and healed lesions seen on B-mode ultrasonography, however there is a potential for false-positive results.
In 10 thoroughbred racehorses with naturally-occurring superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) lesions, tendon CSA (p<0.001) more than measures of doppler flow (p<0.05) were positively correlated with lesion CSA.2
Colour doppler signal was identified in 6.4% transverse images of asymptomatic SDFTs in young racehorses acquired over a 5-month training period.3 Of the 864 transverse images most positive results were in April (n=35), then February (n=14) and December (n=7), indicating a possible physiological response to increasing workload. Although no horses developed SDFT lesions in B-mode, a lack of follow-up data means that conclusions regarding whether increased doppler signal indicated preclinical injury cannot be made.
Four horses with surgically-induced bilateral forelimb SDFT lesions, were evaluated using doppler ultrasonography before and after sclerosing therapy.4 However, the reported data were incomplete and meaningful conclusions cannot be drawn.
One study reported differences in colour doppler signal in healing surgical lesions in the SDFTs between forelimbs and hindlimbs.5 However no correlation with differences in b-mode ultrasonography, biomechanical properties, clinical outcome, or histological grading of healing were identified and so the clinical relevance of the differences in doppler signal is unclear.
Significant differences in doppler signal between surgically-induced SDFT lesions treated with adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AT-MSC) or a control substance two weeks post-treatment were reported.6 The authors concluded that AT-MSC promoted neovascularisation during the proliferative phase of healing, however the data do not justify this conclusion because at 22 weeks there was a significant difference (p<0.0001) in histological vessel count between the two groups, yet no significant difference in doppler signal.
The prospective part of one study identified 2/6 true-positive, 3/6 true-negative and 1/6 false-negative results for determination of clinical significance of lesions in association with mineralisation within the DDFT.7
Colour doppler was used inconsistently to evaluate a thickened mesotenon in horses with manica flexoria tears and so it was impossible to ascertain the significance of the results.8
In conclusion, there is currently a lack of correlation between doppler signal in equine tendons or ligaments with clinical, biomechanical, or histological parameters. The relative usefulness of power versus colour doppler, and the effect of workload need to be ascertained. Large-scale, prospective studies are required to determine whether doppler can provide additional diagnostic or prognostic information to B-mode ultrasonography. Currently, scientific support is weak and any evidence for its usefulness in equine musculoskeletal imaging is anecdotal.
- Rabba S., Grulke S., Verwilghen D., Evrard L., Busoni V. (2017) B-mode and power doppler ultrasonography of the equine suspensory ligament branches: A descriptive study on 13 Vet. Radiol. Ultrasound 59: 453-60.
- Murata D., Kazuhiro M., Fujiki M. (2012) A preliminary study of diagnostic colour doppler ultrasonography in equine superficial digital flexor tendonitis. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 74: 1639-42.
- Hatazoe T., Endo Y., Iwamoto Y., Korosue K., Kuroda T., Inoue S., Murata D., Hobo S., Misumi K. (2015) A study of the distribution of colour doppler flows in the superficial digital flexor tendon of young Thoroughbreds during their training periods. J. Equine Sci. 26: 99-104.
- Boesen M.I., Nanni S., Langberg H., Boesen M., Falk-Ronne J., Bliddal H., Torp-Pedersen S. (2007) Colour doppler ultrasonography and sclerosing therapy in diagnosis and treatment of tendinopathy in horses- a research model for human medicine. Knee Surg. Sports Traumatol. Arthrosc. 15: 935-9.
- Estrada R.J., Van Weeren P.R., Van de Lest C.H.A., Boere J., Reyes M., Ionita J.C., Estrada M., Lischer C.J. (2014) Comparison of healing in forelimb and hindlimb surgically induced core lesions of the equine superficial digital flexor tendon. Comp. Orthop. Traumatol. 5: 358-65.
- Conze P., van Shie H.T.M., Van Weeren R., Staszyk C., Conrad S., Skutella T., Hopster K., Rohn K., Stadler P., Geburek F. (2014) Effect of autologous adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells on neovascularisation of artificial equine tendon lesions. Regen. Med. 9: 743-57.
- O'Brien E.J.O., Smith R.K.W. (2017) Mineralisation can be an incidental ultrasonographic finding in equine tendons and ligaments. Vet. Radiol. Ultrasound 59: 613-23.
- Da Fonseca R.M.G., Evrard L., Rabba S., Salciccia A., Busoni V. (2017) Dynamic flexion/extension and non-weight bearing ultrasonography is helpful for identifying manica flexoria tears in horses. Vet. Radiol. Ultrasound 60: 65-74.


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Q: I was given a careless driving citation for wrecking my truck
I was on a rural road about to get to a highway and a big animal jumped in front of the truck the ground was wet and slippery so I lost control of the vehicle and drove off the side of the road into a ditch and damaged my truck I'm going to court what should I expect? I don't mind the fine I'd rather pay it but I'm afraid of the possible jail sentence
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I have always agreed with the concept of Ethical Realism which proposes that morality has its basis in objective common realities found in human nature. The concept of a common nature is not controversial to a Christian. You just attribute it to God when its good and conveniently attribute it to us when its bad.lol
So now you think morality is objective?
Or is that typical sophistry of the atheist?
I don't believe you think it objective, just more 'hiding the argument'
You've yet to show us any credible theory on how you make some magical delineation within yourself categorizing what you do that is attributable to God and what you do that is attributable to us. It is all made up to maintain some fabricated supernatural weave of belief whose affects only await us in the hereafter - which is also a convenience of faith. Why accept this reality? Just make up some other reality but make sure that the rules of this other-reality are adhered to in this one even though you'll never see any tangible result of your faith in it. Its a scam on its very surface.
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Leno: It's safe to say that we learned about these threats [to US embassies] through the NSA intelligence program? Is that a fair assessment?"We don't have a domestic spying program." Ha ha whut. Even more incredible is listening to the President talk about "whistleblower protection" while his administration is busily waging war on whistleblowers. [CN: Violent language at link.] This is just deeply dishonest.
Obama: Well, this intelligence-gathering that we do is a critical component of counterterrorism. And obviously, with Mr. Snowden and the disclosures of classified information, this raised a lot of questions for people. But what I said as soon as it happened I continue to believe in, which is a lot of these programs were put in place before I came in. I had some skepticism, and I think we should have a healthy skepticism about what government is doing. I had the programs reviewed. We put in some additional safeguards to make sure that there's federal court oversight as well as congressional oversight, that there is no spying on Americans.
We don't have a domestic spying program. What we do have are some mechanisms where we can track a phone number or an email address that we know is connected to some sort of terrorist threat. And that information is useful. But what I've said before I want to make sure I repeat, and that is we should be skeptical about the potential encroachments on privacy. None of the revelations show that government has actually abused these powers, but they're pretty significant powers.
And I've been talking to Congress and civil libertarians and others about are there additional ways that we can make sure that people know nobody is listening to your phone call, but we do want to make sure that after a Boston bombing, for example, we've got the phone numbers of those two brothers — we want to be able to make sure did they call anybody else? Are there networks in New York, are there networks elsewhere that we have to roll up? And if we can make sure that there's confidence on the part of the American people that there's oversight, then I think we can make sure that we're properly balancing our liberty and our security.
Leno: When we come back, I want to ask you about Russia and Snowden. I hit on something in the monologue which just seems incredible to me, and I want to get your thoughts on that.
More with the President when we come back. (Applause.)
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Leno: Welcome back to our discussion with President Barack Obama. (Applause.) Let me ask you about this — the NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Some call him a whistleblower. What do you call him?
Obama: Well, we don't know yet exactly what he did, other than what he's said on the Internet, and it's important for me not to prejudge something.
Leno: Got you.
Obama: Hopefully, at some point he'll go to trial and he will have a lawyer and due process, and we can make those decisions.
I can tell you that there are ways, if you think that the government is abusing a program, of coming forward. In fact, I, through executive order, signed whistleblower protection for intelligence officers or people who are involved in the intelligence industry. So you don't have to break the law. You don't have to divulge information that could compromise American security. You can come forward, come to the appropriate individuals and say, look, I've got a problem with what's going on here, I'm not sure whether it's being done properly.
If, in fact, the allegations are true, then he didn't do that. And that is a huge problem because a lot of what we do depends on terrorists networks not knowing that, in fact, we may be able to access their information.
Leno: Let me add — now, he was a contracted employee.
Obama: Yes.
Leno: And it seems the government has a lot of these. I remember when I was coming up my brother was in ROTC, and in those days, they would take college students, you go into the Army, the Army would train you. This guy is being paid money by an outside firm, living in Hawaii, got the stripper girlfriend. All of a sudden you're all upset with what the government is doing, and you go to another country. I mean, in my era, Daniel Ellsberg stood in the town square and said, "I've got this," got arrested, The New York Times — I mean, should we go back to not using so many — whether it's Blackwater or any of these contract — these people who are Hessians, they get paid?
Obama: Well, I think you're raising an important issue. We've been trying to reduce the reliance on contractors. Some of the contractors do a great job, and they're patriots and they're trying to support our mission. Sometimes they can do it more efficiently or effectively if they've got some specialized knowledge. But one of the things that I've asked our team to look at is, when it comes to intelligence, should we, in fact, be farming that much stuff out. And there are a lot of extraordinarily capable folks in our military and our government who can do this, and probably do it cheaper, and then benefit from the training that they get so that when they transfer — (applause) — they're in a better position.
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Houston Texans: Grading the team at the halfway point of the season
Pass Defense
The Texans rank 27th in passing defense, as they've allowed the second-most yards through the air thus far. Furthermore, the Texans have allowed the fourth-most passing touchdowns and have had only five interceptions. This is obviously something that needs to get corrected soon, as this is not the recipe for success. Part of the problem is that the Texans have dealt with a plethora of injuries in the secondary, as they've had injuries to Johnathan Joseph, Tashaun Gipson, Bradley Roby, Lonnie Johnson, and Phillip Gaines.
Because of the injury woes, the Texans have been forced to turn to players such as Briean Boddy-Calhoun Cornell Armstrong, and Keion Crossen, who they acquired to play a major role on special teams. The Texans will have to get better in this area, which is why they traded for Gareon Conley, as he is known to be better in man coverage. The Texans will be better when fully healthy, but they will need depth in the secondary, as Joseph can't be relied upon to shut down one side of the field anymore. The early returns on Roby have been encouraging, and if Conley is able to continue to make plays, the pass defense could improve over the second half of the season.
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Well it's time to celebrate Diwali and bhai dooj with family and friends and so may be tempted to binge on sweets, chocolates, cakes, cold drinks. while you may have pledged to keep fit but may end up with diet mistakes.
Here's how to avoid them:
Enjoy the sweets but control their portion sizes as the sugar and fat in them will take a toll on your health as well as weight. Enjoy but with control over your mind. - INCREASE FIBER
Maida and sugar in the sweets can make you constipated. so increase fiber in the form of veggies and fruits. They will also keep you full and hence you may not be tempted to eat more sweets. - NO FAST, NO FEAST
This is the major mistake which we commit during festivities and parties. we skip meals and then we binge. This is the main reason for weight gain. You may suffer from fatigue as well when you do not eat at proper interval. - HYDRATE YOURSELF WITH WATER
Avoid too much of tea,coffee,cold drinks and packaged drinks this Diwali. Drink water as it will not only fill you but also helps to detox. Fresh coconut water or lemon water without sugar is a good choice. - SAY NO TO COCKTAILS AND MOCKTAILS
They are full of calories. Moreover, they dehydrate the body. Enjoy the festivities and have alcohol in moderation only. Best to be avoided. - AVOID OIL BASED SNACKS
Steaming, grilling and baking are healthier methods of cooking food. Avoid fried snacks like samosa. kachori, instead opt for dhokla, idlis. similarly fried sweets like jalebi and gulab jamun can be replaced with sponge rasgullas. - AVOID PROCESSED AND SALTED FOOD
It is not only the sugar which throws your diet plan out of gear but also equally responsible are processed and salted foods.
Wish you a Happy and Healthy Diwali and Bhai dooj. Eat sensibly to stay healthy.
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Senior Spotlight Class of 2022: Audie Tejkl
By: Kennedy Settje, a senior at Leigh High School
On May 7, 2004, Ron and Loretta Tejkl were blessed with their first child, Audie Anton Tejkl.
Audie was born in Norfolk, Nebraska. Audie has 3 older siblings: Andrew, age 31, Thomas, 33, and Elizabeth, 35. Audie also has two dogs, Jackie and Tank.
Audie has participated in a variety of extracurricular activities during his high school career. He has been involved in One-Act, FFA, and choir for 4 years; and speech for 2 years. Audie earned numerous acting awards in One-Act throughout his 4 years of involvement.
Audie sees himself back on the farm in 10-15 years, hopefully thinking about starting a family of his own. He also hopes to own his own house. Three of Audie's goals on his bucket list are to travel to another country, buy a brand-new vehicle, and win a trapshooting competition. The country Audie would like to travel to is Germany.
Audie's favorite subject in school is history. When Audie is not in school, he can possibly be found taking part in his favorite hobby, trapshooting. He also loves the Cars movies because of the nostalgia he has with them. Audie's favorite song is "Heart on Fire" by Eric Church and his favorite sports team is the Huskers. If he could choose any food to eat, he would pick mac and cheese.
Audie's advice to underclassmen is "Find something that brings you joy, even if someone else may think it's stupid. If you truly enjoy it, then that's what really matters."
When asking Audie what his most embarrassing moment in high school was, his answer was "Just one?"
The person Audie admires most is his dad because he works even when he doesn't feel like it. His work ethic is unmatched, and Audie strives to be like that someday.
Audie considers his worst habit to be procrastination.
If Audie won the lottery, he would help pay his parent's bills and get them the house they've always wanted. He would help out his other family members and then spend the rest on himself.
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KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii – Kailua-Kona celebrated the memory of King Kamehameha the Great on Saturday, with its annual parade down Alii Drive.
Usually held the first weekend following the state holiday – after the lei draping ceremonies and festivals in Hilo and North Kohala – the Kamehameha Day parade is always well attended.
This year, former Senator Daniel Akaka served as the parade's grand marshal.
He was be accompanied by members of his family, including his daughter-in-law, Anna, who led an equestrian unit as this year's Pa'u Queen.
Barbara Nobriga is the chairperson of the Kamehameha Day parade in Kona. She has been doing it since 1967.
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Green blessings and welcome to the first installment of fun with garlic mustard.
Garlic mustard (Alliaria officinalis), a wild member of the cabbage family, is delicious, available year round, and loaded with important phyto-nutrients such as sulforophane. See if you can find some this week. It grows by the road, in your garden, under shrubs, even in the forest.
Both the leaves and the roots of garlic mustard are edible and medicinal. The roots, also known as wild horseradish, taste just like their big sister and make an incredible Garlic Mustard Root Vinegar.
Garlic mustard is very invasive, taking up the habitats of rare woodland plants like trillium, and carpeting the ground in gardens. The seeds produce a poison when they sprout that renders all other seeds in the soil unable to sprout or grow. Many people spend the spring pulling out as much garlic mustard as they can.
Pull away. Not with malice, with gratitude. Use the garlic mustard roots you pull to make Garlic Mustard Root Vinegar. It's fast, easy, and ever so yummy.
Garlic Mustard Root Vinegar
Find some garlic mustard and sit with it. Tell it you are going to harvest it.
Acknowledge that you are giving death to the plants. Dig up as many roots as you wish.
Soak the whole plant in cold water to loosen the dirt, then rinse.
Cut off the larger leaves, but keep the smaller purplish leaves and all petioles; chop.
Fill a glass or plastic jar with your chopped herb and then fill it to the top with apple cider vinegar.
Close with a non-metallic lid and label with the contents and date. Very shortly the red coloration will be visible in the center of the roots.
Within four hours the red coloration and the taste have moved out of the roots into the vinegar.
You can start using your Garlic Mustard Root Vinegar immediately on salads or stirred into water and taken to relieve sinus congestion.
Yes, it does better and stronger if you let it sit longer, but go ahead and use it now. Wow! I'll tell you how I use garlic mustard leaves next week.
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The 16th edition of the "Polemos" book fair – history, political science, security and defence, an event through which the Military Publishing House marks the Romanian Army Day every year, will take place on 19-22 October 2022 at the Arts Gallery of the National Military Circle.
On Wednesday 19 October 2022, at 2.30 p.m., the paper Măn a wooden monastery, a unique monastic complex in Romania. Historical monograph, published at Published by the Academy of Romanian Scientists, in exceptional graphic conditions. Author: Prof. Valentin Ciorbea, corresponding member of AOSR. Ion Giurcă and Valentin Ciorbea will speak.
Professor Valentin Ciorbea takes the reader through the troubled history of the settlement, which has repeatedly gone through "ecstasy and agony" over the centuries. This work is the most comprehensive historical monograph on the Dintr-un Lemn Monastery, one of the most important monuments of Romanian medieval art.
The Centre for Research on the Cooperation of the Orthodox Church and the Romanian Army "General Paul Teodorescu", headed by Mr. Professor Valentin Ciorbea, founding director, who organizes the annual Național Church și Army. Tradițiile conlucției. The materials presented during the symposium on the cooperation between the Orthodox Church and the Romanian Army, the history of the Orthodox Church and other religions in Romania, the history of the Romanian Army, major historical events in Romanian history, reviews and book presentations are published in the periodical "Mission", which appears under the aegis of the Academy of Romanian Scientists and the Archdiocese of Ramnic.


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The TV Seems To Be Heating Up
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TV right now is awesome. So you're a fan of Grey's Anatomy? And I'm supposed to be gay?
I love Veronica Mars, Scrubs, Earl, Battlestar, and anything on the Food Network. Guys who can cook are even more sexy than repressed cowboys. -
Well, I only watch 24 of the ones you listed (Most TV has to be too obviously clever for its own good to succeed), but I caught Boston Legal tonight, and I have to say, I have not consistently enjoyed a TV show like that for a long time.
And, as a person who thought that 24 should've ended after the underwhelming Day 3, I have to say Day 5 is the best one yet after they dropped the whiny teenager. Who knew Sean Astin could play such an asshole? -
Here's a dirty little secret that no one really wants to say… TV right now is producing better quality shows than Hollywood movies…
I'd rather watch a new episode of the Sopranos then watch any of the Oscar nominated movies again…
TV is getting better writing, acting, stars, production value, story lines….. -
Yeah, there's some very quality stuff out there. Unfortunately LOST of all things is getting praised left right and centre? Why. That show is gonna hit a brick wall sooner than later methinks.
i loves me some Grey's Anatomy (the casting IS fantastic on that show. Sandra Oh 4 president plz), Veronica Mars, Desperate Housewives (althought that can grate at times) and there's some other good stuff out there. I'm getting a bit tired of the Law and Order shows. And I sorta hate the CSIs now.
However, I really must admit that one of the best shows on TV for pure guilty-pleasure-excuberance is… The OC. I am not kidding. Have you WATCHED this season? It is so rediculously addictive. -
There was a great jab at Grey's Anatomy on Scrubs last night.
How about The Wire and Deadwood. Along with the Sopranos, easily the best TV of the last 5 years. I'm a sci-fi fan but haven't connected with Battlestar at all, despite constant hassle from friends who are believers.
Comedy – Earl has to have it for bringing a new eye to half our comedy. -
TV is better than film right now. They're producing better shows with better actors and with better writing. Not just one channel anymore either. You got HBO, FX, Showtime. And the networks are starting to get involved too.
The Shield is the best show going right now. -
I am mixed about the state of television, right now. I find myself getting increasingly bored with most dramas outside of Lost, which I think is about as good as any film out there. I know that it has been frustrating fans, but I think the show is well-acted, well constructed, and very cinematic. And this is coming from some one who has never been on the J.J. Abrams bandwagon. Amazing how so many forget that just so many years ago, he wrote the script for Armageddon.
What's strange is that I think that comedy is making a comeback. Scrubs is about as funny and clever as any show on television, but it looks as though it will never really find its audience, so I'll enjoy it while it lasts.
What's really great is to see excellent comedy actors like Jason Lee and Steve Carrell finally getting the popularity and attention they deserve. Whodathunk that Lee would be the Kevin Smith alum with the healthiest career, right now?
And Carrell is awesome, but you just have to love the rest of The Office cast, as well, especially Rainn Wilson. Guy is damn funny, and I can still remember him in Baadaasssss. HOpefully, some Emmy nom's will come his way. -
the sopranos is back in 11 days. thank god. been rewatching the first 5 seasons. u do forget how great a show it is because the hiatus' are so darn long. its like their own little world there. so many characters that are great. really terrific casting. even the smallest of characters seem like they can carry their own episode.
Weeds on Showtime was a great show too. Besides Mary Louise Parker (who won the Golden Globe), there is Kevin Nealon, Justin Kirk, and the glorious Elizabeth Perkins. And it was well-written with a cool homage at the end of the first season that puts Mary Louise as the godfather.
FX has taken over the title of "Best Network" from HBO.
They got hit after hit. Shield, Rescue Me, Nip/Tuck and I'm looking forward to the new Andre Braugher show. Thief.
HBO has been slacking lately. Might be the long waits in between seasons. Not just Sopranos either. No new Rome's til 2007. -
I can't live without "Grey's" and "Desperate Housewives". Sunday nights are complete.
"Entourage" is my fav non hour long. So funny. -
I used to like Lost to now it seems like they're going to drag this thing out as long as they could without a plan to wrap up the main mystery in sight.
I'm still amazed at how so many people would not give Veronica Mars a chance. -
^ What is the main mystery on Lost? You "lost" me there….
Thank goodness combat_wombat said it. THE WIRE and DEADWOOD are easily the best programs on television right now, with RESCUE ME and THE SHIELD close behind. THE WIRE may be the best achievement in dramatic serial storytelling since, well, since ever. It's criminal how overlooked that show has been by the general HBO viewer.
No one's mentioned MONK yet, a superb blend of comedy and mystery that gets it just right. And despite everyone climbing off the bandwagon, THE WEST WING and WILL & GRACE are sailing into the sunset as strong as ever. And then there's the indefatigable GILMORE GIRLS and CROSSING JORDAN.
Henryhill is right. Most theatrical features these days are less well-written, -acted and entertaining than a lot of television series. -
One that faced untimely cancellation this year was Kitchen Confidential…kind of a Scrubs in a high-end restaurant. It had a great cast too (John Cho, Frank Langella, a grown up John Francis Daley from Freaks and Geeks, sexy Jaime King). But Fox doesn't seem to be able to sell its upscale sitcoms (see Arrested Development).
Lost is just about the best-shot, best-cast drama out there. Even if you take away all its addictive mysteries, the show works like gangbusters.
Nip/Tuck had an extremely uneven third season, but when it works, it does things that no other show could do. And I still can't believe some of the things they get away with!
The Office has quietly morphed into the strongest comedy on TV…much better, in my opinion, than its schedule-mate My Name is Earl. The subtlety and depth of the show reward rewatching almost as much as Arrested Development — two shows practically built for the DVD/DVR age. -
I completely agree with you, regarding The Office, although I really like Earl, too. The Office has really gotten better and better, each episode.
At the beginning, each of the characters seemed one-note, but now, even Michaels tough boss from New York has been given some depth. But bottom line, the show is just flat-out funny.
My favorite episode would have to be when the intern starts a fire in the kitchen and Dwight, who has been feeling threatened by him, starts screaming out the lyrics of "We Didn't Start the Fire" with his name inserted. It was so juvenile and stupid, but I just had to laugh. -
I'm not much of a sci-fi geek, but the writing, acting and special effects on Battlestar Galactica have me rivetted. Even though I don't have cable any more, I still buy the shows on Apple's music store. I've already spent more on those, quite happily, than I would be willing to for most movies that came out this last year.
Ah Arrested… one show to bring them all, one show to bind them… it's gonna be missed.
I think the ball will finally drop on the CSI stuff. Like the reality TV boom all the ideas are getting a little desperate and viewers will begin demanding a new dynamic (speaking of reality, did anyone watch Joe Shmo, an evil parody of The Bachelor and Joe Millionaire… it was as brilliant as Arrested).
The Office is another one. Originally dismissed by critics as a clone of the BBC series, but coming into its own now very nicely now. Favorite bit: When Michael and Dwight decide to work out some macho issues by karate fighting each other, one bystander is heard shouting, "Sweep the leg! Sweep the leg!" -
I really need to read these things before I post them. Now! Now! Stimpy!
(Good call on the Stormare commercial Poland. Brilliant. Saw it during 24 Monday night — would love to know the maniac who's behind it) -
I only watch THE DAILY SHOW/COLBERT REPORT, and a few French Canadian things. But I do catch up to GILMORE GIRLS, SIX FEET UNDER, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, SOUTH PARK and a few others when they hit DVD – much easier that way.
the british version of the office is still the gold standard of comedy. on a seinfeld type level. i didn't like the american one at first but they finally realized they couldn't be like the brit version so they made their own world. much better off for it. luckily too that nbc is garbage and didn't have anything to replace it with or it would have been dead and buried.
If you're expecting the mystery on LOST to be told to you and all wrapped up soon
than you better stop watching now because it ain't happening. Why would they mess with a great thing?
If you haven't noticed they're throwing new mysteries in there pretty much every week. So enjoy it and let the series flow.
Been a long time since we had a show like this. With characters this good and storytelling pretty much unrivaled. -
Sorry, I'm an American and I want teams to score every minute and every show to have at least some sort of resolution by the end of a season.
Feel free to call me impatient if you must. -
Lost is being lazy. They can dangle all they want, but eventually they will have to show the goods and the longer they wait, the less effective it will be. Remember X-Files? With a show like 24, they keep you on your toes by revealing things so quickly but setting up new mysteries just as fast.
If we're going to discuss quality, we have to start off any convo with "The Wire". How it has not been recognized for the Emmy's is a shame. Consistently excellent writing, acting and directing. Like a great novel. You can't even begin to list the great performances.
Again I ask: what mystery hasn't been resolved on Lost? Everyone keeps talking about the "mystery" but never say what that mystery is!!
As far as I'm concerned, almost every question brought up at the beginning of the first season has been either completely or partially resolved. There's no overriding "mystery" at all. -
My dear wrecktum (aka anus neighbor), I want to know why they were all fated to be on that plane and why they're all here on the island. I want to know where do the numbers come from and I want to know if Jack and Sawyer will ever sneak out for some midnight loving in the jungle or not.
The overriding mystery is how these people are connected (and just through random cameos in the flashbacks) and what this island is doing to them/for them. By the end of this season, they are supposed to answer the reason for the plane crashing. But they sure are taking their time to get there.
Being said though, the Eko episode was pretty amazing (partially because we haven't explored his character much before). -
I meant "not just through random cameos"
1) They're on the island because their plane crashed. There's never been any hint otherwise.
2) The numbers are used for the computer in the bunker. The fact that they're "lucky" or "unlucky" is a coincidence.
3) Let's hope so. -
The mystery of the Island.
The mystery of why is there a hatch there? Who are "the Others"? Why was the Frenchwomen there for 16 yrs? Why do people see things on the island? Polar bears? Black smoke? The "Monster"? Why are there so much coincidences going on between characters and their past lives? Why does everything have the Dharma symbol on it? Why do the #'s keep popping up? Why did the plane crash? Why did the psychic want Claire's baby on the island? Why was the film footage found in a bible on the other side of the island? Why was it taken? What do The Others want with the "good people"? Has every character on the island been involved with a killing?
There is so much to this show. I do hope they have an end game in place eventually and aren't making crap up as they go along. -
2) The numbers are used for the computer in the bunker. The fact that they're "lucky" or "unlucky" is a coincidence.
Yeah, but why those numbers?
And no, the show made it pretty clear it is not a coincidence. If it were, that's way more disappointing than not revealing the secret. -
And what has been happening to Walt?
You just have no idea where they're going with the Walt thing. It could go in fifty different ways. I got no idea. I heard they were recasting. Then I heard not. Does he come back older, younger, the same? Does he come back at all? How are they going to deal with his aging process since he is in puberty in real life.
Wow. You can analyze this show forever. -
I'm more interested in the flashbacks and the characters than anything else on "Lost".
I'm so frustrated with Lost that I now only watch it on tape so I can fast forward the flashbacks, which have long ceased to contribute to the island's mysteries.
The flashbacks add many different layers to the characters. And that's why we keep coming back. For the characters. Storytelling at its best. You're missing out if you don't watch them.
There is something about LOST that scares the ever living shit out of me.
I watch it, I like it, I buy the dvd's, I check the message board and all that but I got this bad feeling like the people behind the show just don't know where the hell it's going.
I see it ending up like the X-FILES and ALIAS. Not knowing how to wrap up anything and never seeing a finish line. Stays on too long and gets really stale. The made up things becoming really too obvious.
It won't keep me from watching it religiously but it does temper my enthusiasm for it. -
If you read the talkbacks on AICN and others, it seems that a lot of fans are truly frustrated with this show, but I still really dig it. I mean, sure, sometimes, it can be frustrating when a smart-enough character like Jack just does not ASK the head "Other" what the hell is going on. But for the most part, I really dig the ride. This is a very strong cast, giving mostly good performances, driving a very interesting story.
Do we need all stories spoonfed to us? I mean, hell, there are three Law and Order shows that do that, every week. Self-contained stories. But this is a different animal. Will it end up going the way of The X Files? Who knows? For the most part, X Files was a very entertaining show that just petered out, the last few seasons.
Seems to me that for any drama and most comedies, the MAX should be FIVE years. That's it. I mean, look at ER, have not watched it in years, but from the promo's, it looks pathetic! Every week, a "special" event like a helicopter crash or nuclear explosion near the hospital and every Sweeps, there seems to be a new B-level cast member. They should really put that show out of its misery. -
I like working for the answers. I don't like the spoonfed CSI/ER/Law and Order stuff. Give me the complex. I don't want an easy answer.
The people complaining about shows like Lost wouldn't be happy if you told them everything anyway. They'd find something else to complain about. Who cares if they bitch anyway?
They're still watching. -
ER is a show that really wore out its welcome. It couldn't handle the cast changes that are a part of any ensemble. Think about it. Who has connected besides the original cast?
One thing all these shows listed here have in common is great acting. From each one you can list more than one actor on the show who is giving a great performance. Every week. It used to be tv was the bastard child to film and no self respecting actor would be caught doing tv. Now it is the place to work. All the diverse casts. Women can actually find good roles. The women on Desperate Housewives would be unemployed if they were waiting for big screen work. Ellen Pompeo was a bit player in a few movies. Glenn Close never had better stuff to do than on The Shield last year. It is amazing.
I'm with Charly on his LOST assessment. I love the show but think they have NO idea where it's going and I have limited faith that JJ Abrahms can stay focused long enough to find an answer. I'm hanging in there though, it's a great show…all "blue balls" aside. A real mystery is why and how wrecktum stumbles into intellegent conversation with such lame ass readings…like the one of Lost.
I try not to get wrapped up in TV but Lost, 24, Scrubs, Earl, The Office and Entourage are all great entertainment….I can't escape it. -
You want a reason that tv is better than movies right now? Check out the films playing in theatres right now. The top 10 at the Box Office. That's why. It's all garbage out there right now and why would someone leave their sofa with 3 programs a night to watch and Tivo to see crap?
I'm a 24 addict.
Jack Bauer is the MAN.
You're missing out too if you haven't caught BOONDOCKS yet. I think they coined the phrase "subversive" because of this show. Great combo with FAMILY GUY on the Cartoon Net.
If you want to hear some LOST hate/baloney check out the AICN Talkbacks on it. The phrase Jump the Shark has been used a few times. -
Boondocks is very good.
Any cartoon that has Al Sharpton protesting against is fine by me.
One thing on tv I can't stand. Reality shows. -
"A real mystery is why and how wrecktum stumbles into intellegent conversation with such lame ass readings…like the one of Lost."
Wow, that's a real dickish thing to say. I don't remember dissing you about your opinions, why do you have to piss all over me?
I've watched Lost religiously since day one and I guarantee you I know more about the show than most people. I strongly believe that all the verbal diarrhea disgorged about Lost really does the show a disservice. Fans of the show have built so many complex conspiracies about the show mythology that any resolutions the writers come up with, whether elegant or inelegant, are bound to disappoint.
That's why I choose to 1) not try to second guess the writers and their creative endeavors by constantly positing crazy ideas about what's actually going on and 2) assume everything will be revealed in time.
I choose to assume that there's no overriding mystery going on. I believe everything is a coincidence (I guess I'm a man of science, huh?). I think the show should be watched not as some sort of Agatha Christie yarn, but rather as a study of disparate characters thrown into an unknown, hopeless situation and there reactions to that situation. The black and white stones, the numbers, the swan logo, the Others? Macguffins.
So, if you think my readings are "lame ass" and that I "stumble" into your "intelligent conversations", just remember that you're talking about a fucking TV show about people stuck on an island and stop being such a high-and-mighty boor. -
ET Weekly had some good theories on Lost this week too. I've read 1,000 of these theories. And probably all 1,000 are wrong. But that is some of the fun of the show. Watercooler shows are hard to come by.
My theory is it's purgatory. And the characters need to find redemption for their past. -
I can't watch these shows unless they run consecutive. I just cannot take the endless and mind numbing reruns and 6 weeks between new episodes. The DVD era has taken over me.
"I'm with Charly on his LOST assessment. I love the show but think they have NO idea where it's going.."
I keep seeing people allege this…based on what? I mean, they were planting stuff in the first season that's paying off now! And they have said repeatedly that they have the seasons mapped out, they know the answers to all the mysteries, have the season arcs and finales in mind for the next two years, etc.
"Lost" clearly has a season bible, like most shows, and every indication is that they DO know where they're going. Sometimes people think the opposite just because they didn't tie up every storyline in the first season and end the show. -
I think X-Files would have been a better show if they had planned it all out, but of course they didn't expect to last very long or be a big hit, either. After a few seasons I would say that _that_ was a show that didn't have any idea of where they were going and had to keep muddying the waters of their plots in order to forestall any conclusion.
If you think they planned everything out you really should watch the extras on the DVD. Especially the interviews with the writers and producers.
Where they said they were going to kill off Jack in the pilot. If they had a "Bible", wouldn't that be a big thing and change the whole show? He's only the main character now. The leader of the tribe. The show is evolving. But you can fear that they won't payoff in the end. -
My 'drama' allegiances are to DEADWOOD, LOST, 24 & PRISON BREAK (yeah, yeah, over the top and absoludicrous, but it's entertaining)
I love VERONICA MARS, but am waiting until season 2 is on DVD to catch up. I've only got limited cable, so both it and Lost are on at the same time…I hope it's not the same way next week.
I loved ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT a lot…hope it gets picked up by Showtime…Love MY NAME IS EARL, missed a bit, would definitely invest in DVD for it…and even EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS is fun to watch on occasion.
Five years ago I didn't care much for TV, but 24 hooked me and the past coupla years there've been some great shows popping up. I think I'm stretched about as far as I wanna be though between watching hockey and the shows that I like… -
Wrectum- how can you be a fan of LOST and think the numbers are a "coincidence" and the only reason those people landed there was so the show would have a premise. That's just naive beyond comprehension. Hurley's lottery numbers are the numbers on the hatch for no reason? Dude. Come on. Jack was the doctor who chose to save his future wife rather than the father of Shannon and Boone just…because? I assure you there's something to these things.
james- I think they're LOST on LOST because there's never any answers, only more questions. For instance, why has the fact that Locke was in a wheelchair never ever shown or mentioned by him or anyone. It's like it's forgotten. Maybe they aren't at wits end as to whats happenning and maybe they really *know* but are stringing it out for the sake of milking it….I hope that's the case. -
"Wrectum- how can you be a fan of LOST and think the numbers are a "coincidence" and the only reason those people landed there was so the show would have a premise. That's just naive beyond comprehension. Hurley's lottery numbers are the numbers on the hatch for no reason? Dude. Come on. Jack was the doctor who chose to save his future wife rather than the father of Shannon and Boone just…because? I assure you there's something to these things."
Thanks for not being as snide a prick this time. Yes, I think it's a coincidence. Hurley's lotto numbers originated on the island. His sanitarium buddy heard them being transmitted and the "bad luck" started there. The "bad luck" is all in Hurley's head. The numbers may have meaning beyond what we've seen so far, but the meaning has nothing to do with Hurley's one in a billion chance to win the lottery.
As for Jack's chance encounter with Mr. Rutherford…I don't see it any different than the way Robert Altman artfully connected his characters in Nashville and Shortcuts; the interaction between people in this world is fascinating and random and it shows how connected our environments actually are without our knowledge.
The way you describe it is that there's some bizarre cosmic significance to these events. Something that could only be chalked up to the supernatural if read that way….and the supernatural is something that ABC mandated this show not be. The creators were forced to keep the stories rooted in reality, which means that chance and coincidence are logical conclusions for the so called grand "mystery" that people so tenuously cling to when they exhaustively yammer on about. -
It doesn't matter if they perfectly resolve every single storyline, no matter what it is, it'll be a letdown because the expectation and wonder is the fun part.
well abc hit a home run with lost. it gets people talking and obsessing about the show days after it runs. for better or worse. it takes a lot of effort to keep up a good show especially a mystery show like this. i hope they can do it.
LOST is basically this decade's TWIN PEAKS, only more accessible (and entertaining). I suspect the writers are deliberately writing themselves into corners so they can see how they can get out of them, and that they truly have no real idea of where they're going, assuming that when the time comes, they'll somehow figure out a way to wrap it all up. I enjoy the show, but I'm not obsessed with it; I think they're trying too hard to wave their "aren't-we-clever?" flag.
"The creators were forced to keep the stories rooted in reality, which means that chance and coincidence are logical conclusions for the so called grand "mystery" that people so tenuously cling to when they exhaustively yammer on about."
Polar bears in the tropics? A weird smoke thing that "scans" Eko? Locke being able to walk? How are these thing coincidental?
Last episdoe was a good one though, the flashbacks went back to times earlier in the show which made it an interesting fill-in. HOpe it does that more often. -
One thing LOST is not is based in reality.
It is so far from reality. It's way WAY out there. For all we know everyone is dead.
Like Sayid said "We had a major plane crash. The plane split in two. And most everyone came out with a few minor cuts and bruises."
That's reality?
Remember this about TWIN PEAKS. As good as it was it also had no idea where it was going and quickly flamed out.
Anyone else hear the rumor tha Mark Frost is looking to do a show with Kyle McLachlan and his Agent Cooper character?
Here it is:
Finally there's talk about a sequel that makes sense. Well, not exactly "makes sense" -
There are plenty of people who don't consider themselves geeks who are loving Battlestar Galactica. It made a lot of critics' top 10 lists last year. In an amusing coincidence, there were positive and interesting essays that appeared about it during the same week in The New Yorker and The National Review (and I'm sure to the annoyance of both, they made a lot of similar points). It's by far the most thoughtful and intelligent metaphor for the post-9/11 era. It's very refreshing that a show isn't being ignored by critics because it's sci-fi and on basic cable. If only the Emmy people were half as smart.
I'm also enjoying Veronica Mars, Lost, The Shield, Prison Break and 24, and looking forward to the eventual return of Weeds, Entourage, Deadwood, Rome and The Wire.
TV has a lot to offer right now. Maybe MCN needs a TV blogger/columnist 🙂
And I'm off to the Paley Festival tonight for the Battlestar Galactica evening. Should be interesting. -
The Emmy people are brain dead. I don't think they even watch tv.
A tv columnist would be cool but the site is called MOVIE city news after all. Right?
The last live-action show I watched regularly was "Cheers." Which went off the air in 1993. I do, however, swear by "The Simpsons," as my many exchanges with Crow T Robot demonstrated. I have seen exactly zero seconds of "Lost" (and most of the other shows named in this thread). I am, however, looking forward to the new season of "Doctor Who," which should start around Easter.
I don't watch Battlestar Galactica, but isn't Mary McDonald fantastic? That's what I've heard.
"LOST is basically this decade's TWIN PEAKS, only more accessible (and entertaining)."
BLASPHEMY! I can understand bringing Twin Peaks up as a reference, but to say it's better (or, I assume that's what you also mean by "entertaining") is just not on. Twin Peaks = my favourite show ever.
Charly where did you get that piece of news btw? -
Mary McDonnell is fantastic, as is Edward James Olmos and the younger members of the cast. Unlike on most TV shows (and in many movies) the actors playing roles like pilots actually look the part — not like waiflike models.
Fans of the show may appreciate this:
joefitz, it is MovieCityNews, but the movie city produces TV, too, and it's too good to ignore right now.


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Singapore races to build beds for COVID-19 patients as cases surge https://t.co/rOhZnlwKsq pic.twitter.com/gNaXewcvpb
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 26, 2020
India allows small shops to reopen amid coronavirus lockdown https://t.co/A6fqkyKh6w
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 25, 2020
Muslims in India are being stigmatized after the government blamed an Islamic missionary meeting for a surge in coronavirus cases. https://t.co/yRA8C3RiU9
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 25, 2020
From Monday, the Czech Republic will reopen some shops, gyms without locker rooms and showers, libraries and outdoor areas in zoos and botanical gardens. https://t.co/5jskJORTgP
— CNN International (@cnni) April 25, 2020
#Coronavirus: Soldiers to man nearly 100 mobile COVID-19 testing units across UK
The aim is for each unit to carry out up to 300 tests a day at frontline sites such as care homes and police stations. pic.twitter.com/DQUBq6YoBw— M N A (@mnaEN) April 26, 2020
Coronavirus: The different approaches to lockdowns in Africa https://t.co/gdeLg1BFzg
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 25, 2020
Nigeria's governors seek to make face masks compulsory in public https://t.co/hagbsCU92q pic.twitter.com/TZs0XJcyfg
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 26, 2020
Plans to restart Canadian economy do not hinge on coronavirus 'immunity' levels: PM https://t.co/EFBqEJ26H2 pic.twitter.com/FqeF1znOwg
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 26, 2020
Mexico coronavirus infections rise to 13,842 cases and 1,305 deaths https://t.co/sxvFbMbTeX pic.twitter.com/5YPWNI8jaB
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 26, 2020
Argentina extends coronavirus quarantine until May 10 https://t.co/91RsfBv1CQ pic.twitter.com/bPcXPBccZx
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 26, 2020
I talked to the always excellent @SeattleBryn @thedailybeast about antibody tests for #SARSCoV2 #HCoV19 #COVID19 #coronavirus. How reliable are they and what do they tell us? They are an important piece of the puzzle but there's still a lot we don't know.https://t.co/PErK3HRytu
— Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen) April 24, 2020
Potential coronavirus drugs could cost as little as $1 per course, according to a study by @viruseradicate.
Find out more on the #covid19 treatment @business: https://t.co/G3qgkB0mSp pic.twitter.com/6qJfQXoTUR
— QuickTake by Bloomberg (@QuickTake) April 26, 2020
The coronavirus has upended the fentanyl trade, cutting into the profits of Mexican traffickers and driving up street drug prices across the US.
The reason why?
Most of the chemicals used to make fentanyl came from one place: Wuhan, China. https://t.co/dQ8t2kzMOn
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A substance or drug is considered to be addictive when it has the potential to cause physical and/or psychological dependence. This means that the body and brain may crave it and crave it often. When we are in an addictive cycle, we feel the cravings day in and day out. This is why people develop a physical dependence on their substance of choice. And because they feel the cravings, they are likely to continue using it. They may also experience a "high" that they feel compelled to seek out. If you're worried that your loved one is developing an addiction to drugs or alcohol, you're not alone.
Signs that a loved one is developing a substance use disorder can be subtle. But if you're reading this, you likely have an idea of what to look for. Here are some signs that may indicate your loved one is developing an addiction to drugs or alcohol.
Common signs of addiction:
Lack of interest in hobbies or pastimes that were once enjoyed.
Regrets about past actions or decisions but continues to use drugs or alcohol.
~Withdrawal from friends, family or co-workers.
~Changes in appearance, weight or hygiene habits.
~Increased spending on drugs or alcohol.
Other signs of addiction:
~It's not uncommon for signs of addiction to begin in early adulthood.
~Signs of addiction may worsen if substance use is not addressed.
What to do if you think your loved one is developing an addiction:
If you suspect that your loved one is developing an addiction, you have a few options.
~Try to talk to your loved one openly about the issue.
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~Try to encourage your loved one to get professional help if you feel they are not ready to end the habit.
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If someone you love is addicted to substances, it can be heartbreaking. But it's important to remember that addiction is a disease that can be overcome. You can help your loved one break the cycle by offering support and encouragement. If your loved one is ready for help, it's important to find a treatment center that can help them. Treatment can help your loved one realize their full potential.


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Volume 79, no. 9 September 2023
For decades, programs from both parties have been billed as "public-private partnerships." While that may be the definition of fascism, it is applauded as having the good part of both sides: Private efficiency, with government funding untainted by profiteering. Private resources used unselfishly for the public good. Accountability to the people without messy politicking. In theory.
Actually, government legal use of force is combined with private sector immunity from Constitutional restraints. But currently, it is even worse: the globalist "private" sector virtually owns the government, along with a growing portion of the real assets.
American prosperity was built on industrial capitalism. Today, that has largely been replaced by financial capitalism. The neoliberal Anglo-American approach is premised on the basis that the ultimate measure of a society is its level of consumption. But in the long run, a society's well-being and its overall wealth are determined not by what the society can buy, but by what it can make.
Massive financialization, a process of wealth extraction, has led to the building of an inverted pyramid of derivative financial "products," which suck the oxygen from the manufacture of real output. Self-reliance erodes, and a shrinking base of real wealth creation supports ever-smaller numbers in adequately paid employment (https://tinyurl.com/ykzakmza).
Wealth is increasingly concentrated in few hands. A critical mechanism, which Mathew Crawford calls "the fulcrum between authoritarianism and liberty among economic forces" is the Cantillon Effect. Expansion of the money supply results in automatic and unearned accumulation of wealth. Those closest to the "Empire Node," where the money is first injected, profit, while everyone else is effectively taxed (https://tinyurl.com/yt2jrx5r).
The process of economic enslavement began in 1913 when the Fed, a private institution, was given control of the money supply. The Bretton Woods agreement of 1944, which pegged the world's currency to the dollar, created "the ability to shadow tax most of the world while centralizing power at home to stave off rivals," Crawford states. That system ended when President Nixon severed the dollar from gold, but the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) can still exert control of nations' policies.
Dependence on government funding makes institutions eager to comply with the desires of the state—and of the donor class. But getting ordinary citizens to voluntarily comply with policies that harm them is achieved with fear of existential threats.
The Never-ending, Ever-expanding Emergency
The U.S. just endured the 22nd replay of the 9/11 disaster, which was followed on Oct 26, 2001, by the enactment of the radical USA PATRIOT Act, giving the executive branch "every tool" as demanded by Attorney General John Ashcroft. Matt Taibbi states that the U.S. became the world's Death Star, constructing the most fearsome military-intelligence state ever seen, including a "targeted-killing" drone program. It created the 240,000-person Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (https://tinyurl.com/mve954as). In 2016, Barack Obama created the Global Engagement Center, which "takes advantage of the best talent and tools throughout the private sector and government" (https://tinyurl.com/49bhb8y8) and which "helped birth the censorship state," Taibbi writes. He observes that the Fifth Circuit decision in Missouri v. Biden (see p3) allows the DHS to squirm free of an anti-censorship injunction.
The State of Exception applies most clearly to terrorists. And the "domestic terrorist" label is being broadly applied—to parents attending a school board meeting, vaccine resistors, pro-life activists, and Trump supporters (such as Ashli Babbitt?). "Existential" threats include another 9/11, another pandemic, an "insurrection" that "threatens our democracy," "climate change," and Trump.
The Censorship Industry
Academia, aided by grants from the National Science Foundation, is developing tools a quantum leap ahead of the Gestapo and Stasi. One goal is to use machine learning and network analysis tools to locate sources where "misinformation" originates and learn how it spreads. Students are being prepared for disinformation-related jobs (https://tinyurl.com/2d2s44sw).
The Globalists Could Fail
Henry Kissinger supplied the rationale for the "Grand Chessboard" strategy, explained by Zbigniew Brzezinski, for U.S. "dollar and banking financialized hegemony": "He who controls money controls the world." But, writes Alastair Crooke in The Mackinder Strategic 'Bible' Reconsidered, "It always has been: 'He who has manufacturing capacity, raw materials, food, energy (human as well as fossil) and sound money can change the world.' But Kissinger simply ignored those adjunct conditions, and based the U.S. instead in the creation of a global spider's web of weaponised dollars (touch it, and the sanctions gossamer poisons you). Additionally, this system was multiplied through Wall Street parsing out access to trillions in newly created money only to the compliant" (https://tinyurl.com/5dc4ezmt). Russia and the global South are working on an escape strategy. And what if American patriots took back their country?
The end stage of the global debt pyramid should be cause for terror in the global financial elite (https://tinyurl.com/yc4euyxx). Fascism could be defeated once again.
AAPS Statement on Mask Mandates
The AAPS Board of Directors released the following statement (https://tinyurl.com/6486cszd):
"As masking mandates are contrary to the fundamental medical principle of informed consent, all masking mandates currently in place must be rescinded, and no future mandates should be imposed. Furthermore, since mask mandates for viral illnesses provide no clear benefits, while creating potential for harm, individuals should be empowered to choose to not observe such mandates that are either currently in existence or that may be imposed in the future."
AAPS cites the Cochrane systematic review of available empirical evidence on efficacy (https://tinyurl.com/3n6cmv6d) and notes that at least 60 studies and reports show potential harm.
Observations made by Alexis de Tocqueville in the 1830s:
"The democratic tendency…leads men unceasingly to multiply the privileges of the state and to circumscribe the rights of private persons,…often sacrificed without regret and almost always violated without remorse. Men become less and less attached to private rights just when it is most necessary to retain and defend what little remains of them."
"After having thus successively taken each member of the community in its powerful grasp, and fashioned him at will, the supreme power then extends its arm over the whole community. It covers the surface of society with a network of small complicated rules, minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate to rise above the crowd.
"The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent, and guided; men are seldom forced by it to act, but they are constantly restrained from acting: such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not tyrannize, but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to be nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd."
The Meaning of 'SMART'
This acronym stands for "self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology" for computer hard drives. Now there are "smart meters," "smart cars," "smart phones," "smart cities," and "smart homes." A smart illusion of safety and convenience, but actually it's about tricking us into digital control and surveillance, wrote James Melville. My power company informs me how much I spent on air conditioning, laundry, lighting, etc. Will it be able to cut me off if I exceed my "carbon footprint" allowance?
"The more technological the world becomes, the greater is the danger…As the former minister in charge of a highly developed armaments economy it is my last duty to state: Every country in the world may be dominated by technology; but in a modern dictatorship this seems to me to be unavoidable. Therefore, the more technological the world becomes, the more essential will be the demand for individual freedom and the self-awareness of the individual human being as a counterpoise to technology."
Albert Speer, https://tinyurl.com/552rs8sf
Resolution for Annual Meeting
The only Resolution submitted by the deadline in time for the annual meeting concerns the World Health Organization convention (https://tinyurl.com/y723nu4v):
Now therefore be it resolved, that the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons opposes the WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response ("WHO CA+") as drafted by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body of the World Health Organization.
The End of Foreign Aid?
Ironically, Washington's global empire has subsisted on foreign aid, writes David Stockman—that is, oil and industrial goods bought on the cheap from the Persian Gulf oil states and the factories of East Asia. Foreign governments and their central bankers enabled the Fed's long-term easy money regime to persist for five decades after August 1971, trading their workers' labor and their natural resources for massive dollar IOUs.
After repeated embarrassments in foreign wars, the U.S. national security state switched to attacking demonized enemy states by the purportedly bloodless means of economic sanctions. That amounted to weaponizing the "Exorbitant Privilege." "Reserves" built up by foreign nations and their central banks could be seized. When Washington seized $300 billion held abroad by the Russian central bank, everything changed. "In addition to being terrible investments, Treasuries are now clearly political tools for Washington to coerce others." Other countries have taken note. Beijing has sold about 25% of its Treasuries since 2021, an enormous change in such a short period. This is at a time when the Rosy Scenario predicts $25 trillion of federal deficits over the next 10 years (https://tinyurl.com/2rpbuwcf).
Adverse Event Reporting
· Adverse events in human research appear to be massively underreported. Based on FOIA requests to the Office for Human Research Protections for the years 1990-2000, there were only 878 incident reports and eight deaths for 70 million subjects—"the tip of an iceberg" (https://tinyurl.com/ywr5bua6). The author's proposed reforms evidently have not been implemented.
· Pfizer's confidential pharmacovigilance documents requested by the European Medicines Agency contained nearly 1.6 million adverse events (https://tinyurl.com/3jt6fdyd).
· Now discontinued, the CDC's v-safe system had 71 million symptoms reported following COVID jabs, revealed only after more than a year of litigation (https://tinyurl.com/68b3ux6c).
AAPS Calendar
Oct 26-28. 80th Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX.
Scholarships for medical students/residents to attend annual meeting: contact [email protected]. Contribute to AAPS Educational Foundation: aapsonline.org/scholarships.
Yes, You May Prescribe IVM, But…
In oral argument before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Apter v. HHS (No. 3-22-cv184), the U.S. attorney representing FDA basically said that FDA could say virtually anything it wants, even if it leads to patient deaths, without being held accountable by the courts. It is simply providing information (https://tinyurl.com/2p8rup52). The case was brought by a group of physicians who complained that the FDA's unwarranted disparagement of ivermectin interfered with their treatment of COVID patients (for AAPS amicus, see https://tinyurl.com/ykj2wa7d).
The District Court dismissed the case on the basis that sovereign immunity protects agencies and officials. The Fifth Circuit reversed in part and remanded the case, stating that the doctors could use the Administrative Procedure Act to bypass sovereign immunity for certain claims.
Attorney Rick Jaffe cautions that FDA's acknowledgment that doctors may legally prescribe off-label is not an "all's clear" for prescribing ivermectin because state medical boards regulate the practice of medicine (https://tinyurl.com/47zpwxz8).
Searching fda.gov on "ivermectin" on Sept 18 still brings up "Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19," with the famous photo of a horse, as the first entry.
The tweet that showed the horse captioned with FDA saying, "Seriously y'all. Stop it," was not a command, but merely a "quippy tweet" that shared information, stated U.S. attorney Ashley Cheung Honold in response to a question from Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod (https://tinyurl.com/ejp3p7pe).
The Court's decision stated: "FDA is not a physician. It has authority to inform, announce, and apprise—but not to endorse, denounce, or advise… The Doctors have plausibly alleged that the FDA's posts fell on the wrong side of the line between telling about and telling to…. Even tweet-size doses of personalized medical advice are beyond the FDA's statutory authority."
SCOTUS to Decide Public-Private Censorship
The unprecedented lower court ruling to prevent government officials from urging social media to censor posts, though partly upheld by the Fifth Circuit, is temporarily stayed by a ruling from Justice Samuel Alito (https://tinyurl.com/ms8ed3ah).
The lawsuit Missouri v. Biden, brought by Missouri attorney general Andrew Bailey (AAPS News, July 2023), alleges that government actors "coerced" private companies to engage in censorship. The government claims there is a difference between persuasion and coercion, and argues that requests for censorship by the FBI, for example, aren't "inherently coercive merely because the FBI is a powerful law enforcement agency" (ibid.).
AAPS secretary Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., writes, quoting from the original preliminary injunction, "While not admitting any fault in the suppression of free speech, Defendants blame the Russians, COVID-19, and capitalism for any suppression of free speech by social-media companies." And all the harm was supposedly in the past, so let's move on.
Attorney Rick Jaffe points out that the Fifth Circuit vacated all but one of the lower court's prohibitions and significantly modified the sixth. The wording (the government may not "significantly encourage") may turn government officials into "verbal stunt pilots" (https://tinyurl.com/4nx8rkde). It also removed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA), and the State Department from the order.
In appealing to the Supreme Court, "the Borg has made a mistake," writes Matt Taibbi. After the 5th Circuit ruling, only government action against protected free speech remained barred. Administration lawyers, however, apparently couldn't let the principle of a ruling saying the Biden White House was "in violation of the First Amendment" stand. "Instead of keeping the whole censorship store and losing only the right to violate the Bill of Rights openly, they're going to a hostile Supreme Court to put everything at risk. 'They took the cheese,' is how one lawyer put it."
The Biden Administration has decided "to engage in a public fight for the right to try to suppress things like criticism of lockdown policies by plaintiff physicians Bhattacharya, Kulldorff and Aaron Kheriaty. As Bhattacharya puts it, this is true scientific opinion, targeted 'just because the speech contradicts government policy'…. It's a historic opportunity to argue one of the defining issues of the age," Taibbi writes (tinyurl.com/mpsyx7nc).
Tip of the Month: Interstate medical licensure through the Compact continues to be a trap for the unwary. While promoting itself as a better approach, the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact does not accept anyone who has medical board discipline or is even under investigation, whatever that means. Its whopping $700 fee, which is in addition to state licensure fees, is non-refundable even if it declines to accept a physician. Renewal of state licenses is not allowed through the Compact unless the state license was first obtained through the Compact. But the Compact is quick to report any discipline by one state to all the other states where the physician is licensed. In the last six years, fewer than 5% of physicians have applied to participate in the Compact, and 10% of applications have been rejected. It does not accept anyone without current ABMS or AOA board certification. Minutes of the compact commission board meetings note cases where physicians who paid the $700 non-refundable fee were rejected due to lack of certification. Examples: https://tinyurl.com/386j2t7w; https://tinyurl.com/mr4cuyr7; tinyurl.com/3c525353.
Canceling Wrong-think in Canada
Psychologist Jordan Peterson has been ordered by the College of Psychologists in Ontario to undergo "professional coaching" and may be delicensed. Charges were brought against him by "the administrative board granted government mandate to protect the public from misbehavior on the part of the practitioners of my profession." Two stem from criticisms of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; others from condemning the "increasing tide of surgical butchery" in the name of "gender affirmation."
It's not just about rights. "It is the responsibility of men striving however imperfectly to be decent to speak when the sacrificers of children to false idols are once again roaming the earth" (https://tinyurl.com/am6d2y44).
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A State of Exception: "Once a threat to health is in place, people are willing to accept limitations on their freedom that they would never theretofore have considered enduring—not even during the two world wars, nor under totalitarian dictatorships" (https://tinyurl.com/mf8cdv9f).
Wokeism Now Required in Medical School. The Association of American Medical Colleges, the accreditor of medical school standards, is now requiring wokesim as part of the curriculum. Learning anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, or clinical medicine will not matter. Now, what matters is learning to apply intersectionality, which includes "overlapping systems of oppression and discrimination that communities face based on race, gender, ethnicity, ability, etc." (tinyurl.com/bdenber3).
Suppose you discuss with your patient how membership in a marginalized group has negatively affected his health. If he asks about his lung cancer, say, "I am a board-certified intersectionality specialist. We don't actually treat medical conditions."
Lawrence R. Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., Lake View, NY
Is There Hope after the Crisis? With so many unprecedented crises in the news, one might overlook a new global challenge to the financial system controlled by the Fed. Six new countries have joined the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa): Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The goal is to undermine the dollar's status as the global reserve currency. The backlash started last year when the U.S. demanded that other countries join in sanctioning Russia, regardless of the effects on their economies, and is also driven by concern over the long-term effects of the massive U.S. national debt. Rejection of the dollar would mean very hard times—but it could also lead to a return to limited constitutional government and a true free-market economy free of cronyism.
Ron Paul, M.D., https://tinyurl.com/3fv3dddk
Doomed? As Alexis de Tocqueville presciently foresaw (see p 2), U.S. democracy would inevitably lead to a massive permanent state, impervious to the will of the people. U.S. representative democracy is irredeemably corrupted. This is where we are, and there will be no turning back. To whatever extent it ever truly was, America will never be made great again. Something great may eventually rise from its ashes, but the ashes will come first.
Will Schryver, https://tinyurl.com/293trtjc
No Going Back. When I was 19, I became an American citizen. It was one of the happiest days of my young life. The immigration officer gave me a civics test, including a question about the First Amendment. It was an easy test because I knew it in my heart. The American civic religion has the right to free speech as the core of its liturgy. I never imagined that there would come a time when an American government would think of violating this right, or that I would be its target. My parents had taught me that people here could criticize the government, even over matters of life and death, without worry that the government would censor or suppress us. But over the past three years, I have been robbed of that conviction. American government officials, working in concert with big tech companies, have attacked and suppressed my speech and that of my colleagues for criticizing official pandemic policies—criticism that has been proven prescient.
Reading the Fifth Circuit decision in Missouri v. Biden, I was overcome with emotion. The federal government can no longer threaten social media companies with destruction if they don't censor on behalf of the government. But I can never go back to the uncomplicated faith and naive confidence I had in America when I was young. Our government is not immune to the authoritarian impulse. Without vigilance, we will lose our rights.
Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., https://tinyurl.com/2p9dpf6x
Equal Justice? Do you remember a chap called John Adams? He's what they used to call a "Founding Father," back before everything he founded got undone. Made his bones defending the most unpopular guys in town—British soldiers who'd fired on the crowd during the Boston Massacre and left five dead. He took the case because he understood that a land of laws is about first principles…. No one in this dying republic cares for first principles anymore. Trump has a harder job finding a lawyer than those British soldiers did—and the few willing to take the gig wind up facing disbarment or indictment, at the behest of their fellow attorneys. Thus, the death of equality before the law.
Mark Steyn, https://tinyurl.com/cexvce5b
Dystopia Arrives Early. In 1961, Kurt Vonnegut published "Harrison Bergeron," a short story about how the U.S. Handicapper General enforces equal results, making sure that anyone with above-average intelligence or skills is handicapped. Set in 2081, it was 58 years too late.
Craig Cantoni, Tucson, AZ
Medicine Captured. My specialty society quarterly had a screaming headline on the cover: "Climate Change: The Biggest Health Threat Facing Humanity." Within, was "Embracing Justice: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion [in this society]." AAP pushes transgender treatment for minors. ACOG received $11 million from the CDC to encourage members to push the COVID vaccine for pregnant women. Physicians rely upon these organizations for continuing education. But when the well has been poisoned, how can one rely on the education being offered?
Joseph Guarino, M.D., Reidsville, NC


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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2011)] [Notices] [Page 50480] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2011-20592] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than September 8, 2011. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Nadine Wallman, Vice President) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566: 1. The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and PNC Bancorp, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to acquire voting shares of RBC Bank (USA), Raleigh, North Carolina. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 9, 2011. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2011-20592 Filed 8-12-11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-P
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WOAY – On Saturday, WVU Athletics gave its latest update regarding COVID-19 results among student-athletes.
WVU announced three active cases within the athletic department. One is a member of the football team and two are members of the men's basketball team. WVU Athletics says that 42 athletes and staff members have recovered after previously testing positive for COVID-19. It is unclear how many have since returned to organized team workouts.
Overall, the athletic department says it has conducted 600 tests since June, with 45 coming back positive for a rate of 7.5 percent.
As of July 18, the university said it had 41 positive tests since June. That means there have been four new cases over the last week.
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