> <
> < CRIME IN RHYME
> Cancer "experts," with interests so vested
> Their poor patients, for too long molested.
> Their deceit and deception
> Near the point of perfection
> If it were my call, they'd ALL be arrested
> <
> A CANCER VICTIM -- (It Could Be YOU)
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Hell yes, It's all another scam. Chemo is just very profitable torture.
There really isn't any limit to your kooktardery, is there, Speedy?
--
BDK..
Leader of the nonexistent paid shills.
Non Jew Jew Club founding member.
Former number one Kook Magnet, title passed to Iarnrod.
One might note that these patients include the very people you suggest are
blocking cures. The group also includes their loved ones.
Your position is apparently that all these people value their bank books
over their own lives, and they'd rather see their children, partners, and
parents suffer and die than lose some money.
Sorry, but that doesn't sound to me like self-interest at all.
I cured my Stage 4 cancer for less than the night at the movies.
--
Yrs Quilly (Winchester UK)
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> I cured my Stage 4 cancer for less than the night at the movies.
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> Now he's gone off to his web site where he will remain unchallenged. I
>would be the first to say that Roda is a nice man. I just wouldn't go to him
>(or any other common medicine proponent) if I had cancer.
Sarah wrote:
>>Easy to say when you are sitting there without cancer!
Sarah's fear helps to demonstrate how so many people get buffaloed
into common medicine's trap. Ironically, it is often the die hard followers of
that bankrupt approach who think it is the alternative crowd that plays on
people fears.
There have been times when I thought I might have cancer. In fact,
that has been true for the last several weeks. There was a previous time, about 4-5
years ago, when I had a bleeding lesion. I stopped it by taking cod liver
oil internally.
I've recently had red lesions with irregular borders appear on my
back, legs and arms and feet. Some of them turn brown. They often itch
slightly. Maybe I have cancer, maybe I don't.
But the lesions go away completely when I take a tablespoon of cod
liver oil for a couple days. It also makes the itching go away even though I'm
taking it internally. (I tend to be too anabolic. For example, even the
baking
soda in toothpaste sometimes makes me feel lousy -- coffee? forget about
it,
one cup kills me!!)
When I stop the cod liver oil, the irregular lesions sometimes
return.
But then the cod liver oil works again, and they go away.
Do I have cancer? I don't know. But the possibility sure doesn't
scare me.
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awthrawth aka Eidem aka BeWelKel doesn't have a clue what he had.
Beware Quacks like him. He's a faker.
J
Then I will suggest that you either don't actually know anything about what
cancer does, or choose to lie about it.
Mr Conrad is correct indeed, but too many Mining & Political Criminals
around to let such a immense boon to Humanity be handed out by A
Superior Mind ...of course as in the famed True Geology, the
Universities brainwashed Morons would deny it till known, then would
murder that Discoverer as the Conspiracy of Mining & Political
Criminals nearly succeeded murdering Australia Greatest Mining Pioneer
of All Times !
Let the Mining & Political Criminals, their heirs, their descents,
their employees enjoy all those good cancer dizeazezzzz ( in fact to
only one cause neither germzzz nor virussses nor Eugenesss) . If I was
going to give out of Humanity that new secret out, they would JUST
GRAB IT AND RUN AWAY WITHOUT A THANKS INDEED
Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud
Australia Mining Pioneer
Discoverer & Legal Owner of Telfer Mine (Australia largest Copper &
Gold Mine)
Nifty (Cu) & Kintyre (U, Th) Mines, all in the Great Sandy Desert
Exploration Geologist & Offshore Consultant
Founder of the True Geology
~ Ignorance is the Cosmic Sin, the One Never Forgiven ~
for background info.
http://www.tnet.com.au/~warrigal/grule.html
http://users.indigo.net.au/don/tel/index.html
http://users.indigo.net.au/don/tel/nac.html
http://members.iimetro.com.au/~hubbca/turcaud.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s28534.htm
"True Geology" Foundation Document
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/69327
"Turcaud Bath" as a free gift to Suffering Humanity
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/107947
But all those veins still go in there all feeding that tiny little nodule,
which tries to work so hard, but never quite gets there.
You pooer French demented sod !!!
There are a number of things you can do, in order to get by, with your
affliction.
Firstly you must realize that you have a problem in the first plasce.
Surely you must realize, that you are a demented Nutter. If you don't,
believe me, please take my word for it, you DEFINITELY are a NUTTER.
The second thing you must do, is to minimize the amount of work you give
that
poor little pin sized organ of yours. You must treat it with respect and
nurture it.
Don't over load it. Forget all about that COSMIC BULLSHIT. It's all CRAP.
The third thing you must do, is to stop confusing that small organ if yours,
with conflicting information. Stop talking to poor old Horus and Titi.
They are with us no longer and no amount of talking to them, will do you any
good.
Your worst enemy though, are those nasty little fairies at the bottom of
your
garden. You must avoid them at ALL costs. They are no good, for your small
pin-head sized brain. They fill your brain, with all sorts of demented CRAP.
The fourth thing you must do, Le-Turd, is to stay away from that cheap red
plonk, you French Frogs grow over there. It is full of all sorts of
pollutants, from the polluted soil and groundwater, you poor Frogs have to
bear over there.
What you need is some good quality Australian wine - not cheap, French
plonk.
It will poison your brain, even further. Remember Napoleon, suffered the
same
fate. He died from all the poisons, which accumulated in his body.
The fifth thing you must do, is to stop shoving that rubber hose up your
arse. If God had intended us to do that, we would have all been born with
reubber hoses stuck up our arses. It is simply no good for you. Your poor
little arsehole, has to cope with too much already. You shit out of it and
you also talk out of it, so it is overworked already.
And Le-Turd stop playing with it, remember it is at the arse end of your
world.
The sixth thing you must do is to stop WANKING. Remember, you have been
inducted into the French hall of fame, as France's GREATEST WANKER. Have you
heard anything, from the city administrators of La Rochelle yet? I sent then
an email, about nominating you as a famous person, who has lived in La
Rochelle.
The seventh thing you must do, is to come to the conclusion, that you were
wrong all along and that you are not a famous geologist, but you are just
some poor, demented, deluded French Nutter.
Finally you must apologize and learn how to repent. You must get down on
your knees and bow your head. You must then place your head between your
knees and shove your head up your arse.
If you repent to the correct degree and shove your head up your arse far
enough, you will completely dissappear and your problems (and ours), will be
SOLVED.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eacP_FQ__F4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCuk85GpSo8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg3J_OjI-yc
Indeed Sir JPT
There are HEAPS of cancer charities that are run by KIDFUCKERS , most
kids with cancer charities are FRONTS for kidfucker operators
the entire CANCER industry is a SCAM industry designed to make money
from sick or GULLIBLE people
and to FUCK KIDs
On Sep 29, 10:10 pm, bringyagrogalong <sof...@aapt.net.au> wrote:
> Check out this idiots posting history...
>
> Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
> 2009 1325 1233 1813 1687 1865 1688 1921 1559 1358
>
> How in the hell can one man send so many posts?
>
> While other people have got a life outside of Usenet, Johnny spends
> his 24/7 365 days a year huddled over his semen-spattered keyboard in
> the darkened confines of his lonely little hovel feverishly typing up
> a minimum of 50 mind-numbing posts a day. He quite obviously has no
> friends or family.
>
> His "mate" Dud comes a close second, never having had a girlfriend,
> but at least he drags his semen dribbling arse away from his keyboard
> from time to time, even though it's only to nip down to the local
> public toilets.
>
No, Usenet's supreme loser title belongs to Sir John Howard and to
Sir
John Howard alone.
>
> (okay, with special mention to Krudd the Dud)
The SLIMY little CREEP is not just queer mate
It IS a full on KIDFUCKER
I outed HIM years ago , I followed his grooming posts on the kids game
and computer and bodybuilding groups as it TROLLED for KIDS
It only recently began attacking me when I outed him and now he is
shitty at me for blowing HIS COVER on the games groups where KIDS hang
out
ITS A FULL ON KID FUCKER , its using different names but its EASY to
see him going back YEARS
At least we keep him busy so he can not groom kids
Its only a matter of time till he is silenced mate
be patient
If the coppers dont get him I will , if he goes to jail I will go in
after him myself , its only a matter of time , NOBODY attacks my
babies and lives
I trained as a slaughterman for seven long hard years to perfect my
style, working on the mutton chain at Murray Bridge , the mutton chain
ran at 600 an hour , and as I took off 600 heads an hour with my bare
hands and a knife , I DREAMED of getting my hands on a KIDFUCKER for
6 second, hoping GOD would give me a KIDFUCKER to fix up
even with my eyes closed , or in the dark , after 7 years its EASY to
fix up a slimy little KIDFUCKER , and I worked out how to get into
jail and move between wings , until you are staring them in the face,
in the yards, or in the hospital unit , or dentist , it can take time
to position yourself in jails , but it CAN be done easy once you know
how the system works , I can take off his head in a split second ,
without even hitting a bone
I managed up to 20,000 many weeks , 4000 a DAY , 600 an hour [ 6sec
each max ave] for years , DREAMING of the time I would get my hands
on a KIDFUCKER who to was silly enough to harm my kids
Now I have my DREAM come true THERE IS A GOD AFTER ALL MATE , and can
put all those YEARs of practice to good use and bag a KIDFUCKER for
my trophy shelf
kanga
=====
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Sina's Challenge to Muslims
I receive many emails from angry Muslims, who sometimes beg me, and
sometimes order me to remove this site. I consider both, pleading and
bullying, signs of psychopathology. Argumentum ad baculum and argumentum ad
misericordiam are both logical fallacies.
If you do not like this site and want me to remove it, instead of acting as
a bully or as a victim, disprove my charges against Muhammad logically. Not
only will I remove the site, I will publicly announce that Islam is a true
religion. I will also pay $50,000 U.S. dollars to anyone who can disprove
any of the dozen of the accusations that I have made against Muhammad. I
accuse Muhammad of being:
a narcissist
a misogynist
a rapist
a pedophile
a lecher
a torturer
a mass murderer
a cult leader
an assassin
a terrorist
a mad man
a looter
I have debated with many Muslims. Their defense of Islam can be summarized
in two categories:
a- Denial of the authenticity of Islamic sources that report the stories of
crimes of Muhammad (example: debate with Edip Yukssel, a leader of the
Submitters)
b- Moral relativism and situational ethics, e.g., "In those days,
pedophilia, assassination, rape, raid, pillage, massacre and lying, were
common practices, so Muhammad is innocent because he did what everyone else
was doing." Muslims even go as far as to question the legitimacy of the
Golden Rule to claim I do not have any basis to condemn Muhammad. In other
words, who can say what is good and what is evil? That is up to the
messenger of God to decide. (Example: debate with Yamin Zakaria)
These are the main two arguments that Muslims present in defense of Islam.
Any rational person can see they are logical fallacies.
These charges are irrefutable. You simply can't disprove them because they
are reported in Islamic sources and as such they are as good as confession.
You can't acquit a criminal after he has confessed, unless you plead
insanity, which is my point.
Muslims often ask: "Who will judge whether or not an attempt to disprove
your accusations against Muhammad and Islam, was successful?" The readers
will be the jury. It is not difficult to see which side is right once both
arguments are presented without one side fearing the other. I will publish
the debates in this site. My opponents are also encouraged to publish them
in any Islamic site. Please note that I will not accept face to face
debates. The debates must be in writing.
Edit 2007/07/29
The above challenge was issued in 2001 and it hasn't been met yet. See the
debates I had with Muslims. Also see the pathetic attempt of some Muslims
trying to refute me here , here, here and here. Is that all the Muslim
world can offer? Where are the scholars of Islam? Why such an important
task is left to a bunch of amateurs who actually do more damage to Islam?
Isn't it time that the real scholars come forth and refute my charges?
The truth is that several of the people that debated me were real scholars,
such as the eminent Pakistani scholar Mr. Javed Ahmed Ghamidi and his
disciple Dr. Khalid Zaheer. This debate is a must read and is available for
download. Dr. Zaheer is a learned man, a moderate Muslim and a good human
being. I have utmost respect for him.
As of this date (2007), I will no longer debate with people who want to
debate anonymously. I only debate with reputable scholars. I made this
decision because often, Muslims moved by their faith and zealotry, but with
little knowledge of Islam, challenge me to debate. They rehash the same
tried and refuted arguments that bore everyone and disappear. Then, other
Muslims, either accuse me of fabricating those debates or pooh-pooh my
opponents for not being scholars.
As of this day, I am also doubling the reward. If you are not a reputable
scholar, you can still win the prize. All you have to do is persuade a
scholar to debate with me. If he (she) disproves my charges or can prove
that Muhammad was a prophet of God, both you and he (she) will be rewarded
$50,000 dollars each. This is to encourage you to write to your admired
scholar and convince them that Islam is in danger and that it is their duty
to defend it. Once you write to invite someone, please CC a copy to us for
announcing the invitation. Our email is faithfreedom2 (at) gmail.com
Yes, Islam is in grave danger. Never, since its inception, Islam has faced a
threat as serious as this. Today, millions of ex-Muslims are questioning the
claimed truth of Islam, can make their criticisms heard worldwide, and
unlike before, not fear for their lives. As long as these questions are not
answered, this trend is only bound to continue, until the trickle becomes a
torrent and the fall of Islam becomes obvious. In the past, the critics of
Islam briefly shined like lamps in darkness, only to be put out by winds of
persecution. What is happening today can be likened to the break of the
dawn. Darkness has no chance in front of this much light. Muslims are
waking up and leaving Islam like never before. A spiritual and intellectual
revolution is underway. This is the century of enlightenment of the
benighted Muslims. The giant is finally awakening. The days of Islam are
numbered. This demon of hate and ignorance will be slain by the hands of
its own primary victims. The unity of mankind and the world peace are
around the corner.
Please advertise this challenge. Every Muslim must see it. This is like
throwing water on their fire. Nothing will dampen their zeal more than the
realization that among a billion Muslims there is not a single scholar who
can prove the wild claims of Muhammad, nor acquit him of these grave
charges. This unmet challenge has a sobering effect on them. They can make
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but they will not be able to fool themselves. The more this challenge is
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Sincerely
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sci.med,alt.barney.dinosaur.die.die.die.you.sorry.repuglicunt.traitors.to.our.america.die.die.die.now.now.now!!!!
Don't throw any more money at the CANCER RESEARCH INDUSTRIES ...
they've had since the late-1940s to "find" a cure, but all they've
FOUND is that CANCER TREATMENT is where the money is!
And the "CEOs" of those groups? They make up to $6 million a year
PLUS bonuses.
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"Fighting a smarter war on cancer"
By John L. Marshall
Sunday, November 29, 2009
IN MY PRACTICE as an oncologist specializing in gastrointestinal tract
cancers, a recent week was fairly typical. I saw 50 patients, ranging
in age from 32 to 87, equally divided between men and women. Though a
couple of them have inherited a gene that may have caused their GI
cancers, I have no explanation for why most developed their disease.
It is as if they were simply struck by lightning.
My patients seek state-of-the-art therapy, access to clinical trials
and new treatments, all of which we provide at our institution. Almost
all of them have insurance, and most have some form of prescription
drug coverage; their access to care is virtually limitless. We employ
the latest diagnostic tests, targeted chemotherapy, minimally invasive
surgical techniques and incredibly precise radiation. Yet, despite the
many recent advances in detection and treatment, of the 50 patients,
40 of them are likely to lose the fight.
In the extensive debate over health-care reform, we have heard little
discussion about the enormous cost of cancer care. (Some of the only
voices to broach the subject are those fearing "death panels.") But at
this moment, when a significant shift in the health system in this
country is possible, we must ask some difficult questions: Does it
make sense to support cancer care at the current levels in the United
States? Who should determine the value of care?
At the moment, there is a giant disconnect between patients, the cost
of care and the clinical benefit of the treatment -- a disconnect that
has caused us to lose perspective. When it comes to cancer care, we're
not getting what we pay for.
Cancer medicine is often regarded as an area of significant progress
and clinical research, so we should be able to tell without much
difficulty what kinds of treatment are valuable and what kinds aren't.
But given that 80 percent of my patients will die of their cancer,
it's clear that we have not found an "optimum" therapy.
In 1971, President Richard Nixon declared war on cancer, with the
charge to "cure" the disease. Since then, billions of dollars have
been spent on research, yet we have made only minor real progress. The
most common approach to treatment involves exposing large populations
of patients to highly toxic poisons in the hopes that the treatment
will kill the cancer cells and not the patient.
This strategy has succeeded with several types of less-common cancers,
curing some patients with leukemia, lymphoma, testicular cancer and
most childhood cancers. But it has not worked for more common forms of
the disease, including breast, prostate, lung, colon, pancreas,
stomach and ovarian cancers. These cancers represent an enormous
public health problem, consuming the majority of our cancer-specific
health-care costs and research dollars.
In many ways, we have quit trying to win the war on these diseases.
Few cancer clinical trials are designed to "cure" patients. They are
commonly aimed at detecting small differences between the treatments
being compared: an extension of average survival from 5 months to 6
months, for example. These trials typically cost millions of dollars
(often including taxpayer support), take years to complete and can
involve thousands of patients. It is this kind of care that many
Americans are afraid they will lose access to as a result of health-
care reform.
Globally, cancer care is a medical luxury. With some diseases such as
colon cancer, the treatments alone cost more than $15,000 a month, yet
on average add only a few months to survival. Most poor countries do
not support any cancer care; most developed countries highly restrict
it because of its cost and limited effectiveness. The United States is
the only place on Earth with relatively unfettered access to cancer
care, including the latest medicines, sophisticated scans and high-
tech radiation, all of which are very expensive. But despite their
more limited access, cancer patients in other high-income nations may
live longer and with a higher quality of life than patients in this
country.
If the Obama administration were to call on oncologists to help choose
which cancer treatments would be included in a public option plan and
which would fail to meet some "value" standard, we would have no
guidelines to follow. The Food and Drug Administration uses safety and
efficacy as standards for drug approval, but neither of those
considers the magnitude of benefit or cost. I frequently ask my
students and peers if there is a cancer drug today that they would pay
for out of pocket if they had to. We all have patients who lack
insurance but have some financial means, making this an exercise that
is played out regularly in our clinics.
After a long pause, someone invariably will say "Gleevec," a pill that
treats a terrible disease called chronic myeloid leukemia. Gleevec, a
brand name for imatinib, costs up to several thousand dollars a month,
but it makes this leukemia "go away" for a long time with very few
side effects -- a true magic bullet. Very few cancer drugs can be
described as having this kind of value. "Thank God for my insurance"
is a common line from patients.
In cancer medicine, fewer than 5 percent of all patients in the United
States enter clinical trials. That means more than 95 percent are
treated with the "standard of care" -- a legal term denoting a minimum
level of care for an ill or injured person.
How did we end up here? The answer is simple: Cancer patients are
scared for their lives and will accept what is offered, and we
oncologists want to offer improved outcomes and recommend the best
treatments we can. Insurance will pay for these treatments. A portion
of fees collected by cancer doctors and hospitals is based on how much
chemotherapy we administer. So the more drugs we give, the more
radiation we give, the more we collect from health insurance. The
incentive system makes it less lucrative to talk to patients -- to
counsel them, to help with their decision-making -- than to treat
them, regardless of the value of the treatment.
A major focus of health-care reform is for doctors to practice
evidence-based medicine: to offer therapies that have been proven to
help patients live longer or, at least, live better. The problem in
cancer medicine is that we have very little evidence to support what
we are doing. Because so few of our patients enter clinical trials, we
have no way of tracking their outcomes collectively, and we learn
almost nothing from them. Our understanding of cancer therapies comes
from the 5 percent of patients who enroll in trials, a tiny database
when we consider the highly variable nature of the disease. In fact,
most of our evidence has not come from clinical trials performed in
the United States but from nations where patients have little access
to advanced care except through participation in such trials.
In this country, the highest hurdle we must leap is our patients'
expectations. Cancer patients facing death want treatment; they want
hope that they will be cured, even if they have been told that they
cannot be cured. They will try toxic treatments over and over, hoping
to extend their lives. We physicians are co-conspirators. Of course,
we also want to believe that the next treatment will help more than
the last, even though we know that is rarely the case. What if we had
to pay for all this out of our pockets? Would we pay that much for
some possible hope?
I believe we can invest more in actual hope. To do so, we must further
explore the genetic makeup of patients and their cancers. We can no
longer diagnose cancers using only a microscope. We must profile them
at a molecular level to determine precise treatments, instead of using
our current trial-and-error approach.
To assess a patient's specific genetic problem, we must understand all
the possible permutations and patterns. This will come only from a
comprehensive clinical database -- a high priority of the
administration's reform plans. For example, we know there are at least
four different types of breast cancer; they look exactly the same
under a microscope but are very different diseases. The repeated
biopsies and blood tests that are needed, none of which is covered by
most health insurance plans, will become critical to finding our
answers.
The future of cancer care will rely on personalized medicine. This
requires a significant change to our medical system, which is built
around one size-fits-all treatment and seemingly unrestricted access
to care. The system answers our emotional needs and provides some hope
for a cure, but moves us forward only a few yards at a time.
Oncologists are optimists, and I am proud to be among them. I truly
believe we can cure cancer. I care greatly for my patients and am
doing everything in my power to improve and lengthen their lives. When
I offer a clinical trial to a patient, I am hopeful that it will be
better than the standard treatment. I am optimistic that health-care
reform will not simply provide everyone with insurance that will cover
the "standard of care" but will also force us to determine the true
value of treatments.
There is nothing that focuses the mind more than a cancer diagnosis. I
can assure you that all of my patients have very clear vision and have
shifted their priorities. We as a country must do the same on their
behalf. Health-care reform -- and a better understanding of what we're
paying for when we treat these terrible diseases -- will help focus
our approach to caring for cancer patients and finding a cure.
John L. Marshall is the director of the Otto J. Ruesch Center for the
Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer
Center at Georgetown University.
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