Sunday, May 31, 2020
Friday, May 29, 2020
“Dr. Bryan Loritts" Touts Questionable Doctorate from School with “F” Rating | Julie Roys
“Dr. Bryan Loritts" Touts Questionable Doctorate from School with “F” Rating | Julie Roys
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Best comment on the reply board:
In the United States, honorary doctorates are awards. Typical academic and public life protocols dictate that recipients refrain from being called “Dr.” if their only doctorate(s) are honorary versus earned. One “exception” is if the recipient is awarded the honorary doctorate at the university he/she is serving at or leading. He/she might be called “Dr.” by that university when on campus, etc. Even then, it’s generally frowned upon and is in no way equivalent to an earned degree.
Note that honorary doctorates have different letter designations. In other words, there is no “honorary” PhD, ThD, DMin, etc. Some universities – University of Virginia, Cornell, and M.I.T. among them – don’t give honorary doctorates at all.
Most secular celebrities who receive such awards don’t start calling themselves “Dr.” (e.g., Dr. Oprah Winfrey). In evangelical circles, by contrast, going by “Dr.” upon receiving one or more honorary doctorates is an epidemic. Consider some examples:
David Jeremiah
John MacArthur
Joe Stowell III
Erwin Lutzer
Ravi Zacharias
Chuck Swindoll
Jerry Falwell, Sr.
Alistair Begg
Pat Robertson
Lois Evans
Billy Graham (never used it himself, reportedly, but others did)
John MacArthur
Joe Stowell III
Erwin Lutzer
Ravi Zacharias
Chuck Swindoll
Jerry Falwell, Sr.
Alistair Begg
Pat Robertson
Lois Evans
Billy Graham (never used it himself, reportedly, but others did)
There are many great teachers and expositors of God’s Word, past and present – including Jesus Christ himself – who didn’t have earned doctorates. And goodness knows earned doctorates don’t protect against false teachers and wolves eventually showing us who they are (e.g., James MacDonald). But using a title that misleads others about the nature your achievements is wrong.
As for Bryan Loritts, PAYING a university with specious credentials for an honorary doctorate puts him in the category of “fraud”. Loritts has had a lot to say lately about treatment of disgraced pastors. Sounds like a video confession and apology of his own is in order.
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Hungary set to rescind rule-by-decree powers given to MSM-dubbed ‘Dictator Orban’ — RT World News
Hungary set to rescind rule-by-decree powers given to MSM-dubbed ‘Dictator Orban’ — RT World News
As of May 27, Hungary has fewer than 4,000 confirmed cases of the infection and approximately 500 deaths, which is significantly below the EU average.
As of May 27, Hungary has fewer than 4,000 confirmed cases of the infection and approximately 500 deaths, which is significantly below the EU average.
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Ashwaganda?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/coronavirus-treatment-ayurvedic-drug-covid-19-cure-ashwagandha-against-coronavirus-researchers-from-iit-delhi-and-japans-aist-make-an-interesting-discovery-about-the-ayurvedic-drug/photostory/75864118.cms
Ashwagandha against coronavirus:
Researchers from IIT-Delhi and Japan's AIST make an interesting discovery about the Ayurvedic drug
Ashwagandha against coronavirus:
Researchers from IIT-Delhi and Japan's AIST make an interesting discovery about the Ayurvedic drug
Monday, May 18, 2020
Is 5G Going to Kill Us All? | The New Republic
Is 5G Going to Kill Us All? | The New Republic: One of the studies that prompted her concern was a 2018 report by the National Toxicology Program, a branch of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences. Commissioned by the Food and Drug Administration to examine the human health risks of cell phone radiation, NTP researchers placed lab rats in “reverberation chambers”—metal boxes resembling microwave ovens—and, over a period of two years, exposed certain rats for nine hours a day, every day, to EMFs of the type that flow ubiquitously from Wi-Fi hubs and cell sites into our laptops, iPads, smartphones, and, of course, our bodies.
The researchers concluded there was “clear evidence” that cell phone radiation in exposed male rats can cause cancers and precancerous lesions in the heart and brain. The lead designer of the study, veteran toxicologist Ron Melnick, reported that the researchers also found tumors in rats’ prostate glands, DNA damage in brain cells, heart muscle disease, and reduction in birth weights.
Persampire was stunned. “My initial reaction was, How is it possible that this can be ignored? When is this going to catch on like wildfire ..............
Then in 2019, she came across the website of a group called the International EMF Scientists Appeal. Among its more than 250 members, the group counted biophysicists, biochemists, and physicians from 43 countries, including professors at Harvard Medical School, Columbia University, and Johns Hopkins, who collectively had published in professional journals some 2,000 papers and letters on the biological effects of microwave EMFs. In recent years, the group issued a series of “urgent” pleas to the WHO and the United Nations Environment Programme to “address the global public health concerns related to exposure to cell phones.” The first of its nine recommendations was that “children and pregnant women be protected” from exposure.
The signatories of the EMF Scientists Appeal were particularly concerned with a vaunted new wireless communications system known as 5G
The researchers concluded there was “clear evidence” that cell phone radiation in exposed male rats can cause cancers and precancerous lesions in the heart and brain. The lead designer of the study, veteran toxicologist Ron Melnick, reported that the researchers also found tumors in rats’ prostate glands, DNA damage in brain cells, heart muscle disease, and reduction in birth weights.
Persampire was stunned. “My initial reaction was, How is it possible that this can be ignored? When is this going to catch on like wildfire ..............
Then in 2019, she came across the website of a group called the International EMF Scientists Appeal. Among its more than 250 members, the group counted biophysicists, biochemists, and physicians from 43 countries, including professors at Harvard Medical School, Columbia University, and Johns Hopkins, who collectively had published in professional journals some 2,000 papers and letters on the biological effects of microwave EMFs. In recent years, the group issued a series of “urgent” pleas to the WHO and the United Nations Environment Programme to “address the global public health concerns related to exposure to cell phones.” The first of its nine recommendations was that “children and pregnant women be protected” from exposure.
The signatories of the EMF Scientists Appeal were particularly concerned with a vaunted new wireless communications system known as 5G
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Monday, May 11, 2020
A 'shocking' two-thirds of patients recently hospitalized in NY had been staying home
A 'shocking' two-thirds of patients recently hospitalized in NY had been staying home
If you have younger people who are visiting you and may be out there and may be less diligent with the social distancing. .....
If you have younger people who are visiting you and may be out there and may be less diligent with the social distancing. .....
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Friday, May 08, 2020
Thursday, May 07, 2020
That was then, this is now; Met has no recourse but to reverse employment decision
Metropolitan Opera, Facing Sharp Losses, Furloughs Dozens - The New York Times: With the company’s September opening in jeopardy, it will put 41 staff members on indefinite furlough and cut 11 others to part-time hours.
(Small) silver lining: The free nightly rebroadcasts are popular, attracting significant audiences and creating a dividend for the company, however.
(Small) silver lining: The free nightly rebroadcasts are popular, attracting significant audiences and creating a dividend for the company, however.
Hoping Llamas Will Become Coronavirus Heroes - The New York Times
Hoping Llamas Will Become Coronavirus Heroes - The New York Times: Antibodies from Winter, a 4-year-old llama with great eyelashes, have neutralized coronavirus and other infections in lab experiments.
Wednesday, May 06, 2020
Monday, May 04, 2020
And then there's the whole question of test accuracy....
Tanzania’s President Tests Pawpaw Fruit For COVID-19 & It Tested Positive: “Something Is Happening” – Collective Evolution: Coronavirus test kits that’ve been sent to Tanzania, Africa, have come under fire from their president, John Magufuli. Magufuli is claiming that coronavirus testing kits are faulty, given the fact that they have returned positive results on samples taken from a pawpaw fruit as well as a goat. After the testing kits were imported from […]
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Administration Models Predict Near Doubling of Daily Death Toll by June
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Administration Models Predict Near Doubling of Daily Death Toll by June: “While mitigation didn’t fail, I think it’s fair to say that it didn’t work as well as we expected,” Scott Gottlieb, Mr. Trump’s former commissioner of food and drugs, said Sunday on the CBS program Face the Nation. “We expected that we would start seeing more significant declines in new cases and deaths around the nation at this point. And we’re just not seeing that.”
Sweden Is Not The Model - PaulCraigRoberts.org
Sweden Is Not The Model - PaulCraigRoberts.org:
President Trump and the neoconservatives are determined to blame China for manufacturing the virus in the Wuhan laboratory despite the fact that the US knew about the research and contributed to its financing, which was approved by Dr. Fauci himself. So when Trump and the warmonger neocons point at China the finger also points at the US.
Missouri coronavirus: 17% or more than 370 workers at a pork plant tested positive were asymptomatic - CNN
Missouri coronavirus: More than 370 workers at a pork plant tested positive were asymptomatic - CNN: 373 employees and contract workers at Triumph Foods in Buchanan County, Missouri, have tested positive for coronavirus. All of them were asymptomatic, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
Your passport and corona test, please: Vienna airport starts on-site screening for those who wish to avoid quarantine — RT World News
Your passport and corona test, please: Vienna airport starts on-site screening for those who wish to avoid quarantine — RT World News: Starting Monday, passengers arriving at Vienna International Airport will be offered an on-site Covid-19 test to avoid the mandatory 14-day quarantine.
RFK JR. Fact Check: Claim 70% of network news ad spend is from pharma
Doesn't seem to be borne out from this industry-wide tally (we couldn't find news only spending):
https://www.statista.com/statistics/273441/leading-advertisers-on-network-tv-in-the-us/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/273441/leading-advertisers-on-network-tv-in-the-us/
RFK JR FACT CHECK
"Third leading cause of death in U.S. is pharm drugs...."
vis-à-vis
Not sure where RFK Jr. is getting his facts, as he doesn't cite source:
From CDC:
vis-à-vis
Not sure where RFK Jr. is getting his facts, as he doesn't cite source:
From CDC:
Top 10 Leading Causes of Death
Data are for the U.S.
Number of deaths for leading causes of death
- Heart disease: 647,457
- Cancer: 599,108
- Accidents (unintentional injuries): 169,936
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 160,201
- Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 146,383
- Alzheimer’s disease: 121,404
- Diabetes: 83,564
- Influenza and pneumonia: 55,672
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 50,633
- Intentional self-harm (suicide): 47,173
RFK JR Fact Check
He claims children need 72 vaccinations. There are a bunch, yes, but we are not counting 72 from the following CDC recommendation:
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/syndicate-examples/child-easyread-syndicate.html
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/syndicate-examples/child-easyread-syndicate.html
RFK JR Fact Check: Autism
The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for 2014-2016 studied 30,502 US children and adolescents and found the weighted prevalence of ASD was 2.47% (24.7 per 1,000); 3.63% in boys and 1.25% in girls. Across the 3-year reporting period, the prevalence was 2.24% in 2014, 2.41% in 2015, and 2.76% in 2016.
How common is autism 2019?
Both sets of researchers calculated weighted prevalence estimates at 2.5 percent of U.S. children currently with ASD. This new estimate is higher than the autism prevalence rate currently reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one out of 59 children.Jan 3, 2019
In following video, RFK Jr calls autism "worse than coronavirus." Stats show ASD is, in fact, an epidemic....
How common is autism 2019?
Both sets of researchers calculated weighted prevalence estimates at 2.5 percent of U.S. children currently with ASD. This new estimate is higher than the autism prevalence rate currently reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one out of 59 children.Jan 3, 2019
In following video, RFK Jr calls autism "worse than coronavirus." Stats show ASD is, in fact, an epidemic....
She Predicted the Coronavirus. What Does She Foresee Next? - The New York Times
She Predicted the Coronavirus. What Does She Foresee Next? - The New York Times: Laurie Garrett, the prophet of this pandemic, expects years of death and “collective rage.”
A Young Doctor Fights to Survive the Coronavirus - The New York Times
A Young Doctor Fights to Survive the Coronavirus - The New York Times: “I just went down on my knees,” his mother recalled later. “I just implored God for mercy.”
Sunday, May 03, 2020
Rush for the Vaccine: Remembering the Polio Epidemic, and the Heroic Dr. Salk
The Next Page: Saving the world | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
We met Jimmy Sarkett, who as a young man crippled with polio volunteered himself for research that he knew would not help him but whose cells became part of the Salk vaccine that would save millions.
Saturday, May 02, 2020
Lynn Harrell, Acclaimed American Cellist, Is Dead at 76 - The New York Times
Lynn Harrell, Acclaimed American Cellist, Is Dead at 76 - The New York Times: Critics called him a “gentle giant,” a 6-foot-4 internationally renowned musician and frequent soloist whose playing could be sensitive and subtle.
Opinion | Could ‘Innate Immunology’ Save Us From the Coronavirus? - The New York Times
Opinion | Could ‘Innate Immunology’ Save Us From the Coronavirus? - The New York Times: Researchers are testing whether decades-old vaccines for polio and tuberculosis could protect against infection.
Friday, May 01, 2020
Hydroxychloroquine Has about 90 Percent Chance of Helping COVID-19 Patients - AAPS | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
Hydroxychloroquine Has about 90 Percent Chance of Helping COVID-19 Patients - AAPS | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons: In a letter to Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) presents a frequently updated table of studies that report results of treating COVID-19 with the anti-malaria drugs chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ, Plaquenil®). To date, the total number of reported patients treated with HCQ, with or without zinc […]
Question of the Day
So on the news today: only 1/3rd of recovered Chinese had Covid antibodies.
Turns out this is old news.
So.
If you get the disease, full blast and STILL don't have antibodies, how will a vaccine do the job? If you are in the lucky 1/3rd with antibodies, how long do they provide protection?
Turns out this is old news.
So.
If you get the disease, full blast and STILL don't have antibodies, how will a vaccine do the job? If you are in the lucky 1/3rd with antibodies, how long do they provide protection?
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