Anna's Pizza (Saluda) Health Inspection Status

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Second in our series of public information reports.  We are only making the information on local restaurants more accessible to everyone.  The information is already public but few people are even aware of this.  We adopted this reporting from other areas in Virginia that report each inspection of businesses in their local newspapers.  Since it is not presently done in this area, we decided to pick up the trend.

Anna's Pizza(Saluda)

Facility Location:
14911 Geo Wash Mem Hwy
Saluda

Facility Information:

Facility Type:	Fast Food Restaurant
Phone Number:	(804) 758-1112
# of Critical Violations on Last Inspection:	2
# of Non-Critical Violations on Last Inspection:	1

Definition of critical and non critical violations

Facility Inspection History:
Click on an inspection link below to see additional details

Inspection Type	Inspection Date	Violations
Routine Inspection	24-Apr-2013	2 critical
Routine Inspection	24-Apr-2013	2 critical
Routine Inspection	10-Dec-2012	1 critical
Routine Inspection	19-Jun-2012	2 critical
Routine Inspection	16-Apr-2012	0 critical
Routine Inspection	6-Apr-2012	0 critical
Routine Inspection	25-Oct-2011	0 critical

Facility Type:	Fast Food Restaurant
Inspection type:	Routine
Inspection date:	April 24, 2013
Number of critical violations:	2
Number of non-critical violations:	1

Definition of critical and non critical violations

Violations:

A summary of the violations found during the inspection are listed below.

Code	Observation / Corrective Action
0820 A 2	Corrected During Inspection Critical Repeat Food in reah in on back wall cold holding at improper temperatures Relocate food to a refrigeration unit that is capable of maintaining food storage at 41°F or below.
0830	Corrected During Inspection Critical The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) meatballs, sausage, meat sauces, cheese, and cooked vegetables in the refrigeration unit is not properly dated for disposition. Mark the name and "consume by" date on the container of RTE foods at the time of preparation if the food is to be held for more than 24 hours. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served or sold within 7 calendar days. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
2930	The front door of the food establishment is not protected along the floor against entry of insects and rodents. Protect the food establishment against the entry of insects and rodents by 1. Filling or closing holes and other gaps along floors, walls, and ceilings, 2. Closed, tight fitting windows, and 3. Solid, self-closing, tight-fitting doors. Insects and rodents are vectors of disease-causing microorganisms which may be transmitted to humans by contamination of food and food-contact surfaces.

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Our overall position: As long as you like the food, the service, the people and or the atmosphere, there is no reason to stop going there. We are just reporting the public information on these businesses.

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Virginia Receives $57.3 Million in ‘Bonus’ Funding to Accelerate Transportation Projects

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Additional funding originally allocated to other states will go toward transportation projects in Virginia

RICHMOND — Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that the Commonwealth of Virginia has received an additional $57.3 million in federal funds for transportation originally allocated to other states.

            The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will use this additional funding for paving projects in each of its nine construction districts: $16.7 million will go toward interstate paving, $25.6 million is designated for paving primary roads and $13.7 million is allocated for paving secondary roads. Additionally, $1.3 million is slated for bridge painting/preventative maintenance. Later this month, VDOT will make its recommendation to the Commonwealth Transportation Board, which has final approval on how money is spent on transportation projects.

            “This has been a historic year for transportation funding in Virginia,” said Governor McDonnell. “This 'bonus’ funding, along with the new and sustainable funding from the transportation bill, will enhance VDOT’s ability to move projects forward and continue to improve the condition of our roads. Virginia’s transportation system is vital to both economic opportunity and to the quality of life of every Virginian.  These strategic investments will mean shorter commutes, new roads and more jobs across the Commonwealth.”

            Each September, the FHWA reviews every state’s ability to commit allocated highway dollars as the federal fiscal year ends. States that cannot obligate federal funding must return that spending authority to the FHWA. The funds are then redistributed to states that can obligate all of their federal allocations and have additional eligible projects ready to move forward.

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Orbital Successfully Launches the Antares Space Launch Vehicle from Virginia to the International Space Station

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RICHMOND - Governor Bob McDonnell today congratulated Orbital Sciences Corporation for the launch of their Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft on its maiden voyage to the International Space Station. The launch occurred at the new Virginia Space launch facility at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, Virginia.

            The launch took place on September 18, 2013, from MARS Pad 0A, which was designed and built to accommodate medium-class liquid-fuel space launch vehicles.  The goal of the ORB-D1 COTS Demo mission is to demonstrate the operational Antares launch system to deliver the Cygnus space vehicle to the International Space Station with cargo.

            Speaking about the launch, Governor McDonnell remarked, “In just over a week, Virginia has witnessed two historic launches from the Mid-Altantic Regional Spaceport.  The first was the LADEE mission to the moon.  Today, Orbital Sciences Corporation launched their Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station.  These historic launches are sure to put Virginia on the map as a leader in space exploration.  We are well on our way to making Wallops Island the top commercial spaceport in the country.  I congratulate everyone who helped to make today’s launch successful.”

            Virginia Secretary of Transportation, Sean Connaughton, said, “This has been a long time coming, with the full support of Governor McDonnell and multiple Virginia Governors before him.  Space is a key part of the transportation infrastructure.  Virginia Transportation is not just roads, rails and ports – we are space too.”

            Dale Nash, Executive Director of VCSFA, commented from the Wallops Range Control Center, “The ORB-D1 COTS Demo Mission confirms full operational capability of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's (MARS) Pad-0A.  This is the second Antares launch with eight more currently on the manifest, and it follows the successful NASA LADEE mission launched on an Orbital Minotaur V rocket off MARS Pad-0B by less than two-weeks.  In addition to LADEE and the COTS Demo, two more missions are scheduled to be launched out of MARS before the end of the year.  It has become a very good partnership between NASA, MARS and Orbital and one that benefits the Nation and Virginia.”

            Orbital, a northern Virginia corporation, is next scheduled to conduct a Demonstration Mission of cargo delivery to the International Space Station (ISS).  The Demonstration Mission is the final operational milestone under the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation System (COTS) agreement.  Following the successful completion of the COTS research and development program, Orbital is slated to deliver up to 20,000 kgs (44,000 lbs) of supplies to the ISS under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA.  The Demonstration Mission and CRS flights will continue to launch from MARS Pad 0A, located on NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia, which is ideally suited for ISS missions, and can also accommodate launches to other orbits of interest.

            Virginia plays a key role in national security and assured access to space as one of only four states in the United States that is licensed by the FAA to launch spacecraft into orbit.  Virginia stands ready to continue supporting Orbital in launching Antares on cargo resupply missions to the ISS as well as any other future missions.

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Governor McDonnell Urges Virginians to “Go Teal” for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

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Executive Mansion to Display the Color Teal to Honor All Those Affected by Ovarian Cancer

RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell and CancerDancer urge Virginians to “Go Teal” on Thursday, September 19, 2013 to raise awareness of ovarian cancer.  Virginians are encouraged to wear teal to honor those affected by ovarian cancer. 

  

            In honor of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, the Executive Mansion will display teal ribbons throughout the day and be illuminated teal at night on Thursday, September 19, 2013.  CancerDancer will gather friends at 525 at the Berry Burk in Richmond at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow before walking to the Mansion.

            More than 21,000 American women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year and about 14,000 succumb to the disease.

            CancerDancer is a Richmond-based nonprofit celebrating the lives of those affected by ovarian cancer in an effort to educate, empower and stimulate research leading to a cure.  To learn more about CancerDancer, please visitwww.ocancerdancer.org/events.

View the governor’s proclamation here.

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Media Buries Psychiatric Drug Connection to Navy Shooter

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Networks don’t want to risk losing $2.4 billion in ad revenue from
pharmaceutical giants;

Paul Joseph Watson
September 18, 2013

Despite every indication that Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis was on
SSRI drugs that have been linked to dozens of previous mass shootings,
the mainstream media has once again avoided all discussion of the
issue, preferring instead to blame the tragedy on a non-existent AR-15
that the gunman didn’t even use.

We now know that Alexis “had been treated since August by the Veterans
Administration for his mental problems.”

As Mike Adams points out, “This is proof that Aaron Alexis was on
psychiatric drugs, because that’s the only treatment currently being
offered by the Veterans Administration for mental problems. Alexis’
family members also confirmed to the press that he was being “treated”
for his mental health problems. Across the medical industry,
“treatment” is the code word for psychiatric drugging.”

Alexis also suffered from PTSD, blackouts and anger issues – all of
which are treated with SSRI drugs. The most common form of treatment
for PTSD is Paroxetine, which is listed as the number 3 top
violence-causing drug by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices
(ISMP).

The Navy Yard shooter was clearly on some form of psychiatric drug,
but the media has shown no interest in discovering its identity.

Despite it being reported that prescription drugs were found in the
apartment of ‘Batman’ shooter James Holmes days after the Aurora
massacre, it took nine months to find out exactly what those drugs
were. Like Columbine killer Eric Harris, Holmes had been taking
Zoloft, another SSRI drug linked with violent outbursts.

The length of time it took to find out that Holmes was on Zoloft was
partly because the media habitually shows zero interest in pursuing
the link between anti-depressants and violence.

As the website SSRI Stories profusely documents, there are literally
hundreds of examples of mass shootings, murders and other violent
episodes that have been committed by individuals on psychiatric drugs
over the past three decades. The number of cases is staggering.

Why is the corporate media so disinterested in pursuing this clear connection?

Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that the pharmaceutical
giants who produce drugs like Zoloft, Prozac and Paxil spend around
$2.4 billion dollars a year on direct-to-consumer television
advertising every year. By running negative stories about prescription
drugs, networks risk losing tens of millions of dollars in ad revenue.

While failing to ask questions about what SSRI drugs Aaron Alexis was
taking prior to his rampage, the media instead blamed the shooting on
assault rifles, even after it had been confirmed that no AR-15 was
used by Alexis during the massacre.

FBI assistant director Victoria Parlave stated at a press conference
on Tuesday that authorities, “do not have any information at this time
that [Alexis] had an AR-15 in his possession.”

Despite there being no evidence that an AR-15 was used, the New York
Daily News ran a front page headline yesterday morning entitled, “Same
Gun Different Slay,” next to a picture of an assault rifle.

Hours after the FBI stated that no AR-15 had been used, MSNBC’s Alex
Wagner, who previously blamed the Boston bombings on Alex
Jones,continued to use an animated graphic depicting Alexis carrying
an assault rifle during the massacre.

Anti-second amendment crusader Piers Morgan also erroneously blamed
the shooting on “a man with a legally purchased AR-15, who just
committed the same kind of atrocity as we saw at Sandy Hook, and
Aurora,” during his CNN show on Monday.

CNN’s live news coverage also reported that Alexis had “recently
purchased (an) AR-15 shotgun,” when in fact that purchase had been
denied.

Both the New York Times and the Washington Post also falsely reported
that an AR-15 had been found on Alexis after the massacre.

DC gun grabbers Dianne Feinstein and Dick Durbin also regurgitated the
false claim that Alexis used an AR-15 during the rampage.

The US press has once again behaved like state media in the aftermath
of the Navy Yard shooting by pursuing the assault rifle angle –
despite the fact that it was patently false – in order to bolster the
White House’s gun control agenda.

In doing so, they have concurrently buried an integral aspect of mass
shootings that needs to be highlighted as part of a national conversation
– the clear connection between violent outbursts and SSRI drugs.

http://www.infowars.com/media-buries-psychiatric-drug-connection-to-navy-shooter/  Link back to original story.

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Attacks on Health Reporters and Their Readers Are Escalating

Take Control of Your Health by dr. Mercola. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By Dr. Mercola

Truth becomes treason in an empire of lies. Attacks against health web sites like yours truly and others, and our readers—yes, that would be you—are rapidly escalating.

Thinly veiled threats are issued not just by industry spokespersons (many of whom hide their industry ties from their readers), but also international organizations like UNICEF. It’s become very evident, very quickly, that now more than ever, we need your support to counter the increasingly dirty tactics of these industry players.

Simply by reporting the scientific evidence—which is published in peer-reviewed journals, mind you—I’ve been labeled as a top “anti-vaccine influencer” for my pro-safety stance on vaccines, and a “media supporter of domestic eco-terrorists” for my reporting on the hazards of Roundup and genetically engineered foods.

Why Is UNICEF Accusing Health Journalists of Lying?

A recently published report1 by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reveals that the organization is tracking "the rise of online pro-vaccine safety sentiments in Central and Eastern Europe,” and has identified the most influential pro-vaccine safety influencers” on the web.

UNICEF included me on the list, along with other independent health websites like GreenMedInfo.com, Mothering.com and NaturalNews.com, just to name a few. In their opening reference, they use a quote by Mark Twain that reads:

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

Clearly, UNICEF is inferring that I and other vaccine-safety advocates are lying about the situation and therefore should be ignored. This would be hilarious if it wasn’t so serious.

Here we have an international organization supposedly dedicated to children’s health and well being, and instead of addressing the ample scientific evidence showing the potential harm of vaccines, they’re entering into ever-deepening partnerships with vaccine company giants like Merck2 and GlaxoSmithKline3(GSK).

They spend precious time and resources on public relations schemes to convince you to ignore any science that raises questions about the wisdom of “carpet-bombing” infants’ and young children’s immune systems with potentially harmful vaccines.

UNICEF’s Bedfellows

This is especially disturbing because Merck has been involved in numerous criminal scandals and class-action lawsuits in recent years, including fraudulently marketing its deadly drug Vioxx; lying about the true efficacy of its mumps vaccine.

Additionally, they engaged in scientific fraud (a charge brought by its own scientists); and hiding critical side effects associated with its osteoporosis drugFosamax, just to name a few of the most publicized.

Even more shocking, in 2009, it was revealed that Merck actually had a hit list of doctors to be "neutralized" or discredited for voicing critical opinions about the pain killer Vioxx—a drug that indeed ended up killing more than 60,000 people before it was pulled from the market.

Two years later, in 2011, the company ended up pleading guilty to a criminal charge over the fraudulent marketing and sales of this deadly drug.4 But sure, let’s listen to UNICEF and trust the guys who go so far as to threaten the lives of those who question the safety of a very factually dangerous drug. Then there’s GSK, whose leadership among corporate criminals is illustrious indeed.

Not only was GSK found guilty in the largest health fraud settlement in US history just last year, for which they were fined $3 billion. A couple of months ago, Chinese authorities accused the company of bribery and illegal marketing schemes. Chinese police claim to possess evidence showing that bribery has been a "core part" of GSK China's business model since 2007.

Doctors and government officials are said to have received perks such as travel, cash, and sexual favors that when combined, amounted to nearly $5 billion, according to some reports. The company allegedly used travel agencies as middlemen to carry out these illegal acts. Four Chinese GSK executives have so far been detained on charges of cash and sexual bribery.

GSK also spent more than 10 years covering up information that proved they knew about the serious health dangers of their blockbuster diabetes drug Avandia, as it would adversely affect sales. While carousing with the true liars and criminals, UNICEF deems it fitting to paint me and other health journalists as the liars; the ones leading you astray.

Little does UNICEF realize that by publicizing a list of monitored “vaccine influencers”—the health reporters who stick pegs in the wheels of their crafty PR schemes by publishing all those studies the vaccine industry would rather see buried—they’ve basically given you a Who’s Who of real vaccine information.

Maybe we should thank them rather than rail against their poor judgment? As stated by Sayer Ji5 of Greenmedinfo.com, who was also targeted in the report:

“[W]hile the document purports to be analytical and descriptive, it has proscriptive and defamatory undertones, and only thinly conceals an agenda to discredit opposing views and voices. UNICEF's derogatory stance.

This is all the more surprising considering that websites such as GreenMedinfo.com aggregate, disseminate and provide open access to peer-reviewed research on vaccine adverse effects and safety concerns extracted directly from the US National Library of Medicine, much of which comes from high-impact journals.”

GMO-Labeling Supporters Now Accused of Supporting Eco-Terrorism. What’s Next?

Another recent article, published in Forbes Magazine,6 really ups the ante of the attack on health journalists and their readers with the headline: “ Domestic Eco-Terrorism Has Deep Pockets. And Many Enablers.” The article, written by Jay Byme and Henry I.Miller, reads in part:

“In recent years, [eco]terrorists have attempted to gain sympathy and “justification” for their actions by means of disinformation campaigns that relentlessly smear the safety and utility of genetic engineering applied to agriculture... “Frankenfood” headlines may sell newspapers and organic food, but this kind of “black marketing” — enhancing the perceived value of your products by disparaging those of your competitors – can also encourage serious criminal acts.

...There exists in this country a vast, well-established, highly professional, protest industry fueled by special interest groups seeking to line their own pockets... Anti-genetic engineering campaigns are openly funded and promoted by mainstream organic food marketers like Gary Hirshberg, the chairman of Stonyfield Organic, and alternative health and food-supplement hucksters Joe Mercola and Mike Adams — all cynical fear-profiteers who benefit from increased consumer mistrust in their competitors’ products... The ultimate objective, of course, is to sell more overpriced, overrated organic food...

One result of the widely disseminated disinformation effort is an environment that provides encouragement to extremists who commit criminal acts. It comes from the Facebook and Twitter followers of the genetic engineering conspiracy theorists, organic marketers and “right to know” labeling activists... Against the backdrop of this fear-mongering, hate-speech and support for acts of terror toward legal, highly regulated, safe and societally valuable R&D, we should condemn not only the perpetrators themselves but also their corporate and media enablers.”

Why Am I on Biotech’s Hit List?

Alright, now that we’ve been  labeled as “enablers of domestic eco-terrorism” as well—again by simply reporting on research that is published in peer-reviewed journals and interviewing educated researchers and professionals in the field—let’s take a look at who’s behind the  name calling.  The first author of this hit-piece is Jay Byrne, whose author’s bio identifies him as president of v-Fluence Interactive Public Relations, Inc.  Why does Mr. Byrne fail to mention in his bio that he was a former Monsanto executive?

Jay Byrne actually headed up corporate communications for Monsanto Company from 1997 to 2001. And this piece is nothing if not a corporate communication; clearly, there are persistent ties there. How nice for Monsanto to be able to call up their old communications director and have him pen a totally impartial article warning you of your eco-terrorism ties and contributions, should you decide to support a GMO labeling campaign. Back in 2001, Jay Byrne also made the following statement, which is more than a little telling:

“Imagine the internet as a weapon, sitting on a table. Either you use it or your opponent does, but somebody’s going to get killed.”

Byrne’s company v-Fluence Interactive Public Relations7 is also a thinly veiled arm of big Biotech. According to Byrne,“traditionally produced foods and agricultural practices are under attack... Leveraging such issues as pesticides, GMOs, hormones, antibiotics, Mad Cow disease, CAFOs and trade concerns linked to risk factors (human health, environmental risks and consumer choices/controls).” If that’s not a statement taken right out of Big Biotech’s playbook, I don’t know what is. He’s certainly not speaking with any concern for your health and wellbeing.

Perhaps Jay would like to address the recent contamination of alfalfa and wheat exports. While it was just recently approved for commercial use, it was already found in contaminated and rejected exports sending yet another shock to countries who require labeling or reject genetically engineered crops. Monsanto is single-handedly destroying farmer's export markets by genetically polluting and contaminating our entire agriculture.

The following slide is from his 2013 conference presentation8 on Food and Agricultural Advocacy, which carries the following description (you can view the slideshow in its entirety here):

“These five stakeholders represent a core group of commercial players who act in advocacy roles seeking to influence public attitudes, commercial and governmental policies negatively impacting agriculture and food biotechnology. These influencers directly or via their organizations have been principal drivers via direct activities, funding or complementary marketing behind North American anti‐GMO advocacy campaigns in 2011.

While the scope of this report focused on NGOs it is important to note that absent commercial partners – specifically those in the organic, natural products and alternative health sectors – who provide funding and other leverage for anti‐GMO advocacy there would be little effective or sustained advocacy in this space.”

Remember Henry Miller?

Coincidentally, if the name Henry I. Miller—the second author of that hit piece—rings a bell, it could be because you paid attention during last year’s campaign to get genetically engineered foods labeled in California. He was front and center of the “No on Prop 37” campaign, posing as a Stanford professor in TV commercials and flyers, telling California voters that the ballot measure was “arbitrary,” “completely illogical,” and “ill conceived.”

In reality, he’s not a Stanford professor; he’s a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank that happens to be housed on the Stanford campus. Furthermore, Stanford has a policy to not take positions on candidates or ballot measures, and does not allow political filming on campus. The campaign’s TV ad was eventually pulled due to the misrepresentation of Miller.9 He also has a long history10 of defending toxic chemicals such as DDT, in addition to working for Big Tobacco.

If you care about your right to know what’s in your food, your right to choose organic, and your right to learn how your food is being produced, I suggest you etch the names Jay Byrne and Henry Miller into your memory, so you know exactly who is speaking when you come across their industry PR pieces, because nowhere do either of these men fess up their close ties to the industries they defend.

The Science Media Centre—the Dark Side’s PR Center

Another not-so-independent source of information is anything generated by the Science Media Centre (SMC).11 Headquartered in the UK, there is also a US-based outlet.12 The SMC13 claims to be “an independent press office helping to ensure that the public have access to the best scientific evidence and expertise through the news media when science hits the headlines.” Yet their list of funding sources reads like a a Who’s Who of big biotech14 -- multibillion dollar giants like:

BASF	Bayer	CropLife (pesticide and biotech trade group)	Abbott Laboratories
Monsanto	Novartis	Syngenta	Astra Zeneca
Coca-Cola	Biochemical Society	Chemical Industries Association	GlaxoSmithKline

The organization lays claim to being objective and non-biased because they don’t receive more than five percent or so of their funding from any one company, organization or individual. But how non-biased can you possibly be when so much of the funding comes from different companies and front groups within the same industries? Their highly conflicted panel of “experts” represent the funding industries and are NOT providing the media with objective academic feedback. Why would any company pay to have some independent, objective expert speak out against them? In short, the SMC has one agenda, and that is to deceive you with corporate propaganda.

For example, they provide handy tips to their “independent” experts in a document15 called “Communicating Risks in a Soundbite: A Guide for Scientists.” It explains how to respond to media questions by downplaying problems. For example, if a reporter asks, “Is it risky?” the scientist should get the journalist to instead ask about the benefits by replying, “the benefits outweigh the risks.” Another suggested answer: “It is a very small risk. So small that I believe it is safe.”

Not exactly players with an objective view of science.

This might explain why the Science Media Centre pounced16 on the French study showing organ damage and massive cancer tumors in rats fed GE corn. This was the first lifetime feeding study that has ever been conducted with GE food, so it was sure to be a major embarrassment to Big Biotech. The very same day the French report was published came a press release17 from the Science Media Centre claiming “anomalies throughout the paper” despite the authors having been through the usual peer review process.

In short, you can bet if there’s a harmful substance out there that makes money, there are at least one or more front groups, posing as independent non-profit organizations, disseminating anything but independent safety reviews and information pertaining to it. It’s high time to pull back the curtain and see who’s really pulling the strings and levers.

I hope you will support not only this web site by reading and sharing what you learn here with others, but also any number of other health journalists reporting the results of research that Big Business would rather you didn’t know. It’s quite clear that many of us have targets on our proverbial backs, and the attacks are quickly escalating. Now is the time to stand together, form a united front, and show them that we simply will not be cowed by their thinly-veiled threats.

Why Does Monsanto Hate Americans?

Interestingly ,Monsanto seems to be fine with supporting GMO labeling when there’s no other choice. Here’s a Monsanto ad from the UK, letting British consumers know how much the company supports the mandatory labeling of their goods—even urging Britons to seek such labels out—ostensibly because Monsanto believes “you should be aware of all the facts before making a decision.” What’s the difference between British shoppers and American shoppers? Why does Monsanto support one nation’s right to know but not another?

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/09/18/unicef-attacks-health-advocates.aspx  Link back to Mercola.com for more on this issue.

Here is a picture of starving children.  Note the bellies are fat, yet the rest of their bodies are skin and bone.

Now look at any American these days.  Bellies are fat while the rest of the body is out of proportion.  Our food supply is horrible despite the amount we have.  More people go to bed starving in the US than probably any other country per capita,  yet your belly is full.  You are starving for nutrition.  What the American diet lacks.  Because of this, you end up sick and have all kinds of medical complications.  The doctors won't pinpoint the real underlying issues, they will just treat the symptoms.  It's a rigged system and it's rigged against you.  But it's all your fault anyway is what they tell you.  

  One book we read, the best hospital administrators can tell what kind of doctors to staff and how to maximize the hospital for maximum income based on a simple trip to the local grocery stores and looking at the fast food restaurants in any given area.  Heart specialists, cancer specialists, diabetes specialists......

Drug stores know exactly what to stock based on food trends for those fast so called remedies.  

   Another scary story.  Doctors went on strike in one US city for two weeks effectively shutting down the healthcare in the area.  The death toll actually went down substantially during that two week period.  (WOW).   

  From yet another book, a professor at a college wanted to show his students the superiority of food based vitamin C as opposed to synthetic vitamin C.  He went to the local supermarket and bought a bunch of oranges for his classes.  At the end of the day he was horrified.  The oranges had no vitamin C content.  He went to the supermarket to find out what was going on.  It turns out that the oranges in question came in from South Africa and were picked green 3 years before making it into the store.  They were warehoused for over 2 years before being shipped.  When they made it to the US, they were recolored orange with food dyes and sold as fresh.

  Keep in mind that the health care industry is just that, an industry and as an industry it's main function is to make money and do so any way it can.  It's not about ethics, it's about dollars.  Besides, if you are not properly nourished, you are not thinking to your maximum potential and you do not have the energy to fight what is going on.  How can they lose that battle?

  Is it fact or science fiction?  You have to wonder.

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