The HEART of the Matter

I was over at Winter Patiot Community blog and got insiped by what James and NJT had been talking about in the comments section of James' awesome post "A Path With Heart – The Christmas Message
So, I decided, due to this immediate inspiration upon reading NJT's comment to include it here on my blog as I feel in my heart it is a very important message and information that must be absorbed and postulated..
firstly lets get to the HEART of the matter...

Did you know that The heart is also the first organ that is being formed in the womb. The rest comes later.

"Follow Your Heart, it is Smarter Than You Think"

Recently, Neurophysicists have been astonished to discover that the Heart is more an organ of intelligence, than (merely) the bodies' main pumping station. More than half of the Heart is actually composed of neurons of the very same nature as those that make up the cerebral system. Joseph Chilton-Pearce, author of The Biology of Transcendence, calls it "the major biological apparatus within us and the seat of our greatest intelligence."

The Heart is also the source of the body's strongest electromagnetic field. Each heart cell is unique in that it not only pulsates in synchrony with all the other heart cells, but also produces an electromagnetic signal that radiates out beyond the cell. An EEG that measures brain waves shows that the electromagnetic signals from the heart are so much stronger than brain waves, that a reading of the heart's frequency spectrum can be taken from three feet away from the body...without placing electrodes on it!

The Heart's electromagnetic frequency arcs out from the Heart and back in the form of a torus field. The axis of this Heart torus extends from the pelvic floor to the top of the skull, and the whole field is holographic, meaning that information about it can be read from each and every point in the torus.

The Hearts' torus electromagnetic field is not the only source that emits this type of electromagnetic field. Every atom emits the same torus field. The Earth is also at the center of a torus, so is the solar system and even our galaxy...and all are holographic. Scientists believe there is a good possibility that there is only one universal torus encompassing an infinite number of interacting, holographic tori within its spectrum. Because electromagnetic torus fields are holographic, it is more than likely that the sum total of our Universe is present within the frequency spectrum of a single torus.

This means that each one of us is connected to the entire Universe and as such, can access all the information within it at any given moment. When we get quiet and access what we hold in our Hearts, we are literally connecting to the limitless supply and Wisdom of the Universe, thereby enabling what we perceive as "miracles" to enter into our lives.

When we disconnect and shut down the Heart's innate wisdom of Love-based thinking, the ego-based intellect takes over and operates independently of the Heart, and we revert to a survival mentality based on fear, greed, power, and control. In this way, we come to believe that we are separate, our perception of life shifts into one of limitation and scarcity, and one in which we must fight in order to survive. This amazing organ, that we often time ignore, neglect and build walls around, is where we can find our strength, our faith, our courage and our compassion, enabling our higher emotional intelligence that can, if we allow it, guide us through our lives.

We must now switch the gears out of the fear-based mental state that we have been taught to believe in, and move into Heart Centered living. For this transformation to take place, one must learn to meditate, "go into your Heart" and access the inner wisdom of the Universe. It is the only way, it is THE WAY. As each one of us begins this quiet revolution of living from the Heart, we will begin to see it reflected in our lives and in our World. This is how each one of us will create change in the world, create Peace, create Harmony and Balance, and in this way, will we all create the New World Paradigm of Heaven on Earth. (end snip)

Wow hey!!( thanks to NJT)

But, is this realistic? there is such along way to go until humanity reaches such a point in my opinion..
Obviously the "powers" which run this "world " are so scared of this knowledge and have a huge interest in maintaining the maiming and destructive reality that is constructed to weaken and destroy us..
therefore we must look at the supression of the truth in the medical, spiritual and physical realms...
THe instrinsic interconnection between ALL. and ALL of US.

Which now brings me to the work of BRUCE LIPTON. (thanks to james for putting me on this track many months ago)

"The Biology of Belief is a groundbreaking work in the field of New Biology. Author Dr. Bruce Lipton is a former medical school professor and research scientist. His experiments, and that of other leading edge scientists, have examined in great detail the processes by which cells receive information. The implications of this research radically change our understanding of life. It shows that genes and DNA do not control our biology; that instead DNA is controlled by signals from outside the cell, including the energetic messages emanating from our positive and negative thoughts. Dr. Lipton’s profoundly hopeful synthesis of the latest and best research in cell biology and quantum physics is being hailed as a major breakthrough showing that our bodies can be changed as we retrain our thinking."

Well..
If you have the time, and the inclination to listen to all of this,  and to do your own research..
You may find something that could change your way of thought and therefore your life.

Also the AWESOME A.Peasant from the Twelfth Bough has a series on her blog titled HOW FAR IS HEAVEN 

Which I totally recommend in it's 3 part entirity..

Funny how these things materialise sometimes.

For all of you, Thanks for the ongoing support of The Thirteenth Monkey this past year (since Feb)
And I wish you all..from my HEART a very Happy, Peacefull and Safe New Year.
All the best for 2012.
Peace and Love to All.
A13

Gruss Vom Krampus

Well Christmas is here tonight and we are worried that Grus vom Krampus might visit this house.
Well....Not literally anyway.
What an interesting story and tradition.
What horror for children that grew up with the fear of Krampus!
Even I still get creeped out by the Krampus..

If you don't know about Krampus, here is some enlightening information..Maybe this is why kids are scared to sit on Santa Klaus's knee??
"you better be good, you better be nice"...etc

In the Netherlands (where my family hails from) the Dutch have a similar companion to Saint Nicolas called "Black Peter"which is not so manevolent..or scary.


Krampus is a bound devil who escorts the benevolent Saint Nikolo on the eve of his day ~ Nikolo tests the children with their Catechism and good behavior.

If they pass he gives gifts and treats. If they fail, Krampus is set loose to deal with these bad children; worse than lumps of coal & rotten potatoes, he may also use a switch of twigs to beat them and molests the bad children in other ways... giving them a taste of Hell to come.

He comes disguised as the sinister farm hand or servant named Ruprecht in Lutheran lands, because Martin Luther tried to squelch demon superstitions... although his name still harkens to the running demons of the 12 wild nights of winter.

On the eve of Saint Nikolo's Day (December 5th) children are put to bed and warned of their peril. They may avoid a direct visit by leaving shoes outside the door. If they sleep soundly, they will not have to deal with the test, and in the morning of St Nikolo's Day (December 6th) they will find either treats & small gifts in their shoes, or a switch, lump of coal, or rotten potatoes. Parents are expected to use the switch on those children so designated as having been really bad. Perhaps they can heed the warning and behave better until Christmas when the Christ child brings gifts.

What a traumatic way to get childeren to BE good or BEhave...
It sure as hell didn't work on me otherwise there would be no ranty drunks blog :)

I stare the krampus in the eyes and say "stuff you demon"...

Sometimes you have to be naughty to be nice :)
Maybe more of us need to.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

A13

The Dark Side: Attrocities in IRAQ

I have just sat through this..
I knew it was bad..

There were some scences i didn't want to see...but i made myself look.


Please watch and pass around..

Some of you may have watched it already.








On the Dark Side in Al Doura - A Soldier in the Shadows from Pulse TV & Maverick Media on Vimeo.

WARNING: Graphic and disturbing photos between 38:40 and 40:45.
U.S. Army Ranger John Needham, who was awarded two purple hearts and three medals for heroism, wrote to military authorities in 2007 reporting war crimes that he witnessed being committed by his own command and fellow soldiers in Al Doura, Iraq. His charges were supported by atrocity photos which, in the public interest, are now released in this video. John paid a terrible price for his opposition to these acts. His story is tragic.

CBS reported obtaining an Army document from the Criminal Investigation Command suggestive of an investigation into these war crimes allegations. The Army's conclusion was that the "offense of War Crimes did not occur." However, CBS also stated that the report was “redacted and incomplete; 111 pages were withheld.”

This video is placed with the context of Vice President, Dick Cheney, insistence that this nation's efforts "must go to the dark side;" which included ignoring the Geneva Conventions.

John's story is told, here, by his father, Michael Needham. It is produced in the spirit of the public interest and towards promoting justice and the rule of law.

For More :http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30034.htm

A13

Sneakers?

Take a look at this picture....

See anything strange?

Do "soldiers" highly trained military and riot personnel wear SNEAKERS??

Check out the guy that is about to stomp on this woman..

look at his feet..

grey Converse Allstars perhaps?


Not very practical for "riot" conditions..not very protective or strong, which is the kind of footwear required for those conditions.

maybe he put them on especially to stomp her..not as painfull as a jackboot in the guts..

Also what is that woman wearing?..
No not fashion wise..a "burka" looking thing over jeans..with no top on underneath, only a bra..this is also interesting as most women modest enough to wear a burka, most likely wear something underneath them as well...not JUST a bra..( a bright blue push up bra at that...)

Maybe  a SET UP picture perhaps to garner some form of emotional "reaction"...

Image from HERE

It is ODD isn't it

A13

Syria: Prepping for War?

Syria deploys Russian anti-sea missiles on coast, Scuds on Turkish border: 


Expanded Russian military and diplomatic support for the Assad regime was underscored by the deployment Friday, Dec. 16, of advanced Moscow-supplied Yakhont (SSN-26) shore-to-sea missiles along Syria's Mediterranean shore to fend off a potential Western-Turkish invasion by sea. Last week, Russia airlifted to Syria 3 million face masks against chemical and biological weapons and the Admiral Kutznetsov carrier and strike group was sent on its way to Syria's Mediterranean port of Tartus. 

Russian naval sources in Moscow stressed that the flotilla is armed with the most advanced weapons against submarines and aerial attack. Upon arrival, the Russian craft will launch a major marine-air maneuver in which Syrian units will take part.

Syria has received from Russia 72 Yakhont missiles able to hit marine targets up to a distance of 300 kilometers - i.e., over the horizon, our military sources report. The missile's radar remains inert, making it hard to detect, until it is close to target. It is then switched on to guide its aim.

Its high speed – 2,000 kmh – enables the Yakhont to strike before its target has time to activate self-defense systems.

Thursday night, in response to the deployment of 21 Syrian Scuds on the Turkish border, including five with chemical warheads, Ankara convened its top military council and declared its armed forces ready for war.

Syria also rushed armored reinforcements to the Jordanian border.

debkafile's military and intelligence sources report that the rush of Syrian war moves backed by Russia indicates that both believe a Western-Arab force is on the point of invading Syria.

They are keeping an eye especially on Turkey which is suspected of having obtained a NATO marine and air umbrella, including the US Sixth Fleet, for military preparations aimed at ousting Bashar Assad, so repeating the operation against Libya's Muammar Qaddafi.

The diplomatic flurry around Syria was accentuated by US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's arrival in Ankara Friday morning to find Turkish armed forces on war preparedness, and Syrian Vice President Farouk A-Shara's landing in Moscow for a crisis conference with Russian leaders.

Thursday night, Dec. 15, debkafile reported:

War tensions around Syria rose alarmingly Thursday night, Dec. 15, when Turkey's top military council convened "to review the armed forces' preparedness for war" in response to the deployment of Syrian missiles, some tipped with chemical warheads, on their common border. debkafile's military sources report the meeting was led by Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.

The Assad government also rushed armored units in two directions - to the Turkish frontier and also to the Jordanian border opposite the US special operations units from Iraq newly deployed to defend Jordan against a Syrian attack, as debkafile reported on Dec. 13

Our sources report that 21 Syrian missile launchers, five of them Scud D with chemical warheads, are deployed in northern Syria opposite the Turkish Hatai (Alexandretta) district. They were moved up in broad daylight to make sure Western spy satellites and Turkish intelligence surveillance saw them. More are on the way.

In Israel, the IDF announced it was reconstituting the special command for operations behind enemy lines under the command of Brig. Gen. Shay Avital.
Before the military council convened in Ankara, Turkey placed its border contingents, air force and navy on war preparedness.
The official statement said the high military council had "assessed Turkish army needs and necessary steps to address these requirements…"

The Turkish press repeated a statement by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu in an interview two weeks ago that Turkey does not want to consider a military option for intervention in neighboring Syria as Damascus cracks down on popular protest, but it is ready for any scenario.

The Turkish army has prepared operational plans for seizing parts of northern Syria if the situation there continues to deteriorate. Those plans would essentially carve Syria into two entities, with the Turkish army holding the north and protecting opposition and civilian populations, while the Syrian army and Assad loyalists would remain in control of the central and southern regions.(end snip)

Above Article sourced from HERE (DEBKA: please be aware that this is Pro Israel and has mainstream media spin accordingly)

For Israel..the Golan heights area is the prize...

AND Israel is Very PREPARED for WAR iwth SYRIA...As seen  here in this headline:
Israel and Syria brace for regional war between mid-Dec. 2011 and mid-Jan 2012

Israel also need their usefull "friends" Turkey (Erdogan) and the USA..

Strategically and coincidentally the US Pulling out of IRAQ and moving on to a new theatre....luckily they won't need to travel far for this one though..It's handy having all of those "bases" in other countries..so very handy indeed.

US units exiting Iraq deployed in Jordan

RIGHT NEXT DOOR IS SYRIA...handy!

As one "war" ends...another begins.

Syria First..Iran next.

Speaking of TURKEY and ERDOGAN..It appears that he is VERY ILL....

If he is not "capable" to do his job for his masters..then it's "regieme" change in Turkey as well...Watch out Turkey.

http://thirteenthmonkey.blogspot.com/2011/04/syria-sabbotage-israel.html

http://thirteenthmonkey.blogspot.com/2011/11/iran-british-embassy-stormed.html

A13

The Goldman Saching of Europe

An excellent article and a must read.
Sourced From HERE

"I don't want to sound alarmist but it looks like Goldman Sachs has taken over Europe.  The continent has succumbed to the dictates of global finance, there was no choice. The bankers are holding us all to ransom and have done since the beginning of the GFC in 2008.

The German government's reaction to its disastrous bond auction a week or so ago, gives a big clue to the real multibillion dollar game being played out in boardrooms from New York to Frankfurt. The most powerful and resilient economy in Europe couldn't get a bid for 35% of its 10 year bonds on offer.
Observers say it was a warning from bankers, on both sides of the Atlantic, do as we say or else!

Germany, through its Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, had been at the forefront demanding that banks share any sovereign bailout losses that eventuate from the European Stability Mechanism, to be up and running next year. The failed German bond auction was the bank's curt reply and Schaeuble backed down.
Right from the start of the European crisis, the banks have been pulling the strings. Remember when the former Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou announced a plebiscite, to get popular buy-in for his austerity plan and the markets went bananas and he was excoriated. The markets and the banks, not the Greek people, passed judgement and he had to go.

Across the Ionian Sea, former Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi hadn't done enough to satisfy the self-serving screen jockeys and they turned their weapons, their bond traders, lap dog ratings agencies and share market speculators on Italy. Berlusconi was rumoured to be resigning and the bourse rallied. No, he wasn't going and it fell away again with a promise that it would rocket when he finally and inevitably bowed to massive financial pressure to resign. As night follows day, he was replaced by a euphemism, a technocrat. Nowhere was there much talk about voter's wishes or rights.

All this might have been ameliorated if not avoided had the Obama Administration brought the bankers to heel three years ago by jailing a dozen or so, now it's too late! But of course that was never going to happen when the President's own economic team was drawn from or had strong links with Goldman Sachs. With Summers, Rubin, Geithner and Emanuel it was Wall St. on the Potomac.

That's probably why, in 2008, Goldman Sachs was too big to prosecute. It received more subsidies and bailout funds than any other investment bank. How did Goldman Sachs thank the American people for their largesse? By using billions in taxpayer money to enrich itself and reward its top executives who received, it's reported, mind boggling wage increases and bonuses of $18 billion in 2009, $16 billion in 2010 and $10 billion in 2011.

At the same time, Goldman Sachs offloaded billions in worthless securities helping destroy the global economy. The firm misled investors about the true nature of this worthless junk and hid the fact that it was betting against these same securities. In just one such deal Goldman Sachs is reported to have raked in $2 billion.

Scroll back to 2002. Goldman Sachs covertly bought 2.3 billion Euros in Greek debt, converted it into yen and dollars, and then immediately sold it back to Greece at a supposed loss. Goldman Sachs had struck a secret deal with the then, free-market  government to conceal its massive budget deficit. Goldman's confected loss was Greece's imaginary gain just to meet Europe's requirement that its deficit never surpass 3 % of GDP. Now, it's reported that Goldman made a $250 million fee on the deal and a motza on credit default swap insurance sold to Greek bond holders against the country going bust.
Apparently this only became known to Prime Minister, George Papandreou and his Socialist government when they came into office and investors demanded monster interest rates to lend more money to roll over this debt.

So who is going to save Europe, and by extension us?

The new president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi knows the turf well. He was after all, the London based Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International and a member of Goldman Sachs' Management Committee. Fronting the European Parliament's finance committee, he was quick to point out that between 2002 and 2005 his role did not involve selling financial instruments but was largely advisory.

Mario Draghi has also held board level positions or higher at the World Bank, the Bank of Italy, the Bank for International Settlements, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank.

He has emphasized many times that it's not the ECB's role to act as lender of last resort to countries but Draghi is perfectly happy to promise banks unlimited liquidity. While everybody was urging him to buy government bonds to steady the ship he stressed the ECB's bond buying would be limited and temporary. Indeed anything else would be illegal under European law. According to the November 28^th Wall Street Journal, "The ECB has long worried that buying government bonds in big enough amounts to bring down countries' borrowing costs would make it easier for national politicians to delay the budget austerity and economic overhauls that are needed."

So take your medicine, suckers!

Mario Monti, Italy's new prime minister was appointed by the markets, not elected by the people.
And guess what? Before that he was a member of Goldman Sachs Board of International Advisers and a member of the European Commission, one of the EU's governing organizations. Monti is European Chairman of the Trilateral Commission, a US organization that advances American interests and a founding member of the Spinelli group created to foster EU integration.

In Greece, an unelected banker was installed as a newly minted Prime Minister there too.

From 1994 to 2002, Lucas Papademos was Governor of the Bank of Greece at the time Goldman Sachs was helping camouflage the country's deficit. If he didn't know what was going on, he should have. From 2002-2010, he was Vice President of the European Central Bank and is also a member of America's Trilateral Commission.

And while the PM was not employed by Goldman Sachs, the Chairman of Greece's Public Debt Management Agency, Petros Christodoulos, was a trader in the bank's London operation.

Everybody agrees that the simplest remedy for Europe's woes would be for the ECB to buy enough Spanish and Italian debt to keep interest rates at a reasonable level. ECB President Draghi refuses to move until, observers say, the crisis is so bad he can impose the sort of package that would gladden the heart of any true neo-liberal. Public assets privatized, unions subjugated, social safety nets rent and sovereignty surrendered to unelected technocrats. On Thursday, Mario Draghi presaged this attack on Europe's social democracy by calling for a "new fiscal compact" and now President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany have dutifully moved to re-shape the treaty governing the continent's economic governance.

I saw this belt tightening austerity in the eighties as the IMF dictated to Brazil what it should cut to repay its debt to a consortium of US and European banks and the World Bank. It took years of pain for the powerhouse of Latin America to recover from this economic castration. Last week I heard a financial commentator describe the current situation as the market picking off the weakest prey as each of the PIIGS countries come under sustained attack. The predatory nature of the beast may see austerity plans introduced, European banks bailed out but still we are likely to end with the Second Great Depression, we had to have. Had to have? There is no other way now to cleanse the system, to throw the money lenders out of the temple." (end snip)

We wrote about the ECB back in MAY: check it out.

http://thirteenthmonkey.blogspot.com/2011/05/vatican-mario-draghi-ecb-connexions.html


A13

Armageddon Virus: A Warning or Fear Mongering?

We know that fear is the greatest weapon against truth.
We also know that there is a clear and organised plan of depopulation and eugenics as per Agenda 21.
We also have read recently about a mutated form  of the "bird Flu" that has a 60% mortality rate.
As mortality rates go, that's up there.
Plus, we also know that it's FLU season in the Northern Hemisphere comming up.

Fear of contracting such a horror virus are thrust upon us via MOVIES, and government sponsored "vaccination" programmes, but , are these part of the problem?

Publishing results from a "Armageddon" Virus so "terrorists" can duplicate it, seems like a typical fear mongering campaign, but we also have to keep in mind that the "shaddow" Government, have all the facilities needed, legal and regulated or not, and many clandestine fronts to cover for diabolical deeds.

As we read


Armageddon super virus recipe: keep secret or publish?

To publish or not to publish?

That is the question gripping scientists after virologists said they had developed a bird flu virus - with a 60 per cent human mortality rate - that could spread as easily as the common cold.

Some fear the virus, if it fell into the wrong hands, could be modified by bioterrorists into a weapon that kills billions of people.

But supporters said publishing the H5N1 study would have the opposite effect, by helping governments and other scientists learn about how they could counter such pandemics - whether they occurred naturally or artificially.

"This study, from what I can tell, may be the most worrisome and controversial biological dual-use research that has occurred," said Michael Selgelid, the deputy director of the Centre for Human Bioethics at Monash University

The study, led by virologist Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus medical centre in the Netherlands, was first outlined at an influenza conference in September, but is yet to be published in a journal - the next step for an academic.

Dr Fouchier and his colleagues are waiting for a review of the study by the National Security Advisory Board on Biosecurity (NSABB), a US body that issues non-binding decisions on live sciences research.
The NSABB's next meeting is on December 15, but even if it recommends the study not be published - and the decision is supported by the US government, the scientists could still publish their work in non-US journals, or on the internet, Dr Selgelid said.

Sensitive research

The H5N1 virus previously affected only birds, but in 1997, it was found in humans in Asia.
The flu spread across the world, infecting almost 600 people, according to the latest data from the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The virus was not known to have, or had not, mutated to the point at which it could be transmitted between humans until Dr Fouchier and his team embarked on their research.

Using ferrets, which react to viruses in a similar way to humans, the scientists tested out mutations of the bird flu.

Through five mutations, they created a strain of the H5N1 that was airborne, killing ferrets kept in different cages, the New Scientist magazine quoted Dr Fouchier as saying.

"It is worth asking the question - have the scientists pre-empted a naturally occurring threat, or have they simply created a threat that would not - and might never - otherwise exist?" asked biosecurity expert Christian Enemark of the Australian National University (ANU).

Associate Professor Enemark said that, while it was not possible to measure the likelihood that such research could be used as a bio-weapon, "before this virus was created, however, there was no such chance".

Even if the virus was not used for nefarious purposes, it could accidentally be released from a laboratory and cause a health crisis, Dr Selgelid added.

How devastating could it be?

The 1918 Spanish flu is considered to have been the "most severe" influenza pandemic, killing between 20 and 40 million people, the WHO said.

But the airborne disease had a mortality rate of about 2.5 per cent, compared with the H5N1 virus, which has a mortality rate of about 60 per cent.

"The study's [mutated] virus seems to be as deadly even when it became easily transmissible between ferrets," Dr Selgelid said.

"It seems not unlikely that the same changes would lead to a contagious human flu virus with a very high mortality rate."

The recently released Hollywood film Contagion depicts the sudden outbreak of a similarly virulent disease. Both the virus - and the fear surrounding its deadly impact - spread like wildfire, infecting hundreds of thousands of people, as medical authorities struggled to find a vaccine.

( NOTE: WE did a post on Contagion back in July : http://thirteenthmonkey.blogspot.com/2011/07/contagion.html )

But should science be censored?

Associate Professor Enemark and Dr Selgelid said the justifications for publishing the H5N1 study depended on whether the public health benefits of releasing it outweighed the risks.

Dr Selgelid said that, while supporters of the study believed it would help scientists monitor and understand further mutations of the bird flu, there were many other ways the virus could evolve.

"More importantly, even if we see it coming, in reality, there is not much we can do about it. One of the important lessons learnt from the H1N1 flu [swine flu] epidemic is that it's really hard to contain pandemics of flu," he said.

"So those benefits seem limited."

Associate Professor Enemark, who specialises in the security impact of infectious diseases, said he saw "very little" of such types of sensitive data published.

Even if they existed, "it never sees the light of day", he said.

"I would oppose publication, not because it would make a huge practical difference in an immediate sense, but mostly because it would send a strong signal to research scientists that it is not just their opinions that matter.

"In this particular case, the risk-benefit calculus is arguably so finely balanced, and the stakes potentially so high, that there needs to be broader input on research and publication decisions from non-scientist policymakers, ethicists, and so on," he said.

But what about the scientific ideal of freely sharing information and ideas? Shouldn't scientists refuse censorship by governments?

Dr Selgelid said censorship should occur only in exceptional cases, but that precedents have already existed for decades in the nuclear industry.

"In nuclear physics, discoveries with weapons implications are automatically born classified in the United States whether or not the research is funded by governments."

To ensure that any such censorship is justified and verified, an international body similar to the NSABB and under the auspices of the WHO could be set up, with a panel of experts in both the science and security fields examining research that could lead to potentially severe impacts on public health, Dr Selgelid said.

The body should also have the power to impose binding decisions under international law, he added.
"This study reveals that biological sciences are now in a situation similar to that of atomic physics at the time when key discoveries were made that enabled the production of the first atomic weapons," he said.

"This is a key moment in the history of biology."

Other controversial studies in the past decade

* 2001 - Scientists from the CSIRO and the ANU were working on developing a contagious contraception for mice to make them infertile - using a mousepox virus. But what they discovered was a vaccine-resistant strain of mousepox.

As mousepox is closely related to smallpox - one of the worst diseases in human history and at the top of feared biological agents - there were fears it could be used as a bio-weapon, Dr Selgelid said. The study was published, along with the description of materials and methods used, he said.

* 2002 - Scientists from the State University of New York in Stony Brook, who were funded by the US's Department of Defence, synthesised the polio virus from scratch, using information published on the internet.
They bought strains of DNA via mail order, stitched them together and created the synthesised polio genome. They then mixed it in a "cell juice" solution that gave birth to a live polio virus that killed mice that were injected with it, Dr Selgelid said. The study and its methods were also published.

Dr Eckard Wimmer, the lead scientist on the project, warned: "The world had better be prepared. This shows you can re-create a virus from written information."

* 2005 - Scientists from the US's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reconstructed the Spanish flu virus, using the remains of a victim buried in the permafrost in Alaska in 1918. They sequenced the flu's genome before reconstructing the virus using methods similarly those used in the polio study.
Scientific observers said then that terrorists were not likely to have the capabilities to carry out similar reconstructions. "These are not easy viruses to reconstruct," Professor Diane Griffin of Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health said in 2005. "You're not going to do this in a cave in Afghanistan." (end snip)

Yes, that's right , they sure aren't going to "manufacture this in a cave in Afganistan"...Because we ALL know where it has been manufactured, tested and trialed.

IN other more "developed" nations FOR YEARS

Remember the E Coli bio scare in Germany and Europe a few months back?

http://thirteenthmonkey.blogspot.com/2011/06/e-coli-germany-bio-weapon.html

http://thirteenthmonkey.blogspot.com/2011/06/e-coli-bioweapon-germany-updated.html

AND this one : http://thirteenthmonkey.blogspot.com/2011/06/ecoli-bioweapon-free-medicine.html

http://thirteenthmonkey.blogspot.com/2011/06/ecoli-human-to-human-transmission.html

Bioweapons come in many forms and there are always the lucky few who will be given an "anitdote" or have some kind of "information/knowledge as to how to avoid  and when..they call it providence..

We Have to be aware and not fall for the fear tactic of vaccines and so called cures, as we well know , especially afer the "Swine Flu" nonsense in 2009.

Be vigilant and Be aware.

A13

Very Cool = Iceland

Yes, Iceland is very cool.


No, not just in temperature, but in attitude as well.
I have much respect for Iceland, and if it wasn't so cold, i'd probaly immigrate there.(if they'd let me)

For starters, during their economic crisis  they let the banks fail. and that was a good thing.

Now to continue their good works, the Icelandic parliament passed resolution making them the first in western Europe to accept Palestine as an independent state.

Iceland recognises Palestinian state

The Icelandic parliament said in a statement on its website that it had passed a motion with 38 of 63 votes in favour of a resolution to recognse Palestine "as an independent and sovereign state" based on borders predating the six-day war of 1967.

"Iceland is the first country in western europe to take this step," Ossur Skarphedinsson, the minister for foreign affairs, told RUV, the Icelandic national broadcasting service. He said the vote had given him the authority to make a formal declaration on the government's behalf, but before doing so he would discuss the move with other Nordic countries.

The resolution, which coincided with the UN's annual day of solidarity with the Palestinian people, recognised the Palestine Liberation Organisation as the legal authority for a Palestinian state and urged Israel and Palestine to reach a peace agreement.

The vote comes shortly after the Palestinians successfully gained admission to the UN's cultural agency, Unesco. Iceland was among 11 European Unesco members to support the move.(end snips)

Another very cool thing Iceland have also done very recently is to stop it's land being sold off to foreigners, which i think is very important.

Chinese tycoon slams Iceland over failed land bid

The Chinese tycoon behind a failed plan to buy a huge tract of land in Iceland has blamed prejudice against China for the rejection of the bid, according to an interview published at the weekend.


Iceland on Friday denied a request by property tycoon Huang Nubo to purchase a 300-square-kilometre swathe of land in the northern part of the island for a tourist resort.


"The denial reflects the unjust and parochial investment environment facing private Chinese enterprises abroad," Huang, founder of property company Zhongkun Group, said in an interview with the official China Daily newspaper.

In rejecting the request, Iceland's Interior Minister Ogmundur Jonasson said approval would set an unwelcome precedent.

"We are talking about a land purchase on such a large scale that if we had agreed to an exemption one could say that the law was null and void and... that anyone who applied for an exemption after this would be allowed to buy, simply because of such a precedent," he said. (end snip)

Of course, the cries of predjudice and double standards from the Chinese on this.

They have plenty more places to easily buy off land, real estate and foreign assets..

Take my country Australia for example.(who doesn't support the Palestinian state)

Of course, the Chinese have purchased much land all over the globe and in Australia they are purchasing our farmlands . Foreign interests including state-owned companies from China and the Middle East are increasingly looking to Australia to secure their food production by purchasing key agricultural assets.

AND our government is letting them.

Our Farmland and food security is being sold off.

Plus they are able to purchase numerous residential properties

"Foreign investors can continue to buy new or off-the-plan properties without limitation"

So, Looks like it's very different in Iceland.

" If a foreign citizen from outside the EEA wishes to purchase land or real estate in Iceland, a permit is required from the Ministry of Justice."

Good Job Iceland .
I wish there were more countries like Iceland in the world.
So cool.


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