Big Pharma researcher admits to faking dozens of research studies for Pfizer, Merck (opinion)

Big Pharma researcher admits to faking dozens of research studies for Pfizer, Merck

"(NaturalNews) It's being called the largest research fraud in medical history. Dr. Scott Reuben, a former member of Pfizer's speakers' bureau, has agreed to plead guilty to faking dozens of research studies that were published in medical journals.

Now being reported across the mainstream media is the fact that Dr. Reuben accepted a $75,000 grant from Pfizer to study Celebrex in 2005. His research, which was published in a medical journal, has since been quoted by hundreds of other doctors and researchers as "proof" that Celebrex helped reduce pain during post-surgical recovery. There's only one problem with all this: No patients were ever enrolled in the study!

Dr. Scott Reuben, it turns out, faked the entire study and got it published anyway.

It wasn't the first study faked by Dr. Reuben: He also faked study data on Bextra and Vioxx drugs, reports the Wall Street Journal.

As a result of Dr. Reuben's faked studies, the peer-reviewed medical journal Anesthesia & Analgesia was forced to retract 10 "scientific" papers authored by Reuben. The Day of London reports that 21 articles written by Dr. Reuben that appear in medical journals have apparently been fabricated, too, and must be retracted.

After being caught fabricating research for Big Pharma, Dr. Reuben has reportedly signed a plea agreement that will require him to return $420,000 that he received from drug companies. He also faces up to a 10-year prison sentence and a $250,000 fine.

He was also fired from his job at the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass. after an internal audit there found that Dr. Reuben had been faking research data for 13 years. (http://www.theday.com/article/20100...)"


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9/11 Conspiracy FACT Video

9/11 Conspiracy FACT Video


Disclose.tv 9/11 Conspiracy FACT Video

Missing pieces of the story:

In the first ‘Loose Change’ they mention that Flight 93’s tail number matched a plane that landed at Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland...

According to these reports, people were evacuated off 2 commercial planes and the people on the mystery plane, which we have identified as Flight 93, moved into the NASA Hanger at Hopkins...

Both AA11 and UA Flight 175 out of Boston appear to have been swapped for military AWACS drones at Stewart AB in Newburgh, NY where they both crossed over the airport at the exact same time. So if the original flights landed at Stewart AFB, what happened to those passengers?

Finally, It was obviously a missile and not a Boeing 757 that hit the Pentagon, so what happened to the original Flight 77 and all the people with Top Secret clearances who were aboard? Were they assassinated or did they have their death’s faked so they could go work on an even more top secret mission? We can find a TriState Airport extremely close to the point where Flight 77 was "hijacked"...Could Flight 77 have landed there?

The same Coroner signed off on all the bodies from all 4 Flights... Furthermore, he claimed to have identified the terrorists using DNA evidence which would require them to have samples of the Terrorist’s DNA prior to 9/11…

I believe an Air Force AWACS Fighter Jet shot the missile at the Pentagon, because the Pentagon is surrounded on all sides by SAM (Surface to Air Missiles) sites which automatically shoot down anything approaching that doesn't display a "friendly" signal. Only "Friendlies" would have that signal, and only our own Military Air Craft can fly over the Pentagon without being shot out of the sky. Never mind do an impossible 220 degree dive maneuver in plain view and clear range of these SAM sites...
Besides if terrorists were really flying this plane they would have dove straight into the North Wing where all the main offices were, not the West Wing...

Bush-Bin Laden meeting:
http://www.wanttoknow.info/030316post

Mahmoud Ahmed 9/11 meeting:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/041203metwithbinladen.html

Porter Goss:
http://www.counterpunch.org/mcgovern07062004.html

http://the911forum.freeforums.org/nist-s-ua175-impact-simulation-wrong-t181.html

The end result...

http://femr2.ucoz.com/draft175.htm
http://femr2.ucoz.com/draft175-part2.htm

Source: 9_11_Conspiracy Fact

Hilarious Satire - How To Destroy A 9/11 Truther

Global Warming: Meltdown Now Online- Follow Up To Global Warming: The Other Side

From Wattsupwiththat.com

Must see: John Coleman’s Global Warming Special #2 – now online at YouTube

20 02 2010

"I’m proud to be a part of this second one hour long special report done by KUSI-TV and veteran TV meteorologist John Coleman. John is, in my opinion, the “Walter Cronkite of television weather”. His demeanor, humor, and delivery is reminiscent of that extraordinary television journalist."

"I traveled to San Diego last week to tape my segment, and while I was there, I asked a few people I met at the TV station and at a restaurant what they thought about the first special last month. I was surprised to learn that the positive supporting comments far outnumbered the negative ones."

"I also learned that the first special in January gave the station its highest rating ever for a one hour news report, so it is no surprise that they’d want to repeat that success. On a personal note, my entire taped presentation is not included here, and was edited for time. The end part where I refute NCDC didn’t make the final cut, perhaps the producer thought it too technical due to the graph of TOBS, FILNET, and RAW data that I used to show that NCDC’s claims about a cooling trend in poorly sited station doesn’t hold up.  However, KUSI will make all the taped interviews available in their entirety, and I’ll post links to them when they are available for all to see. I should note that I don’t agree with the broad statement made in the video that 'CO2 has no effect'. It does, but the magnitude of the direct effect and the feedback effects is disputed." - Anthony Watts

*The first KUSI program from January,  “Global Warming: The Other Side”, can be viewed at:
http://www.kusi.com/weather/colemanscorner/81583352.html
Additional footage and unedited full length interviews from that program are available here:
http://www.kusi.com/weather/colemanscorner
Here is all of the latest program, which aired Thursday Feb 18th, at 9PM PST

(Added links and text descriptions by host: John Coleman

 Part 1. This portion of the program quickly recaps my skeptical position about carbon dioxide being a significant green house warming gas in our atmosphere. You can learn a lot more about that from my full 9 minute video on that topic by clicking here, and from the scientific paper here. 



Part 2. This segment tells about the problems of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. For one thing, the leader of the IPCC has been accused of fraud.


Part 3. The story behind the IPCC fraud has to do with a gross exaggeration about melting of the glaciers in the Himalaya Mountains. You can read about here.


Part 4. The heart of the segment is a point, counterpoint “debate” with Richard Sommerville Ph.D., Emeritus Research Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dr. Sommerville declined to appear “live” but did record a video statement prior to our first program. Here you see his entire statement in sections with John Coleman’s response to each point inserted. You may want to visit the Scripps Institution website. There is a lot of scientific information there and a response to our telecast may also be posted.


Part 5. The National Climate Data Center responded to the accusations of data manipulation in our first global warming special in January via the Yale Forum website by essentially saying our experts did not understand the complexities of dealing with the world wide weather data for the last 150 years and that the seeming cutting of the number of weather observations used from 6,000 to about 1,500 was an improvement in the system, as was the formula used to modify the reports because the old thermometers had been replaced by electronic sensors. WLOS-TV of Asheville, North Carolina where the NCDC is located followed up on our report and the response with a two part news special report that aired on their station on Wednesday, February 17th. We show part of that report, including interviews with the chief scientist at the NCDC and one of our experts Joseph D’Aleo, a fellow of the the American Meteorological Society. Both reports are viewable in their entirety on the WLOS TV website. They are listed as “Heated Debate”, part 1 and part 2.

We also interview the computer programmer consultant who worked his way inside the complex computer codes to reveal the data manipulations of the NCDC. He is E. Michael Smith. His web blog Is fascinating.



Part 6. This segment is a collection of global warming tidbits and recognizes those individuals who remain skeptical in the face of personal sacrifice.
My comment: I suggest hitting the mute button


Part 7. (MUST SEE) Anthony Watts, former TV Meteorologist, is the star of this segment. And, he is one of the larger forces in the move to debunk the global warming frenzy. You can get to know him a little bit.

However, this only skims the surface. His background includes designing some of the first on-air weather computers ever used. (John Coleman first met him when he installed four of his computers at The Weather Channel when it was being built in 1981.) Today Watts Company provides the weather data from many television stations, radio stations, newspapers and websites. He lives a very green life with solar cells and an electric car a big part of his daily life.

Anthony Watts webblog is the “home” of many scientists from around the world. It records 3.5 to 4 million hits a month. The postings include a wide range of weather related scientific papers and reports and long dialogs from 100s of commenters. That site known as Watts Up with That.

He also runs the Surface Stations investigations, a website that recruits people to inspect weather observation stations everywhere and posts the results. It has become an amazing display of the lack of good scientific practices by our federal government weather agencies.

In preparing the program Watts did an 8 minute powerpoint display of the results of the surface stations investigation. While only a few parts of that presentation will be included in the TV program, the entire presentation will be posted on colemanscorner on KUSI.com within the next few weeks. Watch for it.


Part 8. The same climate researchers that revealed the data manipulations at the NCDC also found that manipulated data was further “adjusted” at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Science at Columbia University in New York City.

Even before our first program was on the air, the head of NASA GISS, Jim Hansen Ph.D. sent us a denial statement which we read on newscast and posed with that segment on our website. But it further highlighted a key question, why does NASA, the space agency, have a climate center that uses land based temperature sensors instead of using the modern satellite measurements of the atmosphere?

A team of renowned Climatologists John Christy Ph.D. and Roy Spencer Ph.D. at the University of Alabama at Huntsville have worked with the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, also there in Huntsville, to collect and research the satellite atmospheric temperature data. Dr. Christy joins on this segment of the program to delve into the satellite temperature data and its key departure from the warming scenario long proclaimed by NASA GISS. He tells an amazing story and its top drawer science not some political shouting. You can read about John Christy Ph.D. here and visit his website.



Part 9. This segment looks at the saga of the Argos ocean buoys and asks what has become of Al Gore.

WTC Power Down Weekend Before 9/11

Disclose.tv Power Down before WTC Demolition and Marvin Bush Video

Scott Forbes, employee on the 97th floor of the south tower of the World Trade Center in 2001, reported that the World Trade Center was powered down the weekend before September 11th, 2001. The power-down took place on September 8th and 9th, 2001, which is the Saturday and Sunday prior to 9/11. All systems were shut down, including security. He states that they were given 3 weeks notice and that this was an unprecedented event. He claims that he witnessed some suspicious behavior and saw "engineers" coming and going. For some reason, this information was left out of the 9/11 Commission Report. The WTC buildings were the first and only steel framed buildings to ever collapse due to fire. Building 7 was not hit by a plane and had small fires on a few floors of the 47 story skyscraper. Yet, it collapsed around 5p.m. on September 11th. If they simply collapsed, there would be more than the dust and rubble that was left behind. They were pulverized. 99.7% of the steel evidence was moved and destroyed. It does not make sense to accept that they all simply collapsed due to fires.

There is solid, published evidence that the buildings were brought down by controlled demolition. The red-grey chips and presence of a highly advanced military-grade explosive composite found at ground zero are indeed a smoking gun. It is unlikely that terrorists would be able to obtain these types of explosives as they are produced by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL).

".. it is important to remember that, despite the name, nano-thermites pack a much bigger punch than typical thermite materials. It turns out that explosive, sol-gel nano-thermites were developed by US government scientists, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL) (Tillotson et al 1998, Gash et al 2000, Gash et al 2002)."

Watch this excellent presentation: Emerging Science Around The World Trade Center Destruction by Kevin Ryan.
Thank you, Kevin for creating this. You're right. It IS the right thing to do.

Keene Sept 12 Final

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Sarah Palin/Glenn Beck 9/11 Truther Controversy

Sarah Palin 9/11 Truther controversy explodes

From: TheAlexJonesChannel | February 16, 2010 | 35,654 views

http://www.infowars.com/

Days after Debra Medina's rising bid for Texas Governor was stung by controversy over comments about 9/11 on the Glenn Beck Show, it has emerged that former Vice Presidential candidate and "Tea Party' darling Sarah Palin has done her one better-- stating her support for a new 9/11 investigation just before the 2008 election, and going far beyond Medina's mild statement.

Yet, it isn't the audacity to admit there are remaining questions about 9/11 when scientific polls have found that 84% of Americans do not believe the official story and six of the ten 9/11 commissioners think their own report is flawed, or worse. Instead, it is the hypocrisy of Glenn Beck and the media cretins who followed his lead in dismissing and defaming Medina outright for not immediately belittling 9/11 truthers and ignoring similar statements by GOP darling Sarah Palin.

9/11 Qs: MEDINA JOINED BY SARAH PALIN, DEM. GOV. CANDIDATE FAROUK SHAMI
The Statesman reported that Glenn Beck even grilled Medina on whether or not she would ‘disavow’ any advisers known to hold certain beliefs about 9/11. Medina responded. “I’m certainly not into mind control or thought-policing people.”

Furthermore, Medina's GOP challengers-- incumbent Rick Perry and Sen. Hutchison blasted her in the media within mere minutes of her 9/11 comments.

Sitting Governor Perry, who was endorsed by Sarah Palin during a recent stump appearance, stated that Medina's comments were an "insult":

Todays comments were an insult to the thousands of Americans who lost loved ones on Sept. 11 and the military men and women who are overseas protecting our country, Perry said in a statement. President Bush worked tirelessly to protect our nation from additional terrorist attacks and anyone who would suggest Sept. 11 is a conspiracy involving the Bush administration should be ashamed.

 Will Gov. Rick Perry also rebuke Sarah Palin, his top endorsement, for her potentially "insulting" statement? Further, Medina is not the only gubernatorial candidate to question the events of 9/11. Democrat Farouk Shami went quite a bit further than anything Medina had said when he stated:

People have talked about it. Professors have written books about it. People overseas talk about it. Whenever I go overseas, people ask me these questions about it. Why are we questioned about it? Do they know something we dont know, the public? But you know, look, we still dont know who killed JFK whose behind it, lets put it that way. Would we ever find the truth about 9/11? Thats a very dangerous subject to get into, you know? So its hard to make judgement. Im not saying yes or no. Because I dont know the truth.

Yet no fuss is made about these individuals. Debra Medina is attacked, however, because she truly is a threat to the political establishment. Perry, Hutchison, Beck and others pretend to want limited government, but really support new taxes, look the other way at corporate looting and otherwise refuse to stand for true Texas sovereignty and the rights of individuals. When Medina proves that she really will change things and challenge under Federal powers, she is attacks and cast aside as a pariah.

GLENN BECK DICTATES WHAT IS ‘TRUTH’

 Glenn Beck, who has stated that he "hates the 9/11 victim's families", who has called 9/11 truthers "dangerous anarchists", who has called Ron Paul and his supporters 'domestic terrorists', has gone out of his way to politically assassinate anyone even loosely affiliated with questioning the official government account of September 11. Now that Beck has underhandedly tried to sabotage Debra Medina, will he also call out fellow FOX News personality Sarah Palin for daring to broach the subject that makes him come unglued?

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Glenn Beck is really hard to watch. He's almost as detestable as Bill O'Reilly. What jackasses. I know that Alex Jones isn't always so easy to watch either but the information is important and worth checking out. The bickering and brianwashing that takes place in the media is impossible to ignore. Try to look past the propaganda. Check the facts if these things are important to you.

Joe Robertson Responds To Glenn Beck attack on 9/11 Truthers

A Message to Glenn Beck: What Are the Dangers of 9/11 Truthers?
Joe Robertson
Feburary 15, 2010
Your Debra Medina attack really got me asking why it was a top priority for you to “expose” her “9/11 truther” connections.

You even asked:

“Do you have advisors that advise you or people that are around you that are 9/11 Truthers? … Would you, if you found out that there were, would you disavow them like the president should have but I mean, he escorted them out in the middle of the night.” Benedict Arnold Glenn Beck

It’s enough to get me wondering if these truthers are a “National Security Threat” or what hideous crimes they may have committed against the U.S. of America.

Glenn, you seem pretty on top of this, besides “thought crimes”, what are the crimes or “threats posed” by “9/11 truthers” to the country or yourself?

It’s a good question… huh, Glenn?

I decided to do a Google for “9/11 truther crimes” and guess what? It gave me answers like “war crimes”, “9/11 crimes” and “crimes against humanity”.

All crimes “truthers” are asking questions “Of” … but NO crimes committed “By” them…

Then I had this crazy thought, you know Glenn…. I’m thinking “this Glenn Beck guy can’t be a ‘Thought-Nazi’, can he? … you know… just controlling the reasoning of his viewers for political or monetary gain.”

Well gosh, Glenn, what should we think? Help us out here… First, have you explained what a “9/11 truther” is … you know… your definition of a “truther”…

Yes, I see you have on your popular Fox News show where you are able to tell people how… or, I mean what to think… I mean what you think…

Here it is – from THE Glenn Beck Show on Sept. 3, 2009: (the intro is classic)



BECK (that’s you): If you don’t know what a 9/11 Truther is, let me quickly tell you about them. Here’s a statement from a 9/11 Truther group; after the attacks they demanded: “A call for immediate inquiry into evidence that suggests high-level government officials may have deliberately allowed the September 11th attacks to occur.”

(My comments are in blue)

Glenn, if evidence suggests an inquiry… I don’t have a problem with an inquiry… do you?… Really, I mean if evidence suggests… would Jefferson?

Beck: They also have a list of questions on their site that, I guess, is supposed to peak your interest in the conspiracy theory that the Bush administration let the attacks happen on purpose.
Is “conspiracy theory” a buzz term to trigger bias in the malleable minds of your audience? And your “guess is” the reason the questions are there… is to “peak” interest in “conspiracy”, like a Fox News show would? I mean, that’s your thinking?

BECK: I too had a lot of questions shortly after 9/11, but none of them had anything to do with the “alleged” Flight 77 that “allegedly” blew up at the Pentagon. Nor was I asking if steel can melt or anything like that.

So Glenn, what were your insightful question? Why do you say “alleged”? Is it that you don’t believe Flight 77 “blew up” or that it was a “flight”?

BECK: Here’s what Truthers want answers to:

• “How could Flight 77, which reportedly hit the Pentagon, have flown back towards Washington, D.C., for 40 minutes without being detected by the FAA’s radar or the even superior radar possessed by the U.S. military?”
• “Why did the Secret Service allow Bush to complete his elementary school visit, apparently unconcerned about his safety or that of the schoolchildren?”
• “How were the FBI and CIA able to release the names and photos of the alleged hijackers within hours, as well as to visit houses, restaurants, and flight schools they were known to frequent?”
• “Why did the Bush administration cover up the fact that the head of the Pakistani intelligence agency was in Washington the week of 9/11 and reportedly had $100,000 wired to Mohamed Atta, considered the ringleader of the hijackers?”

The Truthers have also questioned things like: “Was Flight 93 actually shot down by the military as a cover-up?”

That last one there, Glenn, about military cover-up… I’m not finding that quote anywhere… You wouldn’t be just tossing that in for arguments sake? You know like pace, pace, pace … LEAD.
And… though, I had not read these prior to you suggesting… the questions asked do look, frankly, pretty reasonable (aside from your psyop) and…
Guess what… the 911truth.org site mentions 8 more like…

• Why were standard operating procedures for dealing with hijacked airliners not followed that day?
• Why were the extensive missile batteries and air defenses reportedly deployed around the Pentagon not activated during the attack?
• Why hasn’t a single person been fired, penalized, or reprimanded for the gross incompetence we witnessed that day?
• Why haven’t authorities in the U.S. and abroad published the results of multiple investigations into trading that strongly suggested foreknowledge of specific details of the 9/11 attacks, resulting in tens of millions of dollars of traceable gains?
• Why has Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI translator who claims to have knowledge of advance warnings, been publicly silenced with a gag order requested by Attorney General Ashcroft and granted by a Bush-appointed judge?
• What happened to the over 20 documented warnings given our government by 14 foreign intelligence agencies or heads of state?
• Why did the 911 Commission fail to address most of the questions posed by the families of the victims, in addition to almost all of the questions posed here?
• Why was Philip Zelikow chosen to be the Executive Director of the ostensibly independent 911 Commission although he had co-authored a book with Condoleezza Rice?

Glenn Beck, even though I never took the time to read all those questions before, I think you might think that if those are legitimate questions then they are questions that can be asked … (did I get that right Glenn?)
BECK: If you believed our own government was responsible (as opposed high-level government officials?) for the 9/11 attacks, right there on the 9/11 Truther statement, you could proudly sign your name along with such luminaries as:

• No. 2: Ed Asner, actor, activist
• No. 31: Janeane Garofalo, actress, Air America radio
• No. 51: Mimi Kennedy, actress, progressive activist
• No. 62: Cynthia McKinney, 5-term congresswoman from Georgia

And coming in at No. 46: Van Jones, executive director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
OK Glenn, naturally you have reached your own understanding of what the 9/11 Truther statement said… and it’s your show, your boss, so your spin is your (or your boss’s) prerogative along with the progressive selection of signers you offer…
I did happen to go to the source (yes, I know… few do) and noticed you skipped many of the other signers like:

• Catherine Austin Fitts, Asst Sec Housing in the first Bush administration
• Edward L Peck, former US Ambassador, former Deputy Task Force Terrorism
• Eric H May, former Army military intelligence officer and media essayist
• Fred Burks, presidential interpreter for Bush, Clinton, Cheney, and Gore
• J Michael Springmann, former Foreign Service Officer, US Depart of State
• John McCarthy, former Special Forces, president Veterans Equal Rights
• Melvin Goodman, Center International Policy, CIA, professor War College
• Morton Goulder, Deputy Sec Intelligence Warning Nixon, Ford, Carter
• Philip J Berg, Esquire, former deputy attorney general, Pennsylvania

And many more including 1st responders and victim’s family members… check it out at 911truth.org.
BECK: So on top of all the radical, progressive and communist nonsense coming from Obama’s green jobs “czar” Van Jones, you can now add “thinks the Bush administration blew up the World Trade Centers and covered it up.”

Do you know what people are saying about me on the Internet — that I’m a conspiracy theorist? If you actually believed this stuff — forget green jobs — wouldn’t you want to find out who was trying to kill innocent Americans? Wouldn’t that be a top priority?
 
OH MY Glenn, People questioning (with “real” boldness) the completeness of the official 9/11 Report (same Gov that deny using blackwater) are as bad or worse than Marxists and Communists… I did not know that… and we can thank you, Glenn, for that understanding… truly.
BUT WAIT… did I understand people are also calling you a “conspiracy theorist”? Is that it? You are debunking because people are calling you names?
Back to those crazy truthers… They also have this on their site:
As Americans of conscience, we ask for four things:

1. An immediate investigation by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
2. Immediate investigation in Congressional Hearings.
3. Media attention to scrutinize and investigate the evidence.
4. The formation of a truly independent citizens-based inquiry.

Looks like it is a top priority for some but Glenn…
I’m still trying to understand the risk, threat or danger posed by this “9/11 Truther” group. Clearly, Glenn, you are alarmed.

Why is that? The name calling you receive and being lumped in with other “conspiracy theorists”, no doubt, is traumatic for you, but beyond that, is there more to your fear of “truthers”?

Again, we have the good fortune of you, Glenn Beck, producing a wildly popular show that tells people what and how to think and of course what not to think…

From Jan 20, 2010, where you may have shed some light…

(as a side note you used the words President and Danger at least 5 times leading up to this…)
BECK: So he’s surrounded. By radicals. Surrounded by radicals here’s why the republic is in danger. And the president is in danger first. 

You had also mentioned that there are two groups of radicals surrounding the president. A peaceful activist group and unrepentant bomber William Ayers groups (even though as you point out, he is not actually around the president).

BECK: Now why is the president himself in trouble. — let me use him as an example 9/11 truther – Another guy surrounding the president.
Glenn, If you remember, this is where you physically put Van Jones picture next to Ayers to make an association and said:
BECK: Okay 9/11 truthers… here’s a guy who thought the government was evil enough that it would murder thousands of US citizens just blow it up. Destroy a building and kill 3000 people.
I know it’s semantics to you but is that what he signed?
So… for understanding, even though you think all progressives are evil and George Bush is a progressive and you suggest that we currently have eugenicists as advisors… the real alarm for the safety of the Republic and the President is….
BECK: Well gosh. Are these people like you do you think that.
Maybe not, but, evidently like someone… Glenn…
BECK: Do you think anyone who does think… that we could just kill our own people should be… near the president.
Fear-mongering Glenn? And for the record… No I don’t think anybody that does think should be near the president… what do you think the THREAT IS?
BECK: I mean he (9/11 truther) thinks anybody who sits or sat in the chair of the presidency must be evil. He goes to church with a guy who thinks that America intentionally murdered people all throughout history.
BECK: Put yourself in the mindset of a 9/11 truther – you have access to the president of the United States the guy who was always been evil.
OK, Glenn… It’s a good thing that TV is not hypnotic because people could really ramp up the power of suggestive ideas even something as nut job as a view that people seeking truth (“truthers”) are by default dangerous Marxist Communist wackos that want to wack our leader…
To be clear Glenn…
The Danger… the National Security Threat of the “9/11 Truth Movement” is that the President is in Danger?
Glenn, you are asking your audience to intellectually associate everyone that signed (gov officials, celebs, victim families, 1st responders) that “911truth.org” petition (“truthers”) with an intent to murder?
That’s what you are saying Glenn Beck? … really?
Oh… I see you used a clip from a Air-America shock jock – Mike Malloy – to support your conspiracy theory…
Now, of course his name is not on that list and he is not part of that site… but he IS evidence to support YOUR conspiracy theory… GOT IT.
Master of “doubletalk” you are…
It seems to me Glenn, that you being the great champion of Jefferson and the Founding Fathers…
It seems Glenn, you, the great self-professed crusader of liberty…
You, would want to ask the signers of the 911truth.org … WHY do they question so boldly knowing the consequences of MSM?
Instead, you vilify them and accuse them of possessing designs of destruction and murder…
You Glenn Beck… take these people and slander them for what? Asking questions?
Benedict Beck, it is amazing to witness the seduction of money and power…
Will people follow the money…
Does your audience even know who bought You?
It’s interesting to see how Rupert Murdoch just happens to sit as Co-Chair with Lloyd Blankfein(Goldman Sachs CEO) on Rockefeller’s PFNYC which is the NYC Chamber of Commerce…
Which just happens to have influence (power, control that kind of thing) over ALL of media (MSM) and banks (NY FED, JP Morgan, GS) …
Also, interesting to notice that the Hearst Corp CEO is a Board Member of PFNYC, which just happens to own National Geo and Popular Mechanics…
And, these two Hearst companies, just happen to be the main source of ALL debunking the 9/11 truther questions… You know Popular Mechanics, even you use them as a credible source without any disclosure of interests…
But then… that’s another post.
Makes one even ask questions about you, Glenn Beck, and if it could be possible that you might have personal gain in the positions you take which seem to be almost confusing at times… and then not? (Did I get that right, Glenn?)
And for the record Glenn…
I was not one who considered myself to be a “911 Truther”, but…
After actually reading the 911truth.org statement and hearing you slander these people…
Add me to the List Glenn Beck…
“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent”. Thomas Jefferson
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SOURCE: Joe Robertson - Infowars.com

With Glenn Beck leading the charge, mainstream media swarms on TX Gov. candidate Medina for not disavowing 9/11 Truthers

With Glenn Beck leading the charge, mainstream media swarms on TX Gov. candidate Medina for not disavowing 9/11 Truthers

"Today, in a move that illustrates exactly why Glenn Beck has painstakingly tried to portray himself over the past year as some kind of man of the people while hosting a show on the infamous Fox News Channel that cheered the War in Iraq, he turned an interview with Debra Medina, a candidate for the TX Governer seat, into a PR ambush on her and the 9/11 Truth movement."

As usual, FOX News and Glenn Beck continue to try and discredit anyone who questions the official 9/11 story.

She has posted a followup on her website:

Medina Campaign Responds to Glenn Beck Interview
by Debra Medina on Feb 11, 2010

I was asked a question on the Glenn Beck show today regarding my thoughts on the so-called 9/11 truth movement. I have never been involved with the 9/11 truth movement, and there is no doubt in my mind that Muslim terrorists flew planes into those buildings on 9/11. I have not seen any evidence nor have I ever believed that our government was involved or directed those individuals in any way. No one can deny that the events on 9/11 were a tragedy for all Americans and especially those families who lost loved ones.

The question surprised me because it's not relevant to this race or the issues facing Texans. This campaign has always been about private property rights and state sovereignty. It is focused on the issues facing Texans. It is not a vehicle for the 9-11 truth movement or any other group.

The real underlying question here, though, is whether or not people have the right to question our government. I think the fact that people are even asking questions on this level gets to the incredible distrust career politicians have fostered by so clearly taking their direction from special interests instead of the people, whether it's Rick Perry and his HPV mandate or Kay Hutchison and voting for the bank bailout. It is absolutely the right and duty of a free people to question their government. Texas does not need another politician who tells you what you want to hear, then violates your liberties and steals your property anyway. I fully expect to be questioned and to be held accountable as Governor, and that's the underlying issue here: should people be questioning their government. And the answer is yes, they should be."

No Global Warming for 15 Years - Prof. Phil Jones Admits

THERE has been no global warming for 15 years, a key scientist admitted yesterday in a major U-turn.

Professor Phil Jones, who is at the centre of the “Climategate” affair, conceded that there has been no “statistically significant” rise in temperatures since 1995.

The admission comes as new research casts serious doubt on temperature records collected around the world and used to support the global warming theory.

Researchers said yesterday that warming recorded by weather stations was often caused by local factors rather than global change.

The revelations will be seized upon by sceptics as fresh evidence that the science of global warming is flawed and climate change is not man-made.

The Daily Express has led the way in exposing flaws in the arguments supporting global warming.

Last month we revealed how the UN’s International Panel on Climate Change was forced to admit its key claim that Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035 was “speculation” lifted from a 1999 magazine article. The influential IPCC then admitted it had got the key claim wrong and announced a review.

The Daily Express has also published a dossier listing 100 reasons why global warming was part of a natural cycle and not man-made.

Yesterday it emerged that Professor Jones, whose raw data is crucial to the theory of climate change, had admitted he has trouble “keeping track” of the information.

Colleagues have expressed concern that the reason he has refused Freedom of Information requests for the data is that he has lost some of the crucial papers.

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Prepping For 2012? Earthquake? Nuclear Fallout? It Doesn't Matter. It's Got a Name

Americans stock up to be ready for end of the world

Paul Harris, NY  - 2/14/2010 - The Guardian /Observer

Recession and the constant threat of terrorist attacks have given new life to the ingrained survivalist instinct

Tess Pennington, 33, is a mother of three children, and lives in the sprawling outskirts of Houston, Texas. But she is not taking the happy safety of her suburban existence lightly.
Like a growing army of fellow Americans, Pennington is learning how to grow her own food, has stored emergency rations in her home and is taking courses on treating sickness with medicinal herbs.

"I feel safe and more secure. I have taken personal responsibility for the safety of myself and of my family," Pennington said. "We have decided to be prepared. There all kinds of disasters that can happen, natural and man-made."

Pennington is a "prepper", a growing social movement that has been dubbed Survivalism Lite. Preppers believe that it is better to be safe than sorry and that preparing for disaster – be it a hurricane or the end of civilisation – makes sense.

Unlike the 1990s survivalists, preppers come from all backgrounds and live all over America. They are just as likely to be found in a suburb or downtown loft as a remote ranch in the mountains. Prepping networks, which have sprung up all over the country in the past few years, provide advice on how to prepare food reserves, how to grow crops in your garden, how to hunt and how to defend yourself. There are prepping books, online shops, radio shows, countless blogs, prepping courses and prepping conferences.

John Milandred runs a website called Pioneer Living, which is one of the main forums for discussing prepping. It provides a range of advice for those who just want to store extra food in case of a power cut, to those who want to embrace the "off the grid" lifestyle of America's western pioneers. "We get inquiries from people from all walks of life. We had a principal from a school asking us to talk to their children. We have doctors and firemen and lawyers," he said.
Milandred lives in Oklahoma and, should society collapse around him, he is well placed to flourish. Indeed, he might not notice that much. His house has a hand-dug well that gives him fresh water. He grows his own food. He has built an oven that needs neither gas nor electricity. He can hunt for meat. "If something happened, it really would not affect us," he said.

There are several reasons for the rise of prepping. The first is that, in the post-9/11 world, mass terror attacks have become a fear for many Americans. At a time when US diplomacy is focused on preventing Iran getting nuclear weapons and terror experts continue to warn of "dirty bombs" on American soil, it is no surprise that many Americans feel threatened. Added to that paranoia has come the recession. Suddenly, millions of Americans have been losing their jobs and their homes, reinforcing a feeling that society is not as stable as it once seemed.

Hollywood has caught on. A succession of films, such as 2012, The Road, The Book of Eli and Legion, have tapped into an American Zeitgeist that is worried about the end of civilisation.
"Prepping masks a wide range of stances and ideologies. But the more people are prepared, the more they are likely to have an apocalyptic way of thinking," said Professor Barry Brummett, of the University of Texas-Austin.

Even government officials have accepted that the financial crisis posed a threat to social order. In recent testimony before Congress, treasury secretary Tim Geithner admitted that top-level talks had been held on whether the US could enforce law and order in the wake of a collapse of the financial system.

Certainly, Tom Martin agrees. He runs the American Preppers Network, which helps provide a wide range of resources. Martin, a truck driver who lives in Idaho, believes that more and more people will become preppers. "Millions of people now have the mindset that they want to be prepared for something, but don't know what to call it," he said.

That rings true with Pennington. In the 1990s, survivalism was the province of anti-government militiamen or loners in the woods. But preppers are more concerned with stocking up on food and water and relearning skills so that they can fend for themselves.

To that end, Pennington has set up a website called Ready Nutrition, which teaches basic food skills to prepare for a time when pre-packaged goods at a supermarket might not be available: "Prepping is not taboo, like survivalism. There is no negative connotation to it. We are not rednecks. In many ways, our ancestors were preppers. So were the Native Americans. It is just going back to being able to look after yourself."

19 Most Complex and Dangerous Roads in the World

The 19 most complex and dangerous roads in the world

My personal favorite: I had recurring dreams about this road several times, or something that looked very much like this, especially the second and third pictures. Surely, it's not the same road because I don't believe I have ever seen it before, but it was interesting to me nonetheless. Click the title or source link to see the rest.

10) Guoliang Tunnel Road, China

Photo credits: 1,2
"The magnificent tunnel road in the Taihang mountains was built by 13 local villagers headed by their chief, Shen Mingxin, and took around five years to finish. Many villagers lost their lives in accidents during construction of the tunnel but the others continued relentlessly. The tunnel was opened to traffic on May 1st, 1977. The 1200 meter long tunnel is about 5 meters high and 4 meters wide. It is located in the Henan Province of China. The Guoliang tunnel is another addition to most dangerous and complicated roads to travel. Dubbed as “the road that does not tolerate any mistakes”, most accidents in the tunnel are primarily caused by the neglect of the traveler. Nonetheless, it is an extremely scenic route and is a key destination on the Chinese tourism map." - By The Waze

Star-Shaped UFO Follows Car In Mexico JANUARY 2010 - UPDATED 2/14/2010

UFO STAR SHAPED FOLLOWS CAR IN MEXICO JANUARY 2010

The shape of this is very extraordinary. It does appear to be real, however, one can never really be sure. It's definitely worth taking a look at. Daytime UFO recordings of this nature are rare.

UPDATE: 2/14/2010 10:28

This video here appears to be of the same object. The language is Spanish. If anyone would translate this, that would be very helpful. I can't say that I think this is an ET UFO, but it is interesting. There is no sudden movement and it appears to float like a balloon. Overall, it's a little disappointing, but still worth looking into in case there are more of these sightings. I think eventually there will be a definitive explanation for this object.

New 9/11 Ariel Photos - Russia Times Video

New pictures released thanks to a FOIA request show the Twin Tower collapse from a police helicopter on September 11, 2001. It's too bad the Russia Times didn't interview someone else in response to the release of these photographs. While I agree that it's good to point out when "we the people" have been lied to about the causes of climate change or the September 11 attacks, Badillo of WEARECHANGE was probably not the best choice for this news interview. I have nothing against him, I just don't think the interview helped the cause toward awakening people to the obvious points of evidence for a controlled demolition.

This subject is surrounded by multiple conspiracy theories and it is therefore best if people stick to the scientific evidence of thermate and the plausibility of 3 steel-framed skyscrapers collapsing for the first time in history, due to a fire that should not have been hot enough to melt steel. There isn't a lot of time to talk about this on TV so it's important that those that represent the call for an independent investigation always stick to the facts and get the important ones out there quickly and as thoroughly as possible. 

Perhaps Dr. Steven Jones or Richard Gage of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth would have been a more sound, qualified and credible choice. There was no mention of the evidence of explosives/ thermite/thermate found at the scene of ground zero.

I've read the comments at the Daily Mail and it still shocks me that the people can be so blindly convinced that this was not a controlled demolition and that for the first time ever not one, not two, but 3 steel framed skyscrapers "collapsed due to fire" all on the same day? Building 7 was not even hit by a plane and the owner said he made the decision to "pull it".(Which just happens to be controlled demolition lingo for bringing down a building with explosives). It too fell at nearly free-fall speed.

Not all "truthers" think it was an inside job. Some are only asking for a new independent investigation because there are many good reasons to doubt the official story.  Controlled demolition evidence is just a small part of it.  If there is nothing to hide, what is wrong with another independent investigation? Don't we owe the victims, first responders, American citizens, citizens of the world and especially the victims families at least that much? I don't think a new investigation is too much to ask for when one considers that the "official story" has been shown to be seriously flawed time and time again.




You can see Blueprint For Truth 2008 Edition (2 hour presentation) here. If you see this and still don't think controlled demolition was involved, I would be very surprised.


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UFO's and Chile. Frequency and Video Evidence Is Shocking

I've spent quite a few hours reviewing videos of UFOs online. I have to say that Chile stands out, as well as Mexico, Russia, China, the United Kingdom and lately, it seems that Norway has been experiencing a high-frequency of phenomena in the skies.

Chile, Santiago to be exact, has some of the most convincing video evidence of UFOs. I do not know what to make of them. At times, they appear to be "motherships" - like those of the Phoenix Lights - and then they separate and appear to form triangles, geometric formations and all while hovering quietly above a heavily populated city. These are too silent and slow to be planes or helicopters, too large at times and often form complex maneuvers. You really have to see the videos to believe it. These are not weather balloons or Chinese lanterns, without a doubt these are spectacular displays of light and anti-gravity movement. I ignore the music, although the music in the first video isn't so bad. In some videos you will hear car alarms and dogs barking.

Amazing video - Santiago, Chile - Dec 09, 2008 - MUST SEE









So who is looking into this in Chile?

This story comes from ALLNEWSWEB, Feb 11, 2010

UFO images studied by the Chilean Government

Michael Cohen
A bright cloud over the ocean, captured by a terrified guard with her cell phone, will be among the recent cases of UFO sightings discussed and debated over by Chilean scientists and authorities at the tourist city of Viña del Mar, where there the "UFO Bicentennial: 200 years of sightings" conference will be held.
The recording, captured in February 2009 in Puerto Montt (1,080 kilometers south of Santiago), shows a possible UFO, and Chilean image analyst, Marcelo Moya, believes it is one of the three most important records in recent times in his country.
UFOs are commonly repported in Chile, and as such the government has decided to re-establish it's 'Committee for the Study of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena (CEFA)', as a department under the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, for analysis of UFO footage from a scientific perspective.
The CEFA is headed by the retired general of the Air Force of Chile Ricardo Bermudez, who will be among the exhibitors at the conference this Thursday and Friday in Viña del Mar. Data and testimonies collected by this institution will be on display including the images below.

Chileans do tend to look up at the sky for is search of UFOs according to Rodrigo Fuenzalida, president of the Association of Research Ovniológicas (AION). He believes this is because "no place in the country exists where they have not witnessed apparitions of UFOs."

Military Exercise or UFO over Chile?

Friday January 2, 2009

If you're like me, you probably take a look now and then at new videos over at youtube. Now and then, you see one that really stands out above the crowded skies of lights in the sky, and obvious hoaxes. There is one that was referred to me recently that originated from the city of Santiago, Chile, that you should check out. The video is fairly long, and quite detailed. It shows several different shapes of light formations, with the most prevalent being triangular. Now, the Air Force has stated that what was photographed was actually a graduation exercise for trainee pilots. This is what I say about that, and if you don't agree, let me know.
If, and I say if, the objects in the sky over Santiago were military planes, then Chile has some craft that I have never seen before. Check out the video, and give us your opinion. - SOURCE: UFO's About.com


This has been going on for quite some time.



There are many more. 
Here is another lesser-known video from a different angle in 2008 over Santiago.

Klaus Dona, Spiritual Archaeologist - Project Camelot Interview

Klaus Dona:
Spiritual Archeologist
Vienna, Austria, October 2009

"Klaus Dona comes from the art world. As Art Exhibition Curator for the Habsburg Haus of Austria, Klaus has organized exhibitions world wide. With this background his approach to archeology is unconventional. He has traveled the world in search of unique and unexplained findings. Intrepid and unrelenting, he is on a mission to bring to the eye of the public such finds as giant bones, crystal skulls, carvings and sculptures in forms that do not fit into the contemporary view of our timeline."

"We spent an afternoon with Klaus in Vienna talking at length about his process, his particularly stunning finds and why he is motivated to pursue this unusual vocation. Staunchly open minded, he refuses to retreat in the face of skepticism and doubt. Low on funding, he presses on to discover the real mysteries, going down through the centuries and excavating artifacts that science does not allow for, revealing the existence of physical proof that humanity has barely grazed the surface of our heritage here on Earth."

Kerry Cassidy
28 January 2010

Click here for Klaus Dona's website.

Follow this link to download and listen to this fascinating interview from Project Camelot.
Watch the interview here:

More about HAARP - Want To Know: Reliable , Verifiable Information.

All information posted below is from wantotoknow.info, which is a highly credible and reliable website that is an excellent research tool if you want to know the truth behind some known and not-so-well-known conspiracies.
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HAARP: Secret Weapon Used For Weather Modification, Electromagnetic Warfare

"It isn't just conspiracy theorists who are concerned about HAARP. The European Union called the project a global concern and passed a resolution calling for more information on its health and environmental risks. Despite those concerns, officials at HAARP insist the project is nothing more sinister than a radio science research facility."
-- Quote from a documentary on HAARP by Canada's public broadcasting network CBC.

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Dear friends,

HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) is a little-known, yet critically important U.S. military defense program which has generated quite a bit of controversy over the years in certain circles. Though denied by HAARP officials, some respected researchers allege that secret electromagnetic warfare capabilities of HAARP are designed to forward the US military's stated goal of achieving full-spectrum dominance by the year 2020. Others go so far as to claim that HAARP can and has been used for weather modification, to cause earthquakes and tsunamis, to disrupt global communications systems, and more.

Major aspects of the program are kept secret for alleged reasons of "national security." Yet there is no doubt that HAARP and electromagnetic weapons capable of being used in warfare do exist. According to the official HAARP website, "HAARP is a scientific endeavor aimed at studying the properties and behavior of the ionosphere, with particular emphasis on being able to understand and use it to enhance communications and surveillance systems for both civilian and defense purposes." The ionosphere is the delicate upper layer of our atmosphere which ranges from about 30 miles (50 km) to 600 miles (1,000 km) above the surface of the Earth.

The HAARP website acknowledges that experiments are conducted which use electromagnetic frequencies to fire pulsed, directed energy beams in order to "temporarily excite a limited area of the ionosphere." Some scientists state that purposefully disturbing this sensitive layer could have major and even disastrous consequences. Concerned HAARP researchers like Dr. Michel Chossudovsky of the University of Ottawa and Alaska's Dr. Nick Begich (son of a US Congressman) present evidence suggesting that these disturbances can even cause tsunamis and earthquakes.

Two key major media documentaries, one by Canada's public broadcasting network CBC and the other by the History Channel, reveal the inner workings of HAARP in a most powerful way. The very well researched CBC documentary includes this key quote:

"It isn't just conspiracy theorists who are concerned about HAARP. In January of 1999, the European Union called the project a global concern and passed a resolution calling for more information on its health and environmental risks. Despite those concerns, officials at HAARP insist the project is nothing more sinister than a radio science research facility."

To view the European Union (EU) document which brings HAARP and similar electromagnetic weapons into question, click here. The actual wording at bullet point 24 in this telling document states that the EU "considers HAARP by virtue of its far-reaching impact on the environment to be a global concern and calls for its legal, ecological and ethical implications to be examined by an international independent body before any further research and testing." This reveling document further states that the EU regrets the repeated refusal of the U.S. government to send anyone to give evidence on HAARP. -Fred Burks

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Should We Clone Neanderthals?

 "In addition to giving scientists the ability to answer questions about Neanderthals' relationship to our own species--did we interbreed, are we separate species, who was smarter--the Neanderthal genome may be useful in researching medical treatments. Newly developed techniques could make cloning Neanderthal cells or body parts a reality within a few years. The ability to use the genes of extinct hominins is going to force the field of paleoanthropology into some unfamiliar ethical territory. There are still technical obstacles, but soon it could be possible to use that long-extinct genome to safely create a healthy, living Neanderthal clone. Should it be done?"

"Although most of the Neanderthal genome sequencing is now being done by the San Diego-based company Illumina, the Max Planck Institute initially chose 454 because it had come up with a way to read hundreds of thousands of DNA sequences at a time. Genome-sequencing technology is advancing at a rate comparable to computer processing power. 'Six years ago if you wanted to sequence E. coli [a species of bacteria], which is about 4 million base-pairs in length, it would have taken one or maybe two million dollars, and it would have taken a year and 150 people,' says Jarvie. "Nowadays, one person can do it in two days and it would cost a few hundred dollars."

It's really much more complicated than that.

"Human rights laws vary widely around the world. 'There is not a universal ban on cloning,' says Anderson. 'Even in the United States there are some states that ban it, others that don't.' On August 8, 2005, the United Nations voted to ban human cloning. It sent a clear message that most governments believe that human cloning is unethical. The ban, however, is non-binding."

Wow, this is getting a little scary.

"As different as Neanderthals were, they may not have been different enough to be considered a separate species. 'There are humans today who are more different from each other in phenotype [physical characteristics],' says John Hawks, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Wisconsin. He has studied differences in the DNA of modern human populations to understand the rate of evolutionary change in Homo sapiens. Many of the differences between a Neanderthal clone and a modern human would be due to genetic changes our species has undergone since Neanderthals became extinct. 'In the last 30,000 years we count about 2,500 to 3,000 events that resulted in positive functional changes [in the human genome],' says Hawks. Modern humans, he says, are as different from Homo sapiens who lived in the Neolithic period 10,000 years ago, as Neolithic people would have been from Neanderthals."

"The Neanderthals' brains made them capable of some impressive cultural innovations. They were burying their dead as early as 110,000 years ago, which means that they had a social system that required formal disposal of the deceased. Around 40,000 years ago, they adopted new stone-tool-making traditions, the Châttelperronian tradition in Western Europe and the Uluzzian in Italy, that included a greater variety of tools than they had used in hundreds of thousands of years."

"Bernard Rollin, a bioethicist and professor of philosophy at Colorado State University, doesn't believe that creating a Neanderthal clone would be an ethical problem in and of itself. The problem lies in how that individual would be treated by others. 'I don't think it is fair to put people...into a circumstance where they are going to be mocked and possibly feared,' he says, 'and this is equally important, it's not going to have a peer group. Given that humans are at some level social beings, it would be grossly unfair.' The sentiment was echoed by Stringer, 'You would be bringing this Neanderthal back into a world it did not belong to....It doesn't have its home environment anymore.'"

"There were no cities when the Neanderthals went extinct, and at their population's peak there may have only been 10,000 of them spread across Europe. A cloned Neanderthal might be missing the genetic adaptations we have evolved to cope with the world's greater population density, whatever those adaptations might be. But, not everyone agrees that Neanderthals were so different from modern humans that they would automatically be shunned as outcasts."

 "I'm convinced that if one were to raise a Neanderthal in a modern human family he would function just like everybody else," says Trenton Holliday, a paleoanthropologist at Tulane University. "I have no reason to doubt he could speak and do all the things that modern humans do."

 "'I think there would be no question that if you cloned a Neanderthal, that individual would be recognized as having human rights under the Constitution and international treaties,' says Lori Andrews, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. The law does not define what a human being is, but legal scholars are debating questions of human rights in cases involving genetic engineering. 'This is a species-altering event,' says Andrews, 'it changes the way we are creating a new generation.' How much does a human genome need to be changed before the individual created from it is no longer considered human?"

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