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Friday, August 7, 2015

DUMB HEADLINES VS WHAT SHOULD BE REPORTED

I CHECK ABOUT 18 NEWS SOURCES ROUTINELY ABOUT 7 TIMES A DAY AND I AM ALWAYS BOTH AMUSED AND ANNOYED BY MAINSTREAM MEDIA'S "HEADLINES"...NEVER WHAT THEY SHOULD BE REPORTING, JUST DUMB DISTRACTIONS.

I THOUGHT WE'D DO A LITTLE COMPARISON TODAY, USING JUST 4 SUCH "DUMBS" VERSUS WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE SEEING ON FRONT PAGES OF OUR AMERICAN RAG SHEETS. 
I WILL GIVE THE DUMB HEADLINE FIRST, FOLLOWED BY WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE HEADLINED INSTEAD.

1~ WHITE BREAD MAY CAUSE MENTAL ILLNESS, BUT JUST IN WOMEN.
NO, SERIOUSLY, SOMEBODY JUST BLEW A FEW MILLION OR SO ON THE "STUDY"!

"Glycemic load (GL) is a measure used to estimate how much an individual's blood glucose level will spike after eating a particular food.GL is based on the GI and is determined by multiplying the grams of carbohydrates in the food times the GI.
Working with data from over 70,000 postmenopausal women, the research team from Columbia University Medical Center assessed their diets for GI and GL, taking into account the types of carbohydrates consumed.
The study on refined carbohydrates was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition."

NOPE, NO LINK ON THIS STUDY....I WOULDN'T INSULT YOUR MINDS WITH IT, THOUGH MUCH THEY "DISCOVERED" HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR DECADES AND THERE IS A GRAIN OF TRUTH IN IT.
WHAT THE HEADLINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN:

"OUR FOOD IS LITERALLY KILLING US"  

Chronic exposure to chromium, lead and other heavy metals, petroleum, solvents, and many pesticide and herbicide formulations can be carcinogenic, DO cause congenital disorders, and/or cause other chronic health conditions. Industrial or man-made concentrations of nitrate and ammonia  have also been identified as health hazards in soil and groundwater. 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES BIOACCUMULATE IN THE FOOD CHAIN.
PLANTS WE GIVE OUR FOOD ANIMALS FOR FOOD BIOACCUMULATES INSIDE THOSE ANIMALS, AND THE MORE WE EAT OF PLANTS OR ANIMALS, THE MORE TOXINS OUR BODIES HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

THE STUDIES ARE NUMEROUS THAT STATE THESE FACTS AS WELL, BUT THE TEA ROOM HAS PUBLISHED THOSE BEFORE, ALL "PEER-REVIEWED" FOR THOSE WHO DEMAND SUCH.

STAND BACK!
WE'RE GOING TO USE COMMON SENSE!

CONSIDER HOW MUCH MORE FLAVORFUL ORGANICALLY GROWN ANYTHING IS, UNDERSTAND WE DON'T NEED THE CHEMICALS AND CRAP THAT ARE USED ON OUR FOOD SOURCES AND, HELLO, CONGRESS, HOW ABOUT A FEW "LAWS" THAT MAKE FOOD BETTER FOR AMERICANS?
WHAT DO YOU GUYS EAT UP ON "THE HILL"?
WHAT DOES DAVID ROCKEFELLER EAT?
THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND?
HOW ABOUT SOME GMO CORN, FELLOWS?
SOME YUMMY FEEDLOT BEEF?
NO?
THEY INCLUDED A PHOTO FOR PROOF!
WOW, RIGHT?
WHO CARES HOW MANY LIARS WILL FIT INTO ONE ELEVATOR?

WHAT THE HEADLINE MIGHT HAVE SAID:

NOT ONE POLITICIAN ALIVE OR DEAD HAS NOT BEEN CAUGHT LYING.
THEY HAVE ALL LIED, ESPECIALLY DURING "CAMPAIGNS"! 
EVERY ELECTED POLITICIAN HAS BEEN GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY OF BREAKING CAMPAIGN "PROMISES"!   

GIVING THE DEVIL ITS DUES, SOME AMERICAN MEDIA HAVE POINTED THIS OUT IN THE PAST AND THERE ARE REALLY SEVERAL "STUDIES" DONE ON THAT AS WELL!

THE ATLANTIC ASKED IN 2013, Do Politicians Care If They Get Caught Lying?
"A study suggests lawmakers are less likely to make false statements when they know fact-checkers are monitoring them."

IN 2012, PSYCHOLOGY TODAY (PT) TRIED TO TELL US WHY THEY LIE:
Do politicians really think they won't be caught when they lie?
The euphemisms that politicians use for what is, in many cases, bold-faced lies are legend. Politicians misspoke. The biased media misinterpreted what they meant. Politicians’ words were distorted, misrepresented, twisted, exaggerated, or taken out of context. They overstated, understated, or misstated. But, of course, politicians never lie, at least that’s what they say."
THE SIX REASONS?
GLAD YOU ASKED.

1~ 
Many politicians are narcissists.   This constellation of narcissistic attributes causes them to believe that they are right and, even if they are not, they’re too smart to be caught or suffer the consequences.
2~ Politicians know their followers will believe them, even in the face of irrefutable evidence to the contrary. The content of the lies is also usually red meat for the politicians’ ravenous [WORSHIPPERS] who are only too happy to chew on it for days on end.
[YES, THERE ARE STUDIES ON THAT AS WELL! SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND THEM!]  

3~ 
People don’t want to hear the truth. Truth, as the saying goes, hurts and no one wants to hear things that threaten their existence, their beliefs, or that will make them uncomfortable.
[OUCH, YES?]  

4~ 
The Internet never forgets.  Research(link is external) has shown, for example, that people are more likely to believe unsubstantiated rumors about a political candidate they oppose when read in emails and on blogs.
5~ Cognitive biases. Daniel Kahneman, et al, have demonstrated that the human mind engages in many cognitive tricks to help people be more efficient, reduce confusion and anxiety, and keep life simple and coherent. 
6~ If a lie is told enough times, people will assume it is true. It is not a stretch to understand why people would believe something if they hear it enough. People expect that lies will be disproved and fade away. So if the lies continue to be heard, people assume, then they must be true.
Ultimately, politicians lie because, due to the six reasons above, the cost/benefit ratio for lying is in their favor. Politicians run this calculation when they create or shift a damaging narrative, attack an opponent, or respond to indefensible claims against them. I’m going to assume that most politicians know when they are lying (if not, we not only have a bunch of narcissists in government, but also a whole lot of sociopaths).
So, politicians lie when they believe that dishonesty is the best policy for getting elected.
DURING THE TORTURE WE MUST ENDURE OF UPCOMING ELECTIONS, WHY THE HELL THE MEDIA ISN'T REMINDING AMERICANS OF ALL THOSE LIES IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL ASK, OFTEN, AND LOUDLY.

3~ HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAILS
IN ANY CONTENT, BY ANY MEDIA, ANYWHERE, THIS OLD NEWS IS JUST BEATEN TO DEATH...GET OVER IT!
IT'S DONE, NOTHING WILL CHANGE IT, SO EITHER PROSECUTE THE WOMAN OR JUST SHUT UP!
LIKE COLIN POWELL SAID, "IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE", AND HE DID THE SAME THING, SO PROSECUTE ALL WHO HAVE DONE SO?
THAT WOULD BE NICE!
TROUBLE IS, THERE WERE NO FEDERAL RESTRICTIONS ON DOING THAT WHEN EITHER CLINTON OR POWELL WERE IN OFFICE.
MISERABLE FAIL ON THE "REGULATORY" BOYS, YES?

WHAT THE HEADLINE COULD HAVE BEEN:

THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS ARE POISED TO SIGN US ONTO THE UNITED NATIONS' "NEW COVENANT", MAKE DAMNED SURE WE'RE CONTROLLED BY THE U.N. AND SIGN AWAY OUR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY.
BETTER FOR US TO BE GOVERNED BY INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS, ETC, THAN BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

IT WILL BE A NEW WAY OF 'LIFE' FOR ALL OF US, ALL OF US WHO ARE REFERRED TO AS "ORGANISMS" IN THIS ABOMINATION THEY'RE CALLING A 'COVENANT'! 
It will control population growth, re-distribute wealth, force social and “economic equity and justice,” economic control, consumption control, land and water use control, and re-settlement control...
The Covenant’s 79 articles, described in great detail in 242 pages, take Sustainable Development principles described in Agenda 21 and transform them into GLOBAL LAW, which supersedes ALL (national) constitutions, INCLUDING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. 
THIS IS A LOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN EMAILS THAT CAN'T BE CALLED BACK NOR CHANGED!  
WASTING PRECIOUS TIME AND TAX DOLLARS TO PURSUE "OLD ISSUES" ANOTHER DAY IS LUDICROUS... PROSECUTE ALL WHO DID THIS OR JUST DROP IT! 

USE THAT MONEY TO HIRE SOME BULLDOZERS TO CLEAR THE U.N. SITE FOR A PLAYGROUND OR MAYBE A NEW NATIONAL LIBRARY?  

4~ THE STOCK MARKET IS DOWN BECAUSE THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS RAISING INTEREST RATES, SAITH YE OLDE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
THAT'S JUST BEYOND STUPID! 
THE PROBLEMS ON WALL STREET ARE LEGION!
WHO CAN COUNT THE "INDICATORS" FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS THAT SHOULD CLUE PEOPLE IN TO THE UNAVOIDABLE FAILURE OF THE "MARKET"?
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IS THE PRIME SOURCE USED TO WHIP PEOPLE INTO A DOOM AND GLOOM FRENZY.

"The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for the seventh straight session in a row—its longest losing streak since August 2011—declining 46.37 points, or 0.3%, to 17373.38. That marks the lowest close for the blue chips since early February. The Dow is now down 2.5% for the year."

BUT THERE IS A GRAIN OF TRUTH HERE....THE MARKET IS HEADING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, STEP-FOR-STEP, THAT IT TOOK DURING 2000-2007 AND THE FED IS FEEDING THAT!

THE FED IS DOING PRECISELY WHAT IT DID IN THE 1920s TO BRING ABOUT THE "GREAT DEPRESSION".
A THIRD GRADER CAN SEE THE SIMILARITIES!
IT DOES NOT HINGE ON RATE HIKES.
IT HINGES ON SANITY AND SOUND JUDGEMENT, TWO THINGS WALL STREET REFUSES TO CONSIDER.
IN THE GAME OF "LEARN OR PERISH", THEY HAVE CHOSEN PERISH JUST ABOUT EVERY 7 YEARS! 
RATIONAL ECONOMISTS HAVE BEEN WARNING WALL STREET FOR YEARS, JUST AS THEY DID IN TIMES PAST, BUT THE MARKET'S INSATIABLE GREED DRIVES WALL STREET'S GIANTS INSANE.

COME SEPTEMBER, IT WILL BE A REPEAT OF TIMES PAST.
GIRD YOUR LOINS, AMERICANS! 
ALL THOSE TACKY LITTLE WEBSITES THAT WARN YOU TO "PREPARE FOR THE COMING COLLAPSE" JUST NEVER TELL ANYONE THAT THE NEXT COLLAPSE CANNOT BE "PREPARED FOR".

WE'VE RECENTLY DISCUSSED THE VERY FAKE "FOOD SHORTAGE IN AMERICA" GIMMICK.
WE'VE SEEN THAT LOWER OIL/GAS PRICES ARE GOOD FOR AVERAGE CITIZEN BUT NOT MEGA-CORPORATIONS WHICH DEPEND ON HIGH OIL/GAS PRICES FOR PROFITS.   
AS WE APPROACH WHAT IS PREDICTED TO BE ANOTHER RECORD-BREAKING COLD WINTER, WITH BOTH FOOD AND GAS PRICES UP, NOT TO MENTION OTHER CONSUMER GOODS, WITH THE JOBS MARKET ABOUT TO TAKE ANOTHER DIVE, AND CHINA STRUGGLING, CHINA WHO SUPPLIES US WITH WAY TOO MUCH, WITH HACKS INTO OUR SECURITY AGENCIES RISING, AND OUR AGING ELECTRICAL GRID BEING A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN, THESE AND SEVERAL OTHER FAILURES OUR GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRIAL/BANKING COMPLEX HAVE MANAGED JUST CREATE A "PERFECT STORM".

[ FOR EXAMPLE, PRIVATE SECTOR CREDIT,  "the ratio of credit to GDP", IS WELL DESCRIBED IN AN ARTICLE <HERE>.] 
WE ARE DEFINITELY IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE!
THIS TIME WILL BREAK ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS FOR BUMPS!

WALL STREET WILL BE BAILED OUT AGAIN, SMILE ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK AFTER AN INITIAL BOUT OF TEETH-GNASHING AND HAND-WRINGING, AND THE CITIZENS OF THE U.S. WILL AGAIN BE HOLDING THE BAG.
I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT THIS BAG WILL BE FAR TOO HEAVY TO HOLD.

BOTTOM LINE?
WE AREN'T BEING "FED" THE IMPORTANT ISSUES WE FACE RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE DISTRACTED BY PURE, UNADULTERATED, UNCUT CRAP THAT EITHER DOESN'T MATTER OR FAILS TO OFFER EITHER TRUTH OR SOLUTIONS TO OVERWHELMING CRISES WE FACE RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE I DEEPLY CARE, THE TEA ROOM SUGGESTS YOU MAY WANT TO GO BACK AND CONSULT THE SERIES OF BLOGS TAGGED AS "WHAT IF ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE?" 
THE LINKS FROM THOSE TO KNOWLEDGEABLE SOURCES ARE INVALUABLE, BUT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, I THINK.
ALSO <HERE>, <HERE>, <HERE>, <HERE>, <HERE>. AND <HERE>.   
ALL THE BEST.

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