You may be wondering why Mr. Obama is allocating peacekeepers and money to Afghanistan/Pakistan. Here is why:
First, if Bin Laden is alive, this is where he is. For a politician who is keenly focused on public opinion and legacy, the capture of this terrorist is like finding the Grail.
Second, this is where the serious terrorist training camps are located. The Madras schools are teaching hatred of America to millions, Afghanistan and Pakistan is where they go to train. This is where they learn the killing skills.
In all probability, this area, where Afghanistan, China, India and Pakistan all converge will be the epicenter of World War III. If we don't work to prevent this now, we may not be able to avoid it ten or fifteen years from now.
I hate to say this, but while mankind has advanced at light speed during the past two thousand years, our emotional development remains in the Stone Age. So do many societies in this region of the world.
If we don't do something about nuclear proliferation and development, as the president does in my upcoming book, The Presidential Pretender, this area will remain a nuclear tinderbox. This is the kind of situation where Jack Trance would be called to do his thing.
There are patriotic men and women who actually do this sort of thing, risking their lives in the shadows, without fanfare or public recognition. They face high odds of death and do it with pride, just so we can be safe.
The next time you go to sleep without worrying that a bomb or bullet is going to kill you in the night, give thanks to these silent peacekeepers that toil and die for us every day.
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Friday, May 8, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Good News: New Medical Advances Are Extraordinary
We haven’t been seeing a lot of good news these days, so I thought I might brighten things up by focusing on some good things that are happening.
There are extraordinary advances occurring in medical technologies that will dramatically change the face of medicine.
Robot assisted surgery now allows top surgeons to operate from half a world away, with minimally invasive techniques that let heart patients return to the activities of living within days, not weeks or months.
Metamaterials are allowing us to see single cell organisms (like viruses) I high definition color, not the X-Ray type images we see with electron microscopes. This will allow researchers to actually "see" the results of new cures.
It won’t be long before nanobots will be programmed and injected to perform heart or brain surgery, or to clean up clogged arteries. We may also use them to remove the calcification of Alzheimer' patients.
Researchers are perfecting ways to grow us new hearts and lungs and kidneys from our own DNA. This is already being done, particularly with bones and joints.
We will begin to debate the ethical dilemma that will come with this, just how far we should go with playing God. I won't deal with this here. I would rather focus on the good things coming in our lives.
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www.shaksperbooks.com
There are extraordinary advances occurring in medical technologies that will dramatically change the face of medicine.
Robot assisted surgery now allows top surgeons to operate from half a world away, with minimally invasive techniques that let heart patients return to the activities of living within days, not weeks or months.
Metamaterials are allowing us to see single cell organisms (like viruses) I high definition color, not the X-Ray type images we see with electron microscopes. This will allow researchers to actually "see" the results of new cures.
It won’t be long before nanobots will be programmed and injected to perform heart or brain surgery, or to clean up clogged arteries. We may also use them to remove the calcification of Alzheimer' patients.
Researchers are perfecting ways to grow us new hearts and lungs and kidneys from our own DNA. This is already being done, particularly with bones and joints.
We will begin to debate the ethical dilemma that will come with this, just how far we should go with playing God. I won't deal with this here. I would rather focus on the good things coming in our lives.
www.lumbert.com
www.jaylumbert.com
www.shaksperbooks.com
Monday, May 4, 2009
Good News for Varicose Vigilante Seniors on Alzheimer’s
Last week I read about a promising new treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease. It involves some ground-breaking work by Mark Pepsys, professor of medicine at University College in London.
For the past 30 years, Mr. Pepsys has been working on curing diseases that are caused by the abnormal buildup of amyloid protein. This protein is a key cause in the development of Alzheimer’s, as it gums up the works of the brain. In the 1990s he developed a drug called CPHPC that removes SAP, a blood protein that sticks to amyloid and prevents enzymes from dissolving it. This allows a kind of crust to form in the brain cells, (think of it as hair filling up your shower drain) that eventually stops brain function in certain areas, such as memory.
Mr. Pspsys gave CPHPC to five Alzheimer’s patients and the results were quite encouraging, to the point where this might pose as a medical breakthrough. It appears that Mr. Pspsys is getting some major pharmaceutical companies to show interest in his (hoped for) clinical trial of 80-100 patients. This trial, should it get funded, may prove to be the first real breakthrough in Alzheimer’s treatment.
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For the past 30 years, Mr. Pepsys has been working on curing diseases that are caused by the abnormal buildup of amyloid protein. This protein is a key cause in the development of Alzheimer’s, as it gums up the works of the brain. In the 1990s he developed a drug called CPHPC that removes SAP, a blood protein that sticks to amyloid and prevents enzymes from dissolving it. This allows a kind of crust to form in the brain cells, (think of it as hair filling up your shower drain) that eventually stops brain function in certain areas, such as memory.
Mr. Pspsys gave CPHPC to five Alzheimer’s patients and the results were quite encouraging, to the point where this might pose as a medical breakthrough. It appears that Mr. Pspsys is getting some major pharmaceutical companies to show interest in his (hoped for) clinical trial of 80-100 patients. This trial, should it get funded, may prove to be the first real breakthrough in Alzheimer’s treatment.
www.lumbert.com
www.shaksperbooks.com
www.jaylumbert.com
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Less Weight, Less Global Warming
There have been some studies coming out recently that draw a direct link between being overweight and adding to greenhouse gasses.
www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/20/thin.global.warming/index.html
People who are overweight eat more food. It takes energy to produce this food and this causes greenhouse gasses. When millions of people are overweight, this adds up to a lot of gas, about ONE TON of extra CO2 per person per year.
If you believe in man-made global warming, if this is your issue, think twice before you eat. That extra donut could make the problem worse.
I figure that if we all stopped went on a massive diet, we would be able to reduce the world's temperature by at least a tenth of a degree in the year 2110.
So, the next time you need a reason not to eat something good, think about the planet and how we are warming it up. Then again, a warmer planet will help us grow more food. Growing food isn't bad, is it? I say eat the ice cream and enjoy it!
www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/20/thin.global.warming/index.html
People who are overweight eat more food. It takes energy to produce this food and this causes greenhouse gasses. When millions of people are overweight, this adds up to a lot of gas, about ONE TON of extra CO2 per person per year.
If you believe in man-made global warming, if this is your issue, think twice before you eat. That extra donut could make the problem worse.
I figure that if we all stopped went on a massive diet, we would be able to reduce the world's temperature by at least a tenth of a degree in the year 2110.
So, the next time you need a reason not to eat something good, think about the planet and how we are warming it up. Then again, a warmer planet will help us grow more food. Growing food isn't bad, is it? I say eat the ice cream and enjoy it!
Obama's McDonald's Stimulus Working
McDonald's announced their quarterly earnings this week. Same store sales are more than 4% and so are earnings.
As I predicted, Obama's stimulus plan is going right to our stomachs rather than to product. This is an unintended (but predictable) consequence to Obama's choice to reduce payroll taxes rather than send everyone a check.
I wonder if he knows how much this will add to greenhouse gasses and global warming?
As I predicted, Obama's stimulus plan is going right to our stomachs rather than to product. This is an unintended (but predictable) consequence to Obama's choice to reduce payroll taxes rather than send everyone a check.
I wonder if he knows how much this will add to greenhouse gasses and global warming?
Obama's Coming New York Times Bailout
The New York Times has been experiencing a consistent loss in readership and advertising revenues. With its first quarter loss of $74.5 million, the Times is teetering on the edge of failure.
The Times has $1.3 billion debt and unfunded pension liabilities of $625 million. Given its “free” cash position of $34 million (this subtracts the $260 million set aside to retire 2010 debt that comes due), it doesn’t appear that the Times has much of a future. Could be just a matter of months.
Looks like a time for an Obama bailout.
The New York Times gives Obama a daily massage and pep talk. There is no organization that is more solidly in his camp. There is no organization (except for MoveOn.org) with as much influence. There is no organization that colors his mistakes and hides his flaws with a daily air brush. Obama needs the New York Times like the military needs enemies. They are joined at the hip and feed off the same foods.
Look for the administration to begin a “Save the Gray Lady” campaign any day now.
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The Times has $1.3 billion debt and unfunded pension liabilities of $625 million. Given its “free” cash position of $34 million (this subtracts the $260 million set aside to retire 2010 debt that comes due), it doesn’t appear that the Times has much of a future. Could be just a matter of months.
Looks like a time for an Obama bailout.
The New York Times gives Obama a daily massage and pep talk. There is no organization that is more solidly in his camp. There is no organization (except for MoveOn.org) with as much influence. There is no organization that colors his mistakes and hides his flaws with a daily air brush. Obama needs the New York Times like the military needs enemies. They are joined at the hip and feed off the same foods.
Look for the administration to begin a “Save the Gray Lady” campaign any day now.
www.lumbert.com
www.jaylumbert.com
www.shaksperbooks.com
Monday, April 6, 2009
Obama Hypocracy on Nukes
While I celebrate Mr. Obama’s right to govern, I am continually amazed at the enormous disparity between his words and his actions.
While the mainstream U.S. media keeps massaging him as if he is the Chosen One, Obama is doing things through executive order and summit promises that are the opposite of his words.
The latest of these issues is Obama’s pledge to rid the war of nuclear weapons. While his rhetoric sounds great, behind the scenes his administration is signaling to Iran that they will do nothing to stop them from processing spent nuclear fuel into weapons grade material.
In my new book, The Presidential Pretender, the U.S. president (the pretender that America thinks is president) actually does create a framework to reduce the worldwide risks of nuclear annihilation.
Obama will bluster about reducing nuclear stockpiles. As our current nuclear treaty with Russia expires, he will create great-looking sound bites that will make it look like something positive is actually being done. The truth is, both the U.S. and Russia have thousands of outdated nuclear warheads that would never get used, even in the event of a war. Obama and Putin (the real acting Russian president) will agree to destroy many of these and call it a win for the world. This is bull.
The most important nuclear talks should be centered on how to prevent Iran from building bombs. Their leader has vowed to create the next holocaust, as is predicted in the Quran. From it “Islam will rise from the ashes.” He will do it unless he is stopped, and that means now. The talks with Russia are a smokescreen and a sham, while the real threat to the western world is allowed to grow stronger every day.
I expect that Israel will be forced into doing Obama’s heavy lifting here, and I sure hope that he supports them, rather than taking the coward’s way out, as he is today.
While the mainstream U.S. media keeps massaging him as if he is the Chosen One, Obama is doing things through executive order and summit promises that are the opposite of his words.
The latest of these issues is Obama’s pledge to rid the war of nuclear weapons. While his rhetoric sounds great, behind the scenes his administration is signaling to Iran that they will do nothing to stop them from processing spent nuclear fuel into weapons grade material.
In my new book, The Presidential Pretender, the U.S. president (the pretender that America thinks is president) actually does create a framework to reduce the worldwide risks of nuclear annihilation.
Obama will bluster about reducing nuclear stockpiles. As our current nuclear treaty with Russia expires, he will create great-looking sound bites that will make it look like something positive is actually being done. The truth is, both the U.S. and Russia have thousands of outdated nuclear warheads that would never get used, even in the event of a war. Obama and Putin (the real acting Russian president) will agree to destroy many of these and call it a win for the world. This is bull.
The most important nuclear talks should be centered on how to prevent Iran from building bombs. Their leader has vowed to create the next holocaust, as is predicted in the Quran. From it “Islam will rise from the ashes.” He will do it unless he is stopped, and that means now. The talks with Russia are a smokescreen and a sham, while the real threat to the western world is allowed to grow stronger every day.
I expect that Israel will be forced into doing Obama’s heavy lifting here, and I sure hope that he supports them, rather than taking the coward’s way out, as he is today.
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