WHAT REALLY HAPPENED - CONSUMER RIGHTS / PRODUCT REPORTS

The card payments you cannot stop

malterwitty — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:55:10 +0000

Cancelling a subscription, for example, may not always be as easy as it looks.

Procter & Gamble recalls 120,000 Vicks nasal sprays

malterwitty — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:51:35 +0000

Procter & Gamble has announced it is recalling 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after small traces of bacteria were found in the product.

Bottles shipped to the US, the UK and Germany are being recalled after traces of the B. cepacia bacteria were found at a German plant in Gross Gerau.

The firm said no illnesses had been reported, but the bacteria can affect people with lung problems.

It added that consumers who have the medication should no longer use it.

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Batch of H1N1 vaccine recalled for severe reactions

Rick H. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:43:16 +0000

it's ok to kill or make deadly ill 1 in 100,000 people! but the buck stops at 1 in 20,000 *sarcasm*.. what if it was their kids or loved one that was one of the 1 in 100,000? this rate is why i say you should ONLY get a shot, from a DOCTOR, a pharmacists or another of the non doctors they have dispensing this stuff, can only call an Ambulance, it may be 2 late by then!

OTTAWA – A batch of swine flu vaccine is being pulled back for investigation after it appeared to cause higher rates of severe allergic reactions than other lots.

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another drug does more harm then good

Rick H. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:58:49 +0000

Notice this story says nothing about the patients who legally rely on the drug for pain relief. These results raise greater questions about whether ketamine prescription is wise, though, versus alternatives.

ALSO YOU HAVE TO READ THIS QUOTE IT'S A REAL "HOOT"!
"However, all groups of ketamine users showed evidence of unusual beliefs or mild delusions, such as conspiracy theories, the psychological questionnaires showed."

you all failed to inform me, you were snorting Ketamine, before i started reading WRH and listening to Mike on his radio show!

PS: in case you can not tell! In My last comment i was just being facetious!

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Energy-saving bulbs 'get dimmer'

malterwitty — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:51:55 +0000

Energy-efficient light bulbs lose on average 22% of their brightness over their lifetime, a study has found.

In some cases they emit just 60% as much light as traditional models which are being phased out of shops, it says.

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Secret Global Copyright Agreement will be Executive Order

shellyroche — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:39:48 +0000

More here:
http://ByteStyle.tv/node/190

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ACTA: Internet Users Guilty Until Proven Innocent

shellyroche — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:16:49 +0000

There's much more to this - read more (some of the things I *wish* I had said during the interview) & take action here:
http://bytestyle.tv/node/190

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Blackout: Military Personnel Banned From H1N1 Vaccine Sites

Ness — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:07:41 +0000

If you want to draw attention to a problem, try hiding it. That's the strategy of several military bases when it comes to the H1N1 vaccine.

Shortly after the Pentagon announced that all Armed Services personnel would soon be facing a mandatory H1N1 vaccination program, I started receiving email from soldiers, airmen, marines and sailors because of a previous story I had written on the anthrax vaccine. Mandatory vaccine programs are a sensitive subject in the military, so it's not a huge surprise that swift and visceral reactions to the program gained speed.

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LEAKED: Secret Treaty Will End Internet Privacy

shellyroche — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:03:47 +0000

Read the leaked document here:
http://bytestyle.tv/node/189

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Obama Puts Monsanto Lobbyist In Charge Of Food Safety

911insidejob — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:32:19 +0000

Obama Puts Monsanto Lobbyist In Charge Of Food Safety

Alexis Baden-Mayer, Esq.
Organic Consumers Association [1]
Friday, July 24, 2009

Genetically modified foods [2] are not safe [3]. The only reason they’re in our food supply is because government bureaucrats with ties to industry suppressed or manipulated scientific research and deprived consumers of the information they need to make informed choices about whether or not to eat genetically modified foods.

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Judge Napolitano (and me) on Net Neutrality

shellyroche — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:52:23 +0000

If the video link doesn't work, you can watch it here:
http://bytestyle.tv/node/186

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Newly discovered Safari bug could mean big fees for some iPhone users

malterwitty — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:08:19 +0000

The flaw, as discovered by Estonian Apple Site AppleSpot: If the user visits a site which uses Motion-JPEG (most commonly used for security cams and live feeds) in Safari, Safari will continue to gobble up bandwidth even after Safari is closed. Safari is one of the few apps that Apple allows to process in the background, and Motion-JPEG streams appear to continue streaming, even if the stream is in another tab or in the “closed” application.

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Chemical alert as six passengers faint on transatlantic flight to Heathrow

z00mcopterdown — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:45:44 +0000

Actually, I have witnessed this issue personally 5 or 6 times in long flights.

I almost fainted several times (and I'm not a weakling sicko), and I decided to go do some research. This is what I have come up with, and I believe to be true in great length:
What happens is this. the cabin gets pressurized by something called "BLEED AIR", which is air that stems from some small inlets located right after the large FAN (front section) of the engines.

Now, normally, air keeps coming in through those inlets, which can be called "fresh air", and the "spent air" is let out of the cabin through valves.
Now, the ZIO SCAMMERS IN CHARGE, have found a way TO SAVE FUEL.

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Different theme same story

Rick H. — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:13:15 +0000

i wanted to draw attention to one part of this NY story

Paterson declares swine flu emergency

By: The Associated Press

Thursday, October 29, 2009 3:09 PM EDT
ALBANY -- Gov. David Paterson declared a state of emergency, saying a recent rise in swine flu cases has created a "disaster" and that certain provisions of state law needed to be set aside to get people vaccinated as quickly as possible.

The executive order Thursday means that far more health care professionals -- including dentists, dental hygienists, podiatrists, pharmacists, midwives and physicians assistants -- will be permitted to administer swine flu and seasonal flu vaccines with only brief training.

I see so many problems with this it's NOT funny

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SWINE FLU VACCINE OCT 2009: LICENSED AND UNTESTED

Fisher King — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:15:53 +0000

Great article about Swine Flu.

This has been a big week for swine flu vaccines. With the money machine in full swing to get the untested swine flu vaccine out to the public ASAP, it's hard to keep up with the level of deception in mainstream media. But we'll give it a try.

One final important revelation about the AP article, and perhaps the agenda of the Director of the NIH:

"Younger children simply don't have as mature an immune system," Fauci explained. "So a first dose of vaccine against a flu strain they've never experienced acts as an introduction for their immune system, and a booster shortly thereafter revs up that immune response."

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How much profit is fair for prescription drugs?

trudy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:47:45 +0000

Research and development costs on patented drugs must be reimbursed. But beyond that, is the sky the limit for the prices on prescription drugs?
Take a look at this mark up list for prescription drugs and see how you feel about it...

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Heads up to all the Canucks out there: Bill C 6 is about to get third reading.

teresac — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:20:24 +0000

If this bill passes, we can say goodbye to Canada as we know it. Time to fight is now.

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Harper Says Canadian Dollar Strength Is a Concern

teresac — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:35:51 +0000

This article only proves how stupid the Canadian gov't is. We have a strong dollar v. USD, and that, according to our stupid prime minister is a bad thing. Ergo, the Canadian economy should be as messed up as the US economy.

Give me a break! Stevie boy should move to the US if he loves it that much!

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Dazzle white and Smile Brite

Mike Rivero — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:17:05 +0000

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COMPUTER LAPTOP REPAIR Better Fix it yourself

Mike Rivero — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:47:46 +0000

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Court: Monsanto guilty of false claims about product safety

shellyroche — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:01:04 +0000

France's highest court has ruled that US agrochemical giant Monsanto had not told the truth about the safety of its best-selling weed-killer, Roundup. The court confirmed an earlier judgment that Monsanto had falsely advertised its herbicide as "biodegradable" and claimed it "left the soil clean".

The company was fined 15,000 euros (£13,800; $22,400). It has yet to comment on the judgment. Roundup is the world's best-selling herbicide. Monsanto also sells crops genetically-engineered to be tolerant to Roundup.

French environmental groups had brought the case in 2001 on the basis that glyphosate, Roundup's main ingredient, is classed as "dangerous for the environment" by the European Union.

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Mummy bloggers spit the dummy over Nestle's spoilt milk

Mike Rivero — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:05:31 +0000

Hell hath no fury like a mummy blogger scorned - a lesson quickly learnt by Nestle this week after its attempt to buy bloggers' affections backfired spectacularly.

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Nullification at Work The Ballot Drive to Legalize Pot in California Begins

poorrichard — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:30:34 +0000

When a state “nullifies” a federal law, it is proclaiming that the law in question is void and inoperative, or “non-effective,” within the boundaries of that state; or, in other words, not a law as far as that state is concerned.

While the media of late tends to focus on the new crop of states resisting DC with legislation on firearms and health care, they almost always miss, or ignore, what I consider to be some of the greatest and most effective state resistance to federal power – marijuana activism.

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Harvard Survey: Only One Third Of Americans Believe Swine Flu Vaccine Is Safe

poorrichard — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:38:35 +0000

A survey conducted by Harvard University has found that only one third of adults trust the safety of the imminently available H1N1 vaccine.

Just 40% of respondents said they would take the swine flu shot in the poll carried out by Harvard Opinion Research Program at Harvard School of Public Health.

The study, funded under a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also found that respondents were worried about side effects or not concerned about catching the flu at all.

44% of respondents who were parents said they were unsure over getting their children vaccinated against H1N1, with 21% of those parents saying they absolutely will not allow their kids to be vaccinated.

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Rep. Alan Grayson: Does the Federal Reserve Manipulate the Stock Market? Where's the Gold?

shellyroche — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:37:35 +0000

I *love* this guy:

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Can we as individuals seed a new economy?

shellyroche — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:12:21 +0000

Pledge here: http://FriendsOfSlowMoney.com

I'm sick of people (not YOU guys, obviously) waiting for the GOVERNMENT to "fix" the economy - the point of this project is to get INDIVIDUALS involved in supporting entrepreneurship, small business, local community and local food systems. WE can rebuild the economy ourselves.

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OIL PRICES PLUMMET !

Old_Logan — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:14:02 +0000

Going into this week's inventory report from the Energy Information Administration, analysts had been expecting to see oil inventory drop by around 2.25 million barrels. What today's report actually showed though was an increase last week by 2.8 million barrels.
:o)

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Stop Using Hydroxycut Products

Old_Logan — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:46:13 +0000

Some Hydroxycut products are associated with a number of serious liver injuries and lawsuit inquiries have already been made by people who have been harmed by these products.

What is Hydroxycut?
http://www.hydroxycutinformation.com/
Hydroxycut is the brand name of some of America’s top-selling weight loss products which are taken by millions of consumers each year. Hydroxycut products are made by Iovate Health Sciences, which has over 750 items sold in more than 70 countries around the world.

(*Want to lose weight ? stick with the DIET SODA ! official white horse souse)

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Quietly, Sotomayor turns on corporations

PeterD — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:34:14 +0000

Judges “created corporations as persons, gave birth to corporations as persons,” she said, the Wall Street Journal noted Friday. “There could be an argument made that that was the court’s error to start with…[imbuing] a creature of state law with human characteristics.”

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RIAA's Elementary School Copyright Curriculum

PeterD — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:36:34 +0000

Music Rules! starts by defining the terms that teachers need to know about copyright in order to cover the material. The complete list (we kid you not) is: counterfeit recordings, DMCA notice, "Grokster" ruling, legal downloading, online piracy, peer-to-peer file sharing, pirate recordings, songlifting, and US copyright law.

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WHAT REALLY HAPPENED - CONSUMER RIGHTS / PRODUCT REPORTS

The card payments you cannot stop

Procter & Gamble recalls 120,000 Vicks nasal sprays

Batch of H1N1 vaccine recalled for severe reactions

another drug does more harm then good

Energy-saving bulbs 'get dimmer'

Secret Global Copyright Agreement will be Executive Order

ACTA: Internet Users Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Blackout: Military Personnel Banned From H1N1 Vaccine Sites

LEAKED: Secret Treaty Will End Internet Privacy

Obama Puts Monsanto Lobbyist In Charge Of Food Safety

Judge Napolitano (and me) on Net Neutrality

Newly discovered Safari bug could mean big fees for some iPhone users

Chemical alert as six passengers faint on transatlantic flight to Heathrow

Different theme same story

SWINE FLU VACCINE OCT 2009: LICENSED AND UNTESTED

How much profit is fair for prescription drugs?

Heads up to all the Canucks out there: Bill C 6 is about to get third reading.

Harper Says Canadian Dollar Strength Is a Concern

Dazzle white and Smile Brite

COMPUTER LAPTOP REPAIR Better Fix it yourself

Court: Monsanto guilty of false claims about product safety

Mummy bloggers spit the dummy over Nestle's spoilt milk

Nullification at Work The Ballot Drive to Legalize Pot in California Begins

Harvard Survey: Only One Third Of Americans Believe Swine Flu Vaccine Is Safe

Rep. Alan Grayson: Does the Federal Reserve Manipulate the Stock Market? Where's the Gold?

Can we as *individuals* seed a new economy?

OIL PRICES PLUMMET !

Stop Using Hydroxycut Products

Quietly, Sotomayor turns on corporations

RIAA's Elementary School Copyright Curriculum

Can we as individuals seed a new economy?