Mass psychosis in the US Has America become a nation of psychotics? You would certainly think so, based on the explosion in the use of antipsychotic medications. In 2008, with over $14 billion in sales, antipsychotics became the single top-selling therapeutic class of prescription drugs in the United States, surpassing drugs used to treat high cholesterol and acid reflux. Once upon a time, antipsychotics were reserved for a relatively small number of patients with hard-core psychiatric diagnoses - primarily schizophrenia and bipolar disorder - to treat such symptoms as delusions, hallucinations, or formal thought disorder. Today, it seems, everyone is taking antipsychotics. It is anything but a coincidence that the explosion in antipsychotic use coincides with the pharmaceutical industry's development of a new class of medications known as "atypical antipsychotics." Not just for psychotics anymore Cost benefit analysis Making patients worse
Accuracy In Media Libyan spy files document Qaddafi regime's fall This Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011 photo shows an ransacked desk in Muammar Qaddafi's intelligence headquarters in Tripoli, Libya. Hundreds intelligence documents seen by The Associated Press in Tripoli show how Qaddafi's authoritarian regime using all its means failed to quash an armed rebellion largely fueled by hatred of its tools of control. AP Photo/Ben Hubbard TRIPOLI, Libya - As the uprising grew against Muammar Qaddafi, secret reports from his vaunted intelligence service flowed back to Tripoli. The reports grew more desperate as the Libyan rebellion veered into civil war: Military leaders in the western mountains were disregarding orders; troops in the city of Misrata ran out of ammunition, turning the situation into "every man for himself." These reports and hundreds of other intelligence documents seen by The Associated Press in Tripoli trace how the tide shifted in the six-month uprising that ended Qaddafi's 42-year reign. The note concluded with an offer to kill the council members.
MediaBugs Loyalists enter Niger but no sign of Qaddafi Updated at 3:38 p.m. ET TARHOUNA, Libya - Armed loyalists of Muammar Qaddafi, including his security chief, fled into neighboring Niger in multiple convoys across hundreds of miles of desert on Tuesday. Libya's former rebels — now the country's de facto rulers — claimed the convoys were a major flight by Qaddafi's most hardcore backers from his final strongholds. The claims could not immediately be confirmed. Information on the size of the convoys and who was in them was scarce as they made their way across the vast swath of Sahara — over 1,000 miles — between any populated areas on the two sides of the border. But as the first group of a dozen vehicles pulled into Niger's capital Niamey on Tuesday, a customs official confirmed that it included Mansour Dao, Qaddafi's security chief and a key member of his inner circle, as well as around 12 other Qaddafi regime officials. Three major cities remain under Qaddafi's sway — Bani Walid, Sirte and Sabha. U.S. © 2011 CBS Interactive Inc.
Caroline Glick: A prayer for 5771 « 3rd Circle I’m a big fan of Caroline Glick. So much so that if I was president, I would ask Ms. Glick to be my national security adviser. Ms. In the essay below, I believe she has identified a profound truth that can help us understand some of the deepest currents that are flowing in this time. RJ Jonas Original article at On August 28, Fox News commentator Glenn Beck confounded his colleagues in the media when he brought hundreds of thousands of Americans to the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC for a rally he called “Restoring Honor.” While former Alaska governor Sarah Palin was the keynote speaker, the rally was decidedly apolitical. The crowd was enthusiastic but not rowdy. US President Barack Obama was never even mentioned by name. So what was it all about? The American creed has two main components. First, its core belief is that America is an exceptional country and that the American people are an exceptional nation.
European Anti-Semitism versus Measuring European Anti-Semitism « The Prince and The Little Prince Anti-Semitism in Europe is a given — but the ways of measuring it are not. The most recent survey of anti-Semitism in Europe by the Anti-Defamation League does not properly assess anti-Semitism. The magnitude of anti-Semitism in Europe is alarming, according to the survey, and the magnitude of anti-Semitism in Europe is no doubt alarming — but not because the survey accurately measured it. The survey covered Austria, France, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. Respondents were asked whether or not they thought the following four statements were “probably true” or “probably false.” 1) Jews are more loyal to Israel than to this country. 2) Jews have too much power in the business world. 3) Jews have too much power in international financial markets. 4) Jews still talk too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust. Respondents were also asked whether they agree or disagree with the statement that “Jews are responsible for the death of Christ.” 1. 2. 3. Like this:
More Effort to Harass Israel on the World Stage « A Modern Perspective From the WSJ: “Israel is believed to be the only Middle East country to possess atomic weapons. Its government neither confirms nor denies their existence.” Israel has allegedly maintained nuclear weapons for almost 4 decades. Had they wanted to use them for aggressive and hostile purposes or posturing, the world would have seen that already. Israel’s silent and secret nuclear program is to ensure that Jews will not face another attempted genocide or holocaust this century. Like this: Like Loading...