Raw Beer comments

If a group of outsiders arrived in your country, your home and claimed they had the right to your land because their god gave it to them thousands of years ago and they were forced to leave thousands of years ago and are back to claim it.

Would you just say "OK , you can have it" and leave?

Indeed. israel supporters can't answer that question. But what's also interesting is that few of "God's chosen" people" want to fight for the land that "God promised them", they're escaping israel in droves...

Iran, with over 300 missiles and rockets and drones injured a 7 year old Arab Bedouin girl.

Yeah, and despite announcing their intended targets in advanced, they still managed to hit an extremely heavily guarded airfield. One purpose for Iran's retaliation was to learn more about israel's defenses.

If israel hits Iran again, Iran's response will not be as measured, and will likely cause serious damage.

Ukrainian president signs controversial law to sacrifice more men to continue poking Russia.

Japan people like Germany are fully aware the consequences of war.

Yeah, they lost and they both remain till this day fully obedient to the US.

This war in Gaza is a wake up call, Iran, Russia, China governments are not our friends in any way, shape or form.

Yeah, it is a wake up call, telling us that we are not on the right side of humanity if we continue to support israel and the US.

Japan should try to improve its relation with Russia, Iran, and China, instead of antagonizing them just to please their US masters.

For a long time I was sure OJ was guilty. I'm now not so sure, ever since I heard someone making a compelling case that it was likely his son who committed the murders, and OJ was just trying to protect him.

On the other hand companies dragging their feet after getting the accelerated approval and not making a clear determination about the usefulness of the drugs is something that should be improved immediately,

If they could prove the usefulness of a new product, they would. If they are dragging their feet, it's likely because they know it's not as useful as initially advertised. Any problematic data will be swept under the rug...

Humans have little, if any, impact on it.

That opinion runs counter to that of virtually all climate scientists.

No, just those climate scientists that are promoted. Climate Gate made it very clear that researchers and data that went against the narrative were blocked.

Climate changes, always has and always did. Humans have little, if any, impact on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A24fWmNA6lM

To counter a peer-reviewed study by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers, you provide a report written by someone with a M.Sc. and you call that "debunking". ok...

In fact, in the US, the third leading cause of death is------prescription drugs!

Kind of hard to swallow that fact but the truth is the truth.

Lol, someone actually believes this?

Actually, it's from "medical error", but probably most of them are related to prescription drugs.

"Medical error-the third leading cause of death in the US" (2016) BMJ May 3:353

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27143499/

I agree the benefits of vitamin C are exaggerated, but when it comes to vitamin D, the proven benefits are greater than any flu or covid shot.

That is another example of exaggeration without basis on science.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-much-vitamin-d-do-you-need-to-stay-healthy/

It's very telling that you used a magazine to support your opinion on the lack of scientific basis in my claim, rather than using an actual peer-reviewed scientific journal publication.

My claim IS based on science:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10935157/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9823308/

...and there's more, much more...

israel's holding those 1000's of Palestinian hostages is a major reason for Oct 7.

Even if I grant you that, giving into Hamas’ demands after committing the worst terrorist attack in Israeli history does nothing but encourage Hamas to continue attacking and gathering hostages in order to secure more concessions from Israel.

Yeah, the worst that israel has been subjected to, but israel has committed infinitely attacks against the Palestinians countless times.

Israel had been holding on to those 1000's of Palestinian hostages for years, and the world did nothing!

What else could the Palestinians do to get there people back, other than rise up against the occupiers, which is what they did on Oct 7.

israel does not care about the hostages. I while back, the IDF murdered three israeli hostages that escaped from their captors. And most of the israeli civilians who died on Oct 7 were killed by the IDF.

This nonsense is unworthy of reply. Pure Hamas inspired propaganda.

It's all based on israeli reports, Hamas has nothing to do with it.

israel should start by releasing the thousands of Palestinian hostages it has been holding for years.

Why?

israel's holding those 1000's of Palestinian hostages is a major reason for Oct 7.

The conflict will never end until israel starts respecting international law.

Israel's immediate aim is to secure the release of hostages seized by Hamas in the Oct. 7 cross-border rampage that triggered the conflict. It says it will not end the war until it annihilates Hamas, which has run Gaza since 2007.

israel does not care about the hostages. I while back, the IDF murdered three israeli hostages that escaped from their captors. And most of the israeli civilians who died on Oct 7 were killed by the IDF.

Sounds about right. All Hamas has to do is return all hostages and completely surrender. Hamas started this mess. They can end it. If they don't, Israel will.

This did not start on Oct 7.

israel should start by releasing the thousands of Palestinian hostages it has been holding for years.

Russia not returning what it stole impedes it more.

Russia was open to the idea of returning the islands. But they know that if they did so, the US would immediately set up a military base on them. US military presence here ruins everything...

One of these is clinically proven to prevent flu infections and lessen the severity of illness. The other has been marketed as though it does those same things, but there’s no clinical evidence to support this.

I agree the benefits of vitamin C are exaggerated, but when it comes to vitamin D, the proven benefits are greater than any flu or covid shot.

Too much vitamin C can lead to diarrhea, nausea, stomach cramps and more. Too much vitamin D can lead to conditions including nausea, vomiting and kidney stones

Interesting--prescribed medications can also pose such side effects, and many more--some even deadly.

Yes, very true. Also, to get those side effects with vitamin C or D, you really need to go extremely overboard.

Interesting how we've gotten several anti-supplement articles lately. Maybe they are preparing for the next "pandemic".

What, what they have done so far isn't enough?

The US (and UK) are complicit in israel's genocide against the Palestinians.

One difference between supplements and meds is that the makers of the latter have lots of power to maintain silence regarding their side effects.

Both are multibillion industries, the real difference is that medicines have much stronger and strict controls compared with supplements, so companies looking for the easy way out produce exclusively the latest without putting the effort to develop or even guarantee the first.

Multibillion in total, but the meds are made by a few large companies. Big Pharma can sponsor research, "news" networks, the Oscars...

The supplement hospitalizations and deaths became major news. I'm still waiting for any mention of the many hospitalizations and deaths caused by the Big Pharma products used during the pandemic...

You DO NOT need to LOWER CHOLESTEROL, you need to LOWER INSULIN/INFLAMMATION.  The true drivers of CVD.

Yes, very true.

Links to any respected medical organizations that agree with this assertion?

Naah, if medical organizations ever agreed to such assertions, they would be kissing good-bye to much of their funding. I don't consider them respectable...

One difference between supplements and meds is that the makers of the latter have lots of power to maintain silence regarding their side effects.

Good to see it restored. But a big shame that they quit the funding in the first place, only based on an israeli allegation.

The entire sentence doesn't make sense pal.

Again, if you have troubles understanding things that is not an argument to say those things don't make sense, another commenter replied to you and understood the comment, that means the problem is on your side.

I understood what you wrote only because I am very familiar with your writing (style and content). And perhaps also because I have lots of experience reading English text from students with very low English skill.

Entuojo has a very valid point, it was very poorly written.

The entire sentence doesn't make sense pal.

Again, if you have troubles understanding things that is not an argument to say those things don't make sense, another commenter replied to you and understood the comment, that means the problem is on your side.

I understood what you wrote only because I am very familiar with your writing (style and content). And perhaps also because I have lots of experience reading English text from students with very low English skill.

Entuojo has a very valid point, it was very poorly written.

And specially they are studies that have been able to to resist post publication peer review, which is something above the ones that supposedly support the opposite conclusion.

Translation please.

Basically, any study that goes against the pharma narrative is automatically hit by a wave of attacks from pharma-backed ankle biters. Some wrongly consider this "debunking", but it in fact just shows the power money has in controlling the narrative.

I'm sure any moment now someone will provide proof of a causal link between LDL and heart attacks/strokes or that statins improve health outcomes

There have been many studies proving this, for example.

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2023/05/statins-cardiovascular-vessels.html

What?! Instead of providing a peer-reviewed study, you just linked to an article written by a med school's news center promoting two of their studies: one on "lab-grown human endothelial cells" and the other on diabetic mice! Really?

statin drugs are poison to stem cells

Are any reputable medical organizations therefore recommending abstaining from statins?

You mean among those medical organizations that are directly or indirectly profiting from the sale of said statins?

@ wallace and Mocheake

Are you by any chance familiar with Thomas Seyfried's work. You might want to have a look/listen...

I mainly check ingredients to minimize carbs, seed oils, and artificial sweeteners. I also often check the origin of products, to avoid products from the Fukushima area.

Yet you bring zero studies refuting the fact that most people fail to lose weight trying to change their lifestyle,

Most weight loss failures are likely due to the bad advice they are given by "experts"; most of what they advise is the complete opposite of what people should do. There is no valid reason to take these very risky weight loss meds, which mainly cause the loss of lean body mass.

While Israel was equipped by the USA as they are now with everything and anything they wanted!

This is again another defacto slaughter of Arabs by the west using Israel and it's false claims to the land!

Yes! israel is basically a US military outpost. The US funneled lots of their leftover weapons after WWII. And what we are seeing now is just a continuation of the genocide against the Palestinians being committed by israel, US, and UK.

And Israel is trying to protect its civilians.

Nah, if that was the case, the IDF would not have killed so many israeli civilians on Oct 7.