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Old March 20th, 2014 #1
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Free Kevin Trudeau!
By John Seiler
March 20, 2014

I might get thrown in the Gulag Americana for writing this, but Kevin Trudeau helped me in at least two medical areas. I’m going to describe how.

But first, although I’ll discuss some minor problems I had with Kevin below, there’s no reason for a vicious judge to throw him in prison – just for publishing a book!

AP reported from Chicago: Federal Judge Ronald Guzman “on Monday sentenced TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau to 10 years in prison for bilking consumers via infomercials for his best-selling weight loss book.”

Doesn’t the First Amendment protect the right to publish books? No more than the Fourth Amendment any more protects the right “against unreasonable searches and seizures” by the NSA, FBI, CIA, etc.

Here’s how Kevin helped me. About a decade ago, I came down with severe pain in my knees. My GP sent me to an orthopedic specialist, who took X-rays, diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis on my knees, and prescribed Celebrex.

I took the Celebrex, and it sure made things better. But I was skeptical because my father had been taking Vioxx, a similar drug, just before a heart attack in 1999 that required a quadruple bypass. Did the Vioxx cause the heart attack? We’ll never know. But according to Dr. Joseph Mercola, Vioxx killed at least 60,000 people and, when recalled, cost Merck a $321 million fine.

Celebrex supposedly is safer. But how much safer? Here’s what Pfizer’s own Celebrex site warns (emphasis in original):

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

All prescription NSAIDs, like CELEBREX, ibuprofen, naproxen, and meloxicam have the same cardiovascular warning. They may all increase the chance of heart attack or stroke that can lead to death. This chance increases if you have heart disease or risk factors for it, such as high blood pressure or when NSAIDs are taken for long periods.

CELEBREX should not be used right before or after certain heart surgeries.

Serious skin reactions, or stomach and intestine problems such as bleeding and ulcers, can occur without warning and may cause death. Patients taking aspirin and the elderly are at increased risk for stomach bleeding and ulcers.

Tell your doctor if you have:

A history of ulcers or bleeding in the stomach or intestines
High blood pressure or heart failure
Kidney or liver problems
CELEBREX should not be taken in late pregnancy.

Do not take CELEBREX if you have bleeding in the stomach or intestine, or you’ve had an asthma attack, hives, or other allergic reactions to aspirin, any other NSAID medicine or certain drugs called sulfonamides.

Life threatening allergic reactions can occur with CELEBREX. Get help right away if you’ve had swelling of the face or throat or trouble breathing.

Prescription CELEBREX should be used exactly as prescribed at the lowest dose possible and for the shortest time needed.
“Natural Cures”

So I was open to natural alternatives. I bought Trudeau’s “More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease” when it came out in 2006; it’s still available – for now – for as little as 50 cents, plus postage, on Amazon.com.

It recommended a natural oil called Cetyl Myristoleate. I tried the brand from Natrol, which you also can get from Amazon.com for $15.83 for 120 capsules. I dumped the Celebrex and took four capsules of the Cetyl a day. The arthritis came back. Six capsules. No good. Eight capsules – bingo! Arthritis gone.

I am eager to say that I am not a medical doctor and you should not do anything without consulting your own physician. I’m just an old journalist who has written too much, most of it broadsides against the government, and whose carpal-tunnel syndrome also was relieved by the Cetyl Myristoleate.

I consulted other sources. The consensus was that for some people, taking the Cetyl for a month or two would provide a lasting cure; but other folks would have to take it continuously. The latter turned out to be the case for me. But a buck a day certainly is worth it to be relieved of joint pain while not taking a possibly dangerous drug from Big Pharma.

This is from Wikipedia:

Cetyl myristoleate is a chemical compound which is a type of fatty acid ester or, more specifically, a cetylated fatty acid (CFA). It is the cetyl ester of myristoleic acid. Although it is used as a dietary supplement, there is little clinical evidence to support a benefit for any medical condition.[1]…

In animal studies, cetyl myristoleate was first reported to block inflammation and prevent adjuvant-induced arthritis at very high doses in rats.[2][3] Other studies using identical and similar methods have failed to replicate this effect.[4] In follow-up studies in mice, a modest anti-inflammatory effect was observed.[2]

Studies, schmudies. It worked on this mouse. As to any danger for the Cetyl, it’s essentially about as “dangerous” as a couple drops of olive oil.

When it worked for me, I recommended it to my father for his arthritis. It definitely helped him until his death in 2008 at age 90.

And over the years, I’ve recommended it to other friends. Results vary, just as people do. But one friend, age 40 and an active runner, complained to me of an old football knee injury. He took the Cetyl for a month, and his pain was gone without continuing the treatment.

Again, I’m not a doctor. I’m just a journalist reporting my experiences under the apparently expired protection of the former First Amendment.

Acid Reflux

Another ailment I suffered from a decade ago was acid reflux. My GP in the late 1990s prescribed Prilosec, which didn’t work. (It’s now over-the-counter.) He then prescribed Prevacid, which did work. But I looked up the Warnings and Precautions, which are on the drug’s Web site:

Symptomatic response with PREVACID does not preclude the presence of gastric malignancy.
PPI therapy may be associated with increased risk of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea.
Bone Fracture: Long-term and multiple daily dose PPI therapy may be associated with an increased risk for osteoporosis-related fractures of the hip, wrist or spine.
Hypomagnesemia has been reported rarely with prolonged treatment with PPIs.
So when Kevin’s book came out, I looked up a natural alternative. He recommended “digestive enzymes.” I drove over to our local Mother’s Market health food store and bought a bottle of Dr. Michael Murray’s Multi Enzyme High Potency Vegetarian Formula, about $25 at the time for 120 capsules. I took four capsules a day for a month, and the acid reflux was gone.
A couple of years ago, the acid reflux returned. I repeated the treatment. Gone again.

I have recommended this to several friends, and it has worked for them as well. Dr. Murray’s Formula is not available on Amazon.com. But it is available at other online stores, and likely at your local health-food store. Other brands of digestive enzymes also might be worth trying.

Weight loss

To quote the late Chris Farley, I have “what doctors call a little bit of a weight problem.” So I bought the book for which Kevin was lynched, when it first came out in 2007. It cost about $30. You still can get it – for now – on Amazon.com for as little as 65 cents plus postage.

The main recommendation from Kevin was to go on a 500-calorie-a-day diet with HCG injections, which are legal. I didn’t take up that therapy. But that’s what got him in trouble with the U.S. government. AP reported: “He sold more than 850,000 copies of the weight book, generating $39 million in revenue, prosecutors say. But his lawyers have argued it can only be said 67 buyers were defrauded because that’s how many complained to consumer protection agencies.”

Will Judge Guzman also throw in prison a Chicago citizen named Barack Obama, who famously lied when he promised, “If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan”?

How is lying political speech about health care, which is protected by the First Amendment, any different from an alleged lie in a health-care book?

And who are these whiny Americans who claimed to be “defrauded” of a mere $30 for a book? I bought Obama’s last book, “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream,” for about $20 in a local bookstore when it came out in 2007, the same year as Trudeau’s diet book. Should I ask the government to put him on trial because I was “defrauded”? Well, I won’t. (Although the president should be impeached and removed from office for, say, murdering wedding parties.)

Trudeau’s diet book also makes alternative recommendations for those who can’t follow his more rigorous program. Basically, he says to switch to a diet based only on organic food. I did that for a couple of months and I did lose weight. It worked! And I felt great.

Then I went off it and regained the weight. Old story. Trudeau and other health-care gurus blame agribusiness and fast-food companies, both of which are hooked into the government, for getting us addicted to artificial substances. They probably have a point. But it’s also the old problem of trying to get rid of bad habits described by Aristotle; or by St. Paul, “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Part of the problem for me also was that organic meat costs about three times that of non-organic. And other organic food costs about twice as much. Maybe if I weren’t taxed so much to fund Kevin’s persecutors, I could afford what I need.

Based on this, I’ve devised my own diet (with apologies to Steve Martin), in two parts: First, get a million dollars. Second, move to a tropical island and eat only organic food prepared by an expert chef.

Kevin’s problems

I didn’t like everything about Kevin’s books. He pushed Scientology and new-age therapies. But hey, I’m a big boy. I can decide these things for myself.

As to his past criminal activity, according to Wikipedia:

After being incarcerated for fraud in the early 1990s,[11] Trudeau joined a multi-level marketing firm, Nutrition for Life. The firm was successful until the Attorney General of Illinois charged that it was running a pyramid scheme. Trudeau and Nutrition for Life settled cases brought by the state of Illinois, and seven other U.S. states, for US$185,000.[11][12][13][14][clarification needed]

But there’s a big difference between actually ripping people off with a Bernie Madoff-style pyramid scheme, and selling a book.

AP reported: “U.S. District Judge Ronald Guzman blasted the 50-year-old Trudeau before the sentencing, saying that for decades he ‘steadfastly attempted to cheat others for his own personal gain.’ Guzman called Trudeau ‘deceitful to the core.’”

Again, the judge didn’t distinguish between the pyramid scheme early in Trudeau’s career, and selling a book. And again, why don’t federal prosecutors arrest President Obama and almost all members of Congress for promoting the ultimate pyramid scheme, Socialist Security?

Big Pharma

What’s really behind this, of course, is Big Pharma’s symbiotic relationship with Big Government. Because I paid $30 for Kevin’s “More Natural Cures Revealed,” I cost Big Pharma already thousands of dollars.

And Big Government doesn’t like independent medical advice, either, because then we don’t need Obamacare or whatever new scheme Republicans will devise to “repeal and replace” it.

Free Kevin Trudeau!

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/03/j...kevin-trudeau/
 
Old March 20th, 2014 #2
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Everything considered I always thought this man was worth listening to, never ordered any of his books but know a few people who did, they were all pretty happy with them, especially the "hidden cures they don't want you to know about".

The "debt cures they don't..." books were also good from what I have heard but much of the information can be found online and in other places for free.

Added onto the cause for a vendetta against him with what was mentioned about the pharma companies was the fact that he was blowing the whistle on all of these free money programs that are almost always reserved for politicians and friends of politicians, stuff hidden in bills that are passed where money is freed up for people who know about it.

I think overall what the persecution of Kevin Trudeau should teach us, once again, is that you cannot go after an arm of this beast and hope to get anywhere significant. What he targeted was a symptom of the problem instead of the source. And of course I am under no illusions that making money was not his primary motive, but he will still be missed by me.

Can't do anything about the numerous problems we face in our world, from non-White immigration to globalism, from pharma companies subverting the best interests of the nation to Blacks and Latinos ruining White neighborhoods without attacking the nerve center and root cause of it all - the JEW.
 
Old March 21st, 2014 #3
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Trudeau is a scam artist: http://markdice.com/index.php?option...article&id=109

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Trudeau’s website, GlobalInformationNetwork.com describes his organization as being, “conceived by a group of individuals from around the world who are the highest ranking members of several private societies, associations, clubs, and groups whose membership has been exclusive to the privileged elite class of the world,” including members of the Illuminati, Skull and Bones, the Bilderberg Group, the Bohemian Club, the Trilateral Commission, Freemasons, the CFR, and the Brotherhood. I’m serious. It actually lists all of these organizations on their website, claiming members of these groups are members of the Global Information Network.


It then reads that, “For the first time in human history, the highest ranking members of these secret societies have encouraged the formation of a new, private, member only group that allows people who do not qualify to become members of the above listed societies to join together and be exposed to the same secrets revealed and taught to members of those societies and clubs.”


The text then goes on to say that a New World Order is forming that “is designed to increase the gap between the wealthy and the average working man” and that “GIN does not agree with this movement” and they believe “EVERY person has the right to know the secrets of creating the life they want and enjoying freedom, pursuing happiness, and achieving all their dreams and desires.”

After reading this description there is a large link that says, “Join.” Pretty strange, since in his infomercial Trudeau said it was by invitation only. When you click on the Join button you are taken to a page where you were asked to enter your name, address, phone number, and credit card number.


The text at the top of the page reads, “I want to apply for membership in the Global Information Network (GIN). Please charge my credit card listed below $1,000 for my membership initiation dues. Please charge my credit card listed below $150 each month for ongoing membership dues. I understand that I may cancel my membership at any time, but all membership dues paid are non-refundable.”

’m not kidding. It is $1,000 to join his “society” and $150 a month after that. I haven’t found anyone who admitted to paying the $1,000 dollar “initiation fee” to join this “exclusive society” but I can imagine that the only thing people get who join is access to an online forum where they can chat with other dupes who also paid the $1,000. In his Your Wish is Your Command program he says that “members” will get several CDs and books shipped to them each month as part of their membership to further their education on the “law of attraction.”
 
Old March 21st, 2014 #4
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Sounds a lot like Hal Turner. Ohhh, the Illuminati want me to join. OK.

I'm not an expert on this kind of stuff, but it's my understanding that advertisers are allowed to exaggerate claims. How many times have you walked by a doughnut shop and seen the sign, "World's best coffee"? Several dozens of times? Certainly only one of them (or none) actually serves the world's best coffee. So why aren't the others getting their asses sued? Of course because it's just an opinion.

So, what's the difference of him saying he has some super-secret buddies in high places that are willing to be your friend too for the low, low special price of $1000 dollars, my friend?

Basically, advertisers can exaggerate their asses off, but can't state any facts that are lies, especially when it comes to medical claims.

How may diets out there don't really work anyway? So, why hold him to this reasonable standard when no one else is? Imagine if you got your money back for every book you bought that didn't do what the book claims? There would be lawsuits for diet books, self-help books, religious books everything.

My natural inclination isn't to side with a snake-oil salesmen, but isn't there an expectation of huckstering when someone has an infomercial?

That guy from Sham-wow edited the video so that his sloppy mess cleans itself up. Again, doesn't a reasonable person have an expectation that a carnival barker will exaggerate his product? I once went to a carnival where the barker invited everyone to have a "Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ride an elephant". Just total BS, but a lot of fun none-the-less.

Well, apparently the judge/jury thought his lying crossed a line that shouldn't have been crossed. It's not like he couldn't afford a good lawyer. This guy was loaded.
 
Old March 21st, 2014 #5
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I just downloaded his book

Trudeau, Kevin - Natural Cures They don t want You to Know About.pdf

He pushes this website in it.
http://www.naturalcures.com/

He also recommends many other books to read..

It looks interesting Ive just skimmed through it but there don't seem to be any major secrets in it.Hard to criticize something that I got for free.

He is A salesman he wants your money and he has many different ways of getting it.

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Kevin Trudeau is fast becoming the nation's foremost consumer advocate. Knowing from firsthand
experience the power of greed, Kevin pled guilty to felonies in his youth and spent almost two
years in prison realizing that "the love of money" is the root of all evil. Kevin then re-prioritized his
life. His new business and personal mission statement became, "We positively impact the whole
person." Today Kevin is known as one of the great American success stories.
He's perfected his craft.
 
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