BBC News - Tuesday 13th November

We headlined with migrants on the news at 10 last night. Presenter Fiona Bruce told us two different stories concerning this subject, the first being that our government have in fact been covering up that 5000 illegal immigrants were somehow cleared to work within security roles, ,the second being that complaints from immigrants and asylum seekers are not often followed up correctly. "An immigrants story" is linked for those interested in the latter, another "damning report". http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7090000/newsid_7093700/7093753.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&asb=1&news=1#

More migrants followed, this time the feathered variety, it appears that "migrating wildfowl" could be to blame for the latest outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on a turkey farm in Suffolk. The aptly named reporter, Jeremey Cook, was on location to tell us of the "end of a grim day", a vast culling, or reaping perhaps, had been ongoing throughout the day. We heard of slaughtermen, vets and a potential Christmas turkey crisis, whilst viewing images of dead birds being bulldozed into lorries. It seems this is the "most deadly strain" of bird flu, one assumes to birds; we closed be hearing of further culls.

Inflation, we are told that this is on the increase, therefore no interest rate cuts are expected, again before Christmas. It seems that fuel and food price increases are to blame. The rate is currently 2.1% we are told, yet milk has increased by about 10% in one go, here anyway.

A family of seven have died in a house fire. The victims included a baby. We were treated to images of the remains of the burnt house, a long suffering fireman told us how it was the worst loss of life he had experienced in his career. One of the neighbours, an elderly lady, was inteviewed at her front door, she spoke briefly of her shock but was to upset to continue.

Pakistan, we had our nightly update on the ongoing situation. Images of a burning vehicle were displayed as we were advised of "volatile times"

Coming up - how a soldier is "battling" for compensation & fantasy football.

First though, a report on the drink culture of our youth and the health consequences. We heard of serious liver damage at a young age, whilst viewing images of drunken antisocial behaviour.

A short update from the Diana death inquest - not much to say.

"Our" soldiers followed, in this "week of the war dead"; we heard how it seems that wounded heroes are not being compensated adequately for their battlefield injuries. This was illustrated by means of reference to a young man, Jamie Cooper aged 19, who had been badly injured in Basra last year whilst on active duty. He is wheelchair bound at present with a catalogue of injuries and has been offered £57,000 compensation. It tells its own story really.

Quite a long feature next on political tension between Scotland and England. We were told that Scotland receives a bigger state spend per person than England, this seems to be leading to a "full" independence for Scotland.

To close, the fantasy football as promised. It seems a team, Ebbsfleet United, has been purchased by means of an internet based syndicate and as a result, their team selection will be made by means of e mail vote, based on a blog written by the manager. The Cybermen they were calling them.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/sol/newsid_7090000/newsid_7093200/7093225.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&news=1#

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"And the human virus ?"

More on Milk

Driving a car seems relatively simple to a non practiced observer. One simply moves the wheel in the direction one wishes to go, and press a pedal. Perhaps driving is actually simple and we over complicate it. They same could said for breastfeeding; are there maybe reasons behind this?

I am not an expert on the latter subject. I have however recently fathered a boy, and would like to share the experience with readers and allow them to draw their own conclusions as to whether our society and health service actually do support mothers who choose this natural method of feeding one's infant.

It is obvious to me that breast feeding is promoted. It was indeed the recommendation of the midwife pre birth, and all literature supplied was of the same opinion. Therefore, at the time of the birth, the slippery and bloody mucas covered infant was thrust at my partners breast where he indulged without encouragment at his first nuzzle of the nipple.

Now aged 7 weeks, it apppears to your writer that he has remained there or thereabouts, for most of his awakened life. Sometimes, his appetite seems insatiable and this became a constant worry to his mother, the ubiquitous fear of running dry. At certain stages of his life, namely two and six weeks, the little monster developed an almost frantic madness for the breast. He would tug furiously on the nipple when not sucking from it;once he regained consciousness from an almost drunken display of milk consumption. This could last up to eight hours in ther evening, the only respite for the mother being a burp removal excercise on the boy by yours truly.

It is at these points where a critical error in the childs development can, to my mind, be made. The mother, in the depths of despair at the furious advances, will tell friends, family and others of the problem - the solution often being "just top him up with a bottle". The bottle being infant formula milk.

Now this advice will be given in the best of intentions. The problem is though, that once the first bottle has been given, the infant then requires less milk from the mother - so she produces less. The reason for all the aforementioned nipple toying is again natural. It signals to the mother to produce more milk, so she does. This is not like a light switch change, more like a set of scales. As the baby gets enough milk, he then stops the tugging and a natural equilibrium is again reached between the supply of mother and demand of baby. He has jusrt gone through a growth spurt.

Here's the rub. The baby is getting bigger and so needs more to eat. If the mother has taken the topping up advice and is giving a part breast/part formula diet then this has at least two drawbacks. It adversly affects some of the natural benefits that breast feeding provides, and additionally sets a precedent for the mother. The use of the bottle to top up. It simple to see where this road ends, an entirely formula fed infant.

Now, the World Health Organisation advise that mothers should soley breastfeed for six months. Our Government and NHS appear to back this advice. Yet mothers don not get full pay for six months so this is economically impossible for the majority in today's world. Infant formula milk is available in our supermarkets and states on the tin in large letters - suitable for topping up. Why is this allowed on shelves if it is not the best interests of a child development, which would seem to be the case given recent and historical findings into the matter. Given that 2% of mothers cannot naturally breastfeed, would it not be more beneficial for our children's (collective) future, that these products are removed from shelves and classed as prescription only. These 2% of children could then be given closer medical attention, surely they are more at risk of disease than a breast fed infant. We might even find that demands on our overworked doctors reduce significantly in the long run. Surely, it would be prudent to do this until the product can be proved safe, rather than the other way round.

It seems that perhaps we have been fed a long term myth regarding the safety and effects of formula milk. These could be long term. What is clear though, is that the same companies who produce the chemical milk also produce the chemical remedies to cure the future infant illnesses. Could it be that they in fact cause the majority of them through their products. Could it be that depriving an infant of the bonding aspect of breastfeeding has a subsequent adverse effect on their future mental health as an adult thus perhaps sending a proportion into a requirement for further prescription drugs ? Could their be a similar additive in Nestle's infant products as in in their adult produts, thus creating an unknown desire. Why are pharmaceutical representatives allowed to court our medical advisors ?

Who knows really ? What is clear though is that a sick society breeds sick humans. It is not about time we had a realistic and logical look at what is and is not in the best interests of our children, rather then subscribing to ingrained myths which somehow allow us, collectively, to believe that we already are.

Back with the news tomorrow.

cheers.

Roping them in; young.

More Chemical Coshing - Creating a Dwarf Race

I just saw a very short clip of breakfast television in which a young lady sufferer of ADHD, narrated how she had to be held down by three adults after going berzerk in her living room. Another family member had captured the incident on mobile phone and we were treated to a recording of these events. The girl then explained how she had felt, her mind seemingly full of rage and violence, yet she could not explain it - "all I was doing was watching television".

The actual story being covered is that children who have been treated for Attention Deficit Hyperactivty Disorder with prescribed medication have not in fact benefitted over a longer period of time, if at all. It seems that in fact their growth may be stunted.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7090011.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7090000/newsid_7090000/7090066.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&asb=1&news=1#


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Infant Formula Milk - Reducing Human Intelligence

Last week a report was produced by the Proceedings of the National Academy for Sciences which showed that "children with one version of the FADS2 gene scored 7 points higher in IQ tests if they were breastfed", as opposed to those raised on infant formula milk, and that "Some 90% of people carry the gene which was associated with better IQ tests in breastfed children".

So lets just rewrite that statement, logically. 90% of children who are raised on infant formula milk, score 7 points less in IQ tests, than if they had been breastfed. Basically, if you opt for the pharmaceutical substitute, it is very likely that your child will be less intelligent. And as such, a large proportion of us adults may have in fact had our intelligence level potentially reduced. And the formula fed child of a formula fed adult ?

I shall write more about this issue and more Orwellian doublethink in respect of our own National Health Service next week, from personal recent experience. Also, the living insult to humanity, Katie Price AKA Jordan.

Remember as well, it is the same companies who manufacture infant pharmaceutical remedies as produce this nefarious brain shrinking concoction.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7075511.stm - note doublethink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_formula

Only the breast

BBC TV News Friday 9/11

Fiona Bruce was hostess on the news at 10 last night and we began with details of fears over the safety of the Nimrod reconnaissance aeroplane used by our Royal Air Force. One of these type of aitrcraft exploded in mid air last September killing all 14 crew, another incident has now occured after fuel was spotted leaking into the bomb bay during a flight on Monday. We saw images of the planes in operation along with a computer simulation graphic, it seems thei time could be up, "fourty years old - why still in service" seems to be the question being asked. In the interim, air to air refueling of these vehicles has been suspended.

Pakistan - "another day of turmoil" we heard of the house arrest of Bhutto and saw images of "protestors" being beated with sticks and similar by the police and government supporters.

It seems that "it is not going to be the great flood of 2007" in reference to the storm and surge warnings of the previous 36 hours or so. We viewed images of waves crashing against a sea wall and heard of a "hair's breadth." It looked more like a hare's length to me. Some surfers were shown being airlifted, sonehow caught unaware by the rising "surge" or perhaps intending to ride it. We closed by seeing evacuated families in converted school gymnasiums. Boy who called wolf ?

It seems that a court hearing will be held over potentially fraudulent dealings between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia in respect of military hardware supplies; in particular Tornado and Hawk fighter jets.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7086997.stm

Manfo Asiedo has admitted conspiracy to cause explosions in the 21/7 London bombings and will be sentenced on the 19th of November. We saw images of him purchasing nitrogen peroxide in bulk but heard that he backed out of the actual bombing and left his device in a bush in a public park. It seems that he also planned to blow up a tower block although these plans never got off the ground.

Coming up - a change in speeding penalties/bans for driving

First though, Glasgow has won the bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. We saw jubilant weedgies celebrating in their own inimitable style, drinking buckfast tonic wine and slashing each other with razors. Liz McColgan, the famous Scottish athlete, told how the three hundred million pounds was money well spent, especially if it meant that Scotland won a couple of medals. And the social deprivation, the drug abuse, the spiritual malaise which abounds and infest our society - what of these afflictions. Methadone ?

A 13 year old boy has been arrested in connection with the death of the man who's corpse was found charred in the ashes of a bonfire.

A judge in Italy has remanded the three individuals accused of the murder of Merideth Kercher in custody after hearing the evidence. We saw images of them and heard of "bloody evidence" and "raped, beaten, and left to die".

The fertility doctor, who was named and shamed over shady practices by the BBC Panorama programme and the news, has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the overseeing medical body.

As promised, the proposals to changes in the speeding laws, it sems that penalties may be increased in the more serious cases given that a high ratio of drivers are "refusing to slow down." We saw an advert where a child told of the damage caused on impact at a speed of 40mph should a car hit him. It seems that half of us regularly break the speed limit.

Horse racing, "neck and neck" in the jockeys championship. We heard of the two contenders and of their personal efforts to ensure that they win the title this year. A map of the UK was displayed to show us of their travels.

To close, Henry Allingham, aged 111, the last of the veterans' stories - wheeled to France by the BBC.

For anyone interested, http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7080000/newsid_7088200/7088265.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&asb=1&news=1#

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Methadone - Scotland's common wealth

BBC TV News - 8th November

Huw Edwards was host on the news at 10 last night, the leading feature was that of severe flood warnings for parts of England. We saw preparations for this happening and were reminded of previous events.

Sir Ian Blair, Metropolitan Police Chief, is still resisting pressure to resign

A young girl, Samina Malik, has been found guilty of possessing material likely to be used in terrorism, namely a couple of manuals downloaded from the internet, one being a guide to poisons. She has not actually done anything wrong as far as I can see and called herself the "lyrical terrorist". The link is here to the report for those interested.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7080000/newsid_7085900/7085960.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&nol_storyid=7085960&news=1#

The lost children of Chad/Zoe's Ark - an update from the BBC. In this episode our reporter travels to a rural village to show natives video footage of the "lost children" in order that they may establish whether any are theirs. One is identified, her mother is delerious with happiness then we see another, this lady is writhing with grief in an Exorcist type display - no sign of her children on the magician's silver box. The link is provided, it is worth watching to show how children are exploited for news/emotional manipulation. Note the strange pyramidical structure which appears half way through in the background.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7080000/newsid_7085700/7085785.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&nol_storyid=7085785&news=1#

Meredith Kercher, the British girl who was murdered in Italy - we heard more of the ongoing enquiries and differing statements between the three suspects.

Coming up - America's housing slump - the global repercussions

First, we heard that the Stephen Lawrence muder case may be revitalised due to DNA evidence which has now come to light due to advances in technology and research. We were reminded of the original story which was ongoing for a number of years and heard from a DNA expert, Allan Johnstone.

America's economic crash followed as promised, "The American Blues", they were calling it last night,. Evan Davies told of the ongoing housing market fall and how it may affect this country. This is almost a regular feature now.

"Violent deaths" in Iraq have fallen it seems, or so we were told. I dont have time to write about it, a link is provided to the relevant written propaganda.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/7036068.stm

To close, more propaganda, another one of the "final few", this one was Syd Lucas who had served in two wars. He was physically wheeled out for the appearance. You can see this at the video link provided. Another one follows tonight aged 111.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7080000/newsid_7086200/7086222.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&nol_storyid=7086222&news=1#

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Television at number 1

Infant Formula Milk at number 2 (article to follow)

BBC TV News - Wednesday 7/11

Fiona Bruce was back at hostess on last nights news at 10, we commenced with war and the story that "a British soldier killed in Iraq might well be alive if he had the correct equipment". No mention was made of the fact that he would have been alive if their was no war. Instead we heard how the unfortunate Gordon Gentile was blown up by a roadside bomb, of missing MOD files and a clerical error. We saw his tearful mother make a statement before we were treated to a computer graphic simulation of a Landrover "emitting" electronic waves which would locate any explosive devices. It was this wave making equipment that was missing, lying in a warehouse nearby seemingly. Talk to close was of whether this could have been prevented and of "chickens coming home to roost".

An 18 year old student has gone on the rampage in Finland, shooting eight before turning the gun on himself. It appears that he ran through a school shouting "this is the start of the revolution" before and during his onslaught. He had posted a yourtube video at some point, showing him with his weapon, it seems he had also spoken of Hitler and Stalin and his own "hatred for the human race". Obvious parallels were drawn with Columbine High in the USA.

A special report next on a BBC shopping trip to Europe to see how easy it was to procure a handgun. We travelled to the Czechs capital Prague where our intrepid reporter had arranged to meet with a shady ex pat, going by the name of Mr Moon. Unfortunately, Mr Moon made no appearance so our reporter instead went to a shop and bought a starting pistol "which could easily be converted into a real weapon" and then smuggled it back to the UK, commenting on the absence of customs officials. Back in the UK we saw an interview with an anonymous hooded individual with a disguised voice. He told how it was easier to buy a gun than chocolate before we saw a mass of black and white photographs of gun crime victims.

Pakistan - President Bush has personally phoned their president about the situation. We saw George and then images of the social unrest.

The Olympic dream - sports reporter Mihir Bose was on hand to show us the "vision of the stadium", "no ordinary stadium", talk was of a legacy,, meaning a future use for the facility after the 2012 event. Pastel coloured flying smarties were in abundance through this animated graphic representation of the new complex. To close, reference was made to Sydney and Athens stadia, now sadly underused; "the world has moved on" we were assured. The video clip is available at the link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/sol/newsid_7080000/newsid_7083300/7083355.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&nol_storyid=7083355&news=1#

Coming up - top policeman and quit row

First though, petrol has topped £1 a litre. We heard from BBC economist Evan Davies, he simplified it all, utilisng painted stacked oil drums to demonstrate how this price increase has occured. It seems China have a "thirst for oil" and that the "dollar is sinking like a stone", oil being priced in dollars.

There will be a thorough investigation into the deaths of the fireman at the warehouse inferno last week. We saw images of the deceased, again black and white images were used to represent those who have passed away. We saw relatives, including wives and girlfriends, obviously very emotional.

As promised, next was Sir Ian Blair, chief of the Metropolitan police, we saw him answering questions to a panel of individuals, the London Assembly, many seemed to be of the impression that he should quit. He told how they did not have "the power to remove" him from his position so I suppose that is that.

Football

To close, another old soldier was wheeled out as part of the BBC rememberance day special reports. Tonight we saw William, aged 107, a Royal Navy veteran of both world wars.

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