…this has been my question all along–why not make polluting the environment a costly affair–so costly that it wouldn’t make sense to continue to pollute? Because the current myopic view is not to include the healthcare costs caused by the toxic environment.
The same goes for plastic crap–why not make using plastic so freaking expensive that glass would be the better and cheaper alternative? Nobody mentions the ocean full of not only mercury but plastic bottles….
My apologies, I meant to blog on this last week, at the anniversary of Karen Silkwood’s death, November 13th, 1976~
So now it’s been thirty-six years since her mysterious death after she had raised too many questions about the safety of the plutonium processing plant that employed her. The TV movie “Silkwood” raised a stir when it was aired. I remember watching it. For some reason, my memory had Cher as the lead role…apologies to Meryl Streep.
The only complaint I have about the movie is the emphasis on Karen’s personal life…perhaps they didn’t want to leave stuff out to make an accurate portrayal, but it seems that whenever a woman makes noise about something, her morals are always questioned and if she is not a freaking saint, then she is not to be believed.
And I wonder if anything has changed…whether plutonium is still going missing–and where it’s going to…
(PERSONAL BLOG)
I haven’t posted on my progress for awhile, so I thought I’d put this up–
I am finally able to eat a little garlic. This is wonderful for me because I love it in butter sauce over spaghetti pasta. Only now I have to use spaghetti squash. It’s still delicious, though, and garlic is a wonder food. It was actually used in WWII for the soldiers’ ailments (before penicillin was discovered). It’s a natural antibacterial, antifungal and is just an all-around superfood for the immune system. So, yeah, it’s good that I can eat it…as long as it’s not too often–still have issues if I eat too much of a good thing.
I can eat green leafy lettuce now, too, which is w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l. I discovered a simple but delicious recipe in the book How to Cook without a Book. I’ve discovered that most gluten-free books are written by people who don’t know how to cook. This book, although not aimed at the gluten-free crowd, nevertheless has wonderful recipes that I’ve adapted. She gives a basic ingredient list and then gives one different go-togethers. A favorite of mine is a basic leafy green salad with olive oil and vinegar dressing. (personally, I prefer it without the vinegar) and she adds bacon, avocado, and tomato. It’s the closest thing to a BLT, and I love BLT’s, but of course can’t have the bread anymore. This is a great alternative and nutritious, to boot. 🙂
My skin looks so much better just since March, when starting this diet. I figure if it looks better on the outside, the inside is hopefully making the same progress.
Other progress I’ve noticed is that I’m able to handle stress a lot better. This is crucial because the adrenals take such a beating with heavy metal poisoning that they can’t put out the cortisone to calm you down when you’re in a stressful situation. In other words, you don’t freak out over stupid stuff.
Another crucial recovery is with my sense of humor —it is more frequently there than not…because I can tell you that my sense of humor has always been a part of my personality and with mercury’s affects on my brain’s creativity and linear thinking and constant exhaustion– that precious gift had disappeared. It’s a cruelty that at the time when I needed my sense of humor the most, with the sense of connectedness, it wasn’t there for me–I had lost “myself”. I cannot begin to describe how it feels to lose oneself–you know you’re still *there* but you can’t bring *her* out. Even more cruel is that every now and then, I’d get a glimpse of *me*, but as I tried to grab hold, she slipped back *underwater* and out of my grasp.
I’m sleeping better, which probably helps all of the above. Not great, but much better.
There are still days, though, when I want to withdraw and not talk to anyone (autistic symptoms). And the memory stuff comes and goes…and of course, the dreaded migraines. I do have hope, however, as others on the GAPS diet have testified that they had suffered, too, but are now headache-free (keeping fingers and toes crossed).
So…yeah…I’m…Feelin’ Stronger Every Day (James Pankow, Chicago)
Blessed.
…You may have heard about the house exploding in Indy: http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Faulty-Furnace-May-Be-To-Blame-For-Indy-Home/eDtvjY93zUyMEdrbWulCdw.cspx?rss=30
After they announced yet another house exploding somewhere in the area (didn’t catch the city)…I did a search on exploding houses to see what was out there. I couldn’t find another house exploding listed in the news sites, but did find other troubling stuff.
Gees-o-pete. Look what I’ve found: http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=3813192 explosions propelling manhole covers…
(As a side note not related to this, they have been spraying the hell out of the skies the last two days. I counted thirty chemtrails yesterday and twenty-five this morning just between 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. There were probably more, but I took a shower during this time period, and they likely were putting as much barium and aluminum as they could….)
…as is the way these days, the CEO’s of powerful corporate tax dodgers are twisting the meaning of words to mean something other than the public perception. Note that one of the founders was Erskine Bowles, former Chief of Staff for Bill Clinton, and Senator Alan Simpson, who was supposed to be non-biased in handing a decision on Social Security/Medicare–chosen by President Obama.
What a freaking dog and pony show…
Holy crap, I may be onto something with Pitocin and seizures–
I looked up Pitocin and was shocked to find out that seizures are one of the known side effects.
I found this blog.
And this from the epilepsy foundation community group. This is absolutely criminal. Absolutely. There are sooo many serious side effects with this drug that it should either be banned or treated like they do controlled substances–you need to prove that there is a serious threat to the mother/child before allowed to put her and her baby through this hell. Where is the accountability??
For my own birth(s), there was no reason for the doctor to have induced my labor(s)–it was around the holidays and he just wanted to get to his parties, it seems. Bastard.
Here’s a site on epidurals. I probably escaped more injury by not having that.
I read a story featured on Yahoo on FEMA closing relief centers because of the nor’easter coming in…something about the story sent my “antenna” up… so I looked at other sites and found that they were rightwingers…the search continued and I also found this: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/08/fema-responds-to-criticism-of-closure-of-mobile-centers-due-to-noreaster/
So…the rightwingers would rather more people were endangered staying in tents that offered no protection to the staffers nor folks visiting them…?
Other thoughts on the disaster of the East coast–many are still without power and they said on the news this morning that it is going to be after the holiday…what is the problem? We have had storms like this in the past and I don’t recall it taking so long to restore power? Why is there such a long delay? Could it be that the utility companies, in a quest for bigger profits, have scaled back their work force? I mean, this happened here, albeit on a smaller scale, when the 90-mph winds hit here this past June…power was off for a week at some locations. The only reason we got power back on in our building was because we had a generator…even then, we had to wait for fuel for that generator.
… and why on Earth aren’t they saying anything about off-grid power? Why aren’t they supplying people with solar panels and batteries so they could at least power the basic stuff? Here’s another site on off-grid products and instruction.
Congratulations, President Obama. Big Bird lives on…:)
I know better, but I was listening to the rightwing radio last night and they were painting a dim picture of Obama’s win. I turned it off and went to bed to read…thinking we were going to get Bush III…
Indiana voted in Mike do-nothing Pence for Governor, and now has a super majority in the legislature…<sigh>
…well, at least I am spared Richard my-sperm-is-a-gift-from-God Mourdock…
The news on the reaction in the Middle East. I hope this means a peaceful movement in Israel is underway….
DN! has this up on the elections. Elizabeth Warren is animated after her win. Thank God.
Unfortunately, the GMO lobby won and Californians defeated the measure requiring GMO labeling. Shit.
O”Reilly had a nice take on why Obama won–because people want “stuff” and Obama was going to give it to them…
Well, now…Romney has the gov’t pay $77,000 for the care and housing of his horse…has money in offshore accounts and John McCain has so many houses he can’t even remember how many he has…all because they don’t pay their fair share of taxes…now who feels entitled?
Is it entitlement when one wants to eat? Have a roof over their head? Get medical care? I’m confused.
They went on to talk about the shift away from the standard–now women and minorities are getting their voices heard. The boys of the old school are threatened…and it will probably get uglier before it’s all done.
To my sisters who were the power behind getting President Obama re-elected: Thank you. We can move mountains when we focus on what’s important to us and fight for it.
I want to say, though, that women have been characterized as of “one mind”–that any woman who manages to get before a microphone speaks for all women. They don’t.
This is one of the reasons that the middle-of-the-road women backed away from the Feminist Movement–they were treated as if they spoke for all women. Women who wanted to stay home with their children were characterized as dull twits who lacked ambition. Women who didn’t believe in abortion but believed in equality were marginalized, also.
And the 70s Feminists who fought against alimony because it…well, I’m not really sure why they were fighting against alimony…but as this quote by Barbara Seaman, amongst others, puts it quite well–this is something that I lost out on when I divorced. I also got less than half of the assets (with a mortgage to pay off) and my ex got away with only paying one-fifth ($20,000) of his income to support his three children. Although I had stayed home for eleven years, the judge did not allow for that, and had instead computed the amount of support as if I had a job!! Yes, I had a lousy lawyer–whose partner still smirks at me to this day whenever I have to trudge back to the place I grew up in…I’ve always wondered what that smirk means….
Anyway, I hope that with the election that women and minorities will do their homework, and support thoughtful politicians who approach the legislative process with the “Do unto others…” mindset…it would make life so much easier and just might bring about Peace…
Members of the GAPS diet group posted this link to a theory that teeth can remineralize following the basic GAPS diet and staying away from processed food. Wouldn’t that just blow you away? Put the dental profession out of business, eh? Shhh…we don’t want them to get wind of this…you know, that whole profits against morality thing…and we know that profits usually wins…
…what I didn’t see in the bottom of the article when it listed what one needed for the teeth to remineralize was an absence of toxins…because the immune system cannot function properly while the body’s cells are malfunctioning due to chemical interference.
…and the rest will follow. (hat tip to organic farmers’ group)
Here we are, 2012, and still rediscovering what wisdom has been known forever…nature can do a bang up job when we cooperate with her instead of fighting against her…
The cover crops angle is the missing link that nourishes the soil while preventing erosion. As the article states, it puts back nutrients that create that rich compost responsible for holding the soil together, holding water when droughts hit, and feeding the worms, which add their own version of rich casings (fertilizer). (A side story–someone told me of a woman who detested worms and requested a chemical fertilizer be applied to kill all the worms in her yard. I kid you not.) Also, the article doesn’t mention the beneficial microbes that eat e.coli –which helps keep it in check.
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