[P2P-F] Fwd: Newsletter -- late Spring 2014

Wed May 28 05:54:44 CEST 2014

our friend thomas greco has an excellent newsletter,

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*Psychiatry running amok*

A few nights ago I went to a showing of a documentary film titled, *The
Hidden Enemy: Inside Psychiatry’s Covert Agenda*, a film of the Citizen’s
Commission on Human
Rights<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=24f4248e88&e=686d597d8c>.
I was astounded to learn, among other things, the extent of suicides and
domestic violence amongst our military personnel, and the scale and scope
of the their drugging by psychiatric staff both during and after their
active duty service. Our troops have been virtual guinea pigs for
psychiatric drugs that have questionable benefit and horrendous side
effects.

The showing, sponsored by Veterans for Peace, highlighted some startling
facts about psychiatry in the military:

   - The shootings at Fort Hood and the Washington Navy Yard are linked to
   psychiatric drugs.
   - 22 veterans are committing suicide every day.
   - In 2012 more active duty soldiers died from suicide than were killed
   in battle.
   - A questionnaire used to screen military personnel for depression and
   PTSD is copyrighted by Pfizer, who manufactures the antidepressant Zoloft
   and other psychiatric drugs.
   - 85% of military suicides had never seen combat.
   - More than 60%  of suicides in the military were taking antidepressants
   or recently undergoing outpatient psychiatric treatment.
   - The antipsychotic drug, Seroquel, is referred to by soldiers and
   veterans as “serokill” because of its implication in cases of cardiac
   arrest and sudden deaths.

The showing was followed by a Q and A session during which many veterans
described their own personal experience with psychiatric drugs that were
prescribed based only on brief interviews and descriptions of symptoms, not
a very scientific approach to treatment, in my view. In many cases,
multiple drugs are prescribed even though no scientific testing has been
done to determine possible interactions among them. I urge everyone to read
the information and view the video
here<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=8229ecea28&e=686d597d8c>
.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Thomas Greco <thg at mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, May 25, 2014 at 10:25 PM
Subject: Newsletter -- late Spring 2014
To: Michel <michel at p2pfoundation.net>

      *Colleagues doing great work*
*Upcoming Conference *
*The Buddhist way—Principles to live by*
*Psychiatry running amok*
*Flight MH370the Commons*
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             *Newsletter--late Spring, 2014*
*Thomas H. Greco. Jr.*
_______________________________________
I do some of my best thinking when I’m on the move—in a bus, a train, a
plane (though perhaps not in a Thai minivan). I can’t help but wonder if
this might be due to a physical phenomenon of “induced creativity” akin  to
the electromagnet induction of electricity that occurs when a coil of wire
is moved through a magnetic field. Could it be that “creative energy” is
induced when an idle brain is moved through the Earth’s magnetic field or
through a monotonous landscape? Far out, eh?
_______________________________________
*Colleagues doing great work*

*  The NGO, Koru
Kenya<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=5fa0b73e51&e=686d597d8c>,
headed by American social entrepreneur and aid worker, Will Ruddick, which
I’ve written about before, is now undertaking, with support from the Kenyan
government, a program to replicate their successful Bangla-Pesa community
currency program in other poor areas around Mumbasa and Nairobi. This is
one of the most promising projects I know of that demonstrates how local
liquidity can be created by producers themselves to facilitate trading
amongst them. See my May 4 post about
the<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=631eb8d250&e=686d597d8c>project
, and please help to support it financially by donating even a
small amount via their Indiegogo Crowd Funding
site<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=99aab7deb1&e=686d597d8c>
.

*  Our friend and associate, Michel Bauwens, who is founder and director of
the Peer to Peer
Foundation<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=dc14a1c8b1&e=686d597d8c>,
has been engaged by the government of Ecuador to head an effort to plan the
transition to a commons based peer-to-peer economy and shared-knowledge
society. The project is known by its acronym, FLOK (which derives from the
words *free*, *libre*, *open*, *knowledge*). Bauwens has just announced the
publication of the “integrated Commons Transition Plan” which can be seen
at https://floksociety.co-ment.com/text/xMHsm6YpVgI/view/<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=5e6bd34e91&e=686d597d8c>.
Bauwens recently explained the FLOK transition project at an Integral
Theory Conference. You can see it
here<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=2988edcc18&e=686d597d8c>
.

*  In 2012, Professor Jem Bendell was appointed to head the newly
formed Institute
for Leadership and Sustainability
(IFLAS)<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=17128469ac&e=686d597d8c>at
Cumbria University in the U.K. His inaugural lecture, *Exploring
Sustainability*, given in April of this year was both interesting and
enlightening. It is well worth watching at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Opqi-2UgY<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=c4d861ab34&e=686d597d8c>
.
_______________________________________
*Upcoming Conference *

Chong Kee Tan and his Bay
Bucks<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=17dfe0d9a9&e=686d597d8c>team
are in the process of organizing a major “new economy convergence”
titled, *Living the New Economy*, to be held in San Francisco October
23—26. I will be one of the keynote speakers, along with *Charles
Eisenstein and Ian MacKenzie. For details and to register, visit this site.
<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=84a83cd8c8&e=686d597d8c>*
_______________________________________
*The Buddhist way—Principles to live by*

I often receive useful input from my correspondents via email. One that
came to me recently was a list of life principles referred to as “The
Buddhist Way.” I immediately posted it on my blog at
https://tomazgreco.wordpress.com/2014/05/20/the-buddhist-way-principles-to-live-by/<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=07d57c36a4&e=686d597d8c>,
and intend to tack it up on my wall so that I may keep the principles
always in mind.
_______________________________________
*Psychiatry running amok*

A few nights ago I went to a showing of a documentary film titled, *The
Hidden Enemy: Inside Psychiatry’s Covert Agenda*, a film of the Citizen’s
Commission on Human
Rights<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=24f4248e88&e=686d597d8c>.
I was astounded to learn, among other things, the extent of suicides and
domestic violence amongst our military personnel, and the scale and scope
of the their drugging by psychiatric staff both during and after their
active duty service. Our troops have been virtual guinea pigs for
psychiatric drugs that have questionable benefit and horrendous side
effects.

The showing, sponsored by Veterans for Peace, highlighted some startling
facts about psychiatry in the military:

   - The shootings at Fort Hood and the Washington Navy Yard are linked to
   psychiatric drugs.
   - 22 veterans are committing suicide every day.
   - In 2012 more active duty soldiers died from suicide than were killed
   in battle.
   - A questionnaire used to screen military personnel for depression and
   PTSD is copyrighted by Pfizer, who manufactures the antidepressant Zoloft
   and other psychiatric drugs.
   - 85% of military suicides had never seen combat.
   - More than 60%  of suicides in the military were taking antidepressants
   or recently undergoing outpatient psychiatric treatment.
   - The antipsychotic drug, Seroquel, is referred to by soldiers and
   veterans as “serokill” because of its implication in cases of cardiac
   arrest and sudden deaths.

The showing was followed by a Q and A session during which many veterans
described their own personal experience with psychiatric drugs that were
prescribed based only on brief interviews and descriptions of symptoms, not
a very scientific approach to treatment, in my view. In many cases,
multiple drugs are prescribed even though no scientific testing has been
done to determine possible interactions among them. I urge everyone to read
the information and view the video
here<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=8229ecea28&e=686d597d8c>
.
_______________________________________
*Flight MH370*

While news of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has faded
from the headlines the mystery remains, and the failure to find one shred
of physical evidence that the plane crashed into the ocean, adds to the
plausibility of explanations other than the official ones.

No less a figure than Mahathir bin Mohamad, who served for 22 years as
Malaysia’s Prime Minister, has accused the CIA and the Boeing Company of
hiding key information. The May 19 edition of the Sydney Morning
Herald<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=0e79413769&e=686d597d8c>reported
as follows:

*One of the most influential figures in Malaysia’s ruling party claims
information about flight MH370 is being hidden and the Australian-led
search for the plane off Western Australia is a waste of time and money.*

*Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said the plane’s disappearance on
March 8 was “most likely not an ordinary crash after fuel was exhausted”.*

*“The plane is somewhere, maybe without MAS [Malaysia Airlines] markings,”
he said. “It is a waste of time and money to look for debris or oil slick
or to listen for pings from the black box.”*

*“Someone is hiding something. It is not fair that MAS and Malaysia should
take the blame,” he wrote.*

*Dr Mahathir suggested the United States' Central Intelligence Agency had
knowledge of the disappearance of the plane with 239 people on board but
was not sharing it with Malaysia.*

*He also claimed that Boeing, the plane’s maker, and “certain” government
agencies, have the ability to remotely take over control of commercial
airliners such as the missing Boeing 777. *[emphasis added-t.h.g.]

*“For some reason, the media will not print anything that involves Boeing
or the CIA,” he said.*

Further, a number of articles compiled by Intellihub report that:
1. Malaysian opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, has accused Malaysian
officials of withholding
evidence<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=e96ae4bdab&e=686d597d8c>
.
2. ‘Hijacked flight 370 passenger sent photo from hidden iPhone tracing
back to secret U.S. military base Diego
Garcia<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=4af1d8b8a3&e=686d597d8c>
’.
3. One of the passengers, Philip Wood, sent a text
message<http://beyondmoney.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3cbee2e1cfc237bcae4ed6959&id=7927927270&e=686d597d8c>saying
“I have been held hostage by unknown military personal after my
flight was hijacked (blindfolded). I work for IBM and I have managed to
hide my cellphone in my ass during the hijack. I have been separated from
the rest of the passengers and I am in a cell. My name is Philip Wood. I
think I have been drugged as well and cannot think clearly.”

What a strange world we live in.
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