Rick Foster

How chemicals, profit, and fallout made the cancer century

Introduction: Cancer Was Not Inevitable

Cancer has been discussed as if it's destiny, the grim shadow trailing the parade of human advancement to more life. But this is a myth. The data proves that cancer is not the backward-magical price of aging but the product of industrial choices-centuries of radiation experiments, chemical saturation, and the calculated trade of profit over prevention. Instead of unavoidable, cancer is the accidental legacy of a profitable industrialized world.

Western media often blames the diseased person for the sins of red meat and alcohol; it is dismissed as “cancer as fate/aging” via narrow narratives.

Globally, the numbers are staggering. In 2022 alone, more than 20 million people were newly diagnosed with cancer and nearly 10 million died (World Cancer Research Fund, 2022; American Cancer Society, 2024). The highest incidence rates no longer map neatly onto poverty or inadequate sanitation but onto the coordinates of industrial wealth: Western Europe, North America, and enclaves of Oceania lead the lists (World Cancer Research Fund, 2022). The disease is now a grim ledger of industrial advancement-recording where fallout scattered, where chemicals were sold, and where lifestyles shifted most extreme beneath the weight of processed foods, tainted air, and synthetic commerce.

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Fred Gransville

I. A Pill Nation: The New Face of an Old Experiment

Imagine a mother at the pharmacy counter with prescription in hand, wavering under the pharmacist's gaze. Her seven-year-old has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and the physician insists that Adderall is required to facilitate normal functioning in school. Across town, a thirty-something professional is microdosing LSD in order to get through a twelve-hour workday, praying for increased focus and creativity. Retirees are prescribed daily selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), their emotions dulled, their compliance assured. There is no one coercing these patients. There are no white coats pinning them down. But they are, all the same, subjects of what constitutes a grand experiment-voluntary, corporate, and all but invisible.

Experiments like MKUltra once employed far more primitive methodology. LSD was given surreptitiously, electroshock resulted in psychological damage, and patients' autonomy was taken away in the name of medical therapy. Dr. Ewen Cameron's psychic driving tests at McGill University were the worst of the worst: human beings turned into cognitive tabula rasa, reconstructed to do the experimenter's bidding. People believed those horrors would never be repeated. But MKUltra did not disappear. It evolved. Its processes were legalized, industrialized, and normalized through the medium of pharmaceuticals.

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By David Swanson, World BEYOND War

photo: wrp.org.uk

Have you read “The Case for Military Intervention to Stop the Gaza Genocide“? I don’t mind promoting it to you, since I agree with most of it (and also consider most of it to do absolutely nothing to advance any case for military intervention to stop the Gaza genocide).

The enormous problem we face is not the people who care enough and are desperate enough to make this misguided proposal. The enormous problem is the usual one: corrupt, evil, malfunctioning, and sadistic governments abetted by great masses of people too busy, distracted, ignorant, or uncaring to try anything at all.

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By Sally Dugman

...give up conforming to “group-think”...

From my angle, a not entirely true assessment exists and here is excerpted from it, from Martin Armstrong’s article: The Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force

The people have lost all confidence in government. The people no longer trust the government to handle the cost of living, nor do they trust the data issues on inflation, unemployment, or GDP growth. Americans see their tax dollars spent overseas on issues that do not benefit them in any way, their economic concerns have not been addressed, and they are unable to vote on how public funds are spent—let alone how the US responds to foreign conflicts.
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In fact, he may think that he speaks for and represents all of us Americans, but he absolutely does not do so. In fact, I, myself , stand in a definite solitary opposition to his conclusion.

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© 2025 Tracy Turner

America in 2025 is Orwellian, Huxleyean, Bradburyan and Atwoodian.

America’s Early Whispers of Dystopia

The hybrid dystopia we inhabit did not begin with Reagan’s Colgate Hollywood smile in 1981, nor with Orwell’s storyline year of 1984. Its roots stretch back decades, hydroseeded in paranoia, surveillance, and quiet mental pressure.

Long before mass E-surveillance became a Silicon Valley avocation, it was Hoover’s FBI files. Long before Huxley’s soma came bottled as Adderall, it was prescription Phenobarbital lining suburban medicine cabinets. Long before Atwood’s handmaids, women were fighting for autonomy over wombs legislated by men in gray suits. The parabolic arc of America’s slow erosion of freedom and liberty is not sudden-it is quasi-legal mission creep, and often disguised as protection, progress, ease, safety or entertainment.

Orwellian Foreplay: America’s Dystopian Dry Dock, 1945-1980

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The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund also divested from five Israeli banks. An aerial view of Caterpillar equipment in a lot at the Peterson Cat dealer in San Leandro, California, on 5 August (Justin Sullivan/AFP) Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, said on Monday it had divested from American construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc and five Israeli banks over human rights violations in Gaza.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has ordered 40 states, five territories, and Washington, D.C., to eliminate gender ideology from their federally funded Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP). They have been given 60 days to make the changes. In a statement, Acting Assistant Secretary Andrew Gradison said: “Accountability is coming. “Federal funds will not be used to poison the minds of the next generation or advance dangerous ideological agendas.

The alleged shooter at a Catholic school in Minneapolis has been identified as Robin Westman, said to have published a manifesto hours before the crime Transgender Minnesota shooter had ‘kill Donald Trump’ on magazine – media (PHOTOS) © Social media The gunman who opened fire on a church at a Catholic school in south Minneapolis on Wednesday has been identified as Robin Westman by The New York Post, citing sources in law enforcement. The shooting took place during a mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minnesota, killing two people and injuring more than a dozen. Westman reportedly changed his name from Robert to Robin in 2020 and identified himself as a woman.

Local authorities asserted that the shooter had been "contained" and there is "no active threat to the community at this time". At least two people have been killed and more than 10 sustained wounds in a shooting at a Catholic school in the US, the ABC News TV channel reported, citing sources. According to the news outlet, the shooting broke out on Wednesday morning at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Local authorities asserted that the shooter had been "contained" and there is "no active threat to the community at this time."

The Azov military claims to debunk Kremlin 'myths,' but in doing so, it reaffirms its Nazi legacy and highlights the contradiction between this tradition and German narratives of normalization. The Azov military is gradually being integrated into the Western European security architecture. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion and escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, the German media establishment has been presenting “emotionally touching” frontline reports of the individual fates of members of the “elite unit,” portraying them as “the nice guys next door.” Springer's Welt TV has now even served its viewers the first home story of a volunteer from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and his proud father, a former “Cheetah” tank driver in the German Armed Forces. The integration of the “Azov” units into the Ukrainian armed forces and their rearmament, primarily with German weapons, requires narratives that portray their warriors as sincere patriots and loyal allies of “defensive democracy.”

Many people who were drawn to the Q movement felt a spark of recognition: the sense that something is deeply wrong with the world, that hidden powers shape events, and that the surface story we are told is not the whole truth. For many, this hunger for truth drew them into the Q movement, where cryptic messages offered hope that powerful forces were working behind the scenes to restore balance. This hunger for truth is not a weakness. It is one of humanity’s deepest strengths. But perhaps the next step is not to keep waiting for “the military to step in,” but to realize: we ourselves are the ones capable of creating the world we long for.

Denmark’s foreign minister summoned U.S. diplomats for discussions following reports of an alleged influence campaign in Greenland involving individuals connected to President Donald J. Trump. Danish public broadcaster DR reported that at least three Americans with links to the Trump administration were conducting activities in Greenland, including compiling lists of allies and opponents, and engaging with local politicians and businesspeople. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen stated, “We are aware that foreign actors continue to show an interest in Greenland and its position in the Kingdom of Denmark. It is therefore not surprising if we experience outside attempts to influence the future of the Kingdom in the time ahead.” He emphasized that any interference in Denmark’s internal affairs would be unacceptable

US Deploys Naval Armada to Caribbean as Venezuela Mobilizes Militias. The United States has deployed a powerful naval group to the Caribbean, heightening regional tension as Venezuela mobilizes militias and Mexico protests the move. US Sends Naval Strike Group for Direct Operations. Over 4,000 US Marines and sailors have been dispatched to the shores of Latin America and the Caribbean. According to Reuters, three Aegis-equipped destroyers are expected to reach position by Thursday. The deployment also includes a submarine, a missile cruiser, a P-8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft, the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit. One unnamed Pentagon officer told reporters that the deployment gives President Donald Trump a "wide range of options," including "direct impact operations" on drug cartels should he issue the order. The New York Times reported last week that Trump had secretly signed a directive authorizing military force against Latin American drug cartels designated as terrorist organizations by the US.

A federal lawsuit filed on Aug. 15 accuses the CDC of inadequately testing its childhood vaccination schedule, allowing children as young as 12 to be vaccinated without parental consent in some jurisdictions. The lawsuit demands that the CDC halt its universal vaccine recommendations until rigorous, long-term safety studies are conducted. The plaintiffs argue that the CDC has never assessed the cumulative risks of administering multiple vaccines simultaneously, especially with the recent addition of COVID-19 vaccines to the schedule. They are concerned about the potential exposure of children to experimental mRNA technology without parental oversight.

Joint investigation finds that classified Israeli intelligence listed 8,900 deaths in May this year as active fighters, at a time when total death toll was at least 53,000 Palestinians. Israeli military intelligence data indicates that five out of six Palestinians killed by Israel’s army are civilians, according to a joint investigation. That would indicate that 17 percent of the total deaths were of fighters, while the other 83 percent were civilian deaths.

U.S. President Donald Trump, in his meeting on August 15th with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, totally misinterpreted Putin to be welcoming an outcome that Putin has vociferously and repeatedly opposed ever since at least 2007, which is that under no circumstances will Russia ever accept troops from any NATO country being stationed on the territory of Ukraine (whose border reaches closer to Russia’s central command in The Kremlin than any other nation’s border does — which is the reason why Putin put his foot down on the Ukraine-in-NATO matter).

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) escalated her attacks on President Donald Trump and his supporters this week, labeling them “the most unpatriotic people” in the country. The congresswoman made the remarks during an appearance on California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s podcast. Crockett accused Trump of manipulating government institutions for his own benefit. “Whether we’re talking about those in his administration or whether we’re talking about the courts or whether we’re talking about the Congress, that is one of the reasons he is so desperate to make sure that he can win in the midterms, because he knows that Democrats, it’s not even about partisanship,” Crockett said. “It’s about doing what’s right. “It’s about doing the American thing.” She then went further, attacking both Trump and the tens of millions of Americans who support him.

Kenyan investigators suspect the victims may have been starved and suffocated as a result of adopting extreme religious ideologies More bodies found in cult massacre case. At least five bodies have been recovered from shallow graves at a site in Kenya where victims of a religious cult are suspected to have been buried, officials in the East African country have said. Investigators exhumed remains from six graves in Kwa Binzaro village, Kilifi County in southeastern Kenya, on Thursday, including the bodies of two children found in one grave. The site lies close to where hundreds of followers of a doomsday cult were discovered dead in 2023 in what has become known as the Shakahola cult massacre.

Maria Zakharova specified that over the past week, 156 Russian citizens have been injured by enemy drone strikes, including 15 killed. The Kiev regime continues to terrorize civilians despite efforts by Russia and the United States to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a commentary. "Against the backdrop of efforts by Russia and the United States to find ways of resolving the Ukrainian crisis, Kiev continues to terrorize peaceful Russian residents and shell civilian targets in our country," Zakharova said. "Over the past week, 156 Russian citizens have been injured by enemy drone strikes, including 15 killed – among them a child. Another 141 people were wounded, including 14 minors," the diplomat pointed out.

Can Trump Find a Way Out of the Box He Is in? Yesterday on his program Dialogue Works Nima had two guests, Larry Johnson, formerly of the CIA, and me. I come in at about the one hour mark at the close of the program with Larry. Nima and I discuss the severe constraints on President Trump that handicap him in his effort to bring about not only a settlement in Ukraine but also impede a wider settlement with Russia that would put the world at peace. Paul Craig Roberts

Americans are giving up — but not because they’re lazy or unmotivated. In 2025, no matter how hard people work, it feels impossible to get ahead. Skyrocketing rents, outrageous grocery prices, and crushing utility bills are draining families dry. The American Dream? For many, it’s become an unreachable illusion. Debt is out of control. Savings are gone. The cost of simply existing is pushing people to their breaking point.

Millions of American families are living without access to healthcare, affordable food, safe housing, or basic security. We were one of them. We lived off-grid in rural Appalachia, doing everything “right” — working hard, living frugally, and still barely getting by. Eventually, we made a drastic choice: we left the U.S. in search of a better life.

Wealth inequality is quietly dismantling our mental health, distorting our values, and turning modern life into a slow-motion class war. This isn’t just about billionaires and yachts, it’s about how economic inequality and the rise of a new feudalism are making you feel like a failure, even when you’re doing everything “right.” From the false promises of neoliberalism to the cult of hustle culture, I dig into the psychological toll of chasing success in a system designed to keep most of us struggling. With dry wit, philosophical insight, and a little gallows humor, I explore how minimalism, community, and radical honesty might be the only sane responses to a world gone fiscally feral. This is not self-help. This is self-defense for the soul.

I saw great economic crisis coming, an economic 1930 style crash on steroids. The Lord said; What you see is poor now. There will be no middle class in the days ahead. There will be poor and there'll be extreme poor and then there will be rich. He said consider the people who work at McDonald's and Taco Bell making a little bit above minimum wage, they will be considered the middle class in the days ahead. And what we consider poor will be so poor. I saw what I can only describe as poverty like I've never seen before in America. I could see tent cities, homeless people walking around like LA and Skid Row, this was everywhere. I saw the housing crisis coming again with people not being able to pay their mortgages. Not just a couple hundred people, I'm talking thousands upon thousands of people not being able to pay their mortgages or their car loans. There was foreclosure everywhere. There was no middle class.