I wonder what the meaning of the word "neutralised" is.

So if you look at the list the Merck & Co. executives drew up, most of the doctors and researchers on this list are dead...

From the Australian.

Vioxx maker Merck and Co drew up doctor hit list

AN international drug company made a hit list of doctors who had to be "neutralised" or discredited because they criticised the anti-arthritis drug the pharmaceutical giant produced.

Staff at US company Merck &Co emailed each other about the list of doctors - mainly researchers and academics - who had been negative about the drug Vioxx or Merck and a recommended course of action.

IN-DEPTH COVERAGE: The Vioxx Trial

The email, which came out in the Federal Court in Melbourne yesterday as part of a class action against the drug company, included the words "neutralise", "neutralised" or "discredit" against some of the doctors' names.

It is also alleged the company used intimidation tactics against critical researchers, including dropping hints it would stop funding to institutions and claims it interfered with academic appointments.

"We may need to seek them out and destroy them where they live," a Merck employee wrote, according to an email excerpt read to the court by Julian Burnside QC, acting for the plaintiff.

Merck & Co and its Australian subsidiary, Merck, Sharpe and Dohme, are being sued for compensation by more than 1000 Australians, who claim they suffered heart attacks or strokes as a result of Vioxx.

The drug was launched in 1999 and at its height of popularity was used by 80 million people worldwide because it did not cause stomach problems as did traditional anti-inflammatory drugs.

It was voluntarily withdrawn from sale in 2004 after concerns were raised that it caused heart attacks and strokes and a clinical trial testing these potential side affects was aborted for safety reasons.

Lead plaintiff Graeme Peterson, 58, claims the drug caused him to have a heart attack in 2003 after he took it for back pain and arthritis every day from May 2001.

Merck last year settled thousands of lawsuits in the US over the effects of Vioxx for $US4.85billion ($7.14 billion) but made no admission of guilt.

The company is fighting the class action in Australia.

The Federal Court was told yesterday that Merck wanted to gain the backing of researchers and doctors - or "opinion leaders" - in the fields of arthritis to help promote the drug to medical professionals when it was launched in 1999.

Mr Burnside said internal emails in April 1999 from Merck staff showed the company was not happy with what some researchers and doctors were saying about the drug.

"It gives you the dark side of the use of key opinion leaders and thought leaders ... if (they) say things you don't like to hear, you have to neutralise them," he said. "It does suggest a certain culture within the organisation about how to deal with your opponents and those who disagree with you."

The court was told that James Fries, professor of medicine at Stanford University, wrote to the then Merck head Ray Gilmartin in October 2000 to complain about the treatment of some of his researchers who had criticised the drug.

"Even worse were allegations of Merck damage control by intimidation," he wrote, according to Mr Burnside.

"This has happened to at least eight (clinical) investigators ... I suppose I was mildly threatened myself but I never have spoken or written on these issues."

Mr Burnside told the court Dr Fries went on to describe instances of intimidation, including one colleague who thought his academic appointment had been jeopardised and another who received phone calls alleging "anti-Merck" bias.

Dr Fries said in the letter that Merck had been systematically playing down the side effects of Vioxx and said the company's behaviour "seriously impinges on academic freedom". The court was also told a rheumatologist on Merck's Australian arthritis advisory board was angry he did not find out about Merck's decision to withdraw Vioxx until an ABC journalist rang to tell him. Mr Burnside said James Bertouch wrote to other members of the board saying he was "extremely disillusioned" with the company.

"In every possible way the company exerted itself to present the impression to the world at large that Vioxx did not provide any increased cardio risk ... when (a) it probably would and (b) it probably did," he wrote, according to Mr Burnside.

Peter Garling, acting for Merck, accused Mr Peterson of not taking the drug Vioxx in the months leading up to his heart attack in December 2003.

He said Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme figures showed he did not fill a Vioxx prescription for the drug in the two months before his heart attack.

Mr Garling put to Mr Peterson during his cross-examination that this was because he had retired from his job as a safety consultant and therefore he did not need to take Vioxx because his back pain lessened.

Mr Peterson denied this meant he was not taking the drug.

"No, I wouldn't accept that at all," he said. "I can remember taking Vioxx regularly."

The trial, before Justice Chris Jessop, continues.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25272600-2702,00.html

How the "ET" God Is Replacing The God Of The Bible In Society

Show #168

http://futurequake.com/Audio/FQShow168.mp3

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DR. MICHAEL HEISER DISCUSSES HOW THE “ET” GOD IS REPLACING THE GOD OF THE BIBLE IN SOCIETY , ON THE 3 – 7 AUGUST 09 “FUTURE QUAKE” RADIO PROGRAMS

Nashville, TN – Dr. Michael Heiser (www.michaelsheiser.com), Academic Editor for Logos Bible Software, discusses how the “'ET' god” is replacing the God of the Bible in society, with host “Doctor Future” and co-host Tom Bionic, airing daily during the week of 3 August on the “Future Quake” program, broadcast on the Christian talk radio station WENO, 760 AM in Nashville, TN (and archived at http://www.futurequake.com). Dr. Heiser has spent much of his academic and professional career studying and writing on the impact of emerging “ET” and other latter-day pagan religious manifestations and their impact on society and culture, and the largely ambivalent response observed to date from the Christian church. This interview has its origins in a ground-breaking presentation delivered by Dr. Heiser at the July 2009 “First Christian Conference on Aliens” in Roswell, NM, which established how “post-Christian” portions of the public have methodically established a theology and representation of “ET” as “god”, and having established theistic attributes to such a “god” to serve as a “substitute” to the “God” of the Judeo-Christian understanding. He closed with a call to the church (observed by this author as a type of “manifesto”) to acknowledge this growing activity and its threat to the relevance of the Church and its teachings on society, and to take action to teach “the whole Bible” and its doctrines, even including its more “difficult” and mysterious aspects, to truly address the thirst of the public (including many faithful Christians) to find answers to these compelling developments and issues, otherwise they will search elsewhere to meet this desire. In this deep and thought-provoking interview, Dr. Heiser discusses what motivated him to prepare and deliver such an address, and why he believes this topic to be so critical, as well as providing an overview of its contents, including how the traditional deistic elements of ineffability, immanence, omnipotence, perfection and even personal and ultimate salvation have been constructed by supporters of the “ET religion” to be manifestations of their “ET god” as well. He also provides stunning statistics from numerous reputable polling firms that suggests approximately half of the public believes extraterrestrials (ETs) exist, and may be visiting and communicating with us, and that it is likely that many of these people are sitting in our churches today. Such hard data also suggests that it is having an impact on the spiritual views of a significant portion of the public. A major portion of the discussion focuses on how the Church is “dropping the ball”, in terms of “clinging” merely to the “creeds” rather than teaching verse by verse through the Biblical text, avoiding the “hard questions” based upon the Bible and other issues of life, being “selectively supernatural” in their Bible interpretations, and not embracing the mysteries of God.

“Future Quake”, hosted by “Doctor Future”, is a daily Christian interview and news review radio program, focusing on issues and events that will soon impact our collective futures. It features interviews with international experts on the topics covered (such as recent guests Alvin Toffler, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Joseph Farah and Dr. Jerome Corsi), with constructive, intellectual discussions intended to better inform the public and provide useful information to prepare for the days ahead. It airs each weekday at 4 PM on WENO, 760 AM in Nashville, TN, the most popular Christian talk station in Middle Tennessee, and extending into much of the Mid-South. For those that miss the live broadcast, prior shows are archived in .mp3 format for listening on demand at http://www.futurequake.com, or available as a podcast (under “future quake”) at I-Tunes (www.itunes.com).

CONTACT: “Dr. Future”, Host, “Future Quake” Radio Show (drfuture@futurequake.com)

King of the Universe? More like lord of the flies

Here is a photo of Sung Young Moon being crowned King of the Universe in the capitol building.

Dear Bo:

This is a reprint of a letter that Tim Lahaye allegedly wrote to Bo Hi Pak.

"Dear Bo Hi," began the Reverend Lahaye:

"This letter is being written at 37,000 feet out of Chicago en route to San Francisco. Although I don't like to face this fact, I will not be home for a one month. Sometimes I think I must be mad to keep up this pace. In fact, God has convicted me about abusing my body even in a good cause like this. So I plan to turn down more speaking engagements that do not contribute to ACTV(American Coalition for Traditional Family Values) objectives and my FLS(Family Life Seminars) ministry of radio-TV specials and writing.

Bev and I are beginning to enjoy living in Washington D.C., more every day, and to my amazement it is beginning to seem like home. As soon as we get our radio time changed from 7:00 to 8:00 each night to 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. daily, we want to have and your wife over for dinner.

Bo Hi, I am encouraged! Amid the bad signs I see today, I also detect a lot of good signs. The secretary of education, Don Regan, Ed Meese, Pat Buchanan and many others. Even physical ailments to three of the 76(year old) flaming liberal Supreme Court justices. Bev was invited to the White House yesterday and was introduced to over 300 conservative leaders as "the president of the largest women's organization in America - over twice as large as NOW"... and was extended a thunderous applause. She is rather retiring by nature and was modestly embarrassed. I believe she is going to be given some unique opportunities in the future because of the growth of her organization. In fact, the conservatives at the White House are trying to get her appointed as a delegate along with Marcella(sic) Meese to the International Women's Year Conference to be held in June in Africa. That would be a golden opportunity for Bev to get better aquatinted with the new attorney generals wife and also find out what the radical left out of Moscow is planning for the women of the world in the 1990s.

On this trip, I will be going to the Holy Land with Jerry Falwell and speaking for his three-day conference on prophecy. Confidentially, during that time I am going to talk to him about 1988 and my strategy for winning the (Republican Presidential) primary. I am convinced he can beat Teddy in the general election if we could get him through the primary. I hope Pat Robertson doesn't make a play for the same thing and divide the Christian vote. I think Jerry will like my plan to recruit 435 activists, one in each congressional district, to work under our ACTV city chairman. I'll let you know what he says.

Once again, my friend, I am in your debt for your generous help to our work. You don't know how timely it was! This move and reorganization of the whole ministry to free me for more time in Washington and ACTV activities has been extremely expensive, much more so than I originally thought. But I see daylight down the road and feel it is part the Master's plan. As soon as I can afford it, I plan to hire a PR firm to give more coverage for ACTV, get our message to the people.

God Bless you! Let's plan to sit together at the first CBS shareholder's meeting when Jesse Helms makes his move to take it over.

your friend,
Tim."

The Infiltration of New Age Influences In The Upper Eschelons Of The Evangelical Community

Show # 167

http://futurequake.com/Audio/FQShow167.mp3

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LEGENDARY CHRISTIAN INVESTIGATOR AND WRITER CONSTANCE CUMBEY EXPOSES NEW AGE INFILTRATION WITHIN PROMINENT EVANGELICAL MINISTRIES, ON THE 27 - 31 JULY 09 “FUTURE QUAKE” RADIO PROGRAMS

Nashville, TN – Legendary and controversial Christian investigator and writer Constance Cumbey (www.cumbey.blogspot.com) unveils explosive data exposing the infiltration (by covert investments and other means of influence) by New Age and even Unification Church (Reverend Moon) top officials and groups into high-profile evangelical ministries, with host “Doctor Future” and co-host Tom Bionic, airing daily during the week of 27 July on the “Future Quake” program, broadcast on the Christian talk radio station WENO, 760 AM in Nashville, TN (and archived at http://www.futurequake.com). Mrs. Cumbey, a successful practicing attorney in Michigan, is best known internationally for being one of the earliest Christian investigators to expose the rise of the “New Age Movement” internationally in profile and power within the United Nations and media, and its threat to evangelical Christianity, as documented in her best selling classic “The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow”, and her other books. In fact, the work of her and a few other “watchmen” in the Body of Christ in this area had a pronounced effect in educating and warning a large portion of the Body of Christ back in the 1980s and since then, and in possibly delaying the plans of the New Age leadership in usurping widespread power and suppression of Christian practice for decades or more. However, since that time of widespread acclaim, Mrs. Cumbey has drawn intense criticism from powerful “para-church” evangelical ministries, due to her subsequent research that has uncovered tangible evidence that these well-known and influential ministries have been infiltrated by clever New Age leaders (as part of their “modern” agenda), and who have fallen under their influence while remaining silent on the “New Age” threat, all without disclosure to their rank-and-file Christian supporters. In this genuinely shocking interview, Mrs. Cumbey “names names” of the prominent ministries that have been discovered as having such tainted influence, including “smoking gun” evidence of a key meeting held with top New Age and evangelical leaders, and the aftermath of this “hushed up” (yet verifiable) summit, as well as the chain of murky front organizations that serve as a “front” to pass funds and resources through to the ministries. Furthermore, she also discusses how Reverend Moon and the Unification Church have blatantly funded some of the most prominent evangelical organizations, often with such arrangements veiled through third party arrangements and organizations, presumably to provide required funds to maintain operations of the vast infrastructure owned by many of these well-heeled ministries, or their other favorite initiatives. This controversial show will be talked about for some time to come.

“Future Quake”, hosted by “Doctor Future”, is a daily Christian interview and news review radio program, focusing on issues and events that will soon impact our collective futures. It features interviews with international experts on the topics covered (such as recent guests Alvin Toffler, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Joseph Farah and Dr. Jerome Corsi), with constructive, intellectual discussions intended to better inform the public and provide useful information to prepare for the days ahead. It airs each weekday at 4 PM on WENO, 760 AM in Nashville, TN, the most popular Christian talk station in Middle Tennessee, and extending into much of the Mid-South. For those that miss the live broadcast, prior shows are archived in .mp3 format for listening on demand at http://www.futurequake.com, or available as a podcast (under “future quake”) at I-Tunes (www.itunes.com).

CONTACT: “Dr. Future”, Host, “Future Quake” Radio Show (drfuture@futurequake.com)