Op-Ed by Patricia Burke Years after the fact, the truth of unethical experimentation on American citizens during the 1900s came to light … for example, the Tuskegee Syphilis trials. Poor black men were told that they were being treated for the disease, but in fact,…
Op-Ed by Patricia Burke This article is for entertainment purposes only. No medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment is provided. When I began an in-depth study of chi gong, one of the first things my teacher did was give me guidance on the season of the…
By Patricia Burke I was standing near the river. A little girl on a scooter caught up to me and noticed that I watching two swans. She explained that they were a momma and papa, and that they were going to have babies. And she…
By Patricia Burke Are you a Rooster, or a Horse, or a Rat? Or? When you visit a Chinese restaurant, you can often find a paper menu depicting the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. Diners can determine the animal corresponding with the year of…
By Patricia Burke Last week, Business Insider’s Dave Smith reported on the irony of Verizon’s Super Bowl ad campaign. The ads exploit firefighters and their need for timely telecommunications connections to promote 5G telecommunications. Verizon released a pair of commercials during the Super Bowl to…
By Patricia Burke You, Too, Can Be Both An Expert Witness and a Test Dummy for Wireless Let’s say that you have 2 dogs. One is a big dog, and it bites people on the legs, arms, hands, and backside. One is a small dog,…
By Patricia Burke It is Super Bowl ad time again. Â And Verizon is promoting 5G, the next generation of telecommunications technology. [1] As reported by Business Insider, A YouTuber combined one of Verizon’s new Super Bowl ads honoring firefighters with news headlines from last year…
By Patricia Burke Empathy is Normal, Psychopathy Is Not When my son was a teenager, he worked in a pet and fish store. He received his employee bonuses in the form of store credits, resulting in our house becoming filled with all manner of aquariums…
By Patricia Burke Lessons from Morning Musical Beds When my youngest son was a toddler, at about 4 a.m. nearly every morning, he would stand in our bedroom doorway, crying that he was cold. Â Depending on the relative level of exhaustion of each of his…
By Patricia Burke In 2013, coinciding with the theatrical release of a new Superman film, Kyle Hill penned an article in Scientific American, “10 Sciencey Stats on the Man of Steel.” [1] For his geek readers, he noted that: Superman is basically a solar panel…
By Patricia Burke Whistling Jugs: Pitchers vs. Whistles vs. Energy Healers A few years back, a “discovery” was made about ancient Peruvian pottery vessels. They were thought to be water vessels, until someone blew into one, and it was discovered that the water vessels were…
By Patricia Burke A few months ago, while lying on the acupuncture table, I broke my nose. Understanding how and why that happened, and the danger it presents, could change everything. Brain-Washing: Timeless Ayurvedic Knowledge and Wisdom Chiropractor and Ayurvedic expert Dr. John Doulliard has…
By Patricia Burke “We’ve arranged a society on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology, and this combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces. – Carl Sagan On August 15,…
By Patricia Burke Many groups are promoting the use of Virtual Reality as a treatment strategy for pain patients. For example, VR is promoted as an alternative to opiates, “because it’s very powerful with no side effects.” According to Uploadvr.com, More than 11 percent of…
By Patricia Burke There is a saying that every woman should be lucky enough have one man in her life that she still reminisces about, and one man that she is grateful she did not end up with….or something like that. (there’s no water leak….there’s…
By Patricia Burke Do you remember where you were on May 31, 2011? Don’t blame yourself if you don’t remember (or did not see) the news that the World Health Organization’s IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer classified radio frequency exposure as a 2B…
By Patricia Burke If you are awoken every night at 11:45 pm, 2:45 am, and 5:45 am with a startled fight or flight response, urgent thirst, heart arrhythmias, and a feeling that your brain is on fire, you should have the right to know if…
By Patricia Burke (Not to mention, urinary continence, prostate health, reproduction, progeny, and “shiny in my hiney” personal hygiene?) There’s something disturbing going on in and around humans, and it’s happening in the vicinity of the underwear – a zone of the body associated with…
By Patricia Burke Many organizations including leading non-profit environmental and health advocacy groups promoting reduced reliance on fossil fuels have continued to endorse wireless smart utility meters. Despite documented reports of harm and human rights abuses, as well as evidence of environmental damage, various groups…
