What you don’t know, CAN hurt you.
by Jerry Muelver

There are roughly 50,000 chiropractors in the United states, about one
for every 6,600 people. Antigo supports about ten times as many
chiropractors as the US average, approximately one chiropractor for
every 660 people. Before saying that’s a Good Thing, consider this
article:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/14/adverse-effects-of-chiropractic-treatments-are-under-reported-in-medical-trials/

It seems the main reason you don’t hear about the dangers of
chiropractic is that the chiropractors don’t report any adverse
effects of their treatments. They also don’t advise their unsuspecting
patients of potential problems. The author of the study says:

“I feel that chiropractors do have a strange attitude towards the
safety of their interventions. When you read the literature, you see
proclamations that spinal manipulation, according to chiropractors, is
100% safe.”

This is despite hundreds of case studies that have documented problems
with the treatment. “About 50% of patients seeing a chiropractor have
adverse effects, which is staggering,” said Ernst. “In addition to
these fairly mild adverse effects, which basically are pain at the
site of manipulation and referred pain sometimes, which only lasts one
or two days, we have about 500-700 cases of severe complications being
reported.”

With extreme chiropractic movement of the neck, an artery can
disintegrate and lead to a stroke, an outcome that is well-documented
in medical literature. “We only see what is being published and that
can only be the tip of the iceberg,” said Ernst. “Some neurologist
sees a stroke and he finds out that this was associated with
chiropractic – in 99.9% of cases he won’t publish that.”

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Crack vs. bath salts – which is worse?

I’ve been hearing a lot about people getting “high” off bath salts. What’s up with that?  What’s worse, the Crackheads or these addicts? These bath salts seem way more dangerous.. What do you think?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/23/bath-salts-a-growing-drug-problem_n_812693.html

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This is a damned shame
by Jerry Muelver

Think about this -
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46669027/ns/health-addictions/#.T1l-snpBnAM

Yeah, tobacco is legal. But it’s the only legal product in the world
that kills 60% of its users when taken as directed. It’s
hyper-addictive for teens, who don’t have the judgment to appreciate
that their little thrill experiment today will plague them for the
rest of their lives.

We ought to be ashamed for allowing the sale of this poison to
continue in our community, and anywhere else, for that matter.

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Definition of a Liberal (by Ben)

Lottery winner receives food stamps.

People love stories about someone winning the lottery and then giving the money away. They’re less likely to feel fondly about Amanda Clayton, who won $1 million in the Michigan State Lottery but is still collecting food stamps.

“I thought that they would cut me off, but since they didn’t, I thought maybe it was OK because I’m not working,”
And Clayton isn’t embarrassed about living off the state even though she now finds herself in the nation’s top tax bracket. “I mean I kinda do,” Clayton told Local 4 when asked if she had a “right” to the government welfare.

Clayton downplayed her wealth, saying she took the $1 million in a lump sump, which meant about half immediately went to taxes. “I feel that it’s OK because I mean, I have no income and I have bills to pay,” she said. “I have two houses.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTjEwuuBRBE

OK, lets review. She has no job and no income and has money to play the lottery. After winning a million bucks she believes she is still “entitled” to food stamps.

I’ll bet she voted for O’bama in 2008 and will do so again in 2012.

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Balloon Love Message, Reminder of Kayla

We received a question from a reader asking us to post something on this heartwarming story of a mother who sent out balloons for her 22 year old son who was murdered.  The balloons traveled over 500 miles and a 91 year old woman found one of them.

This story is a sad one, but it also serves as a reminder to “Tell your kids that you love them”.

Here is a link to the slideshow on the story:

http://www.theindychannel.com/slideshow/29782966/detail.html?taf=ind

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There was a very good article in the 12/16/11 Milwaukee Journal about the 1% vs the 99%. I found this to be a very good read. I couldn’t have said it any better myself.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/04/opinion/la-oe-schiller-who-is-the-one-percent-20111204

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If You Were on the Jury for Casey Anthony Trial?

I am curious as to how the people of Antigo would view the Casey Anthony trial if they were members of the jury?  I would also love to hear opinions and comments on the evidence presented and the witnesses.

In short, here is a quick summary of what has happened so far…

The State of Florida’s theory about what happened is that Casey used Chloroform to put Caylee to sleep and gave her too much and she died.  They claim that she put duct tape over the childs mouth.  They claim that Casey had put Caylee’s dead body in the trunk of her car for a short time before dumping the body in a wooded area near the Anthony’s home.  The reasoning behind this, is that Casey wanted to go out “partying” and didn’t want to be tied down with the child.  They offered evidence of Casey’s lying to police about where she had worked, Universal Studios.  According to that evidence, Casey went as far as taking the Police to Universal Studios and finally after walking through different areas of the grounds, she admitted that she did not work there.  She had also claimed that the child, Caylee, had been taken by the Nanny, whose name was Zenaida, or Zanny.  The police did not find any such person.  The one woman that they did find with that name had no connection whatsoever to Casey or Caylee Anthony.  There was about 1 month of time between when the child went missing and when Casey admitted to her family that she hadn’t seen Caylee for a month.  During that 1 month time frame, Casey had been out partying and drinking, which there have been photos to support that claim.

The last time that Caylee was seen was around June 16th of 2008.  Casey admitted to her family and the police in mid-July, that she had not seen the child for about a month.  The remains of Caylee were found in December.

The Defense claims that Casey was sexually abused by her father and also her brother.  That she learned to lie at a young age and she has done that her entire life.  They claim that Caylee died by accidentally drowning in the Anthony family’s swimming pool.  After the child drowned, Casey’s father, George, found lifeless Caylee and yelled at Casey, something about “how will you explain this to your mother”. Then, George Anthony disposed of Caylee’s body.  The defense also claims that the “meter reader”, Roy Kronk, had something to do with disposing of Caylee’s body because he had told his estranged son that he would soon be “cashing in his lottery ticket”. This, meaning that he would get the reward money once he showed police where the body was.  They also say that there is no way that Casey had disposed of the body because she was in jail at the time the body was found.

Some of the evidence information:
The Prosecution had claimed that there were internet searches made on the Anthony family’s desktop computer for Chloroform and those searches were made while Casey’s parents were at work.  In recent testimony by Cindy Anthony, she explains how she made those searches which originated from her puppies getting into some type of bush or plant that may have been dangerous to them.  She also explained that since her job was a salaried position, she was not always at work on certain times and certain days.

There were small amount of chloroform found in the trunk of Casey’s car, which experts testified to.  It would also shown that chloroform can be found from cleaning products, including bleach, among others.  Casey’s mom, Cindy, had admitted to putting dryer sheets in the car and also using a full bottle of Febreeze in the car. The reason being that the car stunk, and it had been said that “it smelled like there was a dead body in the car”.  Casey’s explaination was that she had put a bag of trash in her trunk and had forgotten about it.  The bag of trash was gone through.

There was 2 stains in the truck of the car.  Cindy Anthony testified that 1 of the stains was there when they had bought the car.

The defense is still in the process of their case.  There is A LOT that has happened and we aren’t suggesting this is all there to it, just trying to give some basis of what is going on.

Please chime in and tell how you feel the case is going, and if you feel the Prosecution has done a good job, etc.

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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/End-of-Privacy-Your-Facebook-cnnm-3227174422.html?x=0
-Another article about Privacy and Facebook shown on Yahoo…..

Every time I read or hear something about Privacy and Facebook, it really makes me wonder what the problem is!?  I mean, seriously, back when I was a kid, my parents names were in the phone book, first middle initial and last name, along with our address and phone number.  So, what was the big threat with that?  Ok, so you got some telemarketing phone calls and junk mail, so what!?  That was part of life.  Now, you can opt in to the No-Call List to avoid getting calls from telemarketers.  As for junk mail, well, at this point, it may just be the only thing to save the US Post Office from completely going under.

I do not understand the BIG threat?  What is the problem?  I can recall my parents buying a yearly or biyearly publication of what we referred to as a “snooper book”, and in that book, not only did you get a person’s name, address and phone number, but, it also told you where that person worked, both parents, and the first names of all the children living in the house, with the year that each child was born.  How much more info do you need!?  Did that scare people?  Obviously not since everyone seemed to agree to have their information included in the book.

We have lost so much of the personal and social aspects of life with the new technologies that are available today, especially the younger generations and I find myself wondering how it will affect society as a whole in the future.

At times I think we have lost some common sense along the way, if you are worried about the wrong person seeing your Facebook status, then, for God’s sake, DON’T WRITE IT.  If you have some pictures that may be embarrassing if your grandparents saw them, DON’T POST THEM!  If you THINK before posting, then there really should be no problem.  Imagine that every person in the world can see what you write and post and then you won’t have to worry.

I would love to hear some clarification and explanation on all the “privacy” issues from others, especially those who are writing these articles and stories in the media.

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Bernard Madoff scammed many out of their life savings, making
extreme amounts of money for himself.  He has been caught & his
scheme has fallen apart.  So, he is sitting in a jail cell waiting for
his trial, right?  WRONG.  He is out on bail probably still living the
highlife, as he has been for years now.  How can this be? We see
people everyday who are put in jail for much smaller crimes and
are unable to afford the bail amount.  We know that Mr. Madoff has
huge amounts of money and apparently it is believed by a judge
that he will not flee.  Will a monitoring system of some type stop
him, if he does decide to flee?  I doubt it.  What will happen to him
when it is all said and done? Will it be fair?  Will ALL those people
get their money back or be able to recover somehow from what he
took?  I don’t think so.  What punishment would be fair?  How do
you right a wrong that is so huge?

At the same time, I think ALL the people who “invested” money
with him are complete IDIOTS!  Why didn’t they do their home-
work?  How could a Ponzi scheme ever get this large?  Why
didn’t the government step in and put a stop to it? You can’t
tell me that NO ONE knew what he was up to!?

Although it doesn’t make the national news, or even the small
local news, there are instances like this that happen every
single day.  People are constantly getting scammed out of
money on stupid schemes on the internet and in newspapers.
These people can not afford to lose money.  It may not be their
life savings, but, for some, it may as well be.  The targets are so
often people who are looking for work, or ways to make money,
but, instead they end up losing it.  And what happens to the
scammers that are profiting from this – ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
Why, because either there are not enough complaints filed, or the
amount isn’t large enough for the authorities to feel that it’s worth
pursuing.  The schemes change all the time too, and with the
anonymity of the internet the scammers are able to just move on
to the next scam.

Mr. Madoff should be made an example of.  Somehow, I think
his victims should be the ones to decide what happens to him.
Maybe if he is punished severly enough, it will set an example
and others may stop scamming for fear that they may actually
have to face the people that they have hurt and stolen from!

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So, the latest news on the photo of Michael Phelps smoking pot,
is that Kellogg Co. will no longer sponsor him. I can understand
why, but, at this same time think it is ridiculous! As reported on
Yahoo news, it is stated that, “a photo that showed him inhaling
from a marijuana pipe”, this bothers me. How can a photo show
if someone is inhaling? I don’t think that is possible. And what if
he didn’t inhale, would he still be losing his sponsors?

President Clinton claimed that he did not inhale and that seemed
to be accepted. So, maybe Mr. Phelps should have gone that
route and he could have kept all his sponsors. It seems as though
this whole country is living in some serious denial if they think
that pot smoking doesn’t happen ALL the time in high school
and most certainly in college.

I think we need to give Phelps a break.

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