To save you some time, I've linked to a few choice retailing categories where paying in cash is "suspicious":

Tattoo Shops
Rental Cars
Internet Cafes
Hobby Shops
Storage Facilities

You'll also notice in every list all of the picayune "activities" or "appearances" that might make one a "terrorist" suspect. Orwell and Huxley warned us over 60 years ago that this was coming. Well, it's here.

Last year, Kenneth and Erin Steiler from Marquette, Michigan, were petitioned by the state of Michigan (Department of Human Services), and the purpose of the petition was to force the parents to have them resume the chemotherapy for their son Jacob. Jacob was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma, and he initially went through chemotherapy treatment. The chemo made Jacob want to die. At a later point in time, PET scans were showing that he was clear of the cancer. Thus the parents made the decision to discontinue the poisonous treatments. The state of Michigan had other plans for Jacob. The state petitioned the court to force the child to receive the toxic treatments. This is from an article in a local, upper Michigan newspaper:

Jacob has been diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma, but recent PET scans came back clear. His parents, Erin and Kenneth Stieler, insist that he doesn't need further chemotherapy for now, but the boy's primary pediatric oncologist, Dr. Beth Kurt, testified that Jacob still has cancer cells.

"There is a very big potential for relapse," testified Dr. Kurt. "And if he relapses in another bone, in his lungs, in someplace else, this survival is dismal. It's abysmal."

In December 2011, Judge Thomas Solka dismissed the state's petition and wrote, "Jacob's parents have not been negligent in making decisions about his (Jacob's) course of treatment."

(Thanks to Ryan C. Underwood)

But don't count on any such show of courage on their part. When it comes to exposing themselves to harm, the neocons best express Charles Edward Montague's thoughts: "War hath no fury like a noncombatant."

Then this morning on Faux News we learn that — horrors!!!!!!!! — the Iranian government is training women to become Ninjas! There was video of women dressed up in those black pajamas that they wear in those bad Bruce Lee movies where you can hear the dialogue a second or two after the actors mouth the words. Be frightened, booboisie!!

Perhaps future studies might explore the "addiction" many people have to politics, and of their seemingly uncontrollable efforts to forcibly regulate the lives, property, and behavior of everyone within their reach. What about those "addicted" to watching CNN and MSNBC?

According to those opposing the NDI guidelines, once certain supplements are banned, Big Pharma would likely begin developing and eventually patenting the formulas for those items. Since they, unlike independent manufacturers, are more than capable of footing the hefty bill associated with the regulatory testing process, soon enough the companies bringing you conventional medications would be the same ones offering alternative treatments. Consumers’ money would be going into one big pocket.

In recent decades there has been a distressing decline in the numbers of healthy volunteers who participate in clinical trials [7], a decline that has the potential to become a key rate-limiting factor in vaccine development. Reasons for this decline are unclear but are likely to be multifaceted. One familiar problem is the payment of volunteers [8]. To date, the relatively meagre compensation that participants often receive could be seen to belittle and undervalue the contribution of these individuals to global health. The modest financial remuneration commonly provided often means that students and the unemployed make up the bulk of volunteers [6, 8, 9]. As a result, the risks of developing a health intervention that would benefit the whole population are carried disproportionately by some of society’s most poor and vulnerable. This is a situation few would judge to be fair or ethical. However it is hard to increase volunteer payment without creating financial incentives. “Danger money” is frowned upon as an inducement that inevitably clouds an individual’s appreciation of risk, limiting the likelihood that consent is informed [6, 7]. As a result, consensus has generally dictated that payment for volunteers’ trial involvement be modest and limited to compensation for travel, time, and inconvenience only.

If progression of promising vaccines from the lab to the clinic is to remain unaffected and financial inducement is an ethically unacceptable solution to the recruitment shortage, other strategies need to be considered. Compulsory involvement in vaccine studies is one alternative solution that is not as outlandish as it might seem on first consideration. Many societies already mandate that citizens undertake activities for the good of society; in several European countries registration for organ-donation has switched from “opt-in” (the current U.S. system) to “opt-out” systems (in which those who do not specifically register as nondonors are presumed to consent to donation) [10], and most societies expect citizens to undertake jury service when called upon. In these examples, the risks or inconvenience to an individual are usually limited and minor. Mandatory involvement in vaccine trials is therefore perhaps more akin to military conscription, a policy operating today in 66 countries. In both conscription and obligatory trial participation, individuals have little or no choice regarding involvement and face inherent risks over which they have no control, all for the greater good of society.

The article goes on to say that if the severity of a disease is increased (meaning state propaganda and lies exaggerating or inventing crises), the forcing of human beings to become test monkeys "becomes a more palatable option." Accordingly, there is a huge motivation to lie, spread myths, distort studies, and clamp down on dissenters from the conventional wisdom.

The authors also state that "sensationalist and unfounded stories" have been the root cause of more and more people fearing and thus denying the government's vaccination indoctrination. The two authors of this piece are truly evil and perverted individuals. Thanks to Travis Holte for the link.

UPDATE: But don't worry, Clint, the taxpayers lost $1.3 billion on Chrysler's "comeback." [Thanks to Eli Cryderman]

The school district does have a mandatory uniform for the middle school students. The school handbook devotes a section to proper attire that states shoes, boots and sneakers with matching-colored laces are permitted. It also says if clothing disrupts learning, the administration has the right to set rules about questionable attire.

If a student does not comply, discipline can range from a reminder sent home to parents on the first offense to possible detention or suspensions at the principal's discretion for repeated offenses.

If you search this on the Web you will find many flag-waving democracy worshippers who insist on seeing a videotape of Stalin actually saying this before they will accept it. Videotape or not, it would be just as true if Mother Theresa, the Pope, or anyone else said it. Anyone who follows Nevada and Iowa Republican Party politics knows this.

It's true.

Virtual charter schools allow students in grades kindergarten through 12 to take classes at home with a computer and the help of a parent or guardian serving as a "learning coach."

Students interact with a teacher through email, telephone and interactive software, including video conferencing.

Two schools in the state opened last year -- one based in Grand Rapids with about 800 students and the other in Okemos with more than 500 students.

Educators, including the state Board of Education, have asked that lawmakers not allow more of the schools to open until several years of academic data is accumulated to determine if the schools are effective.

Cyber learning means that the parent makes the decision about what the child does "at school" and the child has flexibility in determining what he wants to learn and/or not learn. Individuality and creativity is not a part of the plan. Thanks to James Nellis for the link.

The charity had been funding Planned Parenthood so it could influence women on the conventional wisdom surrounding breast cancer - breast cancer education, exams, and of course, the highly profitable mammogram that is pushed on every woman in America who is 40 or older (and often, women in their thirties). A lot of folks believe the decision was made because of pressure from anti-abortion groups. From the article:

Komen founder Nancy Brinker said Thursday her group's decision wasn't based on "emotions or politics" and wasn't tied to abortion. Komen officials said they had changed their standards for grants in several ways, including not funding organizations under government investigation.

However, this quote from the article is more what I would expect to see as a driver in the funding cut.

The Komen group also said it preferred to give grants to groups that perform mammograms themselves, rather than "pass-through" funding. Planned Parenthood does clinical breast exams but typically refers mammogram patients elsewhere.

The Susan G. Komen organization would like to be able to manage the number of mammograms that will occur, and how and where they will occur. The mammogram scheme has been exposed by many, including William Campbell Douglass, MD. [See his article for the Weston A. Price Foundation. Also see an article by Barbara Minton, "Mammograms: Fat Profits at High Cost to Women."]

Here is a collection of some very relevant quotes from doctors, researchers, investigative journalists, authors, etc. on Big Cancer and why the medical establishment does not want to cure cancer. Also, here are a few (out of many) additional sources to understand more about the racket that is Big Cancer.

- "Cancer Industry Fights to Keep Obscene Profits" on Lawyersandsettlements.com

- "The Great Cancer Hoax, Part II" on Dr. Mercola's website

- "Questioning Chemotherapy," an article that discusses the work of Ralph W. Moss PhD, who was fired from Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center for revealing the lies of the Cancer Establishment.

There is an outstanding 4-minute YouTube from Walter Bortz that must be seen by all folks who have an interest in this topic. As Bortz notes, "Nobody's out there trying to prevent cancer, they're all so busy treating it because you get paid for it." Who is Dr. Walter Bortz? He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. According to his bio, he has "written over 130 medical articles for such publications as JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, The New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, and Journal of Biological Chemistry, as well as articles for lay publications such as The New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and Town & Country."

Dr. Bortz, in the video, quotes Jerome Kassirer, MD when he states this: "The entire medical system is corrupt." Dr. Kassirer is the author of a book I have read and highly recommend: On the Take: How Medicine's Complicity With Big Business Can Endanger Your Health. By "big business," Dr. Kassirer, though no libertarian, is referring to what libertarians would refer to as the corporate-socialist state (corporations in partnership/alliances with Big Government). Jerome Kassirer is the former Editor-in-Chief of The New England Journal of Medicine.

The proposed Aviation Security Amendment (Screening) Bill 2012 will make it mandatory for any passenger selected to participate to have a body scan.

The "no scan, no fly" amendment closes a loophole in the legislation that lets passengers request a pat-down instead of passing through a metal detector.

Transport Minister Anthony Albanese said mandatory body scans were necessary to ensure the safety of airports.