Podcast appearances and mentions of Stanley Cohen

In this Weekly Insight, Dr. Ettensohn examines the rise of moral panic within contemporary discourse about narcissism, particularly how popular online narratives have transformed psychological terms into tools of moral judgment. In this Weekly Insight, Dr. Ettensohn examines the rise of moral panic within contemporary discourse about narcissism, particularly how popular online narratives have transformed psychological terms into tools of moral judgment. Using a recent online interaction as a jumping-off point, the video traces how disagreement is increasingly reframed as harm, and how nuanced discussions of narcissistic personality structure are met with accusations of abuse, gaslighting, or complicity. Drawing on Stanley Cohen's original criteria for moral panic, and placing current trends alongside historical examples such as witch hunts, McCarthyism, and the Satanic Panic, Dr. Ettensohn contextualizes the intense emotional reactions that now dominate conversations about NPD. The video explores how stigma, stereotypes, and moral binaries are amplified online, creating a culture in which appeals to complexity and humanity have become taboo. It also considers the communal function of scapegoating within current narratives about narcissism. This video offers a clinically grounded, sociologically informed framework for understanding what happens when trauma discourse is overtaken by lurid sensationalism and moral panic, and why the path toward healing lies in reclaiming psychological depth, complexity, and humanization.  

030125 Stanley Cohen on Recent Civil Rights Cases, Ukraine and Cop City by The News with Paul DeRienzo

Human rights attorney and activist Stanley Cohen discusses the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, its long-term outlook, why it wasn't enacted eight months ago, and whether Biden or Trump deserves credit for it.

Mordecai Israel was his name Mel Allen was born in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up to become the “Voice of the Yankees“.  Our PhD Committee relives his great life with the help of authors, Stephen Borelli, Stanley Cohen and Rob Edelman. Our podcast also talks about Cliff Lee returning to the Phillies and notable baseball deaths for 2010.  Then it's time for At the Mixer with Marty […]

Human rights attorney Stanley Cohen discusses Amnesty International's report which accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, saying it has sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians by mounting deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure and preventing the delivery of food, medicine and other aid. Jess & Jamal break down what's behind the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.

Can a childhood marked by neglect and abuse shape the choices we make as adults? Discover the heart-wrenching story of Joyce Annette LeMay through the eyes of her devoted aunt, Beatrice Wotanek. From being a ward of the state to facing the daunting prospect of the electric chair, Joyce's life journey is a testament to resilience amidst relentless adversity. Beatrice paints a vivid picture of Joyce's tumultuous upbringing, marked by instability and hardship, offering a deeply personal glimpse into how these early experiences set the stage for an unimaginable future.Join us as we navigate the emotional landscape of Joyce's life, characterized by her yearning for a sense of belonging and the seductive allure of the Clancy family's opulent lifestyle. Bea Wotanek shares her fears of materialism and false values, as Joyce is drawn into a world so different from her own. Through small moments of intimacy, such as ironing Joyce's hair, we witness the struggle for connection and stability in a life torn by contrast and conflict. This episode captures the profound complexity of family dynamics and the eternal quest for identity.Finally, we explore Joyce's teenage rebellion, young motherhood, and the challenges of early adulthood, all culminating in the tragic murder of her husband, Stanley Cohen. Joyce's story is one of determination in the face of societal pressures and personal struggles, navigating a path filled with independence, love, and vulnerability. Her journey reveals the relentless pursuit of stability, and the unforgettable moments that defined her life. Tune in to hear how Joyce's resilience and the search for belonging intersected with her tumultuous destiny, leaving an indelible mark on those who knew her.Send us a text Support the show

Could a seemingly perfect life hide a dark, deadly secret? Join us as we unravel the gripping murder trial of Joyce Cohen, accused of orchestrating the violent death of her husband, Stan Cohen. Central to this courtroom drama is the enigmatic Lynn Barkley, who takes the stand to deny any involvement in the murder despite his close ties to Joyce. As Barkley paints a picture of marital discord sparked by alleged infidelity, the courtroom buzzes with tension and intrigue.As the trial marches towards its climax, we turn our attention to the strategic maneuvers of both the prosecution and defense. With the absence of key witness Bernard A. House, the prosecution faces an uphill battle in proving Joyce's guilt, while the defense seizes every opportunity to magnify the reasonable doubts surrounding the case. Attorney Alan Ross passionately argues for Joyce's innocence, casting shadows of doubt on the prosecution's star witness and the timeline of the night in question. Each side's narrative is crafted with precision, aiming to sway the jury's decision in this high-stakes trial.Finally, we stand at the precipice, waiting with bated breath for the jury's verdict. An atmosphere thick with anticipation envelops the courtroom as all await the outcome that could change lives forever. In addition to the courtroom theatrics, we delve into the mysterious past of Joyce LeMay Cohen to uncover the motivations and circumstances that led to this tragic event. Join us as we peel back the layers of this complex legal drama and seek to understand the true story behind Stan Cohen's untimely death.Send us a text Support the show

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What if the key to uncovering the truth lies in the tiny details of a gunshot wound? This episode of The Murder Book dives headfirst into the intense courtroom proceedings of the Stanley Cohen murder trial, where Dr. Whitley's forensic testimony about the nature of the gunshot wounds and the shifting timeline of Cohen's death sends ripples through the courtroom. With his expert presentation of forensic evidence, the medical examiner transforms the trial into a gripping examination of science under scrutiny.As tensions rise, Defense Attorney Alan Ross fiercely interrogates Dr. Whitley, challenging the reliability of his conclusions based on lividity patterns. The defense narrative thickens with accounts from neighborhood witnesses who recall seeing a mysterious figure on the day of the murder, raising questions about the possibility of a third-party suspect. Alongside the forensic battle, courtroom tensions flare with disputes over seating and familial dynamics, creating a charged atmosphere where every gesture and word is weighted with significance.Amidst these legal skirmishes, emotional testimonies bring the personal stakes of the case to light. Witnesses like Sam Smith unravel under pressure, revealing timelines that clash with their alibi narratives, while the introduction of evidence suggesting Joyce Cohen's innocence pushes the boundaries of courtroom conventions. As the drama unfolds, the episode captures the relentless pursuit of justice amidst a backdrop of strategic legal maneuvers and emotional revelations, leaving listeners on the edge as the trial edges towards its climactic conclusion.Send us a text Support the show

What if a single testimony could turn the tide in a gripping murder trial? Join us as we uncover the intense courtroom drama surrounding the case of Stanley Cohen's murder, where medical examiner Dr. Whitley provides crucial insights with his expert analysis of the cause of death. Explore the tension-filled moments as Dr. Whitley challenges initial findings, bringing the audience to the edge of their seats with photographic evidence and a revised conclusion about the time of death.The courtroom sizzles with intensity as defense attorney Alan Ross takes on Dr. Wetli in a fierce cross-examination, focusing on the contentious issue of lividity and its implications for the defendant, Joyce Cohen. Witness the defense's strategic maneuvers as neighborhood witnesses and personal connections are brought into the spotlight, aiming to cast doubt and unravel inconsistencies in the testimonies. The trial becomes a vivid battleground of narratives, where truth and perception collide in a high-stakes battle.Emotions run high as close friends of Stan Cohen share heart-wrenching stories, painting a complex picture of his relationship with Joyce. As the prosecution and defense grapple with contentious evidence like polygraph results, the courtroom becomes a stage for a drama filled with love, jealousy, and the relentless pursuit of justice. With each testimony, listeners are pulled deeper into the intricate dynamics and legal strategies that define this captivating trial.Send us a text Support the show

What if a single piece of testimony could change the course of a trial? Join us as we unravel the gripping courtroom saga of Joyce Cohen, accused of the chilling murder of her husband, Stanley Cohen. The prosecution finds itself on a precarious path, facing the daunting task of proving their case amid wavering testimonies and unreliable witnesses. From the controversial statement recalled by Miami Police Officer Catherine Carter to the unpredictable shift in medical examiner Dr. Charles V. Wetley's opinion, every piece of evidence presents a new challenge. As tensions escalate with compelling cross-examinations and strategic maneuvers, the trial transforms into an unpredictable battle of wits and resilience.In a high-stakes showdown, defense attorney Ross grapples with mounting pressure as the prosecution, led by Paul Matheson, feels the momentum shifting in their favor. With pivotal testimonies, including that of the elusive Bernard A. House and the star witness Fran Zuccarello, the courtroom atmosphere becomes charged with palpable tension. Frank Socorro's account and solid physical evidence further tighten the noose around the defense, leaving Joyce visibly affected by the proceedings. This episode captures the essence of a legal thriller, where the pursuit of justice hinges on the intricate balance of witness credibility and expert evidence. Tune in for a front-row seat to this enthralling legal drama that challenges the boundaries of truth and persuasion.Send us a text Support the show

Could a simple tissue hold the key to unraveling a murder mystery? Join us as seasoned criminalist Gopinath Rail delves into the forensic evidence surrounding Joyce Cohen's trial. Rail's expert analysis of gunshot residue offers a tantalizing insight into how particles on Joyce's hands could link her to the crime scene. Despite evidence suggesting she handled a recently discharged weapon, Rail intriguingly asserts that Joyce did not pull the trigger herself. This revelation adds layers of complexity to an already intricate case, leaving listeners on the edge of their seats as they ponder the implications of handling versus firing a weapon.The plot thickens as we follow Alan Ross's discovery of a deceitful character who inadvertently cracks open a long-standing murder investigation. Bernard A House emerges as an unlikely but crucial figure, with his unassuming actions potentially shifting the course of the trial. His unintentional involvement goes unnoticed until Charlotte Miller's casual mention to Kastranakis unravels a web that challenges the defense team. With Dr. Charles Whitley's testimony looming, the courtroom drama reaches a fever pitch. Tune in to experience the escalating tension and witness the twists and turns that make this case a compelling tale of justice.Send us a text Support the show

Could a single phone call unravel an alibi? We bring you the tangled and suspense-filled story of Joyce Cohen, accused of arranging the murder of her husband, Stanley Cohen. As prosecutors race against the clock, they attempt to pin down evidence linking Joyce to the crime, grappling with timelines and phone records that may either support her narrative or expose a deadly deceit. With Special Agent Steve Emerson by their side, the prosecution delves into early morning calls that could prove to be a critical flaw in Joyce's carefully constructed timeline.Meet the relentless John Castronakis, who finds himself at the mercy of elusive telecom records as he seeks the missing piece to convict Joyce. Just when hope seems to be slipping away, a fortuitous meeting with Charlotte Miller introduces Bernard A-House, a witness who might hold the key to the trial's outcome. Castronakis is on edge, knowing that A-House's testimony could tilt the scales either way. This episode captures the raw anticipation and mounting pressure as the trial date looms ever closer.Step into the courtroom drama where emotions run high, and legal strategies clash. Joyce Cohen, under the scrutiny of media and public alike, transforms from a seemingly ordinary housewife into a composed defendant. Experience the intense courtroom exchanges, the scrutiny of testimonies, and Joyce's poignant account of her troubled marriage. As defense attorneys argue police misconduct and challenge witness credibility, the trial of Joyce Cohen becomes a gripping spectacle, leaving us questioning the fine line between guilt and innocence.Send us a text Support the show

The executive director do the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee is Abed Ayoub. Stanley Cohen.. a New York based attorney who represents Hamas

How does a high-profile murder investigation hit a brick wall? The case of Stanley Cohen's murder in Miami is a tangled web of conflicting testimonies and elusive evidence. Prosecutors David Waksman and later Kevin DeGregory and John Castrinakis grapple with the complexities of unreliable witnesses and the challenge of linking Joyce Cohen to the crime. As new strategies emerge, the spotlight turns to the arrest of Tommy Lamberti, believed to be a key conspirator. This episode delves into the relentless pursuit of justice and the intricate obstacles faced in solving this case.Join us on a riveting journey as defense attorney Alan Ross faces the mounting challenges in Joyce Cohen's legal battle. Despite her claims of innocence, Ross prepares for a fierce courtroom showdown, piecing together public records and anticipated evidence. The stakes rise as prosecutors build a circumstantial case, weaving together gunpowder residue and other physical clues to sway the grand jury. Witness the unfolding tension and drama as the indictment draws near, setting the stage for a gripping legal saga.The episode reaches a climax with Joyce Cohen's arrest in Chesapeake, capturing the stark contrast between her past and present. Detectives Spear and Andrew's strategic planning leads to her surrender, bringing an emotional response from those who have long awaited justice. To lighten the intensity, we feature an insightful conversation with Martha Villacorta, chief administrator at the Broadwater Correctional Institution. Her thoughtful yet humorous perspectives on managing a women's prison add a unique layer to the narrative, offering listeners a blend of crime, justice, and the human stories intertwined within.Send us a text Support the show

What if a gang inspired by a Chuck Norris movie held the key to a shocking murder mystery? Join us as we unravel the twists and turns of Detective Spear's intense investigation into the murder of Stanley Cohen. We start with a gripping interview in Broward County with Frank Angelo Zuccarello, a member of the notorious Riccitelli gang, who reveals chilling details about the crime, inconsistencies and all, and implicates several key figures, including Joyce Cohen and her boyfriend Lynn Barkley. Despite Zuccarello's fluctuating narratives, his cooperation offers a glimpse into the dark underbelly of organized crime and the strategic maneuvers within plea bargaining.In our second segment, you'll be on the edge of your seat as Detective Rios meticulously extracts the truth from Zuccarello, leading to a harrowing confession. Zuccarello admits his role in a murder plot orchestrated by Joyce Cohen, painting a vivid picture of the planning and execution of Stan Cohen's murder. From the strategic meetings to the chilling details of the crime, this confession propels the investigation forward, revealing the disturbing orchestration behind the fatal act and providing a significant breakthrough for the detectives.The episode also delves into the relentless pursuit of justice by the detectives, despite numerous obstacles. Listen as we discuss the suspicions of Jerry Cohen-Huffman, the legal battles faced by Stan's children, and the relentless effort to link Joyce Cohen to the crime. We also explore Joyce's life post-murder, her budding romance with Robert Dietrich, and the ongoing legal disputes over Stan's estate. With a compelling mix of legal drama and personal turmoil, this episode leaves you questioning the true extent of Joyce Cohen's involvement in her husband's death. Prepare for an intense journey through one of the most complex murder investigations we've ever covered.Send us a text Support the show

What does it take to unravel the dark secrets behind a murder that seems more complex with every clue? Join us in this gripping episode of The Murder Book as we peel back the layers of Stanley Cohen's chilling murder case. This week, we shine a spotlight on Ben Abernathy, Stan's protege, whose unsettling conversations with Stan about infamous murder cases, including the notorious Musler murder, offer a haunting foreshadowing. Detective John Spear's relentless chase for truth takes him to Nashville, where a revealing interview with country singer Tanya Tucker exposes Joyce Cohen's profound unhappiness in her marriage and her desperate desire for financial freedom.Our investigation intensifies as we scrutinize the enigmatic Joyce Cohen, whose volatile marriage to Stan was marred by jealousy, infidelity, and wild partying. We examine the tangled web of relationships, including Stan's candid confessions to Carol Hughes about Joyce's destructive behavior. Detectives piece together inconsistencies in Joyce's story, unveiling potential motives that place her at the heart of this meticulously planned crime. Lynn Barkley's role as a person of interest adds another layer of intrigue, though he ultimately clears his name through a polygraph test.Despite Joyce's apparent exoneration through polygraph tests and the conclusion of Detective Dixon, prosecutor David Waxman remains skeptical. This episode takes you through the conflicting testimonies and unresolved suspicions, highlighting the ongoing quest for justice. From Frank Wheatley's chilling recount of Joyce's wild partying and financial demands to Kathy Dickett's sworn statement about Joyce's lifestyle, the narrative winds through a maze of jealousy, betrayal, and persistent doubt. Tune in as we navigate this labyrinth of intrigue and uncover the intricate layers of Stanley Cohen's murder mystery.Send us a text Support the show

Human rights attorney and political activist Stanley Cohen discusses why Israel is consistently allowed to be the exception to U.S. law and ethical norms in the United States Government, even when its soldiers and settlers kill American citizens.

Could the result of a polygraph test be the key to solving a murder case? Join us as we examine the high-stakes journey of Joyce Cohen, who is accused of killing her husband, Stan Cohen. We dive into the meticulous efforts of her defense attorney, Alan Ross, who enlists the reputable George B. Slattery Sr. to administer a polygraph test. Despite initial skepticism, Slattery's rigorous approach aims to uncover the truth behind Joyce's claims of innocence amidst erratic breathing and focus challenges.As we move through the detailed procedures of the polygraph test, you'll get an inside look at the obstacles Slattery faces while trying to ensure accurate results. Joyce's initial inconclusive results add to the tension, leading to a nail-biting second attempt that she manages to pass. This milestone prompts Ross to plan a strategic press conference, only for the situation to take an unexpected turn when detectives demand an additional polygraph for Joyce. The episode encapsulates the intricate world of polygraph testing and the relentless pursuit of truth in a sensational murder trial.Beyond the courtroom, we also touch on the contentious legal battles over Stan Cohen's estate, valued initially at $13 million but burdened with debts. The strained relationships between Joyce and her stepchildren, Gabby and Jerry, further complicate the narrative. Personal stories of betrayal, suspicion, and resilience emerge, painting a vivid picture of the emotional and financial turmoil following Stan's death. Don't miss this captivating episode that combines legal drama, personal conflict, and the relentless quest for justice.Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.

TNT Radio host Patrick Henningsen speaks with International human rights lawyer Stanely Cohen, discusses the increasingly dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, as the native Palestinian population is threatened with genocide by the Western-backed colonial settler project known as Israel. Unprecedented in history, the wider international community is forced to sit and watch the daily horror unfold on their screens – killing and devastation on an industrial scale, but no Western government will dare lift a finger to slow it down, much less stop it.  More from Stanley: X/Twitter IStanleyCohen.org  TUNE-IN LIVE to TNT RADIO for the Patrick Henningsen Show every MON-FRI at 4PM-6PM (NEW YORK) | 9PM-11PM (LONDON) https://tntradio.live

"From such accounts [of Polish atrocities] we can see how incredibly emotional and how incredibly pleasurable it could be on the social level, not only for the people involved, but for the whole group, and we can really see how violence on others becomes the core of social identity, of the national identity. We tend to think about committing violence as anti-social, and that Eros  is the only force that brings us together.  We can't see here how eroticized violence or sexualized violence might do it as well. After so many years of research, we don't really have to ask the question: how is it that people can do such things, or how can people become murderers on a social level, on a group level?  I'd say that the more interesting question we may ask is how did the murderers stay people and stay citizens? How could after committing such crimes in plain sight of the whole group, how could that group remain a stable group? How could a community of murderers and bystanders to the violence - what is the social glue that brings them all together? I would say that eroticized violence is one of the main aspects, one of the main elements of creating a closed identity based on denial of humanity of the other.”    Episode Description: We begin with acknowledging the phenomena of bystanding in the presence of extreme violence. The slaughter of neighbors by neighbors notoriously occurred in the Rwandan genocide and in the Polish Holocaust, which is the focus of Jan's research. He posits that the psychoanalytic concept of perversion best captures the denial and split-off excitement that characterizes bystanding - 'one eye open, one eye closed'. He challenges the possibility of observer's indifference, documents the ever-present knowledge that neighbors have of the history of their neighbors, and discusses the experience of 'ghosts' inhabiting the homes of forgotten/remembered neighbors. We distinguish between being a bystander and a witness, and the state of mind “We will not forgive you for what we did to you.” We close with our sharing the difficulty of listening to this material and how he managed this over the years of his research.   Our Guest: Jan Borowicz, PhD, is a certified psychotherapist and candidate in psychoanalytic training in Polish Psychoanalytic Society (IPA). He is a Member of Holocaust Remembrance Research Group in the Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw, Poland.  He is interested in cultural memory, psychoanalytic theory, and Holocaust studies. He published two books in Polish on history and memory of the Holocaust. Recently, he published his first book in English, Perverse Memory and the Holocaust: A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Polish Bystanders (2024), in which he explores the deep implications of witnessing mass violence and extermination.    Recommended Readings: Jessica Benjamin, "A relational psychoanalysis perspective on the necessity of acknowledging failure in order to restore the facilitating and containing features of the intersubjective relationship (the shared third)", International Journal of Psychoanalysis, vol. 9, iss. 3, 2009.   Jan Borowicz, Perverse Memory and the Holocaust: A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Polish Bystanders, trans. Mikołaj Golubiewski, Routledge: London and New York, 2024.   Stanley Cohen, States of Denial: Knowing about Atrocities and Suffering, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2001.   Samuel Gerson, "When the Third is Dead: Memory, Mourning, and Witnessing in the Aftermath of the Holocaust", International Journal of Psychoanalysis, vol. 9, iss. 6, 2009.   Grzegorz Niziołek, Polish Theatre of the Holocaust, trans. Ursula Phillips, London: Bloomsbury Publishing and Instytut Teatralny im. Zbigniewa Raszewskiego, 2021.   Probing the Limits of Categorization: The Bystander in Holocaust History, eds. Christina Morina, Krijn Thijs, New York: Berghan Books, 2019.   Joel Whitebook, Perversion and Utopia: Studies in Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1996.

Human rights attorney and activist Stanley Cohen discusses South Africa's Genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). He adds that the significance of the fact that the country bringing the case is South Africa – an icon of the ravages of colonialism, settlement and apartheid – cannot be lost on anyone.

Stanley Cohen reflects on the 50-year legacy of a classic PNAS paper on recombinant DNA.

Mordecai Israel was his name Mel Allen was born in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up to become the “Voice of the Yankees“.  Our PhD Committee relives his great life with the help of authors, Stephen Borelli, Stanley Cohen and Rob Edelman. Our podcast also talks about Cliff Lee returning to the Phillies and notable baseball deaths for 2010.  Then it's time for At the Mixer with Marty […]

Human rights attorney and activist Stanley Cohen discusses how it is that media organizations and governmental agencies in the U.S. still consider the ADL to be the standard bearer of human and civil rights, despite its dark history.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 830, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: see-attle 1: Uh-oh! This 14,410-foot mountain that looms over Seattle is actually an active volcano. Mount Rainier. 2: A real high point of Seattle is this 1962 landmark where you can enjoy a meal along with a 360-degree view of the city. the Space Needle. 3: A museum on Main Street is named for this Klondike event that turned 1890s Seattle into a boom town. Gold Rush. 4: Grab some Joe at the original one of these, open since 1971 in the Pike Place market. Starbucks. 5: Appropriately, the building housing the EMP, short for this, looks like a smashed guitar. Experience Music Project. Round 2. Category: palindroming 1: The palindromic ABBA had a 1975 hit with this palindromic song of distress. "SOS". 2: She and her siblings title a Woody Allen movie. Hannah. 3: This tranquilizer and anxiety suppressor is a brand name for Alprazolam. Xanax. 4: Epic Norse narratives. Sagas. 5: It means "Having been made a god". Deified. Round 3. Category: life of the party 1: This party was named at a Michigan convention, 1854; still going strong. the GOP (or Republican Party). 2: In 2000 its 97,000 Florida votes left it at a Nader of popularity with Al Gore fans. the Green Party. 3: In 2006 this party, no longer "progressive", came back into power in Canada. the Conservatives. 4: Led by Begin and Sharon, among others. the Likud Party. 5: Formed to oppose "King Andrew" Jackson; named after the British party for limits on royal power. the Whigs. Round 4. Category: flex your "ab"s 1: Standing side by side and facing the front. abreast. 2: Half of a legendary comedy duo, he was born in New Jersey in 1895. Bud Abbott. 3: Burning strongly. ablaze. 4: Sin is in, sweetie, on this hilarious Brit-com starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley. Ab Fab (Absolutely Fabulous). 5: Self-denial. abstinence. Round 5. Category: new to the inventors hall of fame 1: Patsy Sherman and Sam Smith don't have any spots on the fabric of their record; they invented this 3M product. Scotchgard. 2: You can hunt and peck around the hall for the invention of Christopher Sholes known as this. typewriter. 3: Thomas Fogarty's embolectomy catheter has one of these on the tip and no, he can't make a giraffe out of it. balloon. 4: Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer combined their talents to splice fragments of this together from different species. DNA. 5: Elijah McCoy improved the productivity and life span of machines by automating this maintenance function. lubrication. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

A drone attack on the Kremlin, we hear from a recent visitor to Moscow and Donbass… also a critic of Moscow speaks from the left… 53 years since the Kent State Massacre.. when protesters were shot down by national guard troops

It has been a busy few months for weird news. First there were the multiple Chinese spy balloons across North America, then the Ohio train derailments and finally the mysterious Godzilla egg that washed up on a beach in Japan. But what is it that makes news weird and is there a correct level of scepticism to meet unexplained phenomena? In this week's podcast, we discuss weird news. We start by investigating data on levels of trust in the media, Stanley Cohen's theory of moral panics and theoretical physics. We discuss key case studies such as ball lightning, animal rain, and unexplained noises and disappearances. Nick also presents a general theory of weirdness and offers some potentially related responses. A few things we mentioned in this podcast: - The Fortean Times magazine https://subscribe.forteantimes.com/ - 2023 Chinese balloon incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Chinese_balloon_incident - Mystery sphere found on beach perplexes Japan https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64730255 - Crop Circle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_circle For more information on Aleph Insights visit our website https://alephinsights.com or to get in touch about our podcast email podcast@alephinsights.com

Idéen om at en farlig transagenda forfører børn og lokker dem eller ligefrem tvinger dem til at skifte køn, er længe blevet fremført, både blandt kønskritiske influencere og konservative debattører og politikere. I USA har det medført flere omfattende og indgribende lovforslag og endda forbud mod behandling af transkønnede børn, ligesom flere og flere børnehospitaler og læger der arbejder med transkønnede børn oplever trusler og hadkampagner, koordineret af religiøse og politiske ekstremister. Dagsordener og decideret misinformation fra fra kønskritiske influencere spreder sig i medier herhjemme, og påvirker praksis i forhold til behandling af mindreårige i hele norden. Og panikken om børnene også for alvor nået til Danmark.Dette afsnit af kønskrigerne handler om børnene. Om hvordan misinformation og skræmmebilleder bliver spredt, om pseudovidenskabelige teorier om transkønnethed der smitter på internettet og om hvorfor tanken om at transkønnede børn godt forstår og kender deres egen identitet er så skræmmende for så mange mennesker.⚠️Indholdsadvarsel: Podcasten indeholde eksempler på stærkt transfobiske og hadefulde kommentarer, samt henvisning til selvskade, børnemishandling, vold og selvmord.❓Om denne podcast: I serien Kønskrigerne undersøger Cybernauterne den “kønskritiske” (Gender Critical) bevægelse, dens historik, dagsordener og metoder, og forklarer den anti-trans dagsordenen, den er en del af. I første afsnit kan du høre en introduktion til bevægelsens historieVi giver i podcasten især mikrofonen til dem, der rammes direkte af denne anti-trans retorik, og som ofte overses eller ekskluderes i “debatten”, selvom det er deres liv, sikkerhed og rettigheder der er til diskussion.Læs mere om baggrunden for podcastserien her: https://cybernauterne.dk/podcast/ny-podcastserie-konskrigerne/. Du kan også lytte til afsnit 1, der handler om bevægelsens historiske rødder, ligesom du kan finde afsnit 2 der handler om transkvinder i sport og afsnit tre der handler om den kønskritiske bevægelses organisering på internettet.Gæster i dette afsnit:Rolf Mertz er transmand, forfatter og debattør.Vivien Molnar er researcher og aktiv i TransAktionFrederikke Kjerulff Madsen er læge og seksualunderviserHelge Sune Nymand er formand i Forening for Støtte til Transkønnede Børn.Lyddesign: Sara Nielsen, www.saranielsen.dkStemmelægning: Nynne, AK, Telli, Henrik og JohannesVært: Maia Kahlke LorentzenDu kan støtte følgende initiativer for og af transpersoner i både Danmark og udlandetForeningen for Støtte til Transkønnede børn: https://fstb.dkProjektet Transsanta https://www.transanta.com/Caelan Conrads Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/caelanconradTrans Writes: https://transwrites.world/donate/Transadvocate, der blandt andet har skrevet artiklen om Sandy Stone, kan støttes her. https://www.patreon.com/transadvocateTrans Justice Funding Project støtter små græsrodsinitiativer for og ledet af transpersoner i USA. Donér via https://www.transjusticefundingproject.org/Mermaids UK støtter kønsdiverse børn og deres forældre https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/Trans Safety Network dokumenter anti-trans dagsordenen i England transsafety.networkGendered Intelligence: Englands nationale trans-ledede organisation https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/support-us/donateScottish Trans Skotlands nationale transrettigheds organisation https://www.scottishtrans.org/support-us/* Hvis du har andre initiativer i Danmark eller udlandet der bør være på denne liste, så skriv til os.Kilder brugt i denne episodeFind fuld liste over kilder og referencer på vores hjemmeside, da den fulde referenceliste fylder for meget til at vi kan uploade dem her: https://cybernauterne.dk/konskrigerne-4-taenk-dog-pa-borneneMoral Panic and Folk Devils, Stanley Cohen, 1972Moral Panic - the social construction of Deviance, Eric Goode & Nachman Ben-Yehuda, 2009Anita Bryants War on Gay Rights, podcastserie fra Slate; https://slate.com/podcasts/one-year/s1/1977/e1/anita-bryant-gay-rights-1977Hvad var sektion 28? https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/11/18/what-was-section-28-law-lgbt/Cal Hortons research om transkønnede børn: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1944-4122Nynne Bjerre Christensen Facebookopslag 19. august 2022: shorturl.at/lu248Vivien Molnar, Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria, an explanation, https://www.facebook.com/194160631240432/videos/313953877278679Udtalelse fra organisationer der fraråder brugen af teorien om ROGD: https://www.caaps.co/rogd-statementAbigail Shrier taler om transpersoner som “ ængstelige, depressive (primært hvide) piger som i tidligere årtier ville have været blevet ofre for anorexi, bulimi eller flere personlighedsforstyrrelser.” https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/2020/11/22/Gender-activists-Silicon-Valley-Transgender-LGBTQ/stories/202011220021Organisationer der anbefaler kønsbekræftende behandling:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK577212/#pediat_transgender.SURGICAL_MANAGEMENThttps://transhealthproject.org/resources/medical-organization-statements/https://transhealthproject.org/resources/medical-organization-statements/world-medical-association-statements/Studier fra England, Holland og USA om detransitionsrater: https://www.gendergp.com/detransition-facts/Se den fulde referenceliste her: https://cybernauterne.dk/konskrigerne-4-taenk-dog-pa-bornene

Mordecai Israel was his name Mel Allen was born in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up to become the “Voice of the Yankees“.  Our PhD Committee relives his great life with the help of authors, Stephen Borelli, Stanley Cohen and Rob Edelman. Our podcast also talks about Cliff Lee returning to the Phillies and notable baseball deaths for 2010.  Then it's time for At the Mixer with Marty […]

No último episódio da quarta temporada os três odiados, devidamente assessorados pelo editor Luiz Leão e pelo produtor Lucas Vasconcellos, bateram um papo reto sobre a questão do pânico moral, instrumento amplamente utilizado nos processos eleitorais dos últimos anos em diversos países. A partir de autores como Stanley Cohen, Marshall McLuhan, Émile Durkheim e Edmund Burke, o papo rendeu bastante, entre temática séria e descontração necessária. Ficou curioso pra ver como ficou? Aperte o play e confira o episódio que ficou tudo, menos óbvio!

En “La librería”, Antonio Lucas recomienda la novela 'Peluquería y letras' (Ed. Anagrama) de Juan Pablo Villalobos. Además, visitamos la librería El Buscón (Cáceres). En el espacio “Tenemos un pasado” de Ángeles Caso trazamos el perfil biográfico de la neuróloga Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012), Premio Nobel de Medicina en 1986 junto a Stanley Cohen. Y en “Los cinco”, Paco Tomás responde las preguntas que le han hecho llegar nuestros oyentes. Escuchar audio

En el espacio “Tenemos un pasado” de Ángeles Caso trazamos el perfil biográfico de la neuróloga Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012), Premio Nobel de Medicina en 1986 junto a Stanley Cohen. Escuchar audio

On this edition of Parallax Views, the "Radical Lawyer" Stanley Cohen joins Parallax Views for a freewheeling conversation about his career as an attorney who has represented members of the Weather Underground, Hamas, and the Mohawk Warriors society. Additionally, Cohen gives his views on the Israel/Palestine conflict, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, imperialism and anti-imperialism, working with Lynne Stewart and the late ACLU board member William Kunstler, meeting and representing Hamas leader Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, rejecting antisemitic conspiracy, the charge that he is a "self-hating Jew", Cohen's view on Hamas, his criticism of liberal Zionism, the history of the Lohamei Herut Israel aka Lehi or the Stern Gang,, whether or not the tide is turning in regards to public opinion on Israel/Palestine, Palestinian identity, his Counterpunch article "Imperialism and the Struggle Against It Begins at Home", NATO, Vladimir Putin and Russia's domestic situation, the FSB (Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation), the occupation of the Palestinian territories and how Palestinians feelings about the Russian invasion of Ukrainian, oppression in Putin's Russia, the Iraq War, comparative Whataboutism, international law, what leads Cohen to take up a case (especially political cases), and more. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY GUESTS ON PARALLAX VIEWS DO NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS REFLECT THE VIEWS OF J.G. MICHAEL

NGF was the first neurotrophic factor to be discovered by Professors Rita Levi-Montalcini and Stanley Cohen in the 1950s; however, its discovery, along with the discovery of other neurotrophins, was not widely recognized until 1986. NGF is synthesized in the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid gland, testis, and it is also produced by vascular smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts. The expression of NGF in specific neurons of the central nervous system (cortex, hippocampus) can be influenced positively by glutamate and negatively by GABA stimulating neuronal activity. NGF stimulates the growth and differentiation of B-cells and the growth of T-cells and also promotes the proliferation of mast cells. Vitamin D3 is potent inducer of NGF synthesis (a possible reason for vitamin D antidepressant action), while glucocorticoids are potent NGF inhibitors. Studies have shown that NGF seems to prevent or reduce neuronal degeneration in neurodegenerative diseases. It has also been shown to promote peripheral nerve regeneration and has neuroprotective effects on myelin, thus it is indicated in multiple sclerosis (MS). NGF seems to protect cholinergic neurons in Alzheimer's disease which is characterized by a selective degeneration of these cells. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://cureswithoutsideffects.wordpress.com/2022/02/18/cytokines-series-nerve-growth-factor-ngf-shorts/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cureswithoutsideeffects/message

Research shows hemp compounds prevent coronavirus from entering human cells   Oregon State University, January 11, 2022 Hemp compounds identified by Oregon State University research via a chemical screening technique invented at OSU show the ability to prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells. Van Breemen and collaborators, including scientists at Oregon Health & Science University, found that a pair of cannabinoid acids bind to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, blocking a critical step in the process the virus uses to infect people. The compounds are cannabigerolic acid, or CBGA, and cannabidiolic acid, CBDA, and the spike protein is the same drug target used in COVID-19 vaccines and antibody therapy. A drug target is any molecule critical to the process a disease follows, meaning its disruption can thwart infection or disease progression.   Tomato concentrate could help reduce chronic intestinal inflammation associated with HIV   University of California Los Angeles, January 11, 2021 New UCLA-led research in mice suggests that adding a certain type of tomato concentrate to the diet can reduce the intestinal inflammation that is associated with HIV. Left untreated, intestinal inflammation can accelerate arterial disease, which in turn can lead to heart attack and stroke. The findings provide clues to how the altered intestinal tract affects disease-causing inflammation in people with chronic HIV infection, suggesting that targeting the inflamed intestinal wall may be a novel way to prevent the systemic inflammation that persists even when antiviral therapy is effective in controlling a person's HIV.     Too much sitting could mean worse outcomes for cancer survivors   Cancer Care Alberta (Canada), January 11, 2022 A new study shows those who sit too much and are not physically active are much more likely to die early from cancer or any other cause than those who are more active. Data on cancer survivors who took part in the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2007 to 2014 showed that inactive survivors who reported sitting more than eight hours a day were at the highest risk of dying. "Cancer survivors who did not meet the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans [150 minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous intensity leisure-time physical activity] and sit longer than eight hours per day had more than a fivefold increase in the risk of death from all causes—cancer and non-cancer," said lead researcher Lin Yang. The link was particularly troubling because the researchers found that as many as one-third of cancer survivors didn't exercise and sat more than six hours a day. Only about one-third got the recommended 150 hours of exercise a week, Yang said.     Running could improve brain function in people with Gulf War illness   Texas A&M University, January 10, 2022 It has now been three decades since 700,000 American troops responded to the invasion of Kuwait in the first Gulf War, and more than a third of those troops still suffer from the same condition: Gulf War Illness (GWI). Previously labeled Gulf War syndrome, GWI is characterized by persistent reduced cognitive function, memory problems, mood and sleep disturbances, chronic pain and fatigue. The exact cause of GWI is not known, though it is suggested that some combination of the prophylactic drug pyridostigmine bromide (PB), the mosquito repellant N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET), insecticide permethrin (PER), multiple pesticides, low doses of Sarin, and chronic war-related stress are to blame. Positive findings notwithstanding, the impracticalities of a drug that is not yet approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) led Shetty to explore more accessible means. With perhaps the most simple of interventions that could be asked (certainly one familiar to our veterans), he found that running a few times each week could be powerful in the relief of GWI-related symptoms.     Why high-dose vitamin C kills cancer cells   Low levels of catalase enzyme make cancer cells vulnerable to high-dose vitamin C University of Iowa, January 9, 2022 Vitamin C has a patchy history as a cancer therapy, but researchers at the University of Iowa believe that is because it has often been used in a way that guarantees failure. Most vitamin C therapies involve taking the substance orally. However, the UI scientists have shown that giving vitamin C intravenously--and bypassing normal gut metabolism and excretion pathways--creates blood levels that are 100 - 500 times higher than levels seen with oral ingestion. It is this super-high concentration in the blood that is crucial to vitamin C's ability to attack cancer cells. Earlier work by UI redox biology expert Garry Buettner found that at these extremely high levels (in the millimolar range), vitamin C selectively kills cancer cells but not normal cells in the test tube and in mice. Physicians at UI Hospitals and Clinics are now testing the approach in clinical trials for pancreatic cancer and lung cancer that combine high-dose, intravenous vitamin C with standard chemotherapy or radiation. Earlier phase 1 trials indicated this treatment is safe and well-tolerated and hinted that the therapy improves patient outcomes. The current, larger trials aim to determine if the treatment improves survival. In a new study, published recently in the December issue of the journal Redox Biology, Buettner and his colleagues have homed in on the biological details of how high-dose vitamin C (also known as ascorbate) kills cancer cells.   People with early-onset Parkinson's disease may benefit from boosting niacin in diet   University of Leicester (UK), January 10, 2022 •    Team studied fruit flies with a mutation that mimics the human disease •    Niacin/Vitamin B3 is found in a variety of foods including meats and nuts •    Research suggests niacin boosts levels of NAD compound in body for energy generation and DNA repair, which is critical for keeping mitochondria in shape and Parkinson's at bay •    Drugs that block NAD-consuming DNA repair already exist to treat cancer - therefore these drugs could be repurposed to protect faulty mitochondria in Parkinson's disease "This study strengthens the therapeutic potential for Vitamin B3/niacin-based dietary interventions in the treatment of Parkinson's disease" - Dr Miguel Martins, MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester People with certain forms of early-onset Parkinson's disease may benefit from boosting the amount of niacin in their diet, according to new research from the University of Leicester. Niacin, or Vitamin B3, is found in a variety of foods, including nuts and meat. The team from the MRC Toxicology Unit at the University of Leicester studied fruit flies with a mutation that mimics the human disease.     America's Crisis of Cultural Moral Panic   Richard Gale and Gary Null PhD Progressive Radio Network, January 12, 2022 It is one thing to show a man that he is in error and another to put him in touch with truth… No man's knowledge can go beyond his experience” – John Locke (Essays Concerning Human Understanding) Locke was not alone in questioning what we believe to be true knowledge, and pointing out the consequences of failing to discern falsehoods from reality. Locke was in excellent company.  Due to the scientific revolution, which inspired several generations of deep thinkers, naturalists and philosophers, including Rousseau, Kant, Spinoza, Darwin, Bacon and Voltaire, the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason has dominated the intellectual world of ideas for nearly two centuries. Locke's statements remain pertinent because today there is a new generation that has been indoctrinated by the shortcomings of scientific materialism. It was intended to bring forth a new purity, an idyllic perfectionism of thought and beliefs founded alone upon objective inquiry. But now this higher ideal has degenerated into a juvenile revolution fuelling identity politics, the cancel culture of wokeness, and a passionate micro-aggression that derives hedonist pleasure in ridicule and insult. One of its more lofty goals is to end free speech as we know it – except for those who are woke. Other goals are to institute a faux collectivism and to abolish meritocracy or social rewards earned through effort and achievement. For many years, important voices of critical thought – Noam Chomsky, Henry Giroux, Jordan Peterson, to name a few, have been warning us that this day was rapidly approaching. However, since there are no dynamic leaders in the youth's woke moment of Maoist-style cleansing and purging of wrong-views, wrong attitudes and wrong beliefs, most of us in the older generations wrongly assume it would be a passing phase. But it wasn't. In fact, the consequences of this unleashed furor, evidenced by an absence of self-reflection and critical thought, has been channeled into a mob rule of dissent and abuse.  In the virtual world gatherings of protest across social media, it is nearly unstoppable. No one is challenging them, neither the mainstream media nor the majority of academia. Rather, corporate leaders and persuasive forces within the ranks of liberal democratic institutions are coming to their aid. Therefore, it proceeds under the cover of a silent political power to sustain its energy. On the other hand, today's youth have every reason to feel disenchanted and to suffer rampant existential angst, the emptiness of not feeling a deeper sense of purpose and meaning in the world at large.  American neoliberalism's and our educational system's single-minded attention on science and technology -- which in themselves are amoral disciplines -- and rote memorization and testing has resulted in two decades of our youth becoming increasingly illiterate in the humanities, critical evaluation and reflective inquiry.  It is also the most irreligious generation in American history. Without the skills of introspective thought to develop a sense of genuine well-being and true happiness, or what Plato called eudomonia as opposed to hedonia, (the pursuit of temporary or transient pleasures), our nation has tossed its youth to the rabid dogs of the social Darwinian rat race for survival. Therefore, it is not surprising that suicides among today's teens and twenty-somethings have risen 47 percentduring the past two decades.  Sadly the casualty rate is higher after we consider there are 36 percent more people living in their 20s today than there were at the turn of the century. Thirty-two percent of youth through their 20s have clinical anxiety disorders, 1 in 9 suffer from depression and almost 14 percent have ADHD.  Although the medical community would like us to believe these are either inherited or biological conditions attributable to brain chemical imbalances, there is absolutely no scientific consensus proving there is a direct, observable causal relationship between brain function and mental states.  Certainly there are correlated relationships; but correlation is not causation.  The latter is solely a belief, an assumption, without any conclusive and confirming data. The causes are elsewhere and perhaps to be found in our dysfunctional society and the complete breakdown of traditional ethical structures and universal values. In 1972, South African sociologist Stanley Cohen proposed the Moral Panic Theory, an irrational widespread fear that threatens one's sense of values, safety and cohesion to one's “tribal” identity.  This moral panic, Cohen observes, is bolstered by the injustices of the ruling elite and its mouthpieces in the media. It also centers aroundthose who society marginalizes and is based upon “ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality and religion.” Ashley Grossman, writing for ThoughtCo, makes the point that those in power will ultimately most benefit from moral panics “since they lead to increased control of the population and the reinforcement of the authority of those in charge.” The panic aroused grassroots movements provides the government or state “to enact legislation and laws that would seem illegitimate without the perceived threat at the center of the moral panic.” The popular fear of the Covid-19 virus and the unvaccinated created by our federal health officials and their news media allies is another recent example of Moral Panic Theory. Unfortunately, most of the country has entered a Moral Panic phase: the vitriolic propaganda in both parties, the greed and opportunism of the oligarchic and corporate elite, QAnon and the Alt-Right, and the Woke-Left. Repeatedly woke students are demanding their schools and colleges make assurances that they are emotionally safe from ideas and philosophies that challenge their fragile comfort zones. Teachers and professors who challenge their students' illusions about knowledge and their fragile self-identity are being ostracized with calls for administrative dismissal. How many academicians are forced to remain silent to avoid the consequences of the new woke Inquisition? Such student actions are indicative of their weak sense of self-worth and existential angst; yet we must look at modern parental upbringing and our culture's leading elders, as noted by Jonathan Haidt, to diagnose the causal factors for this psychological catastrophe of two entire generations. Consequently, when collective panic reaches a threshold, Cohen's theory might explain the sudden eruption of irrational behavior entangled in the rise of a cancel culture built upon an intellectual anarchy that is frighteningly irrational. And it is equally endemic to the reactionary maleficence of white supremacists and militias. So when a new book emerges, White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo, and becomes the holy grail of woke truths, we are lectured that what will not be tolerated is any deviation or heresy its espoused twisted emerging social norm. The author's central theme is that if you have the misfortune of being born with the wrong genes into the wrong family a with the wrong skin color, you are a racist and will be such for the remainder of your days.  Hence every White person is condemned with a defective moniker blazed across the forehead. And since meritocracy likewise is damned, all achievements are reduced to an inherited privilege of having been born Caucasian.  Your attempt to defend yourself and profess your free speech is a testament of your heresy. No apology or act of humility can save you. It is a life sentence without parole for good behavior. White Fragility is already being taught in many schools, with the full cooperation of teacher unions and school administrators. Resistance will be a subversive act and an admission of your racism. It is critical to observe this may be heading towards a new paradigm of Orwellian social control. Yet there is barely a shred of credible scientific evidence to support DiAngelo's hypotheses.  It is a flawed opinion, and a dangerous one at that.  Worse, its long-reaching conclusions could advocate for a repressive regime of a future scientism dictatorship that Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell warned.  Russell noted that “collective passions” have a penchant to inflame “hatred and rivalry directed towards other groups.” He was acutely aware that “science is no substitute for virtue; the heart is as necessary for the good life as the head.” And DiAngelo's screed falls into the dark abysmal waters of genetic determinism that gave rise to racist fascism. Russell further cautioned that this distorted over-reliance on faux science could be “a curse to mankind.” Perhaps, during its Icarus moment, wokeness will self-destruct under its own rashness and the internal fire of its undiscerning ardor.  What carnage it leaves in its wake remains to be seen. Yet there is nothing new or original in the cultural rebellion we are witnessing. This game has been played out before in previous acts that strived for an adolescent and unreachable social perfection.  It will have its blowback.  In his Principia Mathematica, Isaac Newton observed that for every action there is an equally opposing reaction. However, we have yet to witness how it will boomerang. But we will.  In the meantime, a new class of wannabe priests is emerging within the woke movement, a priesthood David Hume warned about in his Essays, Moral, Political and Literary, which will in turn be an adversary to liberty. Consider the backlash after Harpers magazine published a Letter on Justice and Open Debate to warn about “a new set of moral attitudes and political commitments that tend to weaken our norms of open debate and toleration of differences in favor of ideological conformity.”  Signed by over 160 brilliant minds, academicians and authors – liberal and conservative -- including Noam Chomsky, Jonathan Haidt, Susannah Heschel, Steven Pinker, Gloria Steinem, etc, the letter gives a stark warning of the unwelcomed consequences of the new culture of censorship that the demonstration's leaders are ushering into the nation at large. The woke now demand retribution against its signers, in effect shutting down the nation's 200-plus years of free speech, the right to disagree and public discourse. Have those who are most rabidly eager to condemn and cancel the wide diversity of voices who disagree with their beliefs considered earlier precedents for their actions? It was the Spanish Inquisition.  In principle, how many today are in effect labeled heretics and “witches” because they have spoken publicly in favor of free speech and oppose censorship? May not the woke movement in turn become the harbinger of a new Inquisition, a new platform of economic and social persecution by the powerful and wealthy waiting in the corridors after the cult of woke loses its steam? The causal problems to our terrified culture is of course far deeper and has been identified and analyzed repeatedly in the writings of Chris Hedges and Henry Giroux.  Our nation thrives on victimizing others.  Now the once disenfranchised victims of the liberal woke generation, erupting from its simmering angst and meaninglessness, are determined to be the new victimizers. What is the end game when a populist uprising of disillusioned and psychologically traumatized youth at the mercy of capitalism's parasitical march to claim more victims gets the upper hand. The movement has now evolved beyond its original demands of racial justice for the Black and other minority communities who have been discriminated against by our institutions, particularly law enforcement and the private prison system. Now it is rapidly morphing into a massive autonomous cult of divisiveness and self-righteousness without a moral backbone that recognizes the essential values of forgiveness, reconciliation, and cooperative engagement for preserving a sane and productive culture that benefits all.     Insurance companies should ‘penalize' the unvaxxed, ethicist at New York University recommends   Professor Arthur Caplan said that people who have chosen not to get jabbed should pay higher insurance premiums and be barred from getting life insurance LifeSite News, Jan 6, 2022 An ethicist at New York University said that people who have not gotten jabbed should be punished by insurance companies. “By and large, if you're vaccinated and boosted, even if you get infected, you're going to be fine. You're going to be fine here. It's the unvaccinated who are going to be hurt, so why should anyone who is boosted bother at this point to do anything that makes the unvaccinated more safe?” CNN's John Berman asked Professor Arthur Caplan, the director of the medical ethics division at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Professor Caplan agreed that the unvaccinated should be shamed and treated poorly by society, though he said he hopes he can change their minds. “I'll condemn them. I'll shame them. I'll blame them,” Professor Caplan said. “We can penalize them more, say you will have to pay more on your hospital bill. You can't get life insurance, disability insurance at affordable rates if you aren't vaccinated.”     NO DEATHS FROM VITAMINS - Safety Confirmed by America's Largest Database   Orthomolecular News Service, January 7th 2022 The 38th annual report from the American Association of Poison Control Centers shows zero deaths from vitamins. It is interesting that it is so quietly placed way back there where nary a news reporter is likely to see it. The AAPCC reports zero deaths from multiple vitamins. And, there were no deaths whatsoever from vitamin A, niacin, pyridoxine (B-6) any other B-vitamin. There were no deaths from vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, or from any vitamin at all. On page 1477 there is an allegation of a single death attributed to an unspecified, unknown "Miscellaneous Vitamin." The obvious uncertainly of such a listing diminishes any claim of validity. There were no fatalities from amino acids, creatine, blue-green algae, glucosamine, or chondroitin. There were no deaths from any homeopathic remedy, Asian medicine, Hispanic medicine, or Ayurvedic medicine. None.   (NEXT)   40% of Israel could be infected with Covid-19 in current wave, says PM   France24, January 10, 2022 Israel could see up to nearly 40 percent of the population infected by coronavirus during the current wave, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday, as testing facilities nationwide buckled Data presented at the cabinet meeting indicates that here, in Israel, between two to four million citizens in total will be infected during this current wave. A country of just 9.4 million, Israel has seen infections nearly quadruple over the past week compared to the previous one. The health ministry reported 17,518 new infections on Saturday. Health ministry data showed that more than 4.3 million Israelis were fully vaccinated with three shots, while 204 people are hospitalised in serious condition as a result of Covid-19 illness on Sunday. More than 1.5 million Covid cases, including 8,269 deaths, have been officially recorded in Israel.   (NEXT)   4th COVID Booster Shot Could Cause ‘Immune System Fatigue,' Scientists Say   As Israel moves ahead with fourth COVID shot, scientists told the New York Times the additional booster may cause more harm than good. Childrens Health Defense, January 7, 2022 COVID-19 booster shots could do more harm than good, according to scientists interviewed late last month by The New York Times. The scientists warned “that too many shots might actually harm the body's ability to fight COVID” and “might cause a sort of immune system fatigue.” On Monday, Israeli authorities began offering anyone over age 60 a chance to get a fourth shot, or second booster of the COVID vaccine. But scientists told The Times, before Israel confirmed it would offer the fourth shot, the science is not yet settled on using an additional booster shot to combat the new Omicron variant. There is one official report of an Israeli dying from Omicron. However, according to The Times of Israel, it is unclear that Omicron caused the death of the individual — a man in his 60s hospitalized weeks earlier from a pre-existing condition. A new report from the UK Health Security Agency showed booster doses are less effective against Omicron than previous variants, and their effectiveness wears off in only 10 weeks. Professor Hagai Levine, an epidemiologist and chairman of Israel's Association of Public Health Physicians, told The New York Times there's no published scientific evidence a fourth shot is needed to prevent severe illness from Omicron. “Before giving a fourth shot, it is preferable to wait for the science,” Levine said.   (NEXT)   145-Country Study Shows Increase Of Transmission And Death After Introduction Of Covid Vaccines   Truth Press, January 11, 2022 Instead of bringing an end to this pandemic as promised, the widespread rollout of the experimental vaccines has actually caused a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases and deaths across the world, according to a recently published preprint study that looked at data from the 145 of the most vaccinated countries in the world. The 99-page study titled “Worldwide Bayesian Causal Impact Analysis of Vaccine Administration on Deaths and Cases Associated with COVID-19: A BigData Analysis of 145 Countries” found that in the US specifically, the jab has caused a whopping 38% more Covid cases per million – and an even more astonishing 31% increase in deaths per million. In total, researchers found that almost 90% (89.84%) of the 145 countries experienced this negative effect from the vaccines after they were made available. From the study: “Results indicate that the treatment (vaccine administration) has a strong and statistically significant propensity to causally increase the values in either y1 [variable chosen for deaths per million] or y2 [variable chosen for cases per million] over and above what would have been expected with no treatment. y1 showed an increase/decrease ratio of (+115/-13), which means 89.84% of statistically significant countries showed an increase in total deaths per million associated with COVID-19 due directly to the causal impact of treatment initiation [vaccines]. y2 showed an increase/decrease ratio of (+105/-16) which means 86.78% of statistically significant countries showed an increase in total cases per millionof COVID-19 due directly to the causal impact of treatment initiation.” Perhaps the most telling part of the study's results is that the countries which recorded the fewest Covid deaths in 2020 were the ones to experience the largest increases in cases and deaths once the vaccine was introduced, with some of them seeing increases as high as over a thousand percent. In the study's conclusion, researchers warned that the substantial increase in deaths and cases should be “highly worrisome” for the policymakers around the world who have been promoting the experimental vaccines as the “key to gain back our freedoms.”   (NEXT)   Covid Vaccine-Injuries: "An Avalanche", says Attorney Aaron Siri   In November 2021, attorney Aaron Siri explained to an expert panel at Congress that his firm was seeing "an avalanche of submissions" from people seeking help to sue after covid vaccine-injuries.         Here we are in early January 2022, and:        ~ The CDC's data released December 31, 2021 contains 1,017,001 covid vaccine-injury records.        ~ The WHO's global database (VigiAccess) has collected 2,933,902 covid vaccine-injury records.        Even young children are being vaccine-injured.       From CDC's own publication, MMWR Dec. 31, 2021:        ~ "5,277 VAERS reports received for children aged 5–11 years" [1,028 (19.5%) were excluded from this analysis]        ~ "Approximately 5.1% of parents reported that their child was unable to perform normal daily activities on the day after receipt of dose 1, and 7.4% after receipt of dose 2. Approximately 1% of parents reported seeking medical care in the week after vaccination"       ~ "Two reports of death during the analytic period [November 3 - December 19, 2021]

In July 2021, Israel was granted observer status in the African Union, which it sought since its constitution in 2003. This followed warming ties between Tel Aviv and many African states, as Netanyahu leveraged Israeli aid and security assistance in a successful attempt to obtain diplomatic support. However, the process was opaque; there was no vote and/or discussion about granting observer status. Further, no proper processes and procedures exist to assess observer status, and its granting within the AU. However, a group of lawyers, including US-based Stanley Cohen, have sought to challenge this, filing a case at the African Commission for Human and People's Rights, arguing that aside from proper process, Israeli observer status was antithetical to the AU's goals. Speaking to Radio Islam International, Stanley Cohen argued that the process was opaque and classical Israeli behaviour. Israel waited and, during a down session of the African Union, apparently reached some consensus or conclusion with one or two leaders of the executive body who unilaterally granted Israel's Observer status. Without a vote from a united African Union, without any support from the membership of the African Union, but solely based on who knows what."

Racism is not an externality to British policing but is integral to its history, says sociologist and ex-youth worker, Adam Elliott-Cooper. He tells Samira Shackle about the ideas behind his book ‘Black Resistance to British Policing'. Recognising racism as far more than just interpersonal or about prejudice alone, he connects it to colonialism and the state, and highlights the role of resistance - including by women of colour who have long championed justice and radical change.Plus: why the tendency in the UK to see racism as "something that happens somewhere else"? What's obscured when we talk about “knife crime”? And why must we insist on continuing to talk about whiteness?Podcast listeners can get a year's subscription to New Humanist magazine for just £13.50. Head to newhumanist.org.uk/subscribe and enter the code WITHREASONHosts: Samira Shackle and Alice BlochExecutive producer: Alice BlochSound engineer: David CracklesMusic: DanosongsReading list:‘Black Resistance to British Policing' (2021) Adam Elliott-Cooper W.E.B Du Bois (1868-1963) collected works‘Policing the Crisis: Mugging, the State, and Law and Order' (1978) Stuart Hall et al.‘Folk Devils and Moral Panics', (1972) Stanley Cohen ‘There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack' (1987) Paul Gilroy‘Women, Race and Class' (1981) Angela Davis Frantz Fanon (1925-1962) collected works ‘And Still I Rise' (2006) Doreen Lawrence ‘Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays' (1950) George Orwell ‘Leviathan' (1651) Thomas Hobbes ‘On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life' (2012) Sara Ahmed‘Assembly' (2021) Natasha Brown‘In Search of Whiteness' (2017), Lola Okolosie for New Humanist magazine, with Vron Ware

Stanley Cohen, Clinical Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and Co-Director of the Division of Rheumatology from the UT Southwestern Medical Center and Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas. Join Professor Peter Nash as he interviews authors of recent notable papers in rheumatology. In this edition, Professor Cohen discusses radiographic progression in patients with RA treated with tofacitinib.

To facilitate high-quality patient care and to include new and emerging evidence, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has developed and updated the guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our featured guest on this episode is Stanley Cohen, MD, who gives us a glimpse into the scope and new updates to the ACR guidelines, which are currently in the draft stage.

In this episode, Dr. Stanley Cohen, Dr. Sheetal Desai, and Dr. Eric Ruderman interpret the latest safety and efficacy data for JAK inhibitors in RA, including the ORAL, BEACON, BEAM, SELECT, and FINCH series inbDMARD-IRMTX-IRMTX naiveAlso included is an in-depth discussion of JAK safety, including MACE and VTE, and use in the clinic including JAK cyclingPresenters:Stanley B. Cohen, MDClinical ProfessorDepartment of Internal MedicineUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolCo-DirectorDivision of RheumatologyPresbyterian HospitalCo-Medical DirectorMetroplex Clinical Research CenterDallas, Texas  Sheetal Desai, MD, MSEdChief of RheumatologyProgram DirectorUniversity of California, IrvineIrvine, CaliforniaEric M. Ruderman, MDProfessor, Associate ChiefDivision of RheumatologyNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineClinical Practice DirectorNorthwestern Medical GroupChicago, IllinoisDownload the accompanying slides at:https://bit.ly/37bm6cJSee the interactive video at:https://bit.ly/3oCOtpV

In this episode, Dr. Stanley Cohen, Dr. Sheetal Desai, and Dr. Eric Ruderman discuss the recent changes in rheumatoid arthritis treatment options, reviewing the landscape of targeted DMARDs and JAK inhibitors, including:Kinase signalingJAK inhibitor activity and signalingJAK selectivityPresenters:Stanley B. Cohen, MDClinical Professor Department of Internal MedicineUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolCo-DirectorDivision of RheumatologyPresbyterian HospitalCo-Medical DirectorMetroplex Clinical Research CenterDallas, Texas Sheetal Desai, MD, MSEdChief of RheumatologyProgram DirectorUniversity of California, IrvineIrvine, CaliforniaEric M. Ruderman, MDProfessor, Associate ChiefDivision of RheumatologyNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineClinical Practice DirectorNorthwestern Medical GroupChicago, IllinoisDownload the accompanying slides at:https://bit.ly/3447GceSee the interactive video at:https://bit.ly/3oCOtpV

In this episode, Dr. Stanley Cohen, Dr. Sheetal Desai, and Dr. Eric Ruderman discuss how to translate information on JAK inhibitors and other treatments for your patient population in the clinic, covering practical tips on using:Treat-to-target approachesDisease activity measuresShared decision-makingDecision aidsTranslating clinical trial evidenceAlso included are the experts’ answers to questions from clinicians like you.Stanley B. Cohen, MDClinical ProfessorDepartment of Internal MedicineUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolCo-DirectorDivision of RheumatologyPresbyterian HospitalCo-Medical DirectorMetroplex Clinical Research CenterDallas, Texas  Sheetal Desai, MD, MSEdChief of RheumatologyProgram DirectorUniversity of California, IrvineIrvine, CaliforniaEric M. Ruderman, MDProfessor, Associate ChiefDivision of RheumatologyNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineClinical Practice DirectorNorthwestern Medical GroupChicago, IllinoisDownload the accompanying slides at:https://bit.ly/3gHDE3sSee the interactive video at:https://bit.ly/3oCOtpV

Prof Stanley Cohen - University of Texas. Join Prof Peter Nash as he interviews notable figures in rheumatology. In this edition Prof Stanley Cohen discusses safety profile of upadacitinib

Pregnancy and ILD: Dr. David Liew Hepatitis B, RA and Drug Risk with Drs. Stanley Cohen and Jack Cush Antimalarials and Retinopathy: Dr. Janet Pope Febuxostat bad for the heart? Not so FAST: Dr. Jeffrey Curtis Pregnancy Outcomes in AxSpa: Dr. Robert Chao Who has more comorbidities? Dr. Janet Pope What's New in Calcium Pyrophosphate Disease? with Dr. Michael Pillinger

t is one thing to show a man that he is in error and another to put him intouch with truth… No man's knowledge can go beyond his experience” – John Locke (Essays Concerning Human Understanding)   Locke was not alone in questioning what we believe to be true knowledge, and pointing out the consequences of failing to discern falsehoods from reality. In fact Locke was in excellent company.  Due to the scientific revolution that inspired several generations of deep thinkers, naturalists and philosophers, including Rousseau, Kant, Spinoza, Darwin, Bacon and Voltaire, the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason dominated the intellectual world of ideas for nearly two centuries.    Locke's statements are important because today there is a new generation that has been indoctrinated by the shortcomings of scientific materialism originally launched during the Age of Reason. It was intended to bring forth a new purity, an idyllic perfectionism of thought and beliefs founded alone upon objective inquiry. Now, we are observing a juvenile revolution in the ideas of identity politics, wokeness and a passionate micro-aggression that derives hedonist pleasure in ridicule and insult. One of its more lofty goals is to end free speech as we know it – except for those who are woke.. Other goals are to institute a faux collectivism and to abolish meritocracy or social rewards earned through effort and achievement.    Important voices of critical thought – Noam Chomsky, Henry Giroux, Jordan Peterson, to name a few, have been warning us for a decade that this day was rapidly approaching. However, since there are no dynamic leaders in the youth's woke moment of Maoist-style cleansing and purging wrong-views, wrong attitudes and wrong beliefs, most of us in the older generations wrongly assume it would be a passing phase. But it wasn't.     In fact, the consequences of this unleashed furor, evidence by an absence of self-reflection or critical thought, has been channeled into a mob rule of dissent and abuse.  In the street gatherings of protest, and across the social media, it is virtually unstoppable at this moment. No one is challenging them, neither the mainstream media nor the majority of academia. Rather, corporate leaders and persuasive forces in the democratic institutions are coming to their aid. Therefore, it proceeds under the cover of a silent political power to sustain its energy. On the other hand, today's youth have every reason to feel disenchanted and to suffer rampant existential angst, the emptiness of not feeling a deeper sense of purpose and meaning in the world at large.  American neoliberal culture's and our educational system's singled-minded attention on science and technology -- which in themselves are amoral disciplines -- and rote memorization and testing has resulted in two decades of youth becoming essentially illiterate in the humanities, critical evaluation and reflective inquiry.  It is also the most irreligious generation in American history. Without the skills of introspective thought to develop a sense of genuine well-being and true happiness, or what Plato called eudomonia as opposed to hedonia, (the pursuit of temporary or transient pleasures), our nation has tossed our youth to the rabid dogs of the social Darwinian rat race for survival.    Therefore, it is not surprising that suicides among today's teens and twenty-somethings have risen 47 percent during the past two decades.  Sadly the casualty rate is actually higher when we consider there are 36 percent more people living in their 20s today than there were at the turn of the century. Thirty-two percent of youth through their 20s have clinical anxiety disorders, 1 in 9 suffer from depression and almost 14 percent have ADHD.  Although the medical community would like us to believe these are either inherited or biological conditions attributable to brain chemical inbalance, there is absolutely no scientific consensusproving there is a causal relationship between brain function and mental states.  Certainly there are correlate relationships; but correlation is not causation.  The latter is solely a belief, an assumption, without any conclusive and confirming data. The causes are therefore elsewhere and likely to found in our dysfunctional society and the complete breakdown of traditional ethical structures and universal values.   In 1972, South African sociologist Stanley Cohen proposed the Moral Panic Theory, an irrational widespread fear that threatens one's sense of values, safety and cohesion to one's “tribal” identity.  This moral panic, Cohen observes, is bolstered by the injustices of the ruling elite and its mouthpieces in the media. It also centers around those who society marginalizes and based upon “ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality and religion.” Ashley Grossman, writing for ThoughtCo, makes the point that ultimately, those in power will most benefit from moral panics “since they lead to increased control of the population and the reinforcement of the authority of those in charge.” The panic aroused in the leaders of Black Lives Matter and their allies, provides the government or state “to enact legislation and laws that would seem illegitimate without the perceived threat at the center of the moral panic.”    Unfortunately, our entire country, not just the demonstrators of Black Lives Matter and Antifa has entered a Moral Panic phase: the vitriolic propaganda in both parties, the greed and opportunism of the oligarchic and corporate elite, QAnon and the Alt-Right, the Woke-Left and of course the mainstream media. And the pandemic is only adding to this corrosive environment of social breakdown.  Repeatedly woke students are demanding their schools and colleges assure they are safe from ideas and philosophies that challenge their fragile comfort zones. Teachers and professors who students feel are challenging their illusions to knowledge and self-identity, either real or imagined, are being ostracized with calls for administrative dismissal. How many academicians are forced to remain silent to avoid the consequences of the new woke Inquisition? Such student actions are indicative of their frail sense of self-worth and existential angst; yet we must look at modern parental upbringing and our culture's leading elders, as noted by Jonathan Haidt, to diagnose the causal factors for this psychological catastrophe of two entire generations.     Consequently, when collective panic has reached a threshold, Cohen's theory might explain the sudden eruption of irrational behavior entangled in the Black Lives Matter and Antifa demonstrations, the burning of police facilities, toppling and destroying statues, public shaming and humiliation and widespread looting, violence and roguery. And it is equally endemic to the reactionary maleficence of white supremacists and militias. Occupying several blocks in Seattle, with armed militias, extorting store owners and engaging in a frenzy of bullying does not portend a peaceful transition to a more virtuous society.    So when a new book emerges, White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo, and becomes the holy grail of woke truths, we are lectured that what will not be tolerated is any deviation or heresy from the new norm it espouses. The author's central theme is that if you have the misfortune of being born with the wrong genes into the wrong family, with the wrong skin color, you are a racist and will be such for the remainder of your days.  Hence every White person is condemned with a defective moniker blazed across their forehead. And since meritocracy likewise is damned, all achievements are accounted for as having the privilege of being Caucasian.  Your attempt to defend yourself and profess your free speech is a testament of your heresy. No apology or act of humility can save you. It is a life sentence without parole for good behavior.    White Fragility will now be taught in many schools, with the full cooperation of teacher unions and school administrators. Resistance will be a subversive act and an admission of your racism. It is critical to observe this may be heading towards a new paradigm of Orwellian social control.    Yet there is barely a shred of credible scientific evidence to support DiAngelo's hypothesis that can be readily deconstructed and debunked.  It is a flawed opinion, and a dangerous one at that.  Worse, its long-reaching conclusions could advocate for a repressive regime of scientism that Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell warned about.  Russell warned that “collective passions” have a penchant to inflame “hatred and rivalry directed towards other groups.” He was acutely aware that “science is no substitute for virtue; the heart is as necessary for the good life as the head.” And DiAnglo's screed falls into the dark abysmal waters of genetic determinism that gave rise to racist fascism. Russell further warned that this distorted over-reliance on faux science could be “a curse to mankind.”     Perhaps, during its Icarus moment, wokeness will self-destruct under its own rashness and the internal fire of its undiscerning ardor.  What carnage it leaves in its wake remains to be seen.    Yet there is nothing new or original in the cultural rebellion we are witnessing. This game has been played out before in previous acts striving for an adolescent and unreachable social perfection.  It will have its blowback.  In his Principia Mathematica, Isaac Newton observed that for every action there is an equally opposing reaction. However, we have yet to witness how it will boomerang. But we will.  In the meantime, a new class of wannabe priests is emerging within the woke movement, a priesthood David Hume warned about in his Essays, Moral, Political and Literary, which will in turn be an adversary to liberty.   Consider the backlash after Harpers magazine published a Letter on Justice and Open Debate that warned of “a new set of moral attitudes and political commitments that tend to weaken our norms of open debate and toleration of differences in favor of ideological conformity.”  Signed by over 160 brilliant minds, academicians and authors – liberal and conservative -- including Noam Chomsky, Jonathan Haidt, Susannah Heschel, Steven Pinker, Gloria Steinem, etc, the letter gives a stark warning of the unwelcomed consequences of the new culture of censorship that the demonstration's leaders are ushering into the nation at large. The woke now demand retribution against its signers, in effect shutting down the nation's 200-plus years of free speech, the right to disagree and public discourse.   Have those rebelling in the streets and casting out of society those who disagree with them considered earlier precedents for their actions? It was the Spanish Inquisition.  In principle, how many today are in effect labeled heretics and “witches” because they have spoken publicly in favor of free speech and to oppose censorship? May not the woke movement in turn become the harbinger of a new Inquisition, a new platform of economic and social persecution by the powerful and wealthy waiting in the corridors after the cult of woke fizzles out?     The causal problems to our terrified culture is of course far deeper and has been identified and analyzed repeatedly in the writings of Chris Hedges and Henry Giroux.  Our nation thrives on victimizing others, best exemplified by Trump's example.  Now the once victims of the woke generation, erupting from the simmering of their silent angst and meaninglessness are determined to be the new victimizers.    What is the end game when a populist uprising demands by disillusioned and psychologically traumatized youth at the mercy of capitalism's parasitical march to claim more victims gets the upper hand. The movement has now evolved beyond its original demands for racial justice for the Black community who have been discriminated against by our institutions, particularly law enforcement and the private prison system. Now it is rapidly morphing into a massive autonomous cult of divisiveness and self-righteousness without a moral backbone that recognizes the essential values of forgiveness, reconciliation, and cooperative engagement for preserving a sane and productive culture that benefits all.    It is highly unlikely the demonstrations and revolt will slow down. More probable, it will be permitted to increase in order to further destabilize society to enable more repressive and draconian laws to criminalize thought-crimes and actions. Eventually, American democracy will be in name only. The plutocrats want it that way. Only then will the populace wake up and realize that the forces of power metastasized throughout the nation while the media kept us distracted and entertained.

Dr Stanley Cohen from Southwestern Medical School. Join Prof Peter Nash as he interviews authors of recent notable papers in rheumatology. In this edition, Dr Stanley Cohen discusses a phase 2 trial of BTK inhibitor, fenebrutinib.

Remembering Stanley CohenStanley Cohen was awarded one half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Rita Levi-Montalcini, for the discovery of nerve growth factor. Dr. Cohen eventually went on to discover epidermal growth factor (EGF). By understanding the mechanism of how EGF works, he was in part responsible for the tyrosine kinase inhibitor revolution (tyrosine kinase being an enzyme involved in the mechanism), which brought a host of whole new pharmacologic treatments to diseases from cancer to autoimmune conditions.

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This final new episode of The View Up Here will try to demonstrate the irony in picking that name for the project back in 2014. After the 2008 meltdown, the opportunity existed for a brief moment in time to actually change the systemic abuse and domination by those who run the machine. A new generation with a new way of communicating were looking for change. And with this new part of society seeking to change things came new ways of organizing and taking action. The status quo lagged in effective countermeasures outside of the usual prosecutorial power of the State. New methods gave way to the evolution of alternative voices from every conceivable position. Of which, TVUH was born. But then something happened.  Eventually people behaved like people always have. Systemic abuse and rot have always existed in every society. The difference is what is done about it. Accelerating the speed of everyday life has given us conditions where solutions are demanded at a speed to match it. How can this be done with generational systems of neglect? Do what people have always done. Don't fix it, just sell a fix for it. Label it. Personalize it. Make it a hill to die on, complete with a Hero. With diametrically opposed solutions, team comes before an actual fix. Stanley Cohen has spent the majority of his life entwined in this never-ending loop, defending the things that do not change no matter how the rules of engagement are interpreted for that particular moment in time. From Season 4 Episode 17 in January 2016 to today's Season 12 Episode 8, The View Up Here welcomes Stanley back for his 6th guest appearance to discuss what could be called the perpetual self-own. Pause must be given to consider why identifiable systemic ills are analyzed to death, the proposed solutions are team issues and nothing gets fixed. Is the central core of maintaing the status quo even required if the hive mind is conditioned to do it for them counter-intuitively?

In this episode, CJ speaks with Stanley Cohen, the often controversial Jewish American attorney who has spent a lifetime fighting to protect the legal and civil rights of the downtrodden, oppressed, and occupied, about the current state of the Palestinian liberation cause and more. Please help this podcast by pledging as little as $1/month here: www.patreon.com/cjwerleman

The rise in the number of fatal stabbings in recent months has generated big headlines and heated political debate. Teenage knife crime is high on the national agenda. There is broad agreement that something has to change but not as much agreement about what that is. Should there be more police officers on the streets? more surrender bins? more use of stop and search? more weapons sweeps? tougher sentences? Do we need a knife crime ‘tsar’ to co-ordinate it all? What about the role of schools and youth clubs? But before we start writing policy prescriptions, let’s ask a more basic question: are we seeing a long-overdue response to a desperate and tragic situation, or a nation in the grip of full-blown moral panic? The phrase ‘moral panic’ - which was popularised by sociologist Stanley Cohen in his 1972 book about mods and rockers - is nearly always used pejoratively to denote an over-the-top expression of public anxiety about the lowering of moral standards. Yet it could be argued that a moral panic is like a whistling kettle - it’s a warning that things have come to the boil. Perhaps we shouldn’t speak of moral panics but of moral calls to action – opportunities to get money spent and policies reformed on important issues that are usually below the national radar. Or perhaps such societal soul-searchings are just spasms of empathy, emotional outbursts that take no account of long-term trends, get in the way of clear-eyed policy-making and divert resources from duller but worthier causes. Are moral panics good for society? Producer: Dan Tierney

The View Up Here welcomes back attorney, activist and agent of change Stanley L. Cohen for a 2018 year-end discussion about the year that was and the trajectory going forward into 2019. In what seems to be the norm now, old phrases have taken on new meaning and new purpose. Never before has caveat emptor had more impact as it now seems the only rule is there are no rules. Our discussion will focus on a few of these weaponized catch phrases, their historical meaning and their new deployments. Anticipatory Obedience - Timothy Snyder has helped place this phrase in the modern lexicon. History demonstrates the consequences of this trait of human nature, the warnings of it at the end of every cycle it runs and the seemingly natural return to it despite the same old warning signs plus new ones. A psychological weakness or a learned behavior? Vichy Journalism - John Pilger has used this phrase to great effect recently, and the words themselves should be warning enough. But it is no longer a weapon of political manipulation for politics sake. Now the function is profit driven while striving for the same result. A typical systemic "win-win" with very clear winners and losers. Determine who and what fit on both sides of that equation, if you dare. Tradition Is The Democracy Of The Dead - G.K. Chesterson coined this phrase and its meaning remains contested by all sides. At what point and in what processes does adherence to "what we've always done" become limiting to progress, to evolution, to a better tomorrow? At what point is tradition used to drown out logical advances to protect the status quo and its machine from giving up some of its might? What is the common exploit, the common trigger process used to advance these historically detrimental paths? Feels. The truth remains - Feelings Are Not Facts. But everyone has them and they're open to manipulation. Up The Rebels!

International news from the award winning WBAI news room in New York City anchored by Paul DeRienzo. United Nations General Assembly votes to condemns US blockade of Cuba, new peace talks between Israel and Gaza, the story behind the New York Cuba connection.

Hurricane Florence eyes the East Coast, It’s supposed to be a monster, The President closes a Palestinian outpost in Washington, D.C., and the ACLU wants to know what to expect when construction of the Keystone XL pipeline begins in Montana. With these and other stories, I’m Paul DeRienzo for the WBAI Evening News.

He was in OKA, He defended Mohawks for decades, he has been one of the most controversial attorneys of our time who has a strong stance on the relations bewteen Palestine and Israel, ecspecially in light of the latest World Lacrosse Championships now in Israel. Join the conversation tonight! Check out Stanley Cohen on his website at www.IStanleyCohen.org. Shé:kon and Thanks for joining Native Trailblazers! The Native Show with over a million listeners worldwide!  For over eight years, our award-winning Native themed online radio show has been delivering the hottest topics in Indian Country to your desktop, mobile or other listening devices! Listen in every Friday night at 8pm or any time after in archives! HOSTS: Vincent Schilling (Producer, Speaker, Journalist, Author, VP Schilling Media) www.Twitter.com/VinceSchilling  and Delores Schilling (CEO, Schilling Media, Inc.) www.Twitter.com/DelSchilling Join our chat room Here's How   Website www.NativeTrailblazers.com  Mailing List - http://eepurl.com/O7fa1  iTunes Podcasts- http://goo.gl/GkEOJ3

Once upon a time, it was accepted that as the world's only superpower, a certain degree of predictability and consistency would be reflected in international US policy to validate the various indulgences carried out around the globe. Not to say this often bipolar behavior did anyone any good. Ask the Balkans, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Central America, Qatar, Palestine, Syria, Iran, North Korea etc etc. The 6-time bankrupt Master Businessman in charge has decided that a constant antagonistic competition needs to exist for the honor of having his fleeting attention, seemingly dependent on how much you tell the Boss that he is brilliant. Enter the Rex Tillerson issue. Proof positive that the qualities that apparently mean so much - corporate power and success, connections across the globe, extensive personal knowledge of foreign officials - mean squat when you tell the truth about the Boss. Loyalty to the Donald is more important than loyalty to the nation. Mike Pompeo has been named to replace Tillerson at State, going from Top Spy to Top Diplomat. A former Tea Party congressman, veteran, lawyer, proven Islamaphobe and Christian supremacist. But he agrees with the Boss. To replace Pompeo at the CIA, Gina Haspel has been nominated. Despite commanding dark site torture facilities and destroying video evidence against court orders, this is the type of ideologue the Boss wants despite the message it sends to allies and enemies alike. General H.R. McMaster had to go as National Security Advisor because he wasn't a full-time sycophant. Enter John Bolton, a Bush holdover Dominionist who never met a war he didn't like, who now gets a job that doesn't need confirmation. Stanley Cohen has represented many clients who ran directly into policies supported and implemented by this new wave of cronies. The View Up Here welcomes Stanley back to discuss these nominations, their chances of confirmation and the mayhem to come.

The View Up Here is honoured to be part of the 2nd annual #MMMLiveonthe5 internet radio marathon, bringing you the 9th and 10th hours of live coverage. Remember, remember the 5th of November. The day adopted by Anonymous for global protest. What has changed since this episode one year ago in the fight for freedom, transparency and the rule of law? Some good things but many more not so good. Barrett Brown is a free man albeit with as many restrictions as the Bureau of Prisons can impose, legally or not. The fight for Aaron's Law goes on with not nearly enough progress. Nothing has been done regarding the assassination of Serena Shim. Governments continue to oppress and imprison activists at their whim. Lauri Love awaits his hearing to avoid deportation to the US. Julian Assange remains a prisoner in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Stanley Cohen is a force of nature that no government can sufficiently contain. These days, his opinion pieces and historical reviews of many things that infect the world can be found in leading outlets from Newsweek to Counterpunch to TruthDig to Al Jazeera and more. Always keen on the bigger picture, Stanley joins us to discuss the many "bogeymen" out there creating havoc to the detriment of the world at large.

Welcome to the fourth show and the ninth and tenth hours of the first annual #MMMLiveonthe5 Internet Radio Marathon. Legendary human rights lawyer and activist Stanley Cohen joins us to discuss....whatever Stanley wants

Stanley Lewis Cohen is many things to many people. Some from the camp of the status quo brand him a radical, a subversive, a terrorist sympathizer, a communist, an Islamist. Basically any handle that portrays Stanley as against the state. To all of which, the man proudly says that is his duty as a defense attorney. Despite the power of the system and corporate media being on that side of the debate, they have been fighting a losing battle for decades. From his long term associations with Bill Kunstler, Lynne Stewart and Ramsey Clark (among others) in extremely incendiary defense cases against government, to his outspoken views on the illegal and illegitimate use of the power of the state on the individual, to his street level activism of persons and causes he believes in, Stanley has won far more supporters than enemies in societies around the world. The list of clients is unique to say the least. Weather Underground, May 19 Organization, Mohawk Warrior Society, War Resisters League, Black Bloc, Irish Republican Army, The Shining Path, Al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Al-Shabaab, the Portland Seven, Anonymous, Occupy Wall Street and others, to the nobodies represented during his service with Bronx Legal Aid. The important factor is the politics of the cause, the righteousness of the fight. Stanley joins us to discuss his career, his beliefs and his future. To discuss his troubles with the Mulroney government over the Oka standoff. To discuss how the fight for individual freedom never ends against the state. To discuss how present day pledges and promises are nothing but an illusion to continue the dominance of the powers that be. Join us for a powerful show with Stanley Cohen. Listen, join the chat room, call in and pose a question. https://twitter.com/StanleyCohenLaw http://istanleycohen.org  

Where do art and social justice meet? From early roles in films like Bob Roberts and Five Corners to her award winning roles in plays including Wit and Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, to her current starring role in the award-winning Showtime series The Affair, Kathleen Chalfant is one of the most acclaimed actresses in the US. She has also been an outspoken advocate on issues like Middle East peace and incarceration. This episode also looks at Stanley Cohen, a radical lawyer who has represented Hamas and other official US enemies. Cohen is going to jail in a case seen as payback from the US government for his unpopular cases.

This week on Mom Talk Radio, we are joined by Kara Nortman, CEO of Moonfrye mobile app. Spotlight on Moms features Candy Martin of MotherOfStyle.com. Suzy Koontz, educational consultant and founder of Math & Movement®, talks about eliminating math frustration and anxiety in children. Dr. Stanley Cohen, author of What to Feed Your Baby talks about the top 5 things parents can do to insure the best nutrition for their infant. Natalia Ortiz, Huggies MomInspired grant winner and  founder of Two Hippos, shares some entrepreneurship inspiration.

Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012) (Washington Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi’nin Becker Tıp Kütüphanesi’nin özel izni ile kullanılmıştır. Courtesy of Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine.) Kapılar, genç bir hekim ve parlak bir araştırmacı olan Rita'nın yüzüne kapanıyordu. Mussolini İtalyası'nın üniversitelerinde, hastanelerinde artık Yahudilere yer yoktu. “Aryan” olmayanlar kütüphanelerin de kapısından içeri adım bile atamayacak, İtalyan akademik dergilerinde makale yayınlatamayacaktı. Halbuki Rita Levi-Montalcini'nin aklında yapılması gereken deneyler vardı. Genelde merak ettiği, sinir hücrelerinin nasıl olup da tam olarak nereye gideceklerini ve uzanacaklarını bildikleriydi. Tam o zamanlarda Washington Üniversitesi'nden Viktor Hamburger bu konuda önemli bir araştırma yayınlamıştı: Bir tavuk yumurtasının içindeki embriyonun ileride kanat olacak kısmını körelttiğinde, oraya gidecek sinirlerin sayısında büyük bir azalma görülüyordu. Bu körelttiği dokuda sinir hücrelerinin oluşumunu sağlayan bir madde olmalıydı. Genç Rita'nın elinde bu yorumu sınayabilecek bir yöntem vardı. İtalyan hekim Camillo Golgi'nin icat ettiği ve İspanyol hekim Ramon y Cajal'ın geliştirdiği yöntemle, bu gelişmeyen hücrelerin şekillerini görebilir, onların ne hücresi olduğunu anlayabilirdi. Bu yöntemi avucunun içi gibi biliyordu. İyi ama işinden olmuştu, bir laboratuvarı da yoktu. Kendi yatak odasını laboratuvara çevirdi. Bir mikroskop satın aldı, evdeki dikiş iğnelerinden aletler imal ederek tavuk embriyoları üzerinde cerrahi işlemler gerçekleştirdi. Onca aksilik yetmezmiş gibi bir de yumurta sıkıntısı baş göstermişti. Etraftaki çiftliklerden yumurta satın alıyor, embriyolarını çıkarıyor, geri kalanı ise akşam yemeğine saklıyordu. Viktor Hamburger'in deneyini Cajal'ın yöntemiyle birleştirince Rita Levi-Montalcini çok önemli bir yeni bulgu elde etti: Evet, Hamburger'in dediği gibi kanat öncülü hücreler köreltilince oraya gidecek sinirlerin sayısı azalıyordu. Ama bu azalma sinirlerin  gelişme yetersizliğine bağlı gibi görünmüyordu. Sinirler yine gelişiyor ve çoğalıyordu, ama sonra bunların birçoğu ölüyordu. Yani hedef organda ne varsa, sinir hücrelerinin gelişmesine değil, gelişmiş sinir hücrelerinin hayatta kalmasına destek oluyordu. İsviçre, Belçika ve Vatikan'daki dergilerde yayınlanan bu araştırmalar Viktor Hamburger'in dikkatini çekince Hamburger onu St. Louis şehrindeki Washington Üniversitesi'ne, kendi yanına davet etti. Birkaç ay çalışıp bu zıt sonuçları açığa kavuşturacaklardı. Rita Levi-Montalcini orada 30 yıl geçirdi (Şekil 1). Şekil 1. Rita Levi-Montalcini 1963'te Washington Üniversitesi'ndeki laboratuarında. (Washington Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi'nin Becker Tıp Kütüphanesi'nin özel izni ile kullanılmıştır. Courtesy of Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine.) Burada ilk yaptığı çalışmalar önceki bulgularını doğrular nitelikteydi: Çok sayıda sinir hücresi üretiliyor, bunlardan bazıları uzandıkları yönde bir maddeyle karşılaşıyor ve hayatta kalıyordu. Bu maddenin olmadığı yerlerde ve yönlerdeki sinir hücreleri ise ölüyordu (Şekil 2). Şekil 2. Bir grup sinir hücresinin sinir büyüme etmeni (NGF) yokluğunda ve varlığında çeklimiş görüntüleri. (Resimler: D. B. Hoover Laboratuarı, Doğu Tennessee Üniversitesi) Peki bu madde neydi? O sırada aynı laboratuvarda çalışmaya başlayan biyokimyacı Stanley Cohen ile öncelikle bu maddenin bir protein mi, yoksa (DNA'nın birimleri gibi) nükleotit yapısında mı olduğunu bulmaya karar verdiler. Yılan zehiri nükleotitleri yok ediyordu, eğer yılan zehiri kullanarak sinirleri öldürebilirlerse bu madde nükleotit yapısında demek olacaktı. Deneyin sonucu ise tam tersiydi: Sinir hücrelerinin uzantıları coşmuştu, yani aradıkları maddeden yılan zehirinde bolca olmalıydı. O zaman memelilerin benzeri organı olan tükürük bezlerine de bakıp bu maddeyi orada bolca buldular ve yalıttılar. Buldukları bir proteindi,

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Host: Jay Goldstein, MD Guest: Stanley Cohen, MD What types of small bowel abnormalities are most common among pediatric patients? How can physicians investigate suspected small bowel disease or gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in our younger patients? Dr. Stanley Cohen, gastroenterologist at the Combined Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Children's Center for Digestive Health Care at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and adjunct clinical professor of pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, in Atlanta, Georgia, discusses the roles of CT scans, MRIs and small bowel capsule endoscopy in evaluating pediatric patients with suspected small bowel disease. Dr. Jay Goldstein hosts.

Guest: Stanley Cohen, MD Host: Jay Goldstein, MD What types of small bowel abnormalities are most common among pediatric patients? How can physicians investigate suspected small bowel disease or gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in our younger patients? Dr. Stanley Cohen, gastroenterologist at the Combined Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Children's Center for Digestive Health Care at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and adjunct clinical professor of pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, in Atlanta, Georgia, discusses the roles of CT scans, MRIs and small bowel capsule endoscopy in evaluating pediatric patients with suspected small bowel disease. Dr. Jay Goldstein hosts.

Un OGM è un essere vivente che possiede un patrimonio genetico modificato tramite tecniche di ingegneria. I primi a crearne uno, in California, furono nel 1973 i ricercatori Stanley Cohen e Herbert Boyer. Gli OGM non sono solo promesse di pomodori extra-large o zucchine dalla buccia luccicante. Sono anche farine con cui si impastano i biscotti della colazione e mangimi per ingrassare i polli (futuri) allo spiedo. Come avvengono le mutagenesi delle piante? Che conseguenze ha l'impiego di OGM sulla salute?Quali normative regolano attualmente il loro utilizzo?