I accuse Channel 10 of Rating Piracy
By David Verveer
I am extremely angry because of cheap trick performed by Channel 10 of the Israeli Television, who, only in order to get higher rating caused un-called for panic in the continuous growing elderly population in Israel.
Sounds harsh, but the truth has to be said, as the purpose of the entire program last Thursday, at nine o'clock in the evening, on channel 10, was to lure the viewers away from the popular news cast on channel one, with a populist program, in which a journalist and a medical doctor discussed the danger of mixing medications and pseudo medicines, food additions, natural and alternative medicines, etc., with remarks such as, "this is killing you".
I am not an expert in medicine and healthcare, but there are points I do know:
1 – The average age in this country is growing in an enormous rate, mostly due to our good health care and health control.
2 – Like me, most people do not have medical knowledge and rely entirely on the advise given by our personal physician, who, knowing our health history, the results of our medical tests and current safe health care, keeps us healthy, and makes it possible to reach a really old age (ten years ago the 80's, now 90 years old).
3 – Elderly people, and I don't put an age limit to this group, have naturally developed medical problems, such as High blood pressure, diabetics, heart problems, rheumatism, and I could go on like this, but surely you understand what I am talking about.
4 – Our own house doctor is responsible of keeping all these problems under control, and to make sure, one medicine doesn't clash with another, for example, I am relatively healthy, but take daily 5 different medicines, I have no idea why or what each pill does to me, but I trust my doctor, as he is supposed to know what he is doing. If you do not believe in your doctor, choose some one else, as he is the person who enables you celebrate your next birthday.
5 – The elderly population (especially the women in our group) are very health conscious, and are prepared to try anything, from vitamins, to skin treatment, all in order to feel young and healthy, and indeed, taking medicines or vitamins, without consulting your doctor is stupid and dangerous. On the other hand, questioning the doctor's choice is useless, and again, if you do not believe in him, change him immediately, as this is really a question of life and death.
6 – So what do I have against this program broadcasted on channel ten, is that they attacked defenseless people, by telling them, that they will die, if they continue taking this pill, together with that medicine, which might be true in some cases, but in most cases, a balanced risk taken by your doctor, knowing your history, your reactions and your weaknesses.
By spreading this kind of panic amongst the elderly population, they only created chaos, without helping anything. People are not sure anymore which medication they are allowed to take and which not, phoning or seeing your doctor urgently, causes stagnation in the health care, and the medical staff, which are fighting to have more time for every patient, are now disturbed with stupid questions, as, even though, the patient is alarmed and frightened by the TV, your life is not in immediate danger, no harm if you wait to your next appointment, in order to ask him, if this and that do not clash.
7 - I am also angry with Yaron London and Motty Kishenbaum, in their popular and good news program, who helped to promote this stupid broadcast, by interviewing the lady journalist and the distinguished doctor / professor. They, Yaron and Motty belong to our own age group, they should have understood the panic such program would cause.
8 – If this program would have somehow helped the health conditions of the viewers, I would not have protested, but by announcing "You are killing yourself", you don't cure, you create panic, the viewer can not judge and has no background information how to cope with the panic such sentences cause.
9 – If ratings is what channel ten is after, they should continue with programs like "the gnome and the beauty", (my grandson, age 9 loves it), and cooking lessons, but stay away from pseudo intellectual programs, such as the program under discussion.
10- Even commercial channels should have a certain amount of responsibility to understand that creation of panic is not a good policy for the elder.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
24 hours after the end of the world
24 Hours after the End of the World
By David Verveer
It is now about 24 hours after "the end of the World", and I am not sure which law of physics and /or philosophy is now ruling our existence.
Let us start with philosophy, Descartes, the father of modern philosophy stated "cogito ergo sum", which sounds extremely intelligent, and even makes sense after you learn the translation of this statement in English, namely: "I think, therefore I am". I always accepted this statement as true and logical, but now I started wondering, How can I be sure that I really exist (yesterday, before the experience in Switzerland, when one of my front teeth broke, I had the distinct sensation of my existence) but today, after the experiment took place, it might be that I don't exist anymore, and simply because it was not announced officially, and the matter that in combined form makes my body (and soul?) simply continued living on in my mind only, a type of inertia, before the antimatter takes over, and fade us out.
But let us assume that my knowledge of philosophy is based on hear say, without really understanding it, I always considered that "meat is better than bones" (of course this Old Dutch expression relating to a visit at the butcher, and not any macabre reverence of our own body, and in translation means, I believe in reality, based on facts. which brings me to the second argument, "laws of physics".
There are only a very limited number of people who manage or claim to understand what the World of scientists are researching near Geneva. The big bang theory, with scientists researching with enormous expensive, large and complex machinery, created only in order to comprehend how and why our world and the entire outer space were created.
I don't want to sound stupid, but the entire experiment, sounds and looks like "the emperor's new clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen, in which a small boy cries out that "the emperor is naked" as he did not comprehend the theory of invisible clothes, a doctrine and theology which was accepted through out the imperia, by the intelligentsia.
Another relevant example is the enjoyable promotion clip on TV by Muller (dairy products) where the driver of the van asked the question: What does it matter, how the cow produces milk, the importance is, that she is good in doing it". I know it should have been in Latin, stated by scientists such as Einstein or Zweistein, but really, let us get back to reality, what are they doing, trying to establish a new fable (sorry, I mean religion).
Somebody really mixed up our priorities, if I understand, we are running out of potable water, energy, food, space to live in, clean air, public health, but the question of the big bang is certainly not one of them, that can wait until we solved the above shortages, which are about to eliminate our existence on this globe, long before an anti-bang theory end this world with every on it or circling around it, even though, I think this will not happen during my, my children and grandchildren's life time.
The alternative energy development is much more important, using underground thermal (inner globe) massive energy resources which never have been taken into serious research, nor the use of nuclear / plasma power been considered as energy source (not that we do not have the knowledge how to use this unlimited source of energy, but because the world powers backed by the oil industrials, oppose development of alternative energy sources, which will surely be cheaper and cleaner than oil energy.
But coming back to the experiment of the big bang theory, indeed, if we knew what created us, how this world came into existence, we really got one step further in our knowledge, but perhaps this will destroy us as which probably has happened before, during the billions of years, this globe exists and is circling around the sun in this universe. Humans, as we know them, have lived only in a part of a second, in the existence of our globe and solar system, who knows, humans or other living creatures might have reached the same or higher degree of civilization before, and were wiped out by man made (creature made) catastrophes such as research and experimenting with the big bang.
If there is a God, he most likely has given up on us, and is planning to replace us with a more intelligent creation, such as the blue men of Mars (why we always talk about Green Martians?).
By David Verveer
It is now about 24 hours after "the end of the World", and I am not sure which law of physics and /or philosophy is now ruling our existence.
Let us start with philosophy, Descartes, the father of modern philosophy stated "cogito ergo sum", which sounds extremely intelligent, and even makes sense after you learn the translation of this statement in English, namely: "I think, therefore I am". I always accepted this statement as true and logical, but now I started wondering, How can I be sure that I really exist (yesterday, before the experience in Switzerland, when one of my front teeth broke, I had the distinct sensation of my existence) but today, after the experiment took place, it might be that I don't exist anymore, and simply because it was not announced officially, and the matter that in combined form makes my body (and soul?) simply continued living on in my mind only, a type of inertia, before the antimatter takes over, and fade us out.
But let us assume that my knowledge of philosophy is based on hear say, without really understanding it, I always considered that "meat is better than bones" (of course this Old Dutch expression relating to a visit at the butcher, and not any macabre reverence of our own body, and in translation means, I believe in reality, based on facts. which brings me to the second argument, "laws of physics".
There are only a very limited number of people who manage or claim to understand what the World of scientists are researching near Geneva. The big bang theory, with scientists researching with enormous expensive, large and complex machinery, created only in order to comprehend how and why our world and the entire outer space were created.
I don't want to sound stupid, but the entire experiment, sounds and looks like "the emperor's new clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen, in which a small boy cries out that "the emperor is naked" as he did not comprehend the theory of invisible clothes, a doctrine and theology which was accepted through out the imperia, by the intelligentsia.
Another relevant example is the enjoyable promotion clip on TV by Muller (dairy products) where the driver of the van asked the question: What does it matter, how the cow produces milk, the importance is, that she is good in doing it". I know it should have been in Latin, stated by scientists such as Einstein or Zweistein, but really, let us get back to reality, what are they doing, trying to establish a new fable (sorry, I mean religion).
Somebody really mixed up our priorities, if I understand, we are running out of potable water, energy, food, space to live in, clean air, public health, but the question of the big bang is certainly not one of them, that can wait until we solved the above shortages, which are about to eliminate our existence on this globe, long before an anti-bang theory end this world with every on it or circling around it, even though, I think this will not happen during my, my children and grandchildren's life time.
The alternative energy development is much more important, using underground thermal (inner globe) massive energy resources which never have been taken into serious research, nor the use of nuclear / plasma power been considered as energy source (not that we do not have the knowledge how to use this unlimited source of energy, but because the world powers backed by the oil industrials, oppose development of alternative energy sources, which will surely be cheaper and cleaner than oil energy.
But coming back to the experiment of the big bang theory, indeed, if we knew what created us, how this world came into existence, we really got one step further in our knowledge, but perhaps this will destroy us as which probably has happened before, during the billions of years, this globe exists and is circling around the sun in this universe. Humans, as we know them, have lived only in a part of a second, in the existence of our globe and solar system, who knows, humans or other living creatures might have reached the same or higher degree of civilization before, and were wiped out by man made (creature made) catastrophes such as research and experimenting with the big bang.
If there is a God, he most likely has given up on us, and is planning to replace us with a more intelligent creation, such as the blue men of Mars (why we always talk about Green Martians?).
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
better late than never
Better late than never!
By David Verveer
Confidential, for you and your attendants only
Good days arrived; finally our representative in the Israeli Government, Minister Rafi Eitan, the heroic ex-super spy and Eichmann kidnapper has finally awakened. Our super-star has suggested that he and his team will kidnap this time the President of Iran, Mr. Ahmedinayad, in order to bring him in shackles to face the Israeli high court for high crimes against humanity and Gillette, the razor-blade factory for not shaving.
You must admit, it was high-time for the veteran party to take initiative in World Politics; they are not Yes-men and can not be bought with money by Gaidamac.
I have volunteered as member of the expedition and even discussed it already with my doctor, who agreed that exercise will do me well, provide I take my medicines on time. I ordered a new set of false teeth, and a blond hair-piece, and contact lenses, and a nice mini hearing aid, which is nearly invisible. I will be ready, in all weather conditions. I even started to brush-up my Farsi (many years ago, in the time of the good Shah, I spend 5 years in Iran, and was capable to shop in Farsi).
Our team will exist out of 4 volunteers, including Rafi Eitan himself, all extremely fit and well seasoned veterans, most of us capable of walking uninterrupted (even though assisted by a female attendant) for more than a half hour, in the blazing sun.
According to the plan (not yet published officially) we will fly to Georgia, where we will be trained in fighting tanks, there we will receive new identities and papers. It might be possible that a short Russian correspondence course (the Putin Institute for propaganda) will instruct us how to shoot tigress and or elephants (to be found in the Iranian desert), if the environmentalists won't disturb us.
From Georgia we will be taken by horse and cart, through Turkey to the Iranian border, which we will infiltrate in the middle of the night, posing as Islamic refugees fleeing the Communists and Jews. After our arrest by the Iranian secret police, we will be taken to see the President of the Republic.
We have prepared a present for the Iranian leader, an authentic Strudel, which we will offer to Ahmedinayad. The Strudel (prepared by our Mossad Laboratories) contains a drug that will put the person in a passive mood. After the drug will have drugged the President, we take him to the Presidential garden, where a small helicopter will be waiting for us, to take him back to Israel.
If we, by any chance, will be caught by the Persians, we will deny everything, and claim that we were programmed by the GGB. Rafi, our leader has already spoken with: one moment, my wife calls me, I will be back in a moment, yes Pupi, I have taken my pills, and will go for a nap, immediately after I finish this article. I hate it when they disturb me when I am working; it is difficult to remember precisely where I left of, oh yes I remember, " I was talking to my friend, the other day, in the park, he asked me if I remember, that we both competed for the friendship of Amelia, and indeed I do remember distinctly, but can not remember, why?
By David Verveer
Confidential, for you and your attendants only
Good days arrived; finally our representative in the Israeli Government, Minister Rafi Eitan, the heroic ex-super spy and Eichmann kidnapper has finally awakened. Our super-star has suggested that he and his team will kidnap this time the President of Iran, Mr. Ahmedinayad, in order to bring him in shackles to face the Israeli high court for high crimes against humanity and Gillette, the razor-blade factory for not shaving.
You must admit, it was high-time for the veteran party to take initiative in World Politics; they are not Yes-men and can not be bought with money by Gaidamac.
I have volunteered as member of the expedition and even discussed it already with my doctor, who agreed that exercise will do me well, provide I take my medicines on time. I ordered a new set of false teeth, and a blond hair-piece, and contact lenses, and a nice mini hearing aid, which is nearly invisible. I will be ready, in all weather conditions. I even started to brush-up my Farsi (many years ago, in the time of the good Shah, I spend 5 years in Iran, and was capable to shop in Farsi).
Our team will exist out of 4 volunteers, including Rafi Eitan himself, all extremely fit and well seasoned veterans, most of us capable of walking uninterrupted (even though assisted by a female attendant) for more than a half hour, in the blazing sun.
According to the plan (not yet published officially) we will fly to Georgia, where we will be trained in fighting tanks, there we will receive new identities and papers. It might be possible that a short Russian correspondence course (the Putin Institute for propaganda) will instruct us how to shoot tigress and or elephants (to be found in the Iranian desert), if the environmentalists won't disturb us.
From Georgia we will be taken by horse and cart, through Turkey to the Iranian border, which we will infiltrate in the middle of the night, posing as Islamic refugees fleeing the Communists and Jews. After our arrest by the Iranian secret police, we will be taken to see the President of the Republic.
We have prepared a present for the Iranian leader, an authentic Strudel, which we will offer to Ahmedinayad. The Strudel (prepared by our Mossad Laboratories) contains a drug that will put the person in a passive mood. After the drug will have drugged the President, we take him to the Presidential garden, where a small helicopter will be waiting for us, to take him back to Israel.
If we, by any chance, will be caught by the Persians, we will deny everything, and claim that we were programmed by the GGB. Rafi, our leader has already spoken with: one moment, my wife calls me, I will be back in a moment, yes Pupi, I have taken my pills, and will go for a nap, immediately after I finish this article. I hate it when they disturb me when I am working; it is difficult to remember precisely where I left of, oh yes I remember, " I was talking to my friend, the other day, in the park, he asked me if I remember, that we both competed for the friendship of Amelia, and indeed I do remember distinctly, but can not remember, why?
Monday, September 1, 2008
yesterday, my email was hijacked
By David Verveer
Yesterday, some friends with whom I had not talked with for a long time, phoned me up and all asked me a question as follows: "where are you at the moment?"
I told them, I am home, and then they asked me, if I am O.K., as they received an urgent plea from me As follows:
"I am sorry I didn't inform you about my traveling to Europe for a program called Empowering the youth to fight racism, HIV/AIDS and lack of education, the program is taking place in three major countries in Europe, which are England, Holland and Germany, I am presently in England.
I misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money and other valuable things were kept. I will like you to assist me with a soft loan urgently with a sum of (&2000) pound to sort-out my hotel bills and get myself back home. I will appreciate whatever you can afford, I will pay you back upon return, The money could be wired through Western Union money transfer with the information below..
Name: David Verveer
Address is: 30 Leicester Square
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Zip Code: WC2H 7LA.
Text question: For who?
Answer: For Me
The amount you send?
As soon as you do it please email me back with the Western Union information, so that I can pay the bill's and get home.
Thanks for all the help
David Verveer"
First of all, I am not stuck in England; I did not participate and never will participate in such a program, and all above bullshit is a hoax, trying to find suckers who are prepared to donate money for the cause of funding crooks.
But now comes the question, how come and how did they do it?
First of all, because my utter stupidity, and my trusting official looking letters, which I never should have answered, but I did, and apologize for it, as I should have known better.
Yesterday, I received an official looking letter from dpberches@hotmail.com
With the subject: Hotmail Warning!!! Verify your account now to avoid it closed (VX2G99AAJ)
Verify your Hotmail account now!!!
Dear Account User.
You are advise to verify and confirm your account details below to enable us to upgrade your account, E.G. your hotmail I.D. Password, Date of Birth etc.
Anyone who fails to do his or her own will Automatically loses his or her own account
Thanks for using Hotmail
Dear Account User,
This message is from Hotmail message center to all Hotmail account owners and premium account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and email account center. We are deleting all unused Hotmail account to create more space for new accounts.
To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below before three days from now!
Hotmail I.D.
Password:
Your birthday
Your country or territory:
Your secret question answer:
Then follows another threat of closure,
Signed by: The Windows Live Hotmail Team.
On purpose I copiedt the text with grammar mistakes, which should have alerted me, but stupid me, after hesitation, I answered and gave them the above data.
The biggest mistake was of course giving my password, which opened for them my address book. I don't think that anybody was so stupid to transfer money to England, without contacted me or my family first.
If I really would have got stuck abroad, I first would have called my wife or daughters, and never friends or family, but today, flight tickets are computerized, you can not lose them, credit cards are used to transfer money, and ask yourself, if I would have got stuck, I would have on me, in London, the complete address book of a email service I hardly use, and contains names of people and organizations, which do not exist anymore, don't know me, and certainly are not willing to invest in me.
What did we learn from this, never give anybody your password, and don't worry about somebody closing your account, you can always open a new one.
In the mean time, and for the time being, my hotmail account is closed and taken out of service. If you need me, you know how to find me.
I apologize for my stupidity,
Yours,
David Verveer
Yesterday, some friends with whom I had not talked with for a long time, phoned me up and all asked me a question as follows: "where are you at the moment?"
I told them, I am home, and then they asked me, if I am O.K., as they received an urgent plea from me As follows:
"I am sorry I didn't inform you about my traveling to Europe for a program called Empowering the youth to fight racism, HIV/AIDS and lack of education, the program is taking place in three major countries in Europe, which are England, Holland and Germany, I am presently in England.
I misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money and other valuable things were kept. I will like you to assist me with a soft loan urgently with a sum of (&2000) pound to sort-out my hotel bills and get myself back home. I will appreciate whatever you can afford, I will pay you back upon return, The money could be wired through Western Union money transfer with the information below..
Name: David Verveer
Address is: 30 Leicester Square
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Zip Code: WC2H 7LA.
Text question: For who?
Answer: For Me
The amount you send?
As soon as you do it please email me back with the Western Union information, so that I can pay the bill's and get home.
Thanks for all the help
David Verveer"
First of all, I am not stuck in England; I did not participate and never will participate in such a program, and all above bullshit is a hoax, trying to find suckers who are prepared to donate money for the cause of funding crooks.
But now comes the question, how come and how did they do it?
First of all, because my utter stupidity, and my trusting official looking letters, which I never should have answered, but I did, and apologize for it, as I should have known better.
Yesterday, I received an official looking letter from dpberches@hotmail.com
With the subject: Hotmail Warning!!! Verify your account now to avoid it closed (VX2G99AAJ)
Verify your Hotmail account now!!!
Dear Account User.
You are advise to verify and confirm your account details below to enable us to upgrade your account, E.G. your hotmail I.D. Password, Date of Birth etc.
Anyone who fails to do his or her own will Automatically loses his or her own account
Thanks for using Hotmail
Dear Account User,
This message is from Hotmail message center to all Hotmail account owners and premium account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and email account center. We are deleting all unused Hotmail account to create more space for new accounts.
To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below before three days from now!
Hotmail I.D.
Password:
Your birthday
Your country or territory:
Your secret question answer:
Then follows another threat of closure,
Signed by: The Windows Live Hotmail Team.
On purpose I copiedt the text with grammar mistakes, which should have alerted me, but stupid me, after hesitation, I answered and gave them the above data.
The biggest mistake was of course giving my password, which opened for them my address book. I don't think that anybody was so stupid to transfer money to England, without contacted me or my family first.
If I really would have got stuck abroad, I first would have called my wife or daughters, and never friends or family, but today, flight tickets are computerized, you can not lose them, credit cards are used to transfer money, and ask yourself, if I would have got stuck, I would have on me, in London, the complete address book of a email service I hardly use, and contains names of people and organizations, which do not exist anymore, don't know me, and certainly are not willing to invest in me.
What did we learn from this, never give anybody your password, and don't worry about somebody closing your account, you can always open a new one.
In the mean time, and for the time being, my hotmail account is closed and taken out of service. If you need me, you know how to find me.
I apologize for my stupidity,
Yours,
David Verveer
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