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Quick Fact: On CNN, Matalin falsely claims “Bush inherited” 9-11 attacks and recession

On the December 27 edition of CNN’s State of the Union, Mary Matalin falsely claimed that President George W. Bush “inherited a recession from President Clinton, and we inherited the most tragic attack on our own soil in our nation’s history.” In fact the 9-11 attacks occurred eight months into Bush’s presidency and more than a month after he had received a Presidential Daily Briefing titled “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.,” and the recession began in March 2001.

From the December 27 edition of CNN’s State of the Union:

MATALIN: I was there, we inherited a recession from President Clinton, and we inherited the most tragic attack on our own soil in our nation’s history.

Matalin’s comments were September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks killed 2,973 victims in New York City; Arlington, Virginia; and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The 9-11 Commission stated that on August 6, 2001, Bush received a Presidential Daily Briefing titled “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.,” and that Bush “did not recall discussing the August 6 report with the Attorney General or whether [then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice had done so.” The Commission also “found no indication” that Bush’s aides further discussed with him “the possibility of a threat of an al Qaeda attack in the United States” prior to 9-11 — this despite the fact that “[m]ost of the intelligence community recognized in the summer of 2001 that the number and severity of threat reports were unprecedented.”

Perino previously stated that “We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush’s term.” Matalin’s claim about the 9-11 attacks follows former Bush White House Press Secretary Dana Perino’s false assertion on the November 24 edition of Fox News’ Hannity that “We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush’s term.”

Fact: According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, recession began in March 2001 during Bush presidency

NBER determined that recession started exactly 10 years after expansion that began in March 1991, “the longest in the NBER’s chronology.” In March 2001, the U.S. economy went into recession for the first time in 10 years, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). NBER — the private, nonpartisan organization whose business cycle announcements have long been considered the definitive word on the topic — announced its determination on November 26, 2001:

The NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee has determined that a peak in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in March 2001. A peak marks the end of an expansion and the beginning of a recession. The determination of a peak date in March is thus a determination that the expansion that began in March 1991 ended in March 2001 and a recession began. The expansion lasted exactly 10 years, the longest in the NBER’s chronology.

Conservative Attorney: Secret Service ‘Violated My Civil Rights’ Outside White House
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Alaska Journo: Palin’s Banned Media List Written By Todd Palin
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Blackwater, Already On The Ground In Afghanistan, Now Gunning For More Contracts
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Weak GDP growth, a soaring government deficit, and lack of credible plans to correct anything has led to growing concerns that the British pound could collapse — becoming less valuable than a euro.

The U.S. dollar looks like a star in comparison given higher expected GDP growth in the U.S. and more relative credibility in the government’s ability to control spending in the longer term.

While the pound/euro currently sits at 1.11, the next stop could be parity.

The Times: Douglas McWilliams, the chief executive of the Centre for Economics and Business Research (cebr), said that the British economy was walking “five yards away from the edge of the cliff” and could be toppled by an “unexpected gust”.

The pound is trading at 1.10 against the euro after hitting a low of 1.02 a year ago. However, currency markets are reflecting the expectation of a win for the Conservatives in next year’s election, raising hopes of tougher action to tackle the deficit. Any signs of Labour closing the gap ahead of the election would result in the pound plunging, according to the cebr.

“If I had to bet, I would bet on the side of parity being broken,” said Mr McWilliams, adding that there was significant downside risk for the euro as a result of the divergent economic performances of countries such as Germany and Greece.

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Jesus Hated War — Why Do Christians Love It So Much?
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Why I Quit Working in Porn
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Why Aren’t There Sleazy Sex Scandals Involving Powerful Women?
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Mary Matalin claims President Bush ?inherited? the September 11th terror attacks.
On CNN today, GOP strategist and former Dick Cheney adviser Mary Matalin argued that President Obama is speaking too much about the severe debt, deficits, and economic recession he inherited from the previous administration. Defending her former boss, Matalin charged that President Bush had in fact “inherited a recession” and the September 11th attacks from […]

On CNN today, GOP strategist and former Dick Cheney adviser Mary Matalin argued that President Obama is speaking too much about the severe debt, deficits, and economic recession he inherited from the previous administration. Defending her former boss, Matalin charged that President Bush had in fact “inherited a recession” and the September 11th attacks from President Clinton:

MATALIN: I was there, we inherited a recession from President Clinton and we inherited the most tragic attack on our own soil in our nation’s history. And President Bush dealt with it and within a year of his presidency within a comparable time, unemployment was at 5 percent.

Watch it:

In reality, the terror attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center occurred on Sept. 11, 2001 — eight months into President Bush’s first term. Also, the 2001 recession technically began in March of 2001, well after Bush assumed office. Last month, former Bush administration spokesperson Dana Perino claimed that “we did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush’s term.” Former Bush administration officials seem intent on misrepresenting history to pretend that the country never suffered its worst terror attack in history under Bush’s watch. It’s a peculiar talking point, even considering the other efforts to whitewash Bush’s disastrous record.

Palin rehashes ?metaphor? excuse to dodge accountability for the Lie of the Year.
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Sarah Palin must be running out of excuses for her gaffes. As ThinkProgress noted earlier this week, the former governor was forced to address her “death panel” lie in the wake of PolitiFact’s designation of her claim as “Lie of the Year.” In an attempt to spin the lie, Palin is now calling the “death panel” claim a “metaphor“:

Though Nancy Pelosi and friends have tried to call “death panels” the “lie of the year,” this type of rationing – what the CBO calls “reduc[ed] access to care” and “diminish[ed] quality of care” – is precisely what I meant when I used that metaphor.

This should sound familiar to those who have been closely following Palin’s year-and-a-half in the spotlight. After Palin made the jaw-dropping claim that Alaska’s proximity to Russia counts as foreign policy experience, the McCain-Palin campaign used the “metaphor” excuse to defend the then-Governor:

A senior campaign aide who agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity admitted that Palin’s knowledge of Russia may be limited to the way someone from Miami might obtain a general feel for Latin America.

“It is very much being able to look off the tip of Alaska,” the aide said. “Metaphorically, I’m talking about.”

Despite how metaphorical, allegorical, or analytical people attempt to make Palin sound, the truth is that her limitless string of gaffes and missteps are simply nonsensical.

Lycopene, a carotenoid abundant in tomato, is recognized as a powerful antioxidant with antioxidability 3 times as effective as β -carotene and 100 times as vitamin E. Through avoiding the risk of oxidation on body cells, it could help prevent prostate cancer and some other forms of cancer such as stomach cancer and skin cancer.
Lycopene product is extracted form non-polluted quality tomatoes using advanced production process. lt is powder of antioxidation processed by the international up-to-date microcapsule embedding technology, possessing the properties of stable content and long validity. Varieties of specifications is available.
Functions
Lycopene is a fat-soluble antioxidant that scavenges free radicals. [1] Free radicals are molecules that possess a single electron; stable molecules contain pairs of electrons. Free radicals move around inside the cell and bump into other cells in order to gain the electron they need to become stable. This “bumping” into other cells causes damage called oxidation. Oxidation is associated with a number of chronic diseases and is harmful to DNA.
Antioxidants block the oxidation of molecules in the cells. Of all the antioxidants, which include vitamins A, C, and E, lycopene has shown the highest physical quenching rate of the free radical-producing singlet oxygen, nearly twice as high as [beta]-carotene’s rate.
Lycopene has what is known as the all-trans configuration in fresh tomatoes. Applying heat to tomatoes causes isomerization of the all-trans configuration to a form called cis-trans. Cis-trans isomers, which are more bioavailable than all-trans isomers, increase with temperature and processing time. As a result, processed tomato products have higher levels of lycopene and lycopene bioavailability than fresh tomatoes.

[Latin name]: Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.
[Botanical Source]: It is the leaves of loquat belonged to rosaceae plant. It is green arbor or shrub. Its leaves are alternative and long oval-shaped or inverted ovate. There are scattered sawtooth on the edge. There are many fold in the front of base.There are thick and rusty nap behind the base. It is fostered all over the world, and wildly grows in SiChuan and HuBei province .It can be picked all the year.
[Quality standard]:
Active Ingredient: Ursolic acid
[Pharmacological Function]: Including amygdalin, ursolic acid, Oleanolic acid, Vitamin B1, and C, tannin, organic acid, carbohydrate and so on. Main function: removing heat from the lung to relieve cough, lowering the adverse flow of qi, preventing vomiting. It can be used for cough due to the lung-heat, abnormal rising of the qi, rapid respiration, stomach heat, dysphoria with thirst.
Loquat is an evergreen tree with delicate, edible, pear-shaped fruits native to southeastern China, but is widely cultivated. The long, elliptical-shaped leaves have a history of use in traditional Chinese medicine. The corosolic acid extracted from loquat leaves potentiates glucose transport and uptake, which lowers blood glucose and decreases the need for insulin secretion. Insulin resistance affects millions of adult Americans. Long-term elevation of blood sugar creates a high risk for developing diabetes, and is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. This plant material provides product developers with an excellent opportunity to incorporate it into an effective blood glucose metabolism formula. Corosolic acid is a natural medicine that plays a favorable role in maintaining healthy blood glucose levels, thereby decreasing the risk of long-term complications associated with insulin resistance.

Introduction
Common Names–ginkgo, ginkgo biloba, fossil tree, maidenhair tree, Japanese silver apricot, baiguo, bai guo ye, kew tree, yinhsing (yin-hsing)
Latin Name–Ginkgo biloba
What It Is Used For
Ginkgo seeds have been used in traditional Chinese medicine whole medical system that originated in China. It is based on the concept that disease results from disruption in the flow of qi and imbalance in the forces of yin and yang. Practices such as herbs, meditation, massage, and acupuncture seek to aid healing by restoring the yin-yang balance and the flow of qi. for thousands of years, and cooked seeds are occasionally eaten. More recently, ginkgo leaf extract has been used to treat a variety of ailments and conditions, including asthma, bronchitis, fatigue, and tinnitus (ringing in the ears).
Today, people use ginkgo leaf extracts hoping to improve memory; to treat or help prevent Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia; to decrease intermittent claudication (leg pain caused by narrowing arteries); and to treat sexual dysfunction, multiple sclerosis, tinnitus, and other health conditions.
How It Is Used
Extracts are usually taken from the ginkgo leaf and are used to make tablets, capsules, or teas. Occasionally, ginkgo extracts are used in skin products.
What the Science Says
Numerous studies of ginkgo have been done for a variety of conditions. Some promising results have been seen for Alzheimer’s disease/dementia, intermittent claudication, and tinnitus among others, but larger, well-designed research studies are needed.
Some smaller studies for memory enhancement have had promising results, but a trial sponsored by the National Institute on Aging of more than 200 healthy adults over age 60 found that ginkgo taken for 6 weeks did not improve memory.

NCCAM is conducting a large clinical trial of ginkgo with more than 3,000 volunteers. The aim is to see if the herb prevents the onset of dementia and, specifically, Alzheimer’s disease; slows cognitive decline and functional disability (for example, inability to prepare meals); reduces the incidence of cardiovascular disease; and decreases the rate of premature death.
Ginkgo is also being studied by NCCAM for asthma, symptoms of multiple sclerosis, vascular function (intermittent claudication), cognitive decline, sexual dysfunction due to antidepressants, and insulin resistance. NCCAM is also looking at potential interactions between ginkgo and prescription drugs.

CLA is a fatty acid found in beef and dairy fats. Scientific interest in CLA was stimulated in 1988 when a University of Wisconsin researcher discovered its antioxidant properties in a study of rats fed fried hamburger. CLA cannot be produced by the human body, but it can be obtained through foods such as whole milk, butter, beef, and lamb.
CLA may be one of the most potent antioxidant substances in our diet.
In a preliminary study, CLA has also been shown to reduce body fat in people who are overweight.
CLA may be beneficial in other aspects, including prevention of breast and colon cancer.
Additional potential benefits include a reduction in food-induced allergic reactions, as well as the overall enhancement of the immune system

Latin Name: Lagerstroemia Speciosa
specifications: Corosolic acid: 1%, 3%, 5%,10%, 20%
Function:
Water soluble extract for beverage.
• Balances blood sugar
• Regulates insulin levels
• Supports healthy weight loss
Banaba (Lagerstroemia Speciosa) is a botanical extract that comes from the leaves of the banaba tree. In Southeast Asia and the Philippines, the leaves are traditionally used as an herbal medicine to treat diabetes and hyperglycemia (elevated blood sugar) and Banaba has also been traditionally used to aid in cleansing the liver in the Philippines.
Corosolic acid, a triterpenoid found in the leaves, helps regulate blood sugar by stimulating glucose uptake. This blood sugar lowering effect is similar to that of insulin – which induces glucose transport from the blood into body cells. In a study of humans with type-2 diabetes, banaba extract showed a 30% reduction in blood glucose levels. It is considered a natural plant insulin, can be taken orally, and has no side effects, according to Japanese research. Corsolic acid also appears to have strong antioxidant properties.
Because of its ability to assist in regulating blood sugar, it can be very useful in losing weight. Because of the way Banaba helps the body to handle glucose (glucose transport activator), it is a ingredient found in many weight-loss products. Supplementwatch.com says: “An interesting ‘side-effect’ of tighter control of blood sugar and insulin levels is a significant tendency of Banaba to promote weight loss (an average of 2-4 lbs. per month) without significant dietary alterations. It is likely that modulation of glucose and insulin levels reduces total caloric intake somewhat and encourages moderate weight loss.” In Japan, Banaba tea has become quite popular and is known as “slimming tea.” In the US, many weight-loss formulas are now using Banaba as a safe, natural component for reducing weight.
However, more recent studies have shown that the entire herb is useful in lowering blood sugar, and that corosolic acid is probably not the only active ingredient in Banaba leaves. A study published in 2001 by Edison Biotechnology Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Athens, Ohio compared a whole leaf extract of Banaba with insulin in cell cultures. They concluded that the whole herb had a glucose lowering effect and could be used to fight diabetes and obesity. A study reported in the Feb. 2002 volume of Planta Med stated that corosolic acid alone could not account for the glucose transport effect of Banaba extracts, and identified at least three active components: lagerstroemin, flosin B and reginin A. These natural phytochemicals regulate glucose uptake, and could be responsible for lowering blood glucose levels and weight loss.
Our banaba extract is produced with a know-how technology, which keeps all the natural ingredients in it, with the corosolic acid as a marker ingredient.

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Product Description
According to mensuration, in fresh Jerusalem artichoke tuber, contain the water 79.8%, carbohydrate 16.6%, the 2.8% of ash content and vitamins. In which the 78% of carbohydrate is fructans.

The tubers of Jerusalem artichoke are typically harvested, sliced and washed. Inulin is then extracted from the tuber by using a hot water diffusion process, then purified and dried. The resulting product has an average degree of polymerization of 9 to 11 and a distribution of molecules with chain lengths from 2 to 60 units. The finished inulin powder typically contains 3-8% sugars represented as glucose, fructose and sucrose. These are native to the tubers of Jerusalem artichoke, they are not added after extraction.

Latin: Radix et Rhizoma Rhei
Origin:
The root and rhizome of Rheum palmatum L. (sorrel rhubarb), Rheum tanguticum Maxim. et Balf. (Tangut rhubarb) or Rheum officinale Baill. (medicinal rhubarb), a perennial herb, of the Polygonaceae family.
Functions:
Eliminates stagnant food by purgation, clears away fire to purge it, arrests bleeding, removes toxic substances and promotes blood circulation by removing blood stasis.
Rhubarb has a long and proven history of herbal usage, its main effect being a positive and balancing effect upon the whole digestive system. It is one of the most widely used herbs in Chinese medicine.
Applications:
1. To treat constipation and food stagnation in the stomach and intestines:
(A) Constipation and food stagnation in the stomach and intestines:
Use it with mirabilite, immature citron or trifoliate orange (Fructus Aurantii Immaturus) and official magnolia bark, e.g., Da Chengqi Tang in order to strengthen the effects of relieving constipation by purgation and expelling pathogenic heat.
(B) Excess syndrome in the interior with the accumulation of heat, accompanied by deficiency of both qi and blood or by loss of body fluids due to yin deficiency:
Use it with herbs for the nourishment of qi and blood or for the replenishment of yin to promote the production of body fluid.
(C) Constipation due to cold stagnation of food as a result of insufficiency of spleen-yang:
Use it with herbs for the warming of the interior, such as monkshood root (Radix Aconiti Praeparata), dried ginger, etc., e.g., Weipi Tang.
(D) Initial attacks of dysentery due to damp-heat and abdominal pain with tenesmus (a distressing but ineffectual urge to evacuate the rectum or bladder) :
Use it with Chinese goldthread rhizome (Rhizoma Coptidis), aucklandia root, etc., in order to clear stagnated food in the large intestine.
(E) Abdominal pain due to stagnation of food and diarrhea without smooth defecation:
Use it with dried green orange peel, aucklandia root, etc., in order to purge stagnant food to remove stagnancy.
2. To treat hematemesis, epistaxis and hemoptysis due to blood heat and ailments caused by flaming-up of pathogenic fire such as conjunctivitis, sore throat, gingivitis, etc.:
Use it with Chinese goldthread rhizome (Rhizoma Coptidis) and skullcap root (Radix Scutellariae), e.g., Xiexin Tang. In modern clinical treatment of bleeding of the digestive tract, rhubarb powder alone has quite good curative effects .
3. To treat skin and external diseases due to toxic heat and burns and scalds:
(A) Carbuncles and furuncles due to toxic heat:
Use it with honeysuckle flower (Flos Lonicerae), dandelion (Herba Taraxaci), weeping forsythia fruit (Fructus Forsythiae), etc. As this herb can clear away toxic heat and subdue swelling, it can be used externally by being ground into powder and mixed with honey for the application onto the affected part.
(B) Abdominal pain:
Use it with tree peony root-bark, peach kernels, etc., e.g., Dahuang Mudan Tang.
(C) Aphthae of the mouth and tongue:
Ground it with dried alum into powder and applied onto the affected part.
(D) Scalds and burns:
Its powder can be used alone or in combination with garden burnet root (Radix Sanguisorbae) powder and mixed with sesame oil for application onto the affected part.
4. To treat syndromes of blood stasis:
This herb has a better effect on promoting blood circulation by removing blood stasis, so it is a common herb for the treatment of blood stasis syndromes.
(A) Postpartum abdominal pain due to stasis and obstruction with unexpelled lochia:
Use it with peach kernels, ground beetle, etc., e.g., Xia Yuxue Tang.
(B) Dysmenorrhea due to blood stasis:
Use it with safflower, Chinese angelica, etc.
(C) Traumatic injuries with blood stasis, swelling and pain:
Use it with peach kernels, safflower, pangolin scale, etc., e.g., Fuyuan Huoxue Tang.
5. To treat ailments due to damp-heat, such as jaundice, strangury, etc.

Botanical: Amorphophallus konjac (also known as Amorphophallus rivieri)
Family: Araceae (arum) – Arecaceae (palm)
Other common names: Konjac, Konjac Root, Snake Plant, Devil’s Tongue, Doo Bulbs, Konjac Mannan, Corpse Flowers, Voodoo Lily, Snake Palm
Konjac is a nutrient-rich food plant food with low calorie and no fat content. In China, Konjac is called Ju Ruo, which has been used as a food for over 2,000 years, as described in the “Ode to the Capital of Shu Kingdom”, written by Zuo Si of Xijin Dynasty.

In Japan, Konjac is called Konnyaku, which has been an important part of oriental dishes for more than 1,500 years in Japanese cuisines.

Konjac Glucomannan is an important, effective and unique water-soluble dietary fiber contained in the Konjac. Glucomannan is a high molecular polysaccharide with its structure as residues of mannose and glucose, having a molecular weight of 200,000 to 2,000,000 Daltons, swelling by absorbing hundreds times of its weight of water. In most instances, research was initiated to elucidate the impact of Konjac Glucomannan on the following functional claims:

* Improvement of diet for diabetics
* Lowers cholesterol and triglyceride levels
* Promotes weight loss
* Promotes blood sugar control
* Promotes feeling of fullness (satiety)
* Reduces fat absorption

Relying on modern equipments, advanced technology, optimal manufacturing process, and strict quality control, we extract its natural active properties from its corm-like Tubers, and standardized it to assay.
This traditional food is becoming a bulk nutritional ingredient suitable for Functional Beverages, Foods, Capsules, Gums, Jellies and Tablets industry.

Commodity: Mulberry Leaf Extract
Latin Name:Folium Mori,Ramulus Mori
Botanical Source:Morus alba L.. (Fam. Moraceae).

Specification: 4:1, 10:1, 0.5%

Active ingredient: DNJ (1-Deoxynojirimycin hydrochloride),

Description:
Mulberry is a fast growing deciduous woody perennial plant. It has a deep root system. The leaves are simple, alternate, stipulate, petiolate, entire or lobed. The number of lobes varies from one to five. Plants are generally dioecious. Inflorescence is catkin with pendent or drooping peduncle bearing unisexual flowers. Inflorescence is always auxiliary. Male catkins are usually longer than the female catkins. Male flowers are loosely arranged and after shedding the pollen, the inflorescence dries and falls off. These are four persistent parianth lobes and four stamens implexed in bud. Female inflorescence is usually short and the flowers are very compactly arranged. There are four persistent parianth lobes. The ovary is one-celled and the stigma is bifid. The chief pollinating agent in mulberry is wind. Mulberry fruit is a sorosis, mainly violet black in colour.
Fuction:
Mulberry Leaf is considered as a nice herb in the ancient China for anti-inflammation, anti-aging and maintaining
health.Mulberry leaf is rich in amino acids,vitamin C and
antioxidants. Among this components, the most valuable are Rutoside and DNJ(1-Deoxynojimycin),The latest Chinese research has shown Rutoside and DNJ are effective in regulating blood fat, balancing blood pressure, reducing blood glucose, and boosting metabolism. SO they are widely used as raw materials for curing diabetes
DNJ is proved to:
1) Inhibiting activities against a-glycosidase
2) Inhibiting activities against viruses
3) Inhibiting activities against tumor metastasis
4) Inhibiting activities against a-amylase
5) Blood sugar lowering activities
6) Free radical scavenging activities
7) Immune adjustment activities
8) Weight loss activities by preventing absorption

Product name: Gynostemma P. E
Other Names: Amachazuru, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, Jiaogulan, Miracle Grass, Southern Ginseng, Vitis pentaphyllum
Part used: Whole Herb
Product Content: Gynosaponin 80%, 98% UV
Test Mothed: UV
Plant Description:
Gynostemma pentaphyllum is an herbaceous vine of the family Cucurbitaceae (cucumber or gourd family) indigenous to the southern reaches of China, southern Korea and Japan. Jiaogulan is best known as an herbal medicine reputed to have powerful antioxidant and adaptogenic effects that increase longevity.
Action: Gynostemma active ingredients with the action of anti-tumor and anti-aging, protecting the liver and to enhance their role in the body, such as immune function. Mainly for the treatment of liver cancer, lung cancer, uterine cancer, skin cancer, such as the proliferation of cancer cells, significantly inhibited.
Storage: Cool, Darkness & Dry