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Pfizer Expands Recall of Antismoking Drug to Include All Lots

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/958988

Pfizer has expanded its nationwide recall of the smoking cessation drug varenicline (Chantix) to the consumer level to include all lots of the 0.5-mg and 1-mg tablets in the United States because the drug includes higher than acceptable levels of a known carcinogen.

A company announcement posted on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website notes the tablets are being recalled due to the presence of N-nitroso-varenicline, a nitrosamine impurity, at or above the FDA’s current acceptable intake limit.

As previously reported by Medscape Medical News, Pfizer previously recalled some specific lots of Chantix for this same reason back in July and August. Pfizer said it has not received reports of adverse events related to this recall.

With alternative suppliers of Chantix approved in the United States, Pfizer said it is recalling all batches of Chantix as a “precautionary measure.”

Pfizer said consumers who have Chantix on hand should contact Stericycle at 1-888-276-6166 to start the return process.

Patients currently taking Chantix are advised to consult with their healthcare provider about alternative treatment options.

Although N-nitroso-varenicline may be associated with a potential increased cancer risk, there is no immediate risk to patients taking this medication, the FDA says.

The agency also says the health benefits of stopping smoking outweigh the cancer risk from the nitrosamine impurity in varenicline.

“To lessen the impact to patients from a drug shortage due to this ongoing recall, FDA will not object to certain manufacturers distributing varenicline tablets containing N-nitroso-varenicline above FDA’s acceptable intake limit of 37 ng per day but below the interim acceptable intake limit of 185 ng per day until the impurity can be eliminated or reduced to acceptable levels,” the FDA notes.

Adverse reactions or quality problems experienced with the use of this product may be reported to the FDA’s MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program. 

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American Airlines removes family from flight for unmasked toddler

Amanda Pendarvis said her son was having an asthma attack at the time

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/american-airlines-family-removed-flight-toddler-mask

A mother and her 2-year-old son were forced to deplane an American Airlines flight on Monday after the child would not keep a mask on. 

Amanda Pendarvis posted to her Instagram story that she, her young son and her mother were removed from the flight. Pendarvis said her son was having an asthma attack at the time.

Flight 1284 returned to its gate at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport before departing for Colorado after the party refused to “comply with crew member instructions to remain seated while on an active taxiway and to wear face coverings securely over their nose and mouth,” American Airlines said in a statement to FOX Business.

The airline said crew members were never made aware that the child was having an asthma attack or issues breathing. Additionally, the passengers were not addressed for failure to comply with face-covering requirements at any point while administering treatment, according to the carrier. 

A Twitter user who said she’s a friend of Pendarvis posted a series of images of the incident, which included one appearing to show Pendarvis attempting to keep a mask on her son.

A one-minute video appears to show the child screaming and crying while the mother tries to place the mask properly over his face. At one point, the child can be heard saying “no” while the woman repeatedly tries to settle him down.

At the end of the clip, the woman and child were seen waiting in the jetbridge, met by authorities.

American also said the flight crew made “multiple attempts to reinforce safety requirements” after they saw “a minor in the party laying in the aisle and moving between seats on taxi out.”

Per federal safety regulations, all customers are required to remain seated with a seatbelt on when an aircraft is on an active taxiway, according to the carrier.

As part of its policy, American also requires all individuals that are 2 years old and older to wear a face-covering at all times unless they are eating or drinking.

“U.S. federal law requires that you wear a face covering at all times while indoors at the airport and on board your flight If you refuse to wear one, you may be denied boarding and future travel on American,” American’s website states. “You may also face penalties under federal law.”

These rules do not apply to anyone who is under 2 years old or who has a disability that prevents them from wearing a mask, according to American. 

After deplaning, American said the passengers were rebooked on the next flight to Colorado Springs that same day after they agreed to “adhere to policies instituted for the safety of our customers and crew.” 

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This administration seems to do whatever it wants to do…  Constitution…. Bill of Rights…. and other laws be damned. First he says he CAN’T mandate vaccinations… and then he does – even though he said that 70% population vaccinated would be “herd immunity” and we are now at 75%.  The Supreme court told him that he could not extend the rent moratorium, but he tried to do it anyway and the courts slapped him down… so the CDC tried it as “health issue” and they got slapped down… the Supreme Court stated that it had be done by Congress and Pelosi failed to act.  I guess that we are going to have to stop sending presents to our Daughter and Grandson using Zelle…  Sending them (electronic ) cash… we know the present is always the RIGHT COLOR … just may not be the RIGHT SIZE 🙂

I guess that the 4th Amendment really doesn’t exist in “Biden World”  I just made this post this week  https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/in-an-instant-the-dea-took-a-grandfathers-hard-earned-life-savings-hard-to-tell-the-criminals-from-law-enforcement/ 

It looks like the Federal government … if they find some money in anybody’s pocket… they are going to try and pick your pockets.  At one time, there was a saying that you came into this world with nothing and that the bureaucrats were going to try and make damn sure that you leave this world the same way. And that is why historically the estate taxes were so draconian… and it looks like this Congress is going to try and reinstate that draconian tax… which will mean that all too many small business owners and farmers… when they die… their heirs will most like have to liquidate the business/farm to pay the taxes.  And who will be standing in line to scoop up the asset of those businesses/farms at “fire sale prices”… you can bet – BIG CORPORATIONS.

Joe Biden wants the IRS to do something that will make your blood boil

https://conservativeundergroundnews.com/joe-biden-wants-the-irs-to-do-something-that-will-make-your-blood-boil/?

Joe Biden is plunging the nation into crisis.

He has overseen one policy failure after another in under eight months.

Now Biden wants the IRS to do something that will make your blood boil.

It was bad enough when the Obama administration sicced Lois Lerner and the IRS on conservative organizations.

Now Joe Biden wants to go after everyone for potential tax evasion, even the average citizen sending hundreds of dollars on apps like Venmo and PayPal.

All of this is to fund his ridiculous $3.5 trillion spending package that’s being held up in the Senate.

The Daily Mail reports:

“One key prong of President Biden’s plan to bankroll Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget plan is to monitor gross inflows and outflows from an individual’s bank account . . . The proposal would require banks to report gross inflows and outflows to the IRS, including transactions from Venmo, PayPal, crypto exchanges and the like in an effort to fight tax evasion. The IRS would know how much money is in an individual’s bank account in a given year, whether the individual earned income on that account and exactly how much was going in and out.”

The absurd overreach by Biden is likely unconstitutional, and could result in litigation.

The Daily Mail continues:

“Patrick Hedger, vice president of policy at the Taxpayers’ Protection Alliance, warned that such a proposal could violate the Fourth Amendment, which protects citizens from search and seizure without probable cause. ‘The IRS is first and foremost, a law enforcement agency, and the Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures in pursuit of looking for wrongdoing and criminal actions, so I think this is going to run into severe Fourth Amendment headwinds,’ Hedger [explained].”

Barack Obama nudged the country in a fascist direction by weaponizing the executive branch.

Biden is now accelerating that shift, and he has the corporate-controlled press and Big Tech behind him.

Hedger added:

“This is the ultimate regressive tax . . . You’re going to end up punishing the worst off among us . . . the lower income folks in this country have historically been the targets of aggressive IRS audits because they don’t have the CPAs and the lawyers to be able to fight back. I don’t see why they need to be going after people, you know, just the average, the average Joe and start stooping on, you know, a $600 payment.’”

Biden and the Democrats say they’re “for the people,” but all of their policies put the squeeze on average citizens.

Biden’s immigration policies put downward pressure on working class wages.

His energy policies have cost thousands of Americans jobs while causing gas prices to explode.

Biden’s economic policies have led to worker shortages and price inflation.

Meanwhile, burdensome COVID policies are restricting small business owners, many of whom have closed their doors permanently.

The Biden administration has been an utter failure, and this IRS gambit is just the latest example.

Stay tuned to Conservative Underground News for any updates to this ongoing story.

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I could not download this video, but this person testifying before a senate committee with “tons” of info about clinical trials successfully using invermectin to treat COVID-19

https://rumble.com/embed/vjypfn/?pub=4

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Would you be able to share this in one of your blogs? 

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I know it’s late but wanted to put this up for review . I want to send this to as many groups as we can please let me know what everyone thinks good, or bad. Sorry again I know it’s late for some. Hello, I am writing to everyone that is a pain suffer. Since the 2016 guidelines we have had medications taken away from us, cut back, cut off and left out in the cold to deal with our pain issues great and small. We are not seeing anyone in DC, the DEA or the CDC coming to our rescue so we must do something to get the attention of the media, elected officials, big pharma and insurance companies. A Protest is being set up to take place in October in DC by Pain Patients. We’re not doing this as single organization but as a community of pain patients and we need as many people to join in as possible. We write our elected officials and receive that same form letter, we appreciate you contacting us blah, blah, blah and know that we will look into this. Nope, same letter different elected officials . It’s time that we stand, sit, roll to DC to make all voices heard. It’s time to put aside who represents who, it is you representing yourself for being denied the right to a quality of life. We are Americans, we have paid our dues, taxes, insurance rates, co-pays etc. we need to speak up for ourselves, our grandparents, parents, sisters, brothers, spouses and top of the list for some of us our children. I am asking you who are leaders of whichever group you belong to to spread the information about this protest in DC so that we can show our numbers, will it be hard yes but we fight off hard every day. Encourage your friends and families that are not currently fighting through everyday pain and to fight for the right to have our doctors able to treat without fear of the DEA. Please share, this is not just 1 or 2 groups, this is an entire community of sufferers. Thank you for your time and please again let’s put aside any issues between us and come together as 1 pain community. Bring your poster, where whatever you want just come together for 2 hours on 1 day and save the pain community. Pain does not care who you are, your status, your net worth. Pain takes everyone into its group. Thank you for your time and I hope to see a crowd of fighters in October

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According to these charts the number of deaths from Rx opiates were relatively flat between 2010 to 2019 (.0038%). While this graph shows Rx opiates … the question is how many of those Rx opiates were obtained LEGALLY.  During that same time frame we know that the DEA cut the opiate production limits to the pharma industry was cut around 50%. What we don’t know of those OD deaths from Rx opiates, how many were LEGALLY OBTAINED ?  Which automatically makes those Rx opiates obtained thru some sort of diversion— ILLEGAL OPIATES.

The VERTICAL RED LINE is when the CDC Opiate Dosing Guidelines were implemented

CDC reported 38,000 over dose drug death in 2010 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr65/nvsr65_10.pdf and in 2020 90,000 drug over dose deaths.  https://usafacts.org/articles/drug-overdose-deaths-hit-a-record-high-in-2020/

Within those DRUG OVER DOSE DEATHS is an estimated 15,000 from the use/abuse of NSAID’s from intestinal bleed outs.

It would appear to be obvious – to those paying attention – which many involved with the war on drugs are not – that steepest increase of OD’s involving illegal fentanyl, Cocaine, and Methamphetamine seems to start around the time that the CDC opiate dosing guidelines came out.

Apparently those involved in fighting the war on drugs are hyper-focused on their agenda.. the same agenda that started in 1970… started by a bigoted, racist, opiophobic attorney – that just happened to be the President of the United States – “tricky dick nixon”

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In An Instant, The DEA Took A Grandfather’s Hard-Earned Life Savings

https://www.forbes.com/sites/instituteforjustice/2021/09/02/in-an-instant-the-dea-took-a-grandfathers-hard-earned-life-savings/

How did the life savings of a 58-year-old New Orleans grandfather end up in the federal government’s hands, possibly forever? It’s a complicated story, but the simple answer is that law enforcement has a “see cash, seize cash” policy at our nation’s airports.

If you walk through New Orleans’ historic Roosevelt Hotel on the weekend, you are likely to hear Kermit Warren chatting up a customer at his shoeshine stand. Kermit is a New Orleanian through and through, so you might hear about how he worked at Central Grocery making its famous muffuletta sandwiches, or about his time as a longshoreman on the Mississippi River docks, or when he helped the Army Corps clean up after Hurricane Katrina. And one subject excites him more than anything else: his sons and grandson.

But a year ago, the shoeshine stand was quiet. With travel and business grinding to a standstill because of COVID-19, Kermit was laid off. But being the hard worker that he is, Kermit saw a future in a family business: hauling and selling scrap metal with his younger son Leo.

Through many different jobs, two things remained consistent for Kermit. One, he set aside cash every week to save for a rainy day or to eventually leave an inheritance for his family. Two, he used his spare time to haul and sell scrap metal, often with Leo’s help. When he was laid off, Kermit had managed to save nearly $30,000 cash.

But to make a full-time living from scrapping, he and Leo needed a second tow truck. Kermit’s brother and Leo scoured the internet and thought they found the right truck at the right price outside Columbus, Ohio. Kermit negotiated the purchase for a cash price, and he and Leo flew up to Ohio on one-way tickets, planning to drive the truck back.

But when Kermit got a good look at it, he realized the tow truck was too heavy and had features that he didn’t need and that would make the insurance more than he could afford. So Kermit held on to his money and headed to the Columbus Airport. Going through security, he was briefly stopped by TSA screeners when they noticed the cash. But the screeners (rightly) told him it was legal to travel with cash and that he could go to his gate. What they did not tell Kermit is that they had also called the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Before their plane started boarding, Kermit and Leo were confronted by three DEA agents. The agents refused to listen to Kermit’s reasons for traveling with cash or look at his correspondence with the truck company and photos of the truck. Kermit, whose other son is a former New Orleans police officer, panicked about the imminent snatching of his life savings and told the agents untruthfully that he was a retired New Orleans police officer, before quickly coming clean. They seized the money, gave him a receipt, and let Kermit and Leo fly home. They had no reason to suspect that Kermit or his cash had ties to any crime.

Months later, the federal government filed a civil forfeiture complaint in court to keep Kermit’s money forever. The complaint is revealing because it shows just how thin of a case the government needs when it brings charges against property instead of people.

The DEA has no alternative explanation for how Kermit came to have nearly $30,000. The government just says that it thinks Kermit’s money is connected with illegal drugs, but not in any specific way.  Apart from the questioning at the airport, Kermit was never interviewed again. Unsurprisingly, neither Kermit nor Leo was charged with any crime.

But convicting people for crimes or actually stopping drugs from hitting the streets isn’t really the point. Federal law enforcement has a strong incentive to seize cash and keep it through civil forfeiture because the profits flow directly into accounts they control. And flyers are a prime target for cash grabs because everyone has to pass through security screening.

It is completely legal to fly domestically with any amount of cash, and cash is not on the list of items that the TSA prohibits flying with. Yet TSA routinely detains people and tips law enforcement off when it detects cash. The Institute for Justice is representing Kermit to get his life savings back and has represented others who had cash seized all over the country: Pittsburgh, Houston, Wilmington and Phoenix, just to name a few.

IJ also brought a national class action lawsuit squarely aimed at ending these practices that turn flyers into law enforcement piggy banks. There are many reasons to carry cash, and Americans don’t deserve to be treated like criminals just because they choose to fly with their hard-earned money.

Kermit is struggling to pay his bills, but he is back working at the Roosevelt a few days a week now. As the head deacon of his church, he talks often about how he has faith that justice will prevail.

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