Comments on: The Crime of the Century https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-crime-of-the-century/ Something Can Be Done About It Sun, 16 May 2021 23:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Real https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-crime-of-the-century/#comment-393866 Sun, 16 May 2021 23:21:23 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2610598#comment-393866 Not of the century. That would go to the US Congress and its “war on drugs” started in the mid 60’s that has caused more violent crime deaths of US citizens than soldiers killed during the Vietnam war.

]]> By: Glenn https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-crime-of-the-century/#comment-393862 Sun, 16 May 2021 22:02:28 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2610598#comment-393862 In reply to Mary Kahn.

Mary,

I think so too.

I hope that all I’ve done to secure my family’s future will allow us to weather that storm. Hope all other personally responsible folks do too.

Glenn

]]> By: Mary Kahn https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-crime-of-the-century/#comment-393858 Sun, 16 May 2021 20:55:41 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2610598#comment-393858 In reply to Glenn.

It’s stunning. I’m completely disgruntled in Washington DC.
And that is just talking from the c of s perspective.

I think this country is in for a very bumpy ride.

]]> By: KatherineINCali https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-crime-of-the-century/#comment-393857 Sun, 16 May 2021 20:39:00 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2610598#comment-393857 This hits close to home. When I was 31 (I’m 45 now), I had back surgery after dealing with massive back pain for years.

My doctor had been prescribing Norco. After a couple years, she sent me to a pain management doctor who proceeded to give me 180 Norco per month, 90 Soma per month & Ativan (he said it was for sleep as I had a hard time sleeping due to the pain).

A couple years later I had the surgery, but needles to say, I was completely addicted to painkillers. But I needed more of them to get me through the post-surgery period so I wouldn’t be in extreme pain.

Getting off that crap was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life. It was nothing short of brutal.

]]> By: Loosing my Religion https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-crime-of-the-century/#comment-393796 Sun, 16 May 2021 07:52:47 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2610598#comment-393796 In reply to Carol Malczynski.

Carol. In my opinion as for other businesses and industries, they are heroes as long as they do not cross the threshold of legality and the betrayal of those who buy from them and therefore trust.
Among other things, vaccines are no small business.
Someone has found it curious that several pharmaceutical companies have found in a very short time (and this is obviously excellent) each one its own version of the vaccine against Covid 19, but it is also curious that after 40 years no one has yet found anything in terms of aids vaccines or other diseases that are ravaging entire areas of the third world.
So I want to trust but for those who know what the process for approving a vaccine is, this absolutely includes testing before it is made available. But here it would seem that they have shortened this crucial phase. I repeat I want to trust but won’t call them heros yet.

]]> By: georgemwhite https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-crime-of-the-century/#comment-393786 Sun, 16 May 2021 06:12:02 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2610598#comment-393786 My next door neighbor died at 21 from this opioid crisis. I watched it. It truly was the crime of the century. Keep up the great work Alex Gibney.

]]> By: Carol Malczynski https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-crime-of-the-century/#comment-393759 Sat, 15 May 2021 22:11:20 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2610598#comment-393759 The pharmaceutical industry are heroes. They developed vaccines quickly and saved many, many lives. I will still watch the documentary, as soon as I can.

]]> By: Skyler23 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-crime-of-the-century/#comment-393752 Sat, 15 May 2021 21:01:01 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2610598#comment-393752 In reply to Mike Rinder.

OK. I listened to Episode 7 and it was really interesting. I only have one complaint and that is that at 45 minutes, it was one of the shortest podcasts of them all and Alex was so interesting, I just wish it could have been longer.

There was one truly wonderful moment in the podcast. That was when a group of cult members brought a box of so-called “evidence” to Larry Wright’s office in an effort to discredit him. They left that box in his office when they left and someone turned to Larry and said, “Well, now you have your book!”.

It turned out that Larry used the material left by the cult members in that box in large part to write his book. So this was another case of the cult shooting itself in the foot. They thought this material would be used to discredit Larry. But instead, it saved him enormous time and trouble and helped him to write his book. I found that to be hilarious.

It was a great example of the cult doing something really stupid that they thought would be helping them but it wound up hurting them. Sometimes it’s hard to understand why people are afraid of this group of “Keystone Cops”. The longer they keep fighting, the worse they find themselves due to their own stupidity.

]]> By: Skyler23 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-crime-of-the-century/#comment-393745 Sat, 15 May 2021 20:22:31 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2610598#comment-393745 In reply to Mike Rinder.

Doh! Boy do I feel stupid! I have no idea how I missed that.

Oh well. I know what I’ll be doing tonight.

]]> By: Mike Rinder https://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-crime-of-the-century/#comment-393741 Sat, 15 May 2021 19:53:33 +0000 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=2610598#comment-393741 In reply to Skyler23.

He was our guest on Episode 7

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