its been a long time......

i shoulda left you with some deeper thoughts to sift through.

its no secret that 2009 the worst year of my life. for a myriad of reasons 09 was so inexplicably awful that it stifled me creatively & almost made me completely disappear from the scene.
many months & one album later i've returned to the horus set with new personal revelations that were very randomly spurred by Dr. Gabor Maté in his democracy now interview from this morning...the monday after valentine's day 2010...perhaps the good doctor's perspective will further enlighten some of you as well

Say Goodbye to Nutrients

with so many distractions people tend to overlook some of the most simple & essential things that are key to life...here's a crash course in codex alimentarius from the http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/ website:

Codex Alimentarius was founded in 1962 by the UN to establish international free trade foods. It is jointly administered by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) through annual and regional meetings.

Codex sets advisory standards and guidelines which nations may adopt or modify. If they modify them without special protections, nations may be found guilty of setting up trade barriers by the World Trade Organization (WTO), and be assessed crippling financial penalties. If, on the other hand, countries deviate from Codex texts by creating a scientifically strong alternative guideline or standard, and pass enabling legislation (a process we refer to as "The Codex Two Step") they are free to deviate from Codex without being found guilty of creating barriers to trade. WTO has repeatedly refused to grant Codex a unique position as THE international food code, saying it is one of several such standards.

Codex decisions are, however, often perceived as inevitable by many developing nations which are not aware of the flexibility to protect the health of their people through the Two Step Process.

Codex' decisions are heavily influenced by the desires of multinational special interest groups who send representatives to sit on national committees and as NGO delegates. Because Codex is so heavily influenced by corporate interests, its decisions are, in our opinion, often helpful to corporate well-being but strikingly detrimental to human and einviromental health.

Codex pertains to every bite - and kind of - food traded internationally and allows high doses of pesticides, veterinary drugs, synthetic hormones, contaminants, artificial sweeteners, and other dangerous compounds and processes (like mandated irradiation of food) while it forbids health claims for food.