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2008-01-13 Iraq

Soros Funded Lancet Excessive Death Number Study

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Posted by Frank G 2008-01-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 "I am adamant this could not have affected the outcome of the research." -- meaning, "I would have made up the same figures even without Soros money."

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-01-13 01:33|| 2008-01-13 01:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Soros is one of hte few individuals, about whom I can say, with a clear Christian conscience, should just hurry up and die.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-01-13 02:29|| 2008-01-13 02:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Soros is one of the few individuals, about whom I can say, with a clear Christian conscience, should just hurry up and die.

That would be very nice indeed. But he has a whole brood of little Soros's that will carry on his evil works.

Posted by Titus Crineting6410 2008-01-13 05:15|| 2008-01-13 05:15|| Front Page Top

#4 The Lancet did not break any rules by failing to disclose Soross sponsorship.

No, but like TRN, they have permanently damaged their reputation. It is amazing how many of these "professional" magazines are just whore sheets for political causes.

Posted by Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-13 05:54|| 2008-01-13 05:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Roberts said this weekend: In retrospect, it was probably unwise to have taken money that could have looked like it would result in a political slant."

Yeah, that and rushing to publish it right before the US presidential election.

But this wasn't a political hit - no not at all!

Posted by WTF 2008-01-13 09:44|| 2008-01-13 09:44|| Front Page Top

#6 The Lancet study was commissioned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and led by Les Roberts, an associate professor and epidemiologist at Columbia University. He reportedly opposed the war from the outset.

Posted by Icerigger 2008-01-13 10:10|| http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm]">[http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm] 2008-01-13 10:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Damage is already done. Compare the number of original lancet stories and regurgitation of the 650,000 killed number versus mentions of the Lancet study getting debunked.

Remember, we're just as bad as Saddam.

Saddam's torture chambers open under new management.

Who are the real terrorists.

Posted by danking70 2008-01-13 10:44|| 2008-01-13 10:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Personally, I wish someone had the coruage to remove Soros from the breathing 5 years ago. THe world would be a better place.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-01-13 11:02|| 2008-01-13 11:02|| Front Page Top

#9 The Lancet was always the most highly respected medical publication. That changed with these revelations. The editors should be sacked.

Posted by doc 2008-01-13 11:03|| 2008-01-13 11:03|| Front Page Top

#10 How old is Soros anyway?
Any chance of "Natural Death" fairly soon?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-01-13 13:08|| 2008-01-13 13:08|| Front Page Top

#11 Another fact worth noting in regard to political motivation - and ignored by the MSM is that the Iraqi lead investigator on the Lancet study - the one overseeing the surveys and supervising data collection was none other than a high official in Sadam's health ministry. This is the same guy who published the claim of a million Iraqi children being the victim of the pre-war sanctions regime.

Posted by WTF 2008-01-13 14:49|| 2008-01-13 14:49|| Front Page Top

#12 At one point MIT and Columbia were respected institutions. Now I question whether they have any faculty that are not hacks? In what way does this study apply to epidemiology? In what way was this even a study? ~~How would this garbage ever pass peer review?~~ That's obvious. I can't imagine that the content of Robert's courses would be superior to the type of indoctrination taught at USF for much cheaper.

Posted by Super Hose 2008-01-13 15:13|| 2008-01-13 15:13|| Front Page Top

#13 Hokay, hokay, enough about Soros and death. Comes dangerously close to redacting.

I left comments in-line about Lancet's rules about disclosing funding sources.

AoS

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2008-01-13 15:21|| 2008-01-13 15:21|| Front Page Top

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