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November 15, 2019
The Dreaded Flu Season (Again)?
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Dr. John Reizer
Author of The Target List novel
Every year in the United States between the months of October and May, people are inundated with flu vaccination ads and news programs that are generated by pharmaceutical companies and government agencies such as the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
The mass marketing campaigns are relentless and cleverly designed to encourage (scare) citizens into getting the annual flu jab in order to supposedly boost human immunity against Influenza.
It’s frustrating for me, on a personal level, to watch the same campaign rolled out nationally and promoted by the powers that be every single year. You can count on it just like Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Flu season is officially on the US calendar and you can expect to see the agenda being pushed on every “Fakestream News” company in existence.
Did you ever wonder where the Influenza virus hides during the months of June – September? Does it go to some other part of the world for a yearly holiday? Like magic, it suddenly reappears in October and people are told to protect themselves with flu immunizations once again. Do you smell something fishy with this storyline?
Is it possible that the flu vaccine campaign is actually the cause of the flu season? Is it possible the reason that flu season begins every October is because people begin receiving flu shots every September?
Before you roll up your sleeve, stick out your arm and let someone stick you with any vaccine, you better do your research and understand that all vaccines are medicinal concoctions, and they carry potential risks to your health and well being. Don’t think for one second that there aren’t consequences attached to receiving vaccines of any kind.
There are plenty of research studies that show a connection between vaccines and neurological diseases such as Autism and Guillain-Barre syndrome. There are also plenty of attorneys that specialize in representing people that have been injured by these dangerous drugs.
Watch the video below to see what can happen from getting one flu shot. Get informed and stay informed about your health and what you put inside your body!
Disclaimer!
The health information that has been written on this website is not intended to replace a professional relationship between a patient and a healthcare specialist nor is it intended as medical advice. Readers are encouraged to make healthcare decisions based upon their own independent research.
November 13, 2019
The Target List Audiobook Tour: Author Interview
Q&A with Author John Reizer
Tell us about the process of turning your book into an audiobook.
After writing The Target List, I believed the story was really special. I had a gut feeling this short novella would make a great audiobook. I am so happy I acted on my feelings because I believe the final product turned out wonderfully.
Do you believe certain types of writing translate better into audiobook format?
I do believe certain writing styles probably translate better into audiobooks than others. I think thrillers, for example, are a natural fit for audiobooks. It’s the type of audio content that can grab hold of listeners and never let them go.
Was a possible audiobook recording something you were conscious of while writing?
I think about half way through the writing of the book, I felt the story would make a good audiobook.
How did you select your narrator?
After I became affiliated with ACX, the company that produced the audiobook, I held auditions for the project. As soon as I heard Allen Grunerud’s audition track, I knew he would become the narrator for The Target List.
How closely did you work with your narrator before and during the recording process? Did you give them any pronunciation tips or special insight into the characters?
We had several conversations about the book’s production. But in all honesty, I let Allen do his thing. I believed he had a good feel for what I had written and genuinely liked the story and most importantly, believed in the characters and what they were trying to bring to fruition.
Was there any real life inspiration behind your writing?
There’s plenty of real life inspiration associated with the story. There’s a lot of truthful content embedded within the fictional construct of The target List plot. I think that’s one of the things that makes the story so special and so important for readers and listeners.
How do you manage to avoid burn-out? What do you do to maintain your enthusiasm for writing?
I believe it’s natural for all writers to have a form of writer’s block or burn-out from time to time. Personally, I try to write something each day whether I am involved with a specific project or not. This keeps me actively engaged with the creative part of my brain and limits the episodes of not being productive from a writing standpoint.
Most of the things I write about come from the experiences I’ve acquired throughout my 56 years of life. Like a lot of writers, I draw from those things that have affected me, and turn them into blog posts and sometimes fictional stories.
If I am really drawing a blank about something, I go for a long walk in my neighborhood. I find that this seems to work pretty well. Sometimes, pushing back from the keyboard for an hour or so allows my mind to reset, and when I return the writer’s block is no longer an issue.
Are you an audiobook listener? What about the audiobook format appeals to you?
I am new to audiobooks, but I really like them. It’s nice to be able to listen to a story while driving in the car or relaxing at home on the couch. It’s a very relaxing way to enjoy a great book.
Is there a particular part of this story that you feel is more resonating in the audiobook performance than in the book format?
I think the chapter in the book that takes place at the gas station, with the rocket launcher plays very well in the audio version. Allen did a great job with the entire book, but that chapter is one of my favorites.
How did you celebrate after finishing this novel?
I went out to dinner with my wife and daughter.
Author John Reizer’s Reasons to listen to this book:
My most recent novel, The Target List was written and recorded with the dual intention to entertain its listeners while teaching them about the many machinations currently taking place within organized medicine and through its handler, the pharmaceutical industry.
This book delves into a subject that most authors would probably steer away from. But one of the great things about being an indie author is that you have the creative freedom to do what you want.
The Target List is an important book, in my opinion, because it exposes listeners to certain truths embedded within a fictional construct that they wouldn’t otherwise be exposed to.
The idea for the book was borne out of my deep desire to educate healthcare consumers about these concepts and to do so through a fictional plot so that listeners would actually absorb the material and not be concerned that it was too far removed from the conventional paradigms that have been etched into our collective psyche.
November 11, 2019
An Interview with Allen Grunerud – Narrator of The Target List
By NoFakeNews
Recently, we had an opportunity to ask the narrator of The Target List audiobook, Allen Grunerud a few questions. Here’s what he had to say:
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When did you know you wanted to be an audiobook narrator?
I had been thinking about audiobook narration for several years prior to retiring from teaching a couple of years ago. I have experience in voice-over and commercial work, so this seemed a logical transition.
How did you wind up narrating audiobooks? Was it always your goal or was it something you stumbled into by chance?
I am relatively new to audiobook narration. I taught theatre and English for many years; that combination leads to a love of language and a reverence for the spoken word. Narration provides an opportunity for artistic expression in the comfort of a home studio.
Did you find it difficult to “break into” audiobook narration? What skill/tool helped you the most when getting started?
I use the ACX format to find audition opportunities. ACX is the Amazon Audible production site that matches authors and producers and streamlines the business end of audiobook production. It was not too long after I began auditioning that I began receiving offers.
A lot of narrators seem to have a background in theatre. Is that something you think is essential to a successful narration career?
I do think it is essential to be able to interpret an author’s words and be able to verbalize a character or mood. Having been an actor and director for decades has made the move to audiobooks fairly seamless.
What type of training have you undergone?
I have my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Theatre and I produced and directed plays and musicals for professional, educational and community theatres.
How do you manage to avoid burn-out? What do you do to maintain your enthusiasm for narrating?
As I indicated, I am fairly new to audiobook narration, so the process still feels fresh and enticing. New projects bring new enthusiasm and I love to explore a new book and work with authors.
Are you an audiobook listener? What about the audiobook format appeals to you?
I am an audiobook listener; it was my salvation several years ago when I was commuting to work. It is an excellent way to catch up on “reading” without having to read.
What are your favorite and least favorite parts of narrating an audiobook?
My favorite part of narration is the interpretation and presentation of the author’s vision—trying to bring that to life. I have great respect for writers; creation is a very personal thing, so I want to come as close as I can to make my narration fit the author’s intent. My least favorite part, I suppose, is the technical end of things: editing and such. Also, I spend an inordinate amount of time re-recording in order to get the words right, get the sound right, get the mood right.
What would you say are your strongest narration abilities?
I guess I bring authenticity to my narration. A believability. You never want the narration to sound like you are just reading a text.
What about this title compelled you to audition as narrator?
“The Target List” really piqued my curiosity because of its subject matter, its unlikely heroes and its suspenseful nature. Once I began working on it I appreciated the economy of language and the very accessible and endearing characters. In addition, John (Reizer) is a very supportive and nurturing author to work with, which made the project a joy from beginning to end. This is a terrific book and I hope I have done it justice.
About the Narrator
Allen Grunerud is a recently retired theatre and English educator. He brings a love of literature and a reverence for the spoken word to his work.
Bringing characters’ stories to life has been Allen’s primary goal; each new challenge becomes his new passion. Allen holds himself to rigorously high production standards in order to deliver a product worthy of an author’s vision.
November 9, 2019
What Does it Mean to be Healthy?
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By Dr. John Reizer
Author of The Target List Novel
All life has the natural ability to adapt to its surrounding environment. Whether we are discussing very small organisms or the most complex forms of life (human beings); living things must either adapt to their environment or cease to exist.
How adequately or inadequately life adapts to its surroundings is the true measuring stick of an organism’s level of health. This formula is applicable to both microscopic organisms and human beings.
When a person becomes physically or emotionally compromised, (run down, overworked, over-stressed, malnourished, etc.) his or her natural abilities to adapt to environmental stresses become less than what they should. Naturally occurring microbes, that humans normally coexist with, suddenly pose a serious threat to physiological systems when a particular individual is unable to properly adapt to environmental challenges. In other words, we become unhealthy when we lose our natural adaptive tendencies.
We don’t catch influenza because we come in contact with a specific virus. We become infected because our immunological defenses, that allow us to adapt to that viral microbe, are weakened or compromised. Bacteria and viral opportunists, that we regularly encounter, are only as strong as our natural, adaptive tendencies allow them to be. This is why only five out of ten people will come down with the flu or another sickness that has crossed everybody’s path. The five individuals that remained healthy weren’t just lucky. They adapted more appropriately, in an immunological sense, than the five people that contracted a particular strain of influenza.
Catch a flu virus or some other type of bacterial infection and your body will immediately begin a plan of attack in an effort to adapt to the challenging, microbial invader. In most situations, human physiology will activate a fever to kill off the bacteria or virus affecting your body. Most of these opportunistic organisms cannot survive in higher temperature ranges and so the body modifies its internal thermostat, making it impossible for them to survive. The body’s ability to adapt is absolutely amazing.
Unfortunately, in many situations, human beings do a plethora of things that interfere with the body’s innate abilities to adapt to its environment. Taking fever reducing drugs is one of them. Because we have been misled by drug companies, that have a financial interest in teaching us bad health practices, we commonly believe fever is a bad thing and that it can cause brain damage. In reality, fever is a friend and will minimize the duration and severity of most common illnesses that are generated from opportunistic bacteria and viruses.
There are many things that you can do on a daily basis that will improve your body’s ability to adapt to its surrounding environment. Consuming drugs, vaccines, artificial sweeteners, unnatural food additives, and other toxins are not some of them.
Consuming fruits, vegetables, non fluoridated water, and eating properly will help your body adapt to its environment more efficiently.
Because the intelligence that regulates your body’s physiology, and allows you to adapt to your environment, operates directly through the nervous system, it’s vitally important you have your spine checked by a chiropractor several times each year for tiny vertebral misalignments called subluxations. If left unchecked, spinal subluxations can inhibit the functioning capability of the nervous system and will cause the human body to adapt less efficiently to its surrounding environment. This translates into an unhealthy individual.
When people finally begin to understand and respect the fact that true health originates from a living thing’s ability to properly adapt to its immediate surroundings, we will finally begin to see a marked improvement in the overall health of our population.
Disclaimer!
The health information that has been written on this website is not intended to replace a professional relationship between a patient and a health care specialist nor is it intended as medical advice. Readers are encouraged to make health care decisions based upon their own independent research!
November 8, 2019
The Target List Audiobook Review by Author L.S. Fellows
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The story begins with a “doctor” casting a wand over a young girl and curing her of a terminal disease. But it is some time before Clyde Daniel and his associate Donna are ready to share their breakthrough with the world.
However, it seems the world – or rather Big Pharma – is neither ready nor willing to accept this new radio wave technology. Many among us would query their hesitancy. Why would anyone not welcome such technology? Isn’t the point of Big Pharma to find cures for those pernicious diseases? Of course it is. But, such ‘cures’ come at a price – the cost of research is reflected in the amount charged for any new wonder drug.
Now, if patients no longer need to take daily medication to ease their pain and suffering as a result of chronic illness and diseases, then the demand for such pills and potions becomes redundant.
Oops!
Could big pharmaceutical companies be holding out against cures for today’s killer diseases? Is it all about money after all?
The short chapters really keep the pace taut and tense in this thought-provoking story. The narration adds to the tension, the personality of the main characters comes through, as does excitement for the wand’s potential in regards to the future of healthcare.
I could happily have listened to more about the characters and the conspiracies they face in bringing the wand to market, but I have to admit that the brevity of the story delivers the desired shock factor. It certainly had me thinking about the role of Big Pharma and the drugs industry and made me ever more thankful for European healthcare systems on which I currently rely. That said, if only there really could be something available like the wand … how amazing would that be?
Highly recommended for fans of medical thrillers: sharp, pacy and thought-provoking.
November 7, 2019
#AudioBookBlogTour “The Target List” by Dr. John Reizer
Thanks so much for participating in The Target List Audiobook Tour!
-Dr. John Reizer
Author: Dr. John Reizer
Narrator: Allen Grunerud
Length: 1 hour 57 minutes
Publisher: Dr. John Reizer
Released: Sep. 12, 2019
Genre: Medical Thriller
WAND is a revolutionary new medical tool that cures diseased tissues in human beings without the use of drugs or surgery. Ten years in design and production, the technology has a 95% success rate in curing most forms of cancer in animals and human beings.
The brainchild of 48-year-old Harvard Medical School graduate, Clyde Daniel, WAND (Wave-Altering-Nanoparticle-Disrupter) is going to move the profession of medicine out of the dark ages and into something that closely resembles science fiction. That is, unless the pharmaceutical industry, which stands to lose billions of dollars in lost drug revenues, can intervene with its hired assassins and destroy the technology and its team of creators before it ever has a chance to see the light of day.
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November 3, 2019
The Target List Audiobook Tour (November 7 – 13)
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By Dr. John Reizer
On November 7, 2019, The Target List Audiobook Tour will begin, kicking off a week long campaign that will feature 12 specific tour stops where the the book will be critically reviewed by audiobook bloggers and other industry people.
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Visitors to the tour site page are invited to follow along and read the various reviews and snippets created by reviewers. In addition, audio clip samples from the book along with author, character and narrator interviews will be featured throughout the tour.
Here are some of the reviews created by Audible customers to date:
A THOUGHT – PROVOKING STORY
FIVE STARS!
The short chapters really kept the pace taut and tense in this thought provoking story. Could big pharmaceutical companies be holding out against cures for today’s killer diseases? Is it all about money after all?
A most interesting story.
STRONG NARRATION
FIVE STARS
This was a nicely narrated book by Mr. Grunerud and a cleverly written story by Dr. John Reizer. The book was entertaining and also very educational at the same time.
I was issued a free copy of the audiobook in exchange for an unbiased review.
AN ACTION PACKED STORY!
FIVE STARS
The Target List has action from start to finish. I loved the story. It’s about a team of doctors that invented a medical device that cures cancer without drugs. Big Pharma hires assassins to kill the doctors and the technology because they’re going to lose billions of dollars. It’s definitely worth the listen! I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I ADORE THIS STORY
FIVE STARS
I absolutely adore this story. I also admire how the characters are developed and how much the author can get the listener to invest in them. Wonderfully written book. The narrator, Allen Grunerud has done a nice job as well. I was given a free advance copy of this audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
SCARY AS HELL
FIVE STARS
Dr. John Reizer is a great author. I have never been a fan of medical thrillers but this one pulled me in from the beginning and hasn’t let me go. The author is meticulous in his research and very crafty in creating a story that is believable and scary as hell! I was given a free advance copy of this audio book at my request and have left this review voluntarily.
THIS WAS GREAT!
FIVE STARS
This has action from beginning to end. Short and fast and focused, it acknowledges one of the current beliefs that Big Pharma doesn’t want to cure anybody because it would hit their profits. The author’s writing style is different from Robin Cook, but if you like Robin Cook, you will also like this book.
I really liked the narrator. He does a good job differentiating different characters.
I was given this audiobook free in exchange for an honest review.
October 30, 2019
Why They Attack Alternative Healthcare
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By Dr. John L. Reizer
Throughout the relatively short history of modern healthcare, there have been continuous attempts to undermine the credibility of alternative healthcare professions. Very powerful organizations have carefully designed and implemented impressive strategies to make natural healthcare disciplines and their practitioners look like quacks and charlatans.
Professionals are routinely hired by undisclosed, secret entities to give false interviews, write defamatory books, construct disingenuous websites and participate in broad scale efforts that target healthcare consumers and help create, for them, false perceptions about natural healthcare practices.
The funding of these activities, although difficult to trace for the average person, obviously originate from petrochemical corporations. Due to a number of legal factors, it is often quite cumbersome to point fingers at specific business entities, as well as others that might be involved with the inner workings of such conspiratorial activities.
As one might suspect, the targets and casualties on the battlefield are always the same. Any healthcare professions, modalities, or treatment protocols that go against the grain of conventional medical theories are fair game.
Debunking agents are used on a regular basis to keep society firmly aligned with the parameters of acceptable thinking regarding many genres that make up our fabric of perceived reality. This is true in the healthcare arena as well.
Any idea or concept that challenges the accepted thinking patterns of everyday people are quickly identified and dealt with in an expeditious manner by specialists that are paid to write and publish biased comments on websites and blogs. If, for example, a large minority of the population suddenly began to question the authenticity of something that was being reported by the mainstream media, trained debunkers are always ready to spring into action. These people, through the implementation of strategic campaigns, can quickly minimize the damage being caused by a controversial voice within the population base.
Broad scale debunking can make sure that the majority of the population continues to perceive reality the way that the media originally intended.
Major petrochemical/pharmaceutical companies have a lot at stake in the very lucrative disease care industry. In order for these large multinational companies to remain profitable and powerful, society must continue to believe in certain erroneous concepts. As long as people continue to believe the maintenance of human health can be achieved through vaccines and that the suppression of symptoms in human physiology is the way to cure diseases, people will remain sick and pharmaceutical companies will continue to rake in astronomical profits.
Alternative healthcare professions often point out significant flaws that are absolutely inherent within the framework of traditional medicine’s illogical theories. Because of this fact, it has been a longstanding goal of established medicine’s controllers (Big Pharma) to retain the services of credible appearing scientists and other professionals that can write or convey damaging remarks about a particular alternative healthcare profession.
Very simply explained, when someone or something is intelligently challenging the credibility of a lucrative industry like traditional medicine, and they have damaging evidence that could blow the doors off the barn so to speak, and prove that many theoretical applications used within the medical profession are, in fact, the truest forms of quackery in existence, a major problem is created for the powers that be.
The only way for Big Pharma to activate a campaign of damage control is to discredit the people and the professions that are posing the most legitimate threat, at a particular time, to established medical dogma. This is why alternative healthcare concepts are not embraced by science. This is why many alternative healthcare professions are publicly attacked and their objectives and benefits never see the light of day. What you will find out, if you take the time to study this subject matter, is that what is often promoted by the mainstream as science is actually quackery and what is often labeled by the same groups as quackery is true science.
Quite a few web addresses have been designed to make potential viewers wary of alternative healthcare services. It is easy to land on such disingenuous websites. All you have to do is find a search engine and type in an alternative healthcare practice methodology that is in opposition to traditional medicine and you will see such websites populate your computer screen. The sites all claim to be there to protect the general public from harmful alternative healthcare professions. Are you kidding me? Have you ever read the drug warnings that accompany prescription and non prescription drugs? Dangerous and extremely toxic drugs are what healthcare consumers need to be protected from, not natural healthcare professions and practitioners that are often licensed by state agencies to offer their beneficial services.
My advice to healthcare consumers that come across anti-alternative healthcare websites is to realize that this type of content is being purposely placed in the public domain by powerful organizations that have direct connections to the Medical Establishment. The ultimate goal of Big Pharma is to make healthcare consumers believe that alternative healthcare disciplines are all based on pseudo-scientific principles.
Remember to keep in mind that in most situations the differences between scientific and pseudo-scientific studies have to do with who or what entities are paying for the research being performed. If a given study is being funded by a petrochemical company, that has a biased interest in the research taking place, it is usually referred to by the mainstream thinkers as scientific. If, on the other hand, a particular study is being funded by a non biased organization, or has been privately funded by someone that wants the truth to be revealed about something they have deemed important, it is often viewed by the mainstream thinkers as pseudo science.
What do you think about this subject?
October 27, 2019
October 26, 2019
An Interview with Dr. John Reizer
By Gina Flores
Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing NoFakeNews founder and author, Dr. John Reizer about his recent novel, The Target List. Here’s what he had to say:
Gina: How does it feel to have written a pretty damn good novel?
John: I am happy with the way the story turned out. There are always aspects of a story that I think that I should have done a bit differently, but I think most writers have the same feelings regarding their books. This story is special to me because of the underlying message it attempts to convey to readers and listeners.
Gina: It seems to me from looking at all the reviews on Amazon and Audible that your story has been well received by most readers. Were you expecting such positive reviews and feedback?
John: Well you know, I didn’t know what to expect. Usually, my books receive very little in the way of reviews. When you’re an unknown author swimming in a sea of established authors, it’s hard to get people to read your work, let alone rate and review it. I think, initially , I believed there would be more negative reviews than positive ones. And not because of my writing abilities, but because the storyline is based on a very polarizing subject. Anytime you write something negative about traditional medicine or the pharmaceutical industrial complex, you’re inviting and opening yourself up to hostile reader reviews.
Gina: Have you received any bad or hostile reviews?
John: I haven’t really received too many negative reviews for The Target List. There have been a few 2 and 3 star ratings, but not everybody is going to fall in love with your story.
One professional reviewer gave the book a 2 star rating. I think she was pretty incensed about me taking shots at the medical profession and pharmaceutical companies. Sometimes people are dependent on drugs or they have loved ones dependent on drugs and so this book, naturally touches a nerve and that triggers a biased review. But that kind of bias comes through in the writing of the review and it doesn’t dissuade readers from wanting to read the story.
Gina: Do you like the way the audiobook turned out?
John: Oh yes! I think Allen Grunerud did such a great job with the book. The audiobook has been on and off of Amazon’s Top 100 list for Medical Thrillers. It’s been spending a lot of time on the list this past week. I am so happy with the way he produced the project. And his work has been positively reviewed on Audible. There have been lots of great reviews on that platform and that’s a direct result of Allen’s narration skills.
Gina: What’s next for this story?
John: I am collaborating with a screenwriter to hopefully turn the story into a low budget movie thriller. That’s the plan at least. I think you have to aim high and see how things shake out. But, honestly, I have a good feeling about The Target List moving forward. Regardless of what happens from this point, the rest is frosting on the cake for me. This story has already exceeded my original expectations.
Gina: Are you working on another story?
John: I have delayed beginning my next novel because I have been involved with the screenplay project. That’s going to take several months to complete so I want to wait until that’s wrapped up before concentrating on something new. But I am having fun with this book and I am still writing articles everyday for NoFakeNews.
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