# 2/24 draft - ready - "If you hold a cat by the tail, you learn things you can't learn any other way." **URL:** \ **Category:** Positive Changes That Are Occurring\ **Created:** [February 23, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.orgones.co.uk/t/2-24-draft-ready-if-you-hold-a-cat-by-the-tail-you-learn-things-you-cant-learn-any-other-way/4813 "2020-02-23T00:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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“If you hold a cat by the tail, you learn things you can’t learn any other way." –Mark Twain February 12, 2020 - Teva Pharmaceutical _ **Reports a Step Back** _ in 2019 In 2019, total revenue _ **declined** _ **8%** to $16.9 billion February 12, 2020 - European organic market grew _ **to 40.7 billion euros** _ in 2018 The organic market in Europe continues to grow. In 2018, it **increased by almost 8 percent** and reached 40.7 billion euros This article is about humanity making collective changes for the better. I must stress that I’m no John the Baptist, wandering in the desert eating locusts and wild honey. I live in Brooklyn, New York. I watch TV, drink whiskey, and spend hours a day online. I have done so since the Internet was invented. I took my place on that factory floor when it was first built, and that’s where I still work today. It’s no small solace to me that I produce these articles in between doing my day job tasks. People used to “correspond”. They hand-wrote letters to each other, on subjects they thought important. That’s what I see these articles to be. Even moreso, they are “broadsides”, pamphlets, written and put up by people like Thomas Paine. As you can see in those examples immediately above, we’re leaving the world I grew up in behind. I grew up chowing down McDonald’s, taking my medicine, and drinking Coca Cola. In the two examples up at the top, I think it’s interesting how Pharma decreased by 8%, and how European organic increased by 8%. It’s not precisely organic apples-to-apples, but it gives the gist. That people have come to understand that food is medicine, and that medicine is poison. That’s why an article that I’ve appended below is headlined “McDonald’s _ **Declining** _ Customer Traffic Is A Death March To The Future.” Because nobody’s buying what they’re selling. Here’s another current headline: "McDonald’s closes restaurants in five Chinese cities _ **because of the coronavirus** _ " (Wipes tears of laughter from eyes) Ah, mirth. Government-engineered virii, is there anything they can’t do? They closed them because nobody’s buying what they’re selling. And it must be that these are just the first, incremental steps in a far larger positive change. **Jeff Miller, Brooklyn, New York, February 24, 2020** If you’d like to be added to the mailing list, or know someone who would be, please send me a note at [jeffreymiller64@hotmail.com](mailto:jeffreymiller64@hotmail.com) **PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING THAT CHEMICALS IN YOUR FOOD WILL KILL YOU** August 8, 2014 - McDonald’s Global Sales Drop _ **Amid China Food Scandal** _ October 21, 2014 - McDonald’s **Vows Fresh Thinking** October 30, 2019 - McDonald’s _ **turns to tech to build the future of fast food** _ January 4, 2020 - McDonald’s closes restaurants in five Chinese cities _ **because of the coronavirus** _ January 8, 2020 - _ **Why We’re Lovin’ McDonald’s** _ - Morningstar McDonald’s (MCD) _ **may** _ seem _ **like** _ an unconventional choice for _ **our top restaurant pick** _ February 10, 2020 - McDonald’s _ **Declining** _ Customer Traffic _ **Is A Death March To The Future** _ **PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING THAT FOOD IS MEDICINE** June 10, 2019 - US organic market tops $50 billion The U.S. organic market hit a **new record high** in 2018, reaching $52.5 billion in sales February 12, 2020 - European organic market grew _ **to 40.7 billion euros** _ in 2018 The organic market in Europe continues to grow. In 2018, it increased **by almost 8 percent** and reached 40.7 billion euros (The author did what they could to hedge by removing the percentage increase from the headline, and replacing it with a meaningless statistic. - ed) **PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING THAT MEDICINE IS POISON** September 6, 2018 - Pharma’s _ **Innovation** _ Crisis, Part 1: _ **Why** _ The Experts _ **Can’t Fix It** _ January 8, 2020 - **Top five** pharma companies _ **saw** _ overall _ **decline** _ in Q3 2019 February 12, 2020 - Teva Pharmaceutical _ **Reports a Step Back** _ in 2019 In 2019, total revenue _ **declined** _ **8%** to $16.9 billion **A RISING AWARENESS THAT SUGAR IS POISON** July 13, 2011 - Consumption of added sugars is _ **decreasing** _ in the United States December 24, 2015 - Americans Are Buying Less Sugar _ **This** _ Year December 30, 2019 - Make 2020 the Year of _ **Less** _ Sugar Many scientists now believe that added sugar is a main culprit in the obesity epidemic, but normal-weight people can suffer the same health problems associated with too much sugar. A 15-year study found that eating high amounts of added sugar doubles the risk of heart disease, even for people who aren’t overweight. January 28, 2020 - Sugar consumption per person in 1850: 5 lbs. Sugar consumption per person in 2020: 175 lbs. This explains almost all disease. **PEOPLE ARE GIVING UP TELEVISION** February 28, 2019 - Watching hours of TV **tied to seniors’ verbal memory decline** It’s _ **unclear** _ if television watching _actually_ causes problems with recollection January 23, 2020 - Impeachment Ratings Show **Americans Aren’t Tuning In** on TV February 10, 2020 - 2020 Oscars Broadcast Hits a **New Ratings Low** **PEOPLE ARE GIVING UP ALCOHOL** JANUARY 15, 2020 - Americans’ wine consumption **dropped for the first time in 25 years** That’s according to a new report from industry group IWSR that found wine consumption has dropped for the first time in 25 years. Instead, Americans are drinking more spirits and ready-to-drink cocktails, like hard seltzers, following a broader trend of people seeking out less caloric beverages as they become more health conscious. Beer also remains on the decline with sales falling 2.3% — **its fourth year of decreases**. Sales of domestic beer brands, like Budweiser, fell 3.1% its analysis showed. But it wasn’t all gloom for the sector because **craft beer sales jumped 4.1% and low or non-alcoholic beer sales grew 6.6%.** January 20, 2020 - Vietnam’s _ **Tough New Drunk Driving Law** _ Is Hurting Beer Sales February 13, 2020 - Nordstrom and Whole Foods _ **offer alcohol to their customers** _