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John McCormick is a reporter, /science/medical columnist and finance and social commentator, with 18,000+ bylined stories and seven major books.

Currently he writes exclusively for Newsblaze except for books published by Groundhog Press, Inc.

40+ year member of the National Press Club, Member, Press Club of Western PA, retired emergency management coordinator (25 years), physicist, member of The Union of Concerned Scientists. He is a senior NewsBlaze writer who writes incisive, investigative stories.

Medical Blog https://criticalmedicalnews.blogspot.com/

John’s recent books:

Things you thought you knew or were taught but are wrong.vol. 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NT79TTR Kindle $3.55 or free for Amazon Prime members, paperback $6.24.

Children’s book

 

Visitor’s guide to Groundhog Day (best as an ebook but published before Pandemic)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083NZ98JJ

“Preparing for Climate Change: Coastal flooding will cost the U.S. billions of dollars within two decades.”

paperback second edition
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1082060615
or ebook https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TYTG6ZC

eBOOK “Blockchain Made Simple” Blockchain is poised to revolutionize business and government data management. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HCY7QPZ

and
“Preparing for climate change”

Other recent books are “Sheep in the Rafters,” and “Everywhere I turn There’s a Wet Nose” a book for those who see dog hair as a condiment (about the science of and love for dogs) are available on Amazon.

The list of all of his books is here: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00287RNFS

HON – Health on the Net Protects the Vulnerable and Gullible

The Health On the Net NGO protects those seeking medical information on the web by certifying sites as providing reliable, medically verifiable, and trustworthy health careinformation.

Giant 36 -50-inch Amateur Telescopes Offered by Orion

Telescopes big enough to rival those at many of the world's great observatories and universities are soon to be available for home use by amateur astronomers.

Fools and Their Money – Picking A Mattress

Credit Unions vs. Big Banks, is it any wonder politicians have created a 'better' banking system used by most federal and state employees? You can use it too and save on outrageous bank fees as well as getting better loan and savings rates.
Jacob Sheep is a rare breed. The body often resembles a goat and can have two to six horns.

Unusual Winter Extra Hard on Small Farm Animals

With day after day of relentless snow and below normal temperatures even animals used to bad weather are urgently seeking food and unfrozen water.

Just what DO they say about high-fructose corn syrup?

What 'they' say is that HFCS is found in far too many processed foods, teens and kids eat too much of it, and many commercial sources have been found to be contaminated with mercury.

Obama’s Hidden Infrastructure Agenda

Is Washington failing to pour money into highway and bridge repairs part of a plan to generate popular demand for public transportation?

Warning Against Buying Fake Gold Coins as An Investment

Gold may be a good investment, but could the government outlaw private ownership as a prelude to devaluing the dollar? How about silver as an alternative?

Fools and their Money – Fool’s Gold!

Some gold coins are an investment. Others are nothing but hype containing so little gold it is virtually worthless. The more they are advertised on TV, the less likely they are to be a good deal.

Fools and their Money – Investment Advisors

What motivates TV business shows and business magazines/newspapers to keep touting stock advisors who make terrible picks?

Fools and their Money – Secret Shoppers

Secret or Mystery Shopper scams abound, but are there some legitimate business opportunities here? Or they ALL scams?

Fools and Their Money – Expensive Space Heaters

A fool and his money are soon parted - advertising gimmicks trick consumers into wasting billions of dollars every year. One prime example is the overpriced space heater promising to save energy.

Flu Pandemic – A Perspective on Swine Flu

A summary of the facts and online resources with the latest information on the swine flu pandemic and the H1N1 vaccine.

Lies, Damn Lies, and The Flu Vaccine

Calling the H1N1 flu vaccine a NEW vaccine is highly misleading and downright dishonest but you have to actually think to get it straight.

Nuclear Real Cost/Benefit Not Recognized Energy Fair Group Only 5-10 Individuals

Coal mining, on the other hand, results in vast mountains of polluting tailings, equally or larger vast sludge ponds such as that which result from the virtually unregulated fly ash dumping near U.S. coal-fired power plants.

Statins Effective In Preventing Some H1N1 Deaths

A recent report given at 47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) indicates that statin class drugs reduce the risk of death in some patients with Swine Flu

After the Moon Test, NASA Lays Another Egg

NASA next-generation Ares space vehicle test was apparently completely successful; it was also about as exciting as a coddled egg. Anyone ever heard of P.T. Barnum?

H5N1 Paranoia Strikes Deep But How About Some Evidence Or Names?

Virtually unknown and apparently now unemployed science writer claims there is a conspiracy to infect the world with bird flu through forced flu vaccinations. She fails to name names or give details but does believe in UFO's.

Review NBC The Jay Leno Show

Was this proof that sometimes you should just exit gracefully, or a powerful demonstration that Mr. Leno REALLY needs those writers? Either way, The Jay Leno Show laid the biggest egg in the primetime lineup so far this year.

H1N1 Swine Flu – Which Children are at Highest Risk

Study shows children with neurological conditions such as developmental delay or cerebral palsy are the ones who are most at risk for serious complications if they catch the swine flu. Otherwise healthy children who have or contract a bacterial i

When Pigs Fly – The Real Threat From Influenza

Bird Flu is deadly but hard to catch. Swine Flu is easy to catch but not very dangerous. What would happen if the two got together? That is the scary threat facing every one this winter.

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