Tea at Trianon: The Toxic Collapse of America’s Health

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Friday, May 23, 2025

The Toxic Collapse of America’s Health

From Overton News:

The report lays out the full scope of that epidemic in unforgiving detail.
Here are some of the many alarming health revelations uncovered in the report:
1. Nearly half of American children now have a chronic illness.
That includes asthma, ADHD, diabetes, obesity, autoimmune diseases, and more. In places like West Virginia, over half of all children on Medicaid or CHIP are dealing with at least one of these issues.
2. Autism rates have exploded—from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 31.
In parts of New Jersey, the rate is as high as 1 in 19 boys. The trend is accelerating, and for the first time, someone in government is publicly asking: why?
3. Childhood cancer is up more than 40% since the 1970s.
We’ve spent trillions on healthcare, but more kids are getting sick—and no one seems interested in investigating the causes.
4. Ultra-processed food now accounts for 70% of the calories kids eat.
That includes school lunches filled with lab-made, shelf-stable junk. It’s fueling an epidemic of obesity, diabetes, and early metabolic dysfunction.
5. Teen antidepressant use is up 1,400%.
Suicide is now the second leading cause of death for teenagers. Instead of fixing the root causes, we’re medicating the symptoms.
6. Toxic chemicals are showing up in breast milk, baby food, and even umbilical cord blood.
From hormone disruptors to known carcinogens, babies are being exposed before they’re even born.
7. ADHD medications rose 250% in just a decade—antipsychotics are up 800%.
But there’s no improvement in learning or behavior outcomes. The report calls it a “medical overreaction to a societal crisis.”
8. Food stamp programs are contributing to childhood obesity.
States like Nebraska and Indiana are banning soda and junk food from SNAP purchases—and others are following their lead.
9. Teens now spend nine hours a day on screens.
That, combined with chronic sleep deprivation, is driving up anxiety, depression, and developmental delays.
10. Our health agencies have been compromised.
The FDA, CDC, and NIH all take money from the industries they’re supposed to regulate. The MAHA report calls it a “systemic failure.” (Read more.)