Kontrarian Korner

Kontrarian Korner #145 - Dave Collum & Colonel Towner-Watkins

Aug 27, 2026
Colonel Towner-Watkins, retired military researcher on Operation Gladio, and David B. Collum, outspoken Cornell chemistry professor on medicine and policy, debate intelligence networks, covert funding and trafficking. They also tackle pharmaceutical failures, catastrophic antidepressant withdrawal, industrial food and seed oils, carnivore diets and intermittent fasting, plus legal corruption and signs of progress against clandestine syndicates.
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ADVICE

Verify Drug Safety With Crowd Anecdotes Before Prescribing

  • Check social media reports and patient anecdotes before starting new drugs; Collum recommends searching Twitter for immediate side-effect signals.
  • He used a Twitter poll and found 62% reporting major statin side effects, advising extreme caution.
INSIGHT

Cholesterol Is Central To Brain Chemistry

  • Collum highlights the neurological role of cholesterol and warns statins can impair brain function.
  • He frames lowering cholesterol pharmacologically as a direct interference with essential steroid chemistry linked to cognition.
ADVICE

Five Books To Question Modern Public Health Orthodoxy

  • Read investigative books to understand systemic failures in medicine and public health; Collum lists five specific titles he calls transformative.
  • He recommends Follow The Science, Sickening, The Real Anthony Fauci, Moth In The Iron Lung, and Vaccine Amen.
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