The Cullen-Snyder Framework (v.1.1) Application #012 – The Colorado AND's Neuropathies CME

here, via Google's Gemini Argon model of 2026-11, I apply the CSF v1.1 to a video up at vimeo.com. First, I set the tone in 001., wherein a logical inconsistency at the heart of naturopathy is highlighted. Then, in 002., there's the video and the report on the video in light of the 2026 CT Final Report:

001. at the Colorado Association of Naturopathic Doctors' coloradond.org, we're told in "What Is Naturopathic Medicine?" [archived here]:

001.a. about the core commitment of naturopathy, vitalism: 

“naturopathic doctors use the Therapeutic Order to prioritize, individualize, and guide treatment [...] the following are the seven components and stages of the therapeutic order [...#2] stimulate the body’s self-healing mechanisms. Every person has within them an innate wisdom and intelligence that tends toward the optimal expression of health. In naturopathic medicine, this is called the ‘vis medicatrix naturae.’ The ‘vis medicatrix naturae’ is the body’s innate healing ability, the process of healing which engages with one’s ‘vital force’ or life force, as it is often termed. Naturopathic physicians use various therapies such as nutrition, botanical medicine, physical medicine, lifestyle counseling, acupuncture, homeopathy and hydrotherapy to stimulate and enhance this mighty and dynamic force and process allowing the body to heal itself [...]";

so, explicit vitalism at the core of naturopathy's activities.

"what are the principles of naturopathic medicine? The practice of naturopathic medicine is rooted in the following six guiding principles [...#2] the healing power of nature (vis medicatrix naturae). Naturopathic medicine acknowledges an inherent, ordered and intelligent healing process in all living organisms. Naturopathic doctors identify and remove obstacles to cure to facilitate this healing ability in patients [...]";

and so, there you have that very-same vitalism in a different section of the page, coded.  The TO section serves as a kind of Rosetta Stone towards understanding what is actually being expressed in the coded section.

001.b. naturopathy's supposed simultaneous science footprint:

My 2026 Successful Borrower Defense to Repayment Case: $190,000 Scrubbed for Institutional Misconduct (ISYN!).

here, I’ll share great news of an incremental win in terms of my ‘naturopathy educational exploitation’ while acknowledging that the fight is perpetual and larger than just my case, my experience, and merely loans:

[2026-09-26. Note: I am not whole, I’ll emphasize – as in my quarter-century-plus career hole created by the AANP-AANMC-CNME-CAND-NABNE-CNPA etc. induced diversion / falsehood].

001. my student loan aggregate has been largely annulled!!!:

after decades of carrying a very large amount of student loans due to graduate school — a poor boy trying to get forward since the mid-1990s; like being at the bottom of an empty, 1-mile deep well eventually — I owe a lot less money in light of the Department of Education’s acceptance of my borrow defense to repayment argument this 2026.

presently, I do not know the details of their thinking as such hasn’t been communicated -- what is still outstanding is part of a program I attended that had loans discharged.

at its largest, the education debt looked like this or so in 2025 while in good standing [about $190,000]:

 

 and I’d always say it was like having a mortgage but without the house to show for it.

as in debt slavery. 

yes, quite remarkable!

indeed miraculous -- to now be a partial school misconduct survivor.

as the .gov site states [I'll paraphrase]:

institutional misconduct is a definitive, foundational trait of an approved borrower defense to repayment discharge.

Featuring “On Freedom”: 2026 Tim Snyder “Now We Act” Videos with Legislators

here, I list the interviews that Tim Snyder did with lawmakers post-midterm elections 2026.  The connection to the Naturocrit blog is acknowledgment and thanks regarding the Snyder portion of the Cullen-Snyder Framework v1.1 and v1.2:

[I’ll emphasized that Snyder is not a active contributor to the CSF, but I based the positive freedom aspects of the CSF on Snyder’s book “On Freedom” which is seen behind Snyder in many of these videos; I’ll be adding to this list as the days progress if necessary]

001. the many videos at YouTube [regardless of party affiliation]:

"Now We Act (Ep. 1 with Rep. Seth Magaziner)”;

"Now We Act (with Sen. Maggie Hassan)";

“Now We Act (with Rep. Greg Casar)";

"Now We Act (with Rep. Ro Khanna)";

"Now We Act (with Sen. Tina Smith)";

"Now We Act (with Rep. Madeleine Dean)";

"Now We Act (with Sen. Mark Kelly)";

"Now We Act (with Sen. Chris Van Hollen)";

"Now We Act (with Sen. Richard Blumenthal)";

"Now We Act (with Sen. Andy Kim)";

A Gemini Round-Up of North American Naturopathy’s Woes & 'the Broad Deceit' - 2026-11

here, I point Google's Gemini ai-llm at naturopathy in terms of naturopathy's 2026 accreditation woes and what I know to be its decades-longstanding epistemic spoliation / transgression / deceit:

001.a. Gemini prompt:

“Are there any publicly published defenses that have come out this year regarding naturopathy schools in North America and their accreditor / USDE troubles?”

001.b. answer:

“In 2026, the naturopathic academic and professional establishment issued multiple coordinated public statements, formal comments, and organizational filings in defense of their accreditor, the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education (CNME).

These defenses were triggered by the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) voting in March 2026 to recommend that the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) deny renewal of federal recognition to CNME, followed by the Senior Department Official's (SDO) June 2026 decision to grant a conditional 12-month limited recognition reprieve.

The primary public defenses and rhetorical frameworks advanced this year fall into four main categories:

1. AANMC & AANP Joint Damage Control Statement (March 25, 2026). Immediately following NACIQI’s vote recommending denial of re-recognition, the Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges (AANMC) and the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) issued a joint statement to students, faculty, and practitioners. Key arguments in this defense included: