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@ Exquisite Corpse: http://www.corpse.org/current_issue/index.html
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# Note: KFC chickens DO have beaks and feet. The University of New Hampshire
has been batting down reports that it's behind genetic engineering that
lets KFC keep beakless, feetless and featherless chickens alive by tubes.
Says a school official: "We are in the middle of hosting the presidential
debates and we start getting these calls about KFC." What's important?
http://boston.com/dailyglobe2/011/metro/Chicken_hoax_takes_flight-.shtml
: Have you genetically-engineered any avian protein products lately? Is head
irrelevant? Do you prefer meat that's grown in a nutrient bath? Is it tasty?
@ What's worse, the crimes of communism or nazism? You might as well ask if
it's worse to die of leukemia or a brain tumor, or be hanged or beheaded:
http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/highlights/tricks_memory/index.html
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# Radiation experiments. Dozens of prisoners had their testicles bombarded
with radiation in the name of science back in the '60s and '70s. Now,
they're getting some long-delayed payback. Nuke my balls 'til they glow,
Doc: http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/greatballs.html
: Have you bombarded anyone's testicles with radiation lately? Did you learn
anything useful? Will you share it with us? Do your alien masters approve??
@ Abuse, Memory, Science, Therapy, Ethics & Malpractice. "peer-reviewed
research and other articles...tables summarizing research data.... topics
included are: delayed memories of child abuse (i.e., the false memory or
recovered memory controversy)..." http://www.idealist.com/memories/
@ Memory & Trauma - Society, Trauma & Solidarity. Frozen memories, avoided
memories: difficulties in the therapeutic relationship with the victims
of torture: http://www.psychomedia.it/pm/grpind/social/sabatining.htm
: Have you been tortured or otherwise abused lately? Do you repress memory?
Have you tortured or abused anyone lately? Is it an endless, endless cycle?
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Schizo-Rama:
# REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE FOUND IN SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS. Some schizophrenia
patients have detectable levels of reverse transcriptase in cerebrospinal
fluid and in postmortem cerebellum, which suggest the presence of a
retrovirus. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/14627.rhtml
: Is schizophrenia infectious? Have military labs engineered the virus? Why?
# RESEARCHER PROMOTES UNIFIED CONCEPT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA. Schizophrenia has
many different signs and symptoms, ranging from paranoid delusions to
apathetic withdrawal. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/14511.rhtml
: Are you paranoid? D'ya have enemies anyway? Are you apathetic? Who cares?
# SCHIZOPHRENIA & PANIC DISORDER: EPIDEMIOLOGY & TREATMENT. Evidence now
defines 'schizopanic' disorder. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/14670.rhtml
# HISTORY OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IMPEDES RECOVERY FROM MANIA IN PATIENTS WITH
BIPOLAR DISORDER: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/14959.rhtml
# DAILY SMOKERS AT INCREASED RISK OF FIRST OCCURRENCE OF PANIC ATTACK:
http://psychiatry.medscape.com/15056.rhtml
: Have you abused yourself lately? Do you panic easily? Should you? Why?
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# Democracy in Iran crushed. TEHRAN (AP) A hard-line council has disquali-
fied at least 69 reformists from legislative polls, ending the president's
efforts to bring greater democracy to Iran. The Guardian Council booted
the hopefuls for "lack of commitment to Islam & the Islamic establishment"
and lack of support for Iran's hard-line supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei. Theocrats fixing the rules to ensure their continued dominance;
see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563176618-caf
: Have you suppressed democracy lately? Do you prefer democracy, theocracy,
aristocracy, kleptocracy, anarchy? Will you do ANYTHING to retain power??
# Macau bars pro-democracy activist, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563167032-e1b
# Myanmar frees pro-democracy writer, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563175753-26d
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# ECT EFFECTIVE IN VERY OLD DEPRESSED PATIENTS. Elderly patients with severe
depression treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) respond as well as
or better than younger patients. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/14941.rhtml
# ST. JOHN'S WORT EXTRACT AS EFFECTIVE AS IMIPRAMINE IN TREATING MODERATE
DEPRESSION: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/14944.rhtml
# MOST DEPRESSED PATIENTS REPORT ADVERSE EFFECTS, LIMITED EFFICACY WITH
ANTIDEPRESSANTS: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/14543.rhtml
# EARLY SMOKING CAUSES DEPRESSION IN SOME TEENS. Teens who smoke are at an
increased risk of depressed mood. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/14632.rhtml
# DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS MAY FORESHADOW DEVELOPMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE:
http://psychiatry.medscape.com/14946.rhtml
: Are you depressed? Should you be? Have you been electroshocked lately? Do
you require electricity? Do we all? Have you shocked anyone lately? Happily?
# MIANSERIN REVERSES SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION IN WOMEN TAKING SRI ANTIDEPRESSANTS.
Use of the serotonin antagonist mianserin reverses sexual dysfunction in
women caused by serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs), Israeli researchers
report: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/15130.rhtml
: Are you sexually dysfunctional? Has anyone noticed? Does anyone care??
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# Karmapa hasn't requested asylum. DHARMSALA, India (AP) A teen-age Buddhist
leader who fled Chinese-ruled Tibet has not asked India for asylum, the
Dalai Lama's government-in-exile said. The 14-year-old Karmapa arrived in
Dharmsala after an eight-day trek over the Himalayas. The Karmapa's Kagyu
sect, known as the "Black Hats," is one of 4 main strands of Tibetan Bud-
dhism. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563178955-995
# Australian sect claims detainment. MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Chinese
officials detained three Australian members of the banned Falun Gong
spiritual group for nearly 5 hours before letting them leave the country
Bye-bye: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563174548-c4e
: Is your spiritual movement suppressed by a govt? Should it be? Why not??
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"I believe each of us has an obligation to make the world a more interest-
ing and exciting place for ourselves and others. But, to save you a little
embarrassment, it seems putting a bag over an old guy's head and slapping
him about with a length of sausage is apparently 'illegal.' Don't ask me
how I know...I just do." http://www.SleazyTabloid.com
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