-Caveat Lector- >This was lovely reading, being that I have either a really nasty cold or the flu right now. Me too. It comes and goes. Shortly before I took sick I was walking on Ocean Beach just south of the Gate with two friends, one of whom took sick, one of whom didn't. We were watching the sunset and discussing the contrail stories. One of my friends hadn't heard the latest (at that time) rumor from the net. As we spoke we noticed two fairly low contrail fragments at near right angles just off shore. They, in fact, are what turned the topic of the conversation to the contrail stories in the first place. After we explained the content of the rumors to the one who hadn't heard yet, I commented that I sure hoped that those contrails we were watching weren't the ones that the netniks had were getting so worked up about. I then noted with some irony that they were almost exactly above the spot where in 1950 two Navy mine sweepers had steamed up and down spraying <serratia marcescens> into the air in a test of a "simulated" bio-weapon. The cloud of <serratia marcescens> reached Livermore. It infected every single Bay Area resident. It put eleven in the hospital and killed one of them. To this day the level of endemic <serratia marcescens> is far higher than in any climactically comparable area. >If this story about airplane fuel additives is legit, I wonder if it would also help explain the sudden increase in amphibian defects over the last few years. >-Mark It could be, Mark. It could be. However, I'm wondering if this whole story, or even part of it is legit. Rumors like this spread quickly. Their fomentation is an art. So far, I've heard a lot of second, third, and fourth hand reports. Perhaps, I repeat PERHAPS, I myself have experienced what they are talking about. On the other hand, I distinctly remember that every year about this time rumors about ERs overflowing with resperatory cases. While neither CBW nor industrial pollution must NEVER be discounted out of hand, an equally plausable explaination for the flooding of ERs with resperatory cases this time of year is an economic one. Nearly forty million Americans lack any basic health care insurance, the means to pay for it or the means to pay for the care itself. Instead they go to ERs with ailments that, in a sane society, would be treated by the family GP. I've done it myself more than once. If you have any doubts about this visit an ER, or ask an ER employee, preferably the intake clerk. The amphibian angle is interesting. I hadn't thought of that. I wonder if anybody out there in cyberspace could point me to some relevent research, assuming of course that any has been done and published. How about it, you bio-mavens out there? Can you help us out a little here? What's up with all the dead frogs? Any connection to the jet fuel? DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
