-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990403c - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > SWAZIS SWEAR BY POTATO SAID TO CURE EVEN AIDS. It is the local answer to cod-liver oil - it looks and tastes like hell but is said to cure anything that ails you. People in this small southern African kingdom swear by the miraculous powers of the "African potato," a wild tuber that grows in the rugged Swazi countryside. The vaunted vegetable is said to cure everything from the common cold to AIDS. And that's why the locals live so long - see http://cnn.com/HEALTH/9903/29/BC-SWAZILAND-POTATO.reut/index.html : Would you like to try an experimental regime of African Potatoes? Can we get a grant? Is anything that tastes awful, food for you? Is this tuber the result of natural evolution, genetic manipulation, alien seeding, thunder? # ANTLER VELVET: MORE USE TO THE DEER THAN TO PEOPLE. Here comes another "miracle medicine" - deer antler velvet. Though it's been used in Asian cultures for centuries, there is no scientific proof that it enhances athletic performance, cures impotence, or does anything else - for people, that is. I think the deer probably got some good from it. http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=10991 : What forms of animal excreta do you take for your physical, mental and/or sexual well-being? Are they tasty, awful, OK, useful, expensive, endangered, remote, exotic, mundane, sterilized, validated, traditional, modern, alien? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Climate threat to coral reefs. (BBC) Earth's coral reefs, already under threat, are thought to be at further risk from growing levels of carbon dioxide. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_309000/309805.stm @ Links: Science Magazine: http://www.sciencemag.org/ @ Global Coral Reef Monitor Net: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/icri/gcrmn.html # And: Coral crusade: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_296000/296972.stm # Iron helps combat climate change: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_286000/286839.stm > GLOBAL WARMING MAY INCREASE OZONE HOLE. Despite international measures to reduce atmospheric concentrations of ozone destroying halogens to protect the ozone layer, global warming may lead to a weakening of the ozone layer. While future climate change is expected to heat up the lower atmosphere it is likely to cool the air at the altitude of the ozone layer in the strato- sphere. http://cnn.com/NATURE/9903/29/global.warming.enn/index.html : Are CO2 output and global warming the inevitable consequence of humanity? Must we mutate into another species for Earth life to survive? What species would you like to be? Would it withstand increased ultraviolet radiation? Would it eat coral? Are corals extraterrestrial? Are you? Is there hope? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Lawn mowing may cause air pollution. WASHINGTON (AP) The sweet scent of a freshly mowed lawn may really be the smell of air pollution. Scientists studying the sources of chemicals in the air have found that injured grass gives off volatile compounds. "Wounding, cutting and drying of leaves and stems occur both naturally and by human activities, wound-induced and dry- ing-induced... compounds are expected to be significant in the atmosphere." But do not panic. While total emissions from cutting grass and crops world- wide may seem large, it does not mean grass cutting is dangerous for indi- viduals. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559028733-802 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Private investors back Mir. MOSCOW (AP) Several private investors have agreed to keep the aging Mir space station in orbit after gov't money for the 13-year-old station runs out in August. A Canadian citizen of Russian origin has already donated $100,000 to finance Mir's operation. Some inves- tors had asked that their money pay for scientific experiments aboard the craft, while others will contribute money toward its $250 million yearly maintenance fees. Hopefully the Russian Mafia won't take over Mir, eh? See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559032492-41b : Is buying/supporting Russian space technology a cost-effective way to get off-planet? Would you like to beam mind-control rays at Earth from Mir? Or launch missiles at somebody? How much would you pay? Would Mir be a good base for smuggling drugs, info, gems, NBCwar items, porn? Anything else? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: # Mysterious death of former intelligence agent: http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19990314suicide1.asp # Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin killing ordered by Israeli security: http://www.infoburger.freeserve.co.uk/Rabin.htm # Increasing Evidence - Gulf War Syndrome due to Chem/Bio Warfare Experiments: http://www.infoburger.freeserve.co.uk/BioBlackMagic.htm @ There exists cures for paralysis. FDA is stopping us from finding out. http://www.webview.co.nz/ccia/bist/bist_press_implant.htm # United States Department of State - 1998 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT: http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/hrp_reports_mainhp.html @ The Influencing Machine - torture and mind-control: http://www.pd.org/topos/perforations/perf5/influ.html @ Excuses and Manipulations in Mind Control: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~alb/ugly/ugly.html @ DEEP BLACK MAGIC: US Govt Research in ESP & Mind Control: http://www.mindspring.com/~txporter @ Stress and delayed recall of sexual abuse: http://www.jimhopper.com/memory-decision @ THE FACE OF MANIC DEPRESSION: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/3441.rhtml @ MindControl - Stealth - Black&White - Occult - MenInBlack - Ying&Yang: www.parascope.com/cgi-bin/psforum.pl/topic=matrix&disc=444&mmark=all www.parascope.com/cgi-bin/psforum.pl/topic=matrix&disc=417&mmark=all _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ You WILL be implanted, electronically tagged: http://rareware.com/bites/forum/randforum/20yrs/20yrs05.html http://www.shol.com/cmos/IMPLANT.HTM http://www-hbp.usc.edu:8376/HBP/Home.html http://wwww.wired.com/wired/5.02/esberger.html http://www.pacifier.com/~kstraube/biblio.html http://wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de/~krasel/CoS/scn-christian.html http://www.institute.ieee.org/publicaccess/9605teaser/9605vis1.html http://www.registrar.boun.edu.tr/bme.html http://www.insights.com/loctoc.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "'Chortle, chortle!' lisped Drek Zorchkov, arch-villain of a thousand galaxies, as he began to spray the lovely legs of Cynthia Come Nicely with Xttilian hair remover, 'nobody can shave you now!'" --Robin Wood * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.sonic.net/~ric * ICQ# 19633976 * email INFO or SUBSCRIBE SKEPTICHAT to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SkeptiChat archives: http://www.sonic.net/~ric/sc/files.htm DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. 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