-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990622a - - - - - - - - - - - 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. : No telepaths were emotionally warped during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Solstice observers, police clash. SALISBURY PLAIN, England (AP) - Summer solstice celebrations planned at the prehistoric Stonehenge monument were canceled after uninvited crowds defied police orders and pushed through a fence to invade the circle of stones. About 150 people had permission for an early morning druid celebration but other celebrants intruded, climbing atop the 5,000-year-old stones. One woman stripped and danced naked as the sun rose over the horizon on the longest day of the year. Police in riot gear broke up the celebration, arresting 23 people & evicting nearly 400. The clash, which resulted in no damage to the stones or injuries to those involved, prompted the site's owner, English Heritage, to cancel 3 other planned solstice celebrations. The earth spirits were not amused. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560019570-aea : Do your favorite deities punish those who interfere with their celebratory rites? Do you dance naked at sunrise? For solstice, or just anytime? Where? Were the Stonehenge intruders provocateurs to justify closing-off Stonehenge from the public so gov't wizards could perform their filthy rites in secret? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Midwinter celebration in Antarctica. SYDNEY, Australia (AP) Antarcticans ate a 12-course banquet and held an international darts tournament to cel- ebrate midwinter, halfway point of the long polar night. Midwinter fests are a tradition on the frozen continent, where the sun doesn't rise for months at some of the icebound stations. The shortest day of the year is a holiday for about 80 Australian workers at the 3 Antarctic bases of Davis, Casey and Mawson and at Macquarie Island. The weather this year was kind. "It's quite warm, (3 degrees)," Mawson base leader Ross Belcher said. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560015567-6a5 : Do you dance naked at any solstice fest, anywhere, anytime? Are there any earth gods on an icecap? Would you dance naked at Icehenge? With a penguin? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # World's Largest Sundial - But No Sun. PARIS (Reuters) - France inaugurated the world's largest sundial Monday, using an ancient Egyptian obelisk as the pin and Paris's famed Place de la Concorde as the dial. But relentless traffic made it hard to follow the time lines, the same traffic made Paris Mayor Jean Tiberi 45 minutes late for the opening ceremony -- and the sun did not shine. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990622/08/odd-france-sundial : Are your solstice rites ever delayed by traffic, blighted by clouds, just generally fucked by circumstance beyond the Earth gods' control? Are your rituals impeded by rival deities or their followers? Do you appease Apollo? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # FASHIONS FOR THE RADIATION AGE. Manufacturers offer an array of products to stop electromagnetic rays in their tracks. And a brand new study (see http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/20321.html) says you may need them. Cellphone industry (see http://www.wow-com.com/) says bullshit. See http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/technology/story/20305.html Wrap head: http://nodanger.net/ or cell: http://lessemf.com/cellphon.html : Will cellphone users mutate, evolving faster than unwired humans? Do you like handhelds, or would you rather have your cell implanted in your head? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # SPAMMING GOD. Too busy to pray? Relax. For just pennies a day, PrayerWheel promises to have its computers crank out nonstop prayers in the faith of your choice. http://wired.com/news/news/email/tip/culture/story/20313.html @ Repentence/redemption for US$19.97 a year: http://www.prayerwheel.com/ : Would you rather pray consciously, set up subroutines in your mind to pray automatically, or pay to have machines do the prayer for you? Which is best? # DAZZLING! But What's Wrong With This Picture? A computer application known as Dazzle is in fact a mind control tool hidden within what is outwardly a screensaver program. The application generates continually changing & very visually attractive, even "entraining" patterns on computer screens, which tend to hold the attention of the observer rather strongly. In fact, VERY strongly. The program, for certain reasons, was especially popular among "fundamentalist" and/or "born-again" Christian groups and organizations, whose minds are already jammed: http://www.konformist.com/1999/dazzle.htm : Would you rather have your mind controlled by fundy jeezoids, atheists, an alien consortium, the CIA, Bilderbergers, hackers, MicroSoft, Sony, GE, me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Radio Lollipops, Vampire Sweets. CHICAGO (Reuters) Your child's tongue is purple and she's hearing music in her head. Don't panic -- it's probably just the latest candy craze. Radio-playing lollipops that give new meaning to pop music, Buffy the Vampire Slayer lollipops that turn tongues purple or green, are among the newest offerings at a candy trade show in Chicago. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990622/08/odd-candy : Are music-playing candies the latest in mind-control devices? Should kids be targeted with these? Are vampire candies Satanic child-abuse tools? How? # Mind over matter. (BBC) Scientists wire a robot arm directly into a rat's brain - a breakthrough that could soon be used to move artificial human limbs. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_374000/374377.stm : What devices would you like to have wired directly into your brain: power tools, prostheses, sextoys, radio/TVs, phones, computers, cookware, climate controls, train/plane/auto steering, FAX, pinball/foosball, slot machines? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: # COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY APPROPRIATE FOR GULF WAR SYNDROME, even if cause may never be uncovered: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/4597.rhtml # EXERCISE HELPS KEEP YOUR PSYCHE FIT - an effective but underused treatment for mild to moderate depression: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/4555.rhtml # INTELLIGENCE LINKED TO FASTER THERAPY RESPONSE. IQ may influence response to treatment of schizophrenia: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/4556.rhtml # WEIGHT GAIN VARIES W/ANTIDEPRESSANTS: psychiatry.medscape.com/4706.rhtml # CHRONIC LITHIUM THERAPY AFFECTS PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, may impair nerve function - unclear: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/4595.rhtml # NEUROCOGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION AFFECTS DRUG RESPONSE, may reduce response to lithium in older manic patients: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/4629.rhtml # PSYCHOSIS EMERGES WHEN SEIZURES CONTROLLED. 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