Tom: I've designated myself to communicate with you regarding the case of Stan Jones, Libertarian candidate for Senator from Montana, who has a self-induced skin condition known as argyria. For the record, I am a retired U.S. daily newspaper editor -- Oceanside, CA North County Times from 1968-92. (I served as state editor of the Star-Tribune in Casper, Wyo. from 1965-7, close to your neck of the woods.)
I am also a daily consumer of colloidal silver (CS) which is the substance which caused Jones' skin condition, and have been for almost six years. I have been researching it for five years, because of its history, and the effort to suppress knowledge of it by the FDA, and the pharmaceutical cartels. (I won't go into the history of CS or details of it here, but will if you want.) I am a member of an internet group known as the Silver List ([email protected]) where about 200 folks from all over the world exchange information about it, and how it is best made and best used. Members of the list, including myself, are upset about this negative information about CS being so widely disseminated by the U.S. news media because it gives the FDA more ammunition with which to suppress CS. There has been a good deal of traffic on our list in the last two weeks about the article, and the accompanying photos. We feel there has been intentional manipulation of the color balance of the Jones photo which was distributed with the article. We have viewed other recent photos of Jones, and he appears pink and healthy instead of sickly blue-gray. We don't think you are the source of all of it, but since you are the origin of it, I'm communicating with you. I was unable to read your original article, which was off-post by the time we received your weblink, but did read the second item. Hence, I do not know if your newspaper printed the very blue photo of Jones, or whether it came from some other news source in Montana. Can you provide us with your insight into this situation, how your column it em was picked up and distributed nationally. and provide us with your knowledge of the source of the very blue mugshot of Jones which accompanied the article on AP? Also, since you must have had personal contact with Jones, can you tell us how he appeared to you, in person, as compared to the blue photo? He appears normal and healthy in all other photos we have seen. There has been much finger-pointing on our CS list accusing the media of perpetrating a "hoax" by purposely distributing a doctored photo made to appear much bluer than Jones appears in all other recent photos. Based on my 30 years of daily newspaper experience, much of it involving photography, I have to agree. That blue photo looks doctored. As the only former media person on the CS list, I've had to bear much media-bashing over this, and we want to get to the bottom of it. FYI, Jones has provided us with information which indicates he broke several cardinal rules about the preparation of CS -- namely using high-mineral content tap water, and an improper battery arrangement. Had he followed the standard OP, it would be highly unlikely that he would have contracted argyria. Properly produced CS is safe to use, does not cause arygria, (which is NOT dangerous, just unslightly) and is the cheapest, most effective anti-bacterial substance on the planet, better than any antibiotic. And most importantly, CS does not cause bacteria to mutate into resistant forms. CS kills all bacteria, very quickly and extremely cheaply. That's why the pharmaceutical cartels and the FDA don't want knowledge of CS to become widespread. Please respond when you have time, and provide us all the data possible. You can respond directly to me: [email protected] or to the [email protected] . Many thanks for your time, and we'll be looking forward to hearing your response. Regards, Bill Missett Oaxaca, Mexico -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>

