-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991203b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No memories were reconstructed during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Geek Life: http://www.geeklife.com/images/nov99/davidcgeeklife.jpg _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Meltdown blamed on warming. (AP) The giant arctic ice cap may be melting due to global warming.Computer modeling shows only a 2% chance that arctic melting over the last 19 years is a result of natural climate changes. And there only is a 0.1% chance that the melting over the last 46 years is natural. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562375857-5ab : When will Earth be warm enough for the Reptilioids? When will all the ice- caps be melted, low-lying cites flooded, plains swamped, and humans herded? Has this happened before? Have we forgotten the last Reptoid takeover? Why? @ Obliscence, Theories of Forgetting and the Problem of Matter. In this work Geoffrey Sonnabend departs from all previous memory research with the pre- mise that memory is an illusion. Forgetting, not remembering, is the in- evitable outcome of all experience. http://mjt.org/exhibits/oblisci.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # India's temple to the Aids goddess. (BBC) To mark World Aids Day hundreds of people in southern India take part in a procession to a temple containing the benign goddess of Aids. But She doesn't put out: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_545000/545405.stm : Who's your favorite goddess? Are goddesses effective to prevent or treat diseases? What disease would you like to catch from a goddess? How can you tell she's a goddess? Is she distinctive? Is she powerful? Is she inhuman? @ HORN OF MARY DAVIS OF SAUGHALL. We were then shown a very extraordinarily curious horn which had grown on the back of a woman's head. It seems that men-folk bear their horns in front and such women theirs behind. The horn was blackish is colour, not very thick or hard, but well proportioned. It is somewhat of a curiosity: http://mjt.org/exhibits/horn_md.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # R.J. Reynolds to reduce chemical. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - The nation's second-largest cigarette maker announced it will begin making cigarettes with less of a compound some scientists say causes cancer. In a related move, a trade group of ammunition makers announced that they will begin producing bullets without gunpowder, a chemical some doctors say causes trauma. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562382868-e29 # Billionaire banker killed. (BBC) One of the world's richest men, Edmond Safra, suffocated in his Monaco apartment in a fire set by 2 attackers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_548000/548288.stm : How much smoke is deadly? Who directs the smoke conspiracy? Will they kill anyone who gets in their way? Would you rather light the fire yourself, or let someone else do it? Have you lit any fires lately? Did anyone die? Who? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # GINKGO & ASPIRIN: DANGEROUS LIAISONS? Ginkgo & aspirin can be a dangerous combination, because both have blood-thinning properties. We have to be careful about potential interactions between drugs and herbal products. http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=23014 # LINK BETWEEN LICORICE & LIBIDO. Tips on licorice - look out for it in her- bal teas; what kind to buy if you love licorice, but want to avoid side effects. http://healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=23013 # WARNINGS ABOUT ST. JOHN'S WORT. St. John's wort, a common herbal remedy for depression, can interact with a certain heart medication, and it also might have a serious side effect from interacting with sunlight. http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=22994 : What's your favorite herb? D'ya enjoy herbal henbane, nightshade, hemlock, datura, nicotiana, oleander? D'ya taste every plant you see? Do you survive? @ CAN I TREAT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE WITHOUT DRUGS? Nope; some herbs will kill you: http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=22992 @ ARE THERE HOME REMEDIES FOR WARTS? Try hot water or potatoes or nail polish: http://healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=22991 @ DOES CARDAMOM HAVE ANY HEALTH BENEFITS OR RISKS? It might help with back pain: http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=22989 @ WHAT HERBS CAN I TAKE FOR INSOMNIA TO REPLACE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS? Melatonin, valerian and kava kava have all been shown to fight insomnia, but you need to be careful with them. You can't take kava and drugs like Xanax, or drink alcohol, or you could be in for trouble. 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