Episode 1 Who are the real cannibals???

This Friday, a horror podcast called  BrAiN DeAd, The zombie queen aka Ghoulina Ghoulie will be talking about the movie cannibal holocaust, cannibal ferox and she'll go off the subject and spit nails talk about a article called Death by Veganism.  There kinda a connection between cannibal holocaust and how vegans were destroying her research, complaining about the animal cruelty in the scene of the movie. Well she wants to end this fascism by ex stinting them all with good old fashion genocide!!!

BrainDead Podcast Update

A couple of days ago I posted a couple of episodes....didn't like were the podcast was going. I got really bored with the way my podcast was going. I decided to make the podcast were I would be more passionate and interesting. Something more thats more myself, more my style. There will be a podcast soon the host Ghoulina Ghoulie reviewing horror movies. A horror podcast!!!

Who Invented the first soda and came up with the name soda?

The word "soda" actually comes from "soda water" which is used to carbonate soft drinks. The word "soda" refers to the sodium salts that soda water contains.

Joseph Priestley is credited as the first person to make man-made carbonated water. From wikipedia:

"In 1767, Englishman Joseph Priestley first discovered a method of infusing water with carbon dioxide to make carbonated water when he suspended a bowl of distilled waterabove a beer vat at a local brewery in Leeds, England. His invention of carbonated water, (also known as soda water), is the major and defining component of most soft drinks. Priestley found water thus treated had a pleasant taste, and he offered it to friends as a refreshing drink. In 1772, Priestley published a paper entitled Impregnating Water with Fixed Air in which he describes dripping oil of vitriol (or sulfuric acid as it is now called) onto chalk to produce carbon dioxide gas, and encouraging the gas to dissolve into an agitated bowl of water".

 In 1832, John Matthews was credited with the first person to mass market soda water, and was considered the father of the soda fountain. He may have also been the first person to use the term "soda". I found a series of youtube videos on the history of soda pop:
"The drinking of either natural or artificial mineral water was considered a healthy practice. American pharmacists, who were selling most of the mineral waters, started to add medicinal and other flavorful herbs to the unflavored beverage, i.e. birch bark, dandelion, sarsaparilla and fruit extracts. The early drug stores with their soda fountains became a popular part of American culture. Customers wanted to take the drinks home with them and the soft drink bottling industry grew from the consumer demand".


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_drink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_water
http://www.usfirehouse.com/SodaHistory.htm
http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1962/5/1962_5_10.shtml

Hate to change the subject, but when I think of soda, I think of my pet rabbit when I was in fourth grade. I was at the fair and played this game where you put a ring around the ducks neck. The had this giant spud McKenzie doll I was the dog in the beer commercials. My mom grabbed the rabbit instead and I named him Soda. My grandfather built him a house outside..

BrainDead Podcast coming soon

I cannot believe I am doing this!!! I am such a procrastinator.  Guess what kiddies??? BrainDead that's right, will be starting a podcast very soon!!! LMAO!!! I always wanted to do something on you tube making funny skits, something with editing. I don't know if I'll like doing this because I hate the sound of my voice. I always wanted to do a horror-podcast because I am an encyclopedia of horror genre. Well lets just say that It will be topics that I post on my blog anything and everything that pops in my head... I don't even try to get inside my head you will get seriously hurt severely... I will show you how pathetic the scene is or you must be BrAiNDeAd...


I wonder what I'll bitch about.... who knows.... I have alot of stories to tell....

Have a read...

http://www.whale.to/b/reich.pdf

Who invented cotton candy and a recipe to make it without a machine.

Cotton candy has a history that goes back far, far beyond my childhood days. In fact, two men named John Wharton and William Morrison invented the first electric cotton candy machine and patented it in 1899. The manufacturing concept was simple: their machine melted the sugar down and then spun it around rapidly. The result was a light, airy, threaded candy that was originally called, "Spun Sugar" or "Fairy Floss." The finished product was twirled onto a stick or paper cone so it could be held and eaten with a minimal amount of mess.

To make the sweet confection more appealing to the eye, food coloring was then added to it. Plus, flavorings have also been added.

Soon after Wharton and Morrison invented their cotton candy machine, a man named Thomas Patton secured a patent on a different way to make the sugary confection. Instead of melting the sugar, Patton caramelized it. He then formed light threads by using a fork.

When I was a child, one of my favorite treats at the local fairs was cotton candy. When I became old enough to realize that this confection is made of a hundred percent pure sugar, I gave it up and stuck to Chocolate covered raisins....

Spun Sugar, or Fairy Floss, made its first public appearance at the Paris Exposition in 1900. From then, in 1920, its name was changed to "cotton candy." Cotton candy has since become an American favorite at amusement parks, fairs, carnivals, and circuses. It's most often seen in pink or blue colors.

You don't have to wait until fair season to enjoy this age-old treat at home. You can easily make your own cotton candy, and it's not that hard to do. Your kids or grandchildren will have a great time helping you too!

Just be sure that you make it on a day that the weather is cool and dry. Cotton candy is, of course, made from sugar. The sugar will absorb moisture from the air. This absorption will result in a sticky, melted mess.

HOW TO MAKE COTTON CANDY WITHOUT A MACHINE

You'll need 5 cups of white, granulated sugar, 1-1/3 cups of light corn syrup, 1 cup, plus 2 tablespoons of tap water, flavorings, food coloring, and non-stick vegetable oil spray.

Check your local bakery supply store for the flavorings. Or, you can always perform a search on the Internet to find them.


You'll also need a 2 quart heavy duty saucepan, 2 long handled wooden spoons, an old wire whisk with the round bottom cut off, a candy thermometer, a tempered glass bowl, and some old newspapers. You can use a pair of wire cutters to remove the rounded bottom of the wire whisk.

Now, you're ready to begin this fun, tasty project. Stir together the sugar, light corn syrup, and the tap water in the saucepan. Cook the mixture over medium heat. You'll need the sugary mixture to reach a temperature of 320 degrees Fahrenheit.

In the meantime, while you're waiting on the candy to reach the correct temperature, you'll need to set up your work area. Put the two long handled wooden spoons on the edge of a countertop or table so their handles are sticking out in the air. Hold the ends down by using one or two heavy objects, such as books. Spray them with a very light coating of the nonstick vegetable oil. Spread the old newspapers out underneath the ends of the spoons. The newspaper will protect your floor.

Then, after the mixture reaches the desired temperature, remove the pan from the heat. Quickly pour it into a tempered glass bowl. Be careful! It's hot! Add the flavoring and the food coloring and stir them in well.

Dip the tines of the whisk into the sugar and then hold it up for a couple seconds to let the excess drip off. Then, wave the whisk high over the handles of the wooden spoons so the candy drifts down on them. Repeat this process until you have used all of the melted sugar. You'll need to work quickly so the mixture doesn't harden before you're done!

Once the cotton candy has hardened on the spoons, carefully remove it. Place it on freezer paper or use wax paper so it doesn't stick.

For the best taste, your batch of homemade cotton candy should be eaten right away. Enjoy!

Who invented the very 1st video game???

No one really knows exactly for sure who invented the very first video game, but it is believed to have been a man by the name of William Higinbotham. William Higinbotham created a game called Tennis for Two back in 1958 and this game is very similar to the popular Atari game called Pong. He created this game in an oscilloscope to entertain visitors to his lab where he worked as a scientist. Tennis for Two was a two-dimensional, side view of a tennis court which was displayed on an oscilloscope. It had a cathode-ray tube similar to a black and white TV. He was born on October 25, 1910 and passed away on November 10, 1994. So, it is not known for sure if this was the first video game or not, but no other people have come forward claiming that they had invented something earlier than 1958.

The very first idea for an interactive electronic game came in 1951 when Ralph Baer, instructed to build the best TV in the world, had the idea of including a game into the TV. However his superiors didn't like the idea, and so it took another 7 years before the idea would emerge again. In 1958, physicist Willy Higinbotham invented the first Pong-like game on an oscilloscope, to stop visitors to his lab getting bored. However it was in 1961 that most people agree the first true computer game was invented. Steve Russell, a student at MIT, used a Digital PDP-1 to create Spacewar. Though the graphics were extremely primitive, Spacewar inspired Nolan Bushnell to create a version of Spacewar that could be played on a home TV. Creating 'Computer Space', the first home video game was born.

If evolution is a blind process steered by parasites, where the hell on earth does that leave us?

I just finished another book I got done reading called "Parasite Rex" by Carl Zimmer. At first I though this book might be nothing more than some horror novel by Stephen King, and both the title and the back matter certainly give that impression. "Imagine a world where the parasites control the minds of their hosts, sending them to their destruction...where parasites steer the course of evolution, where the majority of species are parasites. WELCOME TO EARTH"....

In reality, Carl Zimmer's "Parasite Rex" is a perfectly serious, popular science book about parasites and their impact on evolution. Zimmer, and presumably the scientists he interviewed, believe that the majority of species are parasites, and that parasites might be the driving force of evolution. Apparently, this hasn't always been the scientific consensus. For a long time, parasites were seen as degenerate organisms, organisms that had "devolved" rather than evolved. This was connected to a misinterpretation of Darwinism as "progressive" evolution. Since parasites didn't seem "progressive", they were considered evolutionary dead ends. Sometimes, the political analogies were pretty transparent: parasites were a metaphor for human welfare cheats (and welfare states).

Today, scientists know that parasites aren't "degenerate"...Quite the contrary. They are perfectly well adapted to their respective environments, and their life-cycles and behaviour are incredibly complex, which implies that they have been evolving for a very, very, long time. "Parasite Rex" takes this reasoning one step further, arguing that co-evolution between parasites and their hosts has been a prime feature of all evolution, and that the parasites are the most dynamic part of that process. In effect, the course of evolution, perhaps even human evolution, is steered by...the parasites. They are the movers and shakers of planet Earth.

Zimmer also believes that many natural scientists haven't faced the implications of this yet. Many studies of population dynamics and animal behaviour are made without taking into consideration that parasites might affect the populations, and even their behaviour, in dramatic ways. Zimmer wants biologists to place parasitology, and parasite-host interaction, centre stage.

But the most disturbing aspect of the book is, of course, philosophical.

If evolution is a blind process steered by parasites, where the hell on earth does that leave us???

Perhaps that's why some people think "Parasite Rex" is so scary...

LizardLand???

Ive been reading David Icke's book Children of the Matrix: How an Interdimensional Race has Controlled the World for Thousands of Years-and Still Does. My thoughts on this book... I don't have a problem with basic Conspiracy Theory, in that the idea of The World Banking System ruling the planet makes sense. I can accept the Kennedy Conspiracy, Roswell, you name it, but like most people I find David's theories about all of the world's rulers being Reptilian shape-shifting Aliens a little hard to swallow. Especially when they are supposedly involved in the mass ritual sacrifice of children.
I presume the way he avoids massive law suits for defamation is by claiming to be reflecting the views of people such as 'former mind control slave' Arizona Wilder, and by pleading Truth as a defence, insisting that the Royal Family, George Bush etc. must prove that they are not Aliens. Yet the way Conspiracy theorists work, no proof would ever be enough anyway. If the rulers did submit to DNA testing and were found to be wholly human, ole Dave would no doubt insist that the tests were rigged.
 
Don't get me wrong, I can accept that the human race are a bunch of genetically engineered worker animals. Apart from the checked shirts, the booze, the smokes and the hockey, their willingness to accept injustice seems to be limitless. For example, nobody ever questioned the fact that a kid could be sent to Vietnam when he was 18, but couldn't by himself a drink until he was 21.
 
If there is a flaw in David's voluminous research, it is that he tries to shoehorn everything into a preset framework, intending that it should prove his point, come what may. He takes all historical references to be literal, rather than symbolic or metaphorical, such as the many ancient serpent references, which he ties in with the Reptilian lineage. To most people serpent imagery represents symbols of cthonic (underworld) transcendence, and in the case of the serpent eating its own tail, regeneration and eternal recurrence.
 
If one got into a Conspiracy and Disinformation mindset, one could even question Dave himself. If you look at the effects that his work has on people, it can be quite damaging, by crushing their belief systems, by telling them that everything they ever believed was a lie, and by telling them that an unimaginably brutal and all encompassing Conspiracy, presided over by an all powerful Alien race has complete control of this planet, and has from day one.
 
While he includes a relative throwaway acknowledgement that all beings are from the same life force, and that people should just do their own work and disconnect from the system as much as they can, his main focus is on the unimaginable horror of the human zoo.
 
Icke's information about the Reptilians seems to come primarily from the testimony of individuals such as Arizona Wilder, who having somehow shaken off her mind control programming, can now "remember" seeing the British Royal Family as Reptilian shape shifters, who regularly indulge in the ritual murder of children. Yes, it could be true. Then again, these could be the fantasies of a disturbed individual, or somebody who just didn't get enough attention as a child, or somebody who is deliberately spreading disinformation in the hope that David Icke would lap it up and build entire books around the myth, and thereby lose the credibility that he was beginning to amass, prior to him going off the deep end.
 
Anybody can claim to remember cosmic things. I could claim to have been an Alien military intelligence officer with the Templar garrison at Acre, but I could no more prove this than Wilder can prove one scrap of the genocidal shape shifter information that Icke so readily portrays as fact.
  Check out the book soon, because if the Government ever tightens the defamation laws, David Icke will be in a sling.
 
One final thought... If David Icke is right and his revelations are so revolutionary and devastating to the Power Elite, why is he still alive? Too high profile to be a target? JFK was as high profile as it gets. No, David Icke is being allowed to continue. Surely even a human could see that.

Nazi Donald Duck??? WTF???

Donald Duck stars in at least eight of these government-sponsored shorts and his popularity bombs. The most insane film was Der Fuehrer’s Face, based around the popular Spike Jones parody song “Der Fuehrer’s Face,” which reached #3 on the charts. In this film, Donald Duck is a

Screenshot from Der Fuehrer's Face (1943)

Nazi??? Yeah, you didn’t misread this; in this short, Donald Duck wears a Nazi uniform, does the “Heil Hitler” salute dozens of times, and helps build shells for the German Army. The point of the film is to show that “Nazi Land” (Nazi Germany) is no Aryan paradise; it’s a totalitarian nightmare characterized by forced worship and dronish obedience to authority (hence Donald must give the “Heil” salute every time he sees a picture of the Führer (Adolf Hitler), harsh wartime rationing meaning little food, and grueling 48-hour work days on an assembly line no one can keep up with.  It’s also an actual nightmare that Donald wakes up from at the end. I totally get the purpose of this cartoon, and Disney gets the message across with some classic animation, but it’s still unsettling a very disturbing to see a Nazi Donald Duck heiling Hitler so much. Thanks, for the nightmares...

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-A-S-O-N-R-Y????

Walt Disney was a 33° Freemason and an illuminist. Behind all those cartoons, magazines, movies etc., is a hidden agenda to mess up our children's heads.

Disney's production over the years is filled with Masonic symbolism, occult over- and undertones, mind control and indoctrination. He is preparing our younger generations for the New World Order, and introduce them to sorcery (black magic) as being a "cool thing" . Like fantasia? Don't believe me? Read more about it in the Springmeier article, it is amazing reading. http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/the_disney_bloodlinept1.htm Children who have disappeared at Disneyland and never been found again were kidnapped by the Disney Organization and sacrificed, or used as mind controlled slaves, although their disappearances have been blamed on crazy visitors or nut cases who supposedly have used the children for sexual perversions. On rare occasions this may have been the case, but otherwise, the truth is closer to magical place on earth huh?

Walt Disney, on the other hand, was actually a member of DeMolay while growing up, and later, Disney authorized Mickey Mouse to be made an honorary DeMolay member, the only group Mickey ever belonged to.
During the 1950s Disneyland restaurant Club 33,Apparently many people think the 33 refers to that "high degree" in Freemasonry. The writer found no Masonic symbols in the restaurant, saying only that "at the top of the windows... there are designs that are almost shaped like an eye." Spooky stuff! Membership in Club 33 (in 2003) is $7,500, with yearly dues of $2,500. A buffet-style meal is $47. I don't know too many Masons who would pay those kinds of dues or prices to eat, but then, I'm not a 33rd degree "high ranking" Freemason, so what do I know? Maybe those 33rd's all get to dip into that National Treasure that Ben Gates and his pals found under that church. 

Walt Disney at his desk circa 1950. Note the proof that he is secretly a Freemason: You can't see his ring finger on his right hand, which is where most Masons would wear a Masonic ring. Wily Walt wisely hides his hand from the photographer and public

Happiest Place on Earth, Disneyland’s semi-secret restaurant Club 33 beats like a drum. Officially, the club is located at 33 Rue Royale in New Orleans Square, near the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. A decorative "33" and an intercom next to a French Quarter-style door are the only markers of the club’s entrance. Disneyland’s info line says 33 is the product of Walt Disney’s "vision of a quiet, elegant place where he could entertain special guests." Sadly, Jesus had other plans, and Mickey Mouse’s daddy ascended to that Magic Kingdom in the sky five months before the club’s 1967 completion.

With Walt gone by by, it was decided to allow the public to dine there—or, rather, some of the public. Only card-carrying Club 33 members and their guests can enter the exclusive club. Individual gold memberships run $7,500, plus $2,500 in annual dues. Even if one does have this kind of excess income, there’s a multi year waiting list.The number 33 is omnipresent; even foil butter wrappers are ordained with the mystical number. Disney literature insists the number is derived from the address. Yet pseudo-addresses on faux streets are obviously whatever Disneyland wants them to be. So why 33? One theory is that Walt Disney was a 33rd Degree Freemason, the order’s highest level. And that number’s significance? It’s the age Jesus was said to have been when he was crucified. However, the Internet urban-legend debunkers at Snopes.com give their own elaborate explanation: after Walt passed away, 33 of the 47 amusement-park participants voted to create the semi-public club. This seems even less likely than the Freemason theory. Could Snopes.com be part of an elaborate Masonic conspiracy? Rice, an avid student of religious symbolism who has dined at the club a few times, says he looks for overt Masonic imagery whenever he’s there. The closest he has found to Masonic masonry is at the top of the windows, where there are designs that are almost shaped like an eye.

The staff is superfriendly in that Disneyland way. One extra-supernice waiter dressed in the blue Club 33 uniform told us ’70s pop idol Bobby Sherman is a long-standing member who visits often and brings presents to club employees. His autobiography, Bobby Sherman: Still Remembering You, suggests the guy is obsessed with Disneyland. The former star of such TV shows as Here Come the Brides and Getting Together has made three elaborate scale models of the amusement park, the first when he was only 13.

The cuisine is by far the best in all the land of Disney, which, in itself, isn’t saying much. We each ordered the all-you-can-eat buffet—tasty cold cuts, chicken, fruit, beef, a variety of salads, artichoke hearts and pasta dishes prepared by a chef any way you desire. The buffet costs $47, but club guests receive free admission to both Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure. Wine, however, is extra.

Delighted to be in the only place in Disneyland that serves alcohol, Pearce ordered bottle after bottle of chardonnay. Luckily, the Goth rocker from Down Under had plenty of cash in his kangaroo-testicle pouch. We paid the bill and left the heavenly serenity of Club 33 for the reenacted hell of Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.

Club 33 is located at 33 Rue Royale, New Orleans Square, Disneyland. It’s members-only

Another popular belief is based upon the shape of the numeral "3". If you take a "3" and lay it sideways (on the open side), rumor has it that such numeral suddenly appears to become mouse ears. To be specific, "33" Mickey and Minnie. Interesting to be sure. 

Another explanation is that Walt was a 33rd Degree Mason.  another Mason named John Glick who worked in Hollywood and stated he had seen Walt attend meetings from time to time but due to his busy schedule, he was not there on a regular basis. In the film industry there are items placed in films called Easter Eggs. Easter Eggs are bits and pieces of other films or items of historical significance, placed there for entertainment by the crew, director, or producer. The concept of the famous "Hidden Mickey" can be called an Easter Egg. Does the club have a few such related Easter Eggs within the walls? Little signs signifying some meaning or association may be present. 

Another clue, perhaps the most significant in the entire club is the design of this floor. Most cast members are not aware of the significance of this design, but there are those who will instantly recognize the historical and age old meanings.  I find the design of the floor to be quite Masonic in design, almost too perfect to be coincidental.

As if to emphasize the Masonic meaning of the number 33, this alternate logo of Club 33uses a black and white pattern, similar to the Masonic checkerboard floor. The all-important occult concept of duality is visually represented with the inversion of the colors of each “3″.

The name of the club itself is very evocative of Freemasonry. 33 is indeed a sacred and symbolic number in Masonic lore. For this reason, the Scottish Rite is comprised of 32 regular degrees and an honorary 33rd degree. This exalted degree is only reserved to the most distinguished Freemasons (some say Disney was a 33rd Degree Mason) – the same way Club 33 is reserved to Disney’s “most distinguished” guests.

Masonic pin featuring the number 33

The documentary also shows Walt Disney’s original design ideas for the club. Horned animal heads, owls and vultures gave the Club a definite non-Disney ambiance. even a fool can see that this was a masonic club..33..yeah..and the black/white theme again..look at the decor he wanted..owlheads..yeah we know what that is..and these people make kids shows for us????

Not to change the subject too much. I find this blog very interesting because when I was in 4th grade I was really into the movie Oliver and CO. I drew alot of sketches of the movie. My grandparents visited Walt Disney World at the time I was living with my mom in goshen. Well My grandfather gave them my sketches and he brought me back this white portfolio of Oliver and Co. the sketches from them in pencil to color, and they wrote me a letter stating that I would have a job waiting for me one day. Wow!! I thought that was so cool!!! When I was a kid I though I would be the coolest thing to dream work there one day. This makes me kinda sad and really sickens me. =(

In Switzerland they fluoridate the salt people eat, they call it fertility control. Hmmm...

I love reading and finding out new things on the web. Of course im probably going to be labeled being a fear monger.

Switzerland stop using this why do you think there are holes in your swiss cheese, along with your brains??

90% of the people use fluoridated toothpaste.

6 times a year school children are exposed to toothbrushing regimens with fluoride toothpastes.

Fluoridated salt is available everywhere and used by 85% of the population.

Numerous cantons already fluoridate all salt supplies destined for human consumption.

The Swiss Jod & Fluor Commission recommends that all canteens, restaurants etc. use fluoridated salt.

The Swiss Health Observatory recommends that even small children use fluoride toothpaste every day, and that this could be accomplished by programs impletented in day care/nursery settings which are being expanded nationally (SHO - 2002).

In addition Swiss soil is severely fluoride polluted, often containing more fluoride than is known to cause dental fluorosis in animals.

And if that wasn’t enough, there are now new reports showing that many drinking water supplies in Switzerland contain fluorides > than 0.5 ppm. (The warning label on fluoridated salt in France states NOT to use fluoridated salt if the water contains more than 0.5 mg/L fluoride...)

“The aim of this study was to collect data on the fluoride concentrations in drinking water in the different regions of Switzerland.... In nearly sixty localities, fluoride content was equal or above 0.5 mg/l: for 24 wells, the fluoride concentration was between 0.5 mg/l and 0.7 mg/l; for another 35 wells, fluoride content was > or = 0.7 mg/l.” (Vivien-Castioni & Baehni, 2003)

Fluoridated Salt

In 1955 Switzerland became the first country in the world to fluoridate salt. Originally fluoridated at 90 ppm, since 1970 all salt destined for human consumption is fluoridated at 250 ppm in Canton Waadt (Lausanne), and since 1974 also in the Canton Glarus.

By 1991, 75% of the domestic salt in Switzerland contained fluoride at 250 ppm.

In 2003 it was reported that now 85% of the population consumed fluoridated salt (GSK, 2003).

Soil Pollution

In Switzerland fluoride continues to be one of the worst soil pollutants. (Polluted soil stays polluted. Nothing can be done to remedy the situation.)There are 105 stations throughout Switzerland which meassure numerous man-made pollutants in soil (NABO) and a report is published every 5 years.

In 1993, the first NABO report stated that fluoride content in top soil ranged from 234 to 715 mg/kg, in bottom soil from 250 - 695 mg/kg.

Out of the 105 stations, 57 reported fluoride content higher than the 400 mg/kg legal ceiling, while 62 reported reported the same in bottom soil.

Instead of dealing with the issue and trying to reduce fluoride contamination, the legal limit was raised - to 700 ppm, almost double the original amount.

By 1998 fluoride content in top soil had risen to 765 ppm and in bottom soil to 755 ppm. Now 15 stations reported excessive fluoride (> 700 ppm) in top soil and 15 in bottom soil (BUWG, 2000).

“Soil with fluoride levels higher than between 450 ppm and 850 ppm is likely to lead to chronic fluorosis.” (Furness, 2002)

SOURCES & RESOURCES

Bundesamt für Umwelt, Wald und Landschaft (2000)

Bundesamt für Umwelt, Wald und Landschaft - Vom Menschen verursachte Belastungen von Böden (1997) http://www.buwal.ch/d/themen/umwelt/boden/dk10u02.pdf

Bundesamt für Umwelt, Wald und Landschaft - NABO Status (2003)
http://www.umwelt-schweiz.ch/buwal/de/fachgebiete/fg_boden/nabo/nabostatus/

Furness H - “Fluorosis - Fluoride and animal welfare” Fert Research (2002)

GSK - "Bericht der Gesundheits-und Sozialkomission des Grossen Rates zum Anzug Rene Brigger betreffend Fluoridierung des Basler Trinkwassers" [9229/P975485]
http://www.bs.ch/ber-9229.pdf

Menghini G, de Crousaz P, Steiner M, Helfenstein U, Sener B - “Urinary excretion of fluorides in schoolchildren of Lausanne and Geneva in relation to salt fluoridation” Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnmed 99(3):292-8 (1989)

Swiss Health Observatory - "Monitoring der oralen Gesundheit in der Schweiz" PDF (2002)

SVE-Medienmailing Nr. 01 - November 2002
http://www.sve.org/d/dienstleistungen/ratgeber/ihre_fragen_unsere_a ntworten/nahrungsmittel/diverses/himalaja_salz.html

Switzerland - Unsere Lebensgrundlagen (2002)
http://www.buwal-herakles.admin.ch/umweltbericht/de/d-047-056-Boden.pdf

Switzerland Statistics - Boden Statistik (2002)
http://www.statistik.admin.ch/stat_ch/ber02/env_ch/pdf/2.1_d.pdf

Vivien-Castioni N, Baehni P - “Fluoride content of Swiss drinking water” Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnmed 113(12):1276-80 (2003)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=1 4968702

Melody's Magic White Hot Chocolate Recipe

by Melody


There's always something about white hot chocolate that makes it seem like the most pleasurable drink in the world. When made correctly, white chocolate hot cocoa can be a creamy, decadent drink. When I'm feeling down, lonely or just feel the weight of the world on your shoulders, you know it's time to do something special for yourself. When that happens, take a little time out of your busy day and relax with a good book, an overstuffed chair and a mug filled to the brim with my magic, luxurious, white hot cocoa,and on top of satisfying your sweet tooth, it will give you a relaxed, mild high.

Ingredients You Will Need:

4 to 6 ounces Ghirardelli white chocolate (grated or chips)
1 split vanilla bean
1 teaspoon white granulated sugar (optional)
1 cup real dairy whipped topping
1 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon hazelnut flavored dairy creamer
2 teaspoons butter
A grinder
A strainer
A large bowl
0.5 grams of weed
Saran wrap

Grind the 0.5 grams of weed. Warm the milk in a small saucepan over low heat. Add the vanilla bean. Dissolve the sugar in the milk and 2 teaspoons of butter, weed and then slowly add the white chocolate. When the chocolate has melted, Grab your mug carefully wrap the mug with Saran wrap to prevent any air from escaping. wait about 12 minutes,remove the Saran wrap and stir. Place a strainer over the large bowl. Strain your hot chocolate and squeeze out the rest of the liquid from the weed in the strainer (this weed can then be disposed of). Pour the hot chocolate from your bowl to the large mug and ENJOY! When all of the ingredients are melted, pour the hot drink into a glass mug and top with additional whipped topping or mini marshmallows.

Good Charlotte BubbleGum poser punk!!!

Quite possibly the worst band of all time. I like to call them Bubblegum poser punk!!! If you like this band and you are a personal friend of mind?? I don't know you!!! I will drill a hole in your brain dead head!!! The genre of this band is "Bubblegum Poser-Punk". They pretend to be punk in many different ways, such as spiking their hair to ridiculous and unnecessary heights. This band was made famous by a network known as MTV (better known as Mentally Deranged Television). MTV markets them to the scenequeens, sad emo kids or bubblegum poserpunk crowd. How so many young, impressionable kids can get suckered hook, line, and sinker into ANY of the garbage that this pathetic excuse of a band dumps onto them is beyond me. This band lacks something known as talent, which is usually a very important factor to a successful band, which Good Charlotte is light years away from. The singer has a very annoying, whinny, bitchy voice which makes me want to drill my head against my temple over and over until my brain oozes and brain death kicks in. The guitarist is restricted as a background sound, and all the guitarist does is play a bunch of random 3 note power chords. The bass player...do they even have a bass player???? I can't hear it because the power chords are so fucking loud. The drummer is off beat, he might as well grab a branch off some twigs off a tree and bang it on his head, it would most likely make the same sound as his drumming. It is painfully obvious that the main goals for the members of Good Charlotte are two things: Money and chicks. No, they don't care about making beautiful music, they just figured that if they pretend to play, and think of lame emo lyrics such as "HOOOLD ONN IFF YOUU FEEEL LIKE LETTING GO", the chicks will love them. Unfortunately, this has became true, they are loved by many bubblegum posers and scenesters. MTV basically played this band on their station to brainwash all the pathetic scene into listening to bad music. They're basically a boy band that wears black clothes and wears eyeliner. Their music sounds like sped up emo music. You could describe their music as "emo with estrogen". They are a whiny band that love to sing about how "horrible" and "tragic" their life is, meanwhile they are sitting in cash in their mansions. No one cares except for their legions of self-pitying just kill yourself and get it over with fans who feel they can truly connect with GC's "deep" and "inspiring" garbage called "music". They want me want to shove screwdrivers up my ears.

Valentine's Day Red Velvet Cake with Cannabutter Recipe!!!

Melody bakes a marijuana infused Red Velvet cake for her Valentine's Day with the slow and easy ladystoner way.

by Melody

Some would argue that Valentine's day is a corporate energy suck designed to infuriate single people. To those people I would say, "Well said!"

While I am a consummate romantic, I must admit that Valentine's day has always felt a bit contrived and forced to me. I prefer a more intimate and relaxed celebration of love. So this year I'm embracing the delights of Valentine's Day with by baking and getting baked. I plan to play Queen of the Kitchen while wearing the sexiest in pajama-pants couture, a dead ringer for Betty Crocker's lazier younger sister. Let's hear it for romance!

Here's how to make Melody's quick and easy Red Velvet Cake for Lazy Lovers (+ Loving Stoners). This recipe is super easy, but the Slow + Easy Cannabutter will take you about 6 hrs to make and you'll need that before you bake the cake, so plan ahead. Also, real foodies will probably turn up their nose at the use of a box mix AND store-bought frosting, but hey, I promised easy! And I'm a busy girl. Hide the evidence and no one will know that your red velvet cake isn't made from scratch.

Slow + Easy CannaButter:
■1/4 oz of your favorite strain, ground (remove stems and seeds)
■3-4 sticks of butter (depending on desired strength)
Put the butter and bud in a lidded crock pot. Turn on high and cook for 6 hours. (You can also cook the butter on med/low for 8-10 hours if you have to be out of the house.) This mixture doesn't have to be stirred, but I find it really hard not to stir frequently because the butter just smells so good!

After your butter is finished cooking, turn off the heat and let it begin to cool while you start to mix up the cake batter...

Cake Ingredients:
■1 devil’s food cake mix or other light chocolate cake (a darker chocolate cake won't come out of the oven with that special red velvet color you're going after)
■1 teaspoon baking soda
■1 1/4 cups buttermilk
■2/5 cup melted cannabutter
■3 large eggs
■1 teaspoon vanilla
■1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
■1 teaspoon white vinegar
■1 bottle (1 ounce) liquid red food coloring*
*If you use a concentrated paste or gel coloring, mix the coloring in vigorously to ensure the batter is a vivid red color.

Grease and flour two 8" round baking pans. Heat oven to 350°. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the cake mix, baking soda, buttermilk, vegetable oil, eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla, cinnamon, vinegar, and food coloring. Beat on low speed until well blended. Beat on high speed for 2 minutes. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pans. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes side by side on the same rack (for even baking results), or until cake springs back when lightly touched with a finger.

Let the cakes cool on a rack for 20 minutes. Then put the cake in the freezer to completely cool. This will take about an hour total. (Seriously. I know you want to frost the cake right now, but walk away. Smoke a bowl. Watch some Clip Trips. Read old Arts+Culture articles. Catch up on your weed news. Believe me. This is the voice of experience talking. If you frost the cake right now you'll end up with a pile of cake crumbled around a ball of crumb-adulterated frosting. )

After an hour, you're probably ready to frost.

(OPTIONAL: Take a large serrated edged knife and gently level the top of your cakes so that they are flat for better cake symmetry and increased baker bragging rights.)

Frosting
Raise your right hand. In your left hand securely grasp a container of

■store bought cream cheese frosting (Betty Crocker's version is great - also good on a spoon)
and remove the lid and wrapper. Put a good-sized glop of frosting on top of one of the cakes and spread evenly. Ultimately you want about 1/4-1/2 inch of frosting on this layer. After you have an even layer of frosting, place the other cake gently on top. Spread the icing gently over the rest of the cake. Use your knife to create patterns in the icing if you like.

And remember, you only have to share your Special Valentine's Day Red Velvet Cake for Lazy Lovers (+ Loving Stoners) if you tell people it exists. So weigh your options. I'm just sayin'.

<3 Melody

Carmine is Ground up Beetles use for a Red Food Colouring

Can't wait for Valentines day to get your sweetheart some red colored valentine candy you may think twice after reading this. there are ground up red beetles being used right now as a food coloring ingredient in yogurt, ice cream, juice drinks and many other grocery products. The ingredient is called "carmine."

Carmine is literally made from dried, ground-up red beetles, and its coloring (bright red) is used in yogurt, juice drinks, candies, and a long list of other products, including many "natural" products.


It's not that these red beetles are dangerous. Except for a few individuals who suffer severe allergic reactions to the beetles, most people do just fine eating carmine. Beetles are probably good for you, just like ants. High in protein, low in fat... you get the picture.

But there's a grossness factor that probably explains why products using this ingredient list "carmine" instead of "powdered red beetles" on the label. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has even petitioned the FDA to ban carmine(1), or, at the very least, require its clear labeling. The CSPI cites a study conducted by the doctors at the University of Michigan (headed by Dr. Baldwin, University of Michigan Medical Center) that demonstrated carmine can cause a severe allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis -- a condition that can put a person into shock and require hospitalization. But these reactions are extremely rare.


WHY DO MANUFACTURERS USE CARMINE?



People tend to buy foods that look good. The redder the juice drink, for example, the more "alive" it looks. That's why we pick bright-red apples and bright-orange oranges in the grocery store. The vibrant colors tell us, "This is ripe and healthy!"
It's no surprise, then, that consumers purchase food products with vibrant colors. Carmine adds this vibrancy and color to foods, making them more appealing to consumers. In other words, if it looks good, we are more apt to buy it.

There are also technical reasons why carmine is a useful food coloring. If you're curious about what the food manufacturers say about carmine, read: http://www.foodproductdesign.com/ar...


HOW IS CARMINE MADE / WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?

Most carmine used in the United States is imported from Peru and the Canary Islands. They are harvested as follows (Quoted from: www2.labs.agilent.com/botany/cacti_etc/html/news7.html):
"The insects are carefully brushed from the cacti... and placed into bags. The bags are taken to the production plant and there, the insects are then killed by immersion in hot water or by exposure to sunlight, steam or the heat of an oven. It is to be noted that the variance in appearance of commercial cochineal is caused by the different methods used during this process. It takes about 70,000 insects to make one pound (454 gm) of cochineal. The body of one coccineal is said to contain between 18-20% of carminic acid.

The part of the insect that contains the most carmine is the abdomen that houses the fertilized eggs of the coccineal. Once dried, a process begins whereby the abdomens and fertilized eggs are separated from the rest of the anatomical parts. These are then ground into a powder and cooked at temperatures in excess of 212? F (100? C) to extract the maximum amount of color. This cooked solution is filtered and through special processes that cause all carmine particles to precipitate to the bottom of the cooking container. The liquid is removed and the bottom of the container is left with pure carmine."

Yum. Not exactly what you had in mind when you were eating yogurt, was it? The most appetizing part of this description has to be, "...the abdomens and fertilized eggs are separated from the rest of the anatomical parts..."


WHAT ARE THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF CARMINE?

The surprising answer is that, based on the health-enhancing properties of other pigmentation chemicals from the animal world (such as astaxanthin found in crustaceans and salmon -- it's 500 times stronger than vitamin E as an antioxidant), carmine may very well be good for you. It's certainly better for you than any synthetic color, such as FD&C No. 40, which is derived from coal tar.
Would you rather be eating a pigment created by insects, or one derived through the refining of fossil fuels? Personally, I'd rather eat the insect pigment.

And although there are no studies that demonstrate health benefits of carmine, I wouldn't be surprised to hear of some in the coming years.


ARE THERE ALTERNATIVES TO CARMINE?

Yes. One company, Canandaigua Wine, introduced a substitute product derived from grape skins. According to the Canandaigua website, this new product has no allergic reactions, has better pH resistance (that's really important to food manufacturers), and has a lower "gross" factor. Nobody gets the shivers reading, "colored with grape skin extract" on the label.
There's also another bonus: the color stands up under fluorescent lighting. Carmine (and most other food colorings) tend to fade under fluorescent lights, reducing their shelf life.

Plus, we all know just how powerful grape skins are at lowering LDL cholesterol and promoting cardiovascular health. A food coloring ingredient made from grape skins would, if widely consumed, help protect the health of the public. It would probably give you all the health benefits of drinking wine, but without the alcohol.


WHAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE WITH CARMINE?

Like most consumers, you've probably been eating ground-up red beetles for years. You just didn't know it. Although you probably suffered no health effects from eating carmine, my personal belief is that the name "carmine" on the label is misleading. People have the right to know what they're eating, even if it doesn't pose an immediate health risk.
This is especially true when ingredients are derived from living creatures. Whether it's beetles, cows or kangaroos, I want to know what I'm eating, don't you? After all, what good are the FDA's food labeling requirement if ingredients are cloaked in a secret food-industry code that nobody else really understands? It's just like calling MSG "yeast extract," which is a labeling deception widely used by makers of "natural" or vegetarian foods.

As with most food-labeling issues, awareness is the ultimate answer. If enough people become aware of the carmine issue, and sufficient pressure is put on the food manufacturers and the FDA, something will probably change.

At the same time, I would much rather eat carmine than artificial food colorings. With the beetles, at least the color comes from nature, not a chemical plant. In fact, South American cultures (the Aztecs and Incas, namely) have used carmine as coloring for thousands of years (although it's not clear whether they used it in foods). Technically speaking, you could almost call carmine a "natural" product.

Keep your eyes open for yogurt with a label that reads, "colored with all-natural, organic ground-up red beetles from Peru!"

Friends Don't let friends listen to Earth Crisis

Ahhh, here we have Earth Crisis. Yet another pathetic militant band. In this picture, somebody obviously realizes how much they SUCK because if you look at the persons hand they are making a "gun-gesture". This means the person who is pointing their fake gun at the singer wishes that they had a real gun on them so that they would be able to rid the world of this pathetic fraile vegan vermin once and for all.

Here is proof that the members of Earth Crisis are just a bunch of loudmouthed REDNECKS! Check out the bandanna on fraile-boy's head. Awww! How cute! I bet he's wearing rebel flag boxers under them hardcore pants of his! Look at the person in the crowd in front of him pointing at his pants! See! Even he sees the rebel flag boxers!

"Duh, what's that?" Here we see the primitive minds of Earth Crisis discover a light bulb. Notice the awe in their faces, they can't believe it. And you know that they are getting very angry by seeing this. You want to know what they said about it? Fine, here's what they said:

"Electricity?!? Bullshit! I bet the government is using some kind of animal to produce that light! Wait! I've got it! They are using fireflies! That's the only explanation for this source of light! There is no way that man can create light, so of course, he takes the light from our friend the firefly. FIRESTORM!!!!!"

Boy....and people look up to these guys as role models? Notice the black splotches on these pictures? Well, at first you might think it was just a bad scan of a picture. WRONG. This picture is an X-ray of the cancer spreading through their bodies. That's right, they've been eating so much pesticide-infested veggies, that they've developed quite a bit of cancer and it's spreading like a beast!

Hey Earth Crisis guy... look, just because you can't sing doesn't mean you have to stick the mic in the face of everybody in the crowd. For crissakes, what were you thinking there anyway!? The mic is halfway up that guy's nose! People sing through their mouths, not their nostrils, pal. Maybe if you didn't spend your time acting like an idiot 24/7 you'd know that.

Well folks, that does it for now. Stay tuned for more updates to the Ghouliegirl's pages cuz there's a lot more to come! Keep posting me, I love a good argument! And finally, drop me an email if you want to talk with me, I'm always here to listen to what you have to say (even if it is completely idiotic).