Alternative medicine expert Dr. Sherri Tenpenny (novaccines.com(1)) offered an in-depth look at vaccines. After her exhaustive research through CDC documents and medical journals, she concluded that vaccines are neither safe nor effective. The whole concept of injecting antigens into a person to keep them healthy, "causes more problems than it helps," she declared. She believes that even small pox and polio vaccines weren't necessary as these diseases were waning at the time the vaccines were introduced.
Children today receive up to 95 vaccines before kindergarten (up from 33 vaccines in the 1980's) and Tenpenny correlated the increased dosages with such problems as ADHD and autism, which have skyrocketed in recent years. She has also documented connections between vaccines and such medical problems as allergy, asthma, eczema, cancer and auto-immune disorders.
19 states now allow parents to avoid vaccinating their children through a "philosophical exemption" waiver (individual state policies are listed at vaclib.org(2)). America's vaccination policy is based on fear and the CDC is "an incestuous body of people who flip between the pharmaceutical industry and the Defense Department," she charged. For those suffering from vaccine related illnesses, Tenpenny recommended treatment with integrated medicine practitioners or referrals from the American Academy of Environmental Medicine(3). For further reading, she suggests this book list.

1. http://www.novaccines.com/
2. http://www.vaclib.org/
3. http://www.aaem.com

Hairy Stone & 'Satanic' Turtle

Two recent news items caught our eye. First off, is a stone(1) with long white 'hair' that is currently on exhibit in China. Though the hair looks more realistic than, say one of Andy Warhol's wigs, scientists say it's actually sea plants. Meanwhile in Indiana, pet shop owners say the likeness of Satan(2) emerged on their turtle Lucky's shell, following a huge fire. Lucky, living up to his name, was the only pet to survive the inferno.
--L.L.(3)

1. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1327777.html?menu=
2. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/photos/photo.asp?PhotoID=62208
3. http://archive.coasttocoastam.com/info/about_lex.html

Bumper Music

Bumper music from Monday March 21, 2005