Thursday, 8 July 2010
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
Coming soon - your brain on shrooms!
For the first time, people under the influence of psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, laid down in what appeared to be an fMRI brain scanner.
However, unlike an fMRI machine, the device didn’t generate any magnetic fields. In fact the device didn’t even generate an image of the brain or measure brain activity at all. The device was made out of wood.
In a study on the safety of administering psilocybin intravenously and conducting an fMRI scan, nine subjects who had previous experience with hallucinogenic drugs were injected with 2 milligrams of psilocybin and were then asked to lie down in the wooden mock-fMRI setting. The researchers determined that this dose of psilocybin should be considered tolerable and safe for conducting a brain scan...
However, unlike an fMRI machine, the device didn’t generate any magnetic fields. In fact the device didn’t even generate an image of the brain or measure brain activity at all. The device was made out of wood.
In a study on the safety of administering psilocybin intravenously and conducting an fMRI scan, nine subjects who had previous experience with hallucinogenic drugs were injected with 2 milligrams of psilocybin and were then asked to lie down in the wooden mock-fMRI setting. The researchers determined that this dose of psilocybin should be considered tolerable and safe for conducting a brain scan...
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Public Film made in 1971 covering Glasgow's redevelopment, most of which wasn't for the best . Directed by Oscar Marzaroli
Those 'New Jerusalem's' worked out SO well...
Christian Book Touting Manly Aggression Inspires Violent Fundamentalist Meth Trafficking Cult
“My boys chew their graham crackers into the shape of handguns at the breakfast table.” – John Eldredge, from Wild At Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul
What if your million copy-plus bestselling inspirational book calling on men to act more manly, aggressive, even violent became a key source of inspiration for a ruthless cultic Christian paramilitary fundamentalist crime syndicate that controls most of the Crystal Meth traffic in the US and is fond of tossing severed heads into Mexican discos ? You’d probably feel awful. Or at least a bit embarrassed. As a June 25th column in the Colorado Springs Gazette that sounds like it could have been written by satirists from The Onion, Local Christian author laments popularity of his book among ruthless Mexican gang, (the post has since been re-titled, to the milder “Mexican drug cartel co-opts Springs writer’s message”) notes, “Writers can’t control how readers interpret the words they write.” Very true. But has La Familia really “co-opted” John Eldredge’s paean to the glory of male aggression ?
We’ll have a look at the book in question, Wild At Heart, by John Eldredge, in a moment. But first, a bit about the ruthless cultic Christian paramilitary fundamentalist crime syndicate fond of tossing severed heads into Mexican discos.
As Tim Johnson details, in a recent McClatchy News/Seattle Times story that’s helped put La Familia back in the spotlight this summer, La Familia leader Nazario Moreno just came out with a 104 page booklet, Thoughts, with advice such as, “If you want to say ‘I love you!’ to those who surround you and to your friends, say it today.” It’s like a Hallmark card but, as Johnson details, a little incongruous too:
What if your million copy-plus bestselling inspirational book calling on men to act more manly, aggressive, even violent became a key source of inspiration for a ruthless cultic Christian paramilitary fundamentalist crime syndicate that controls most of the Crystal Meth traffic in the US and is fond of tossing severed heads into Mexican discos ? You’d probably feel awful. Or at least a bit embarrassed. As a June 25th column in the Colorado Springs Gazette that sounds like it could have been written by satirists from The Onion, Local Christian author laments popularity of his book among ruthless Mexican gang, (the post has since been re-titled, to the milder “Mexican drug cartel co-opts Springs writer’s message”) notes, “Writers can’t control how readers interpret the words they write.” Very true. But has La Familia really “co-opted” John Eldredge’s paean to the glory of male aggression ?
We’ll have a look at the book in question, Wild At Heart, by John Eldredge, in a moment. But first, a bit about the ruthless cultic Christian paramilitary fundamentalist crime syndicate fond of tossing severed heads into Mexican discos.
As Tim Johnson details, in a recent McClatchy News/Seattle Times story that’s helped put La Familia back in the spotlight this summer, La Familia leader Nazario Moreno just came out with a 104 page booklet, Thoughts, with advice such as, “If you want to say ‘I love you!’ to those who surround you and to your friends, say it today.” It’s like a Hallmark card but, as Johnson details, a little incongruous too:
If it seems bizarre for the leader of a drug gang that beheads or quarters enemies to offer advice on Christian living, well, maybe. However, the gang known as La Familia Michoacana is a pseudo-Christian posse that mixes zeal and inspiring slogans in its pronouncements. Members are ordered to study the Bible and pray the rosary, even as they gun down police, dismember opponents and manufacture highly addictive crystal methamphetamine...
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B.E.Wilson @'Alternet'
bx-o3qgph
The dragon eating up its own tail has been since the Egyptians and Plato the symbol of the universe renewing itself from its own matter. From today, however, it is also the symbol of Blogger which eats up its own tail, the comments. The name of the problem is bX-o3qgph, and complaints with this error code have been arriving at the emergency forum of Blogger since the end of May, but Blogger’s owner Google has hitherto left them without any reply or solution whatsoever. Today, however, the issue has culminated. It seems that now Blogger does not display any comment posted with a Google identity any more, but swallows them all in the air.
Nevertheless, you can still send comments to Blogger either anonymously, or by choosing the option Name/URL and typing your name. So if you send a comment to Río Wang, watch whether it gets displayed. If not, send it again anonymously, and then it will most probably appear. In the meantime we are keeping an eye on the watchdogs specialized on the problem, and waiting them to give a signal when the dragons will have retired and commenting returned into its old course.
This has been annoying the shit out of me all day, so my heartfelt thanx for working out a way around it & Blogger - how about getting YOUR shit together!
UPDATE:
Now the anon comments aren't getting thru the shitstem either...
and Blogger's forum is running VERY hot!!!
UPDATE #2:
Looks like things are finally resolving themselves!
My thanx go to Studiolum who originally posted the above at his blog!
UPDATE:
Now the anon comments aren't getting thru the shitstem either...
and Blogger's forum is running VERY hot!!!
UPDATE #2:
Looks like things are finally resolving themselves!
My thanx go to Studiolum who originally posted the above at his blog!
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