Mmmmmm ..... beef A big juicy cheeseburger with bacon sounds great right now. (I'm actually allergic to apples.) Alan Barnard Carnivorous Omnivore in Salem, MO ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Prof. Euphonious Thump" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Received: 1/8/2008 9:58:10 PM Subject: Re: This isn't "neurotic" and I'm not talking 'bout rats ! >Thanks, Annie, > But I suspect that much of what you read is >"Rendering Plant Propoganda". I, too have researched >this ( read several complete books ) and the top, >independent BSE research scientists called prions >"like something alien" for their ability to resist >destruction, even by total incineration of affected >flesh, or blasting with gamma rays ! Really! No >kidding !!! > They're not "alive" so they can't be "killed". > And they're "transgenic" ( pass between numerous >species, if exposed. ) The fellow ( Prusiner ? ) who >recently won the Nobel prize for his research actually >stole much of it from a Hungarian chap ( if I >remember correctly ) with very complex name who >started back in the 30's, examining a tribe that all >came down with it, after the ritual of eating their >dead relatives' brains. ( Blechhhhhh ! ) But >spongiform encephalopies were recognized first, in the >late 19th century. > His trials, conducted over decades, proved that >it could pass from sheep, to cows, to fish, to birds, >to humans, etc.. That "Scrapie", BSE, etc.. are all >the same thing, basically. > And that it seems to spontaneously "pop up" in >about 1 animal per million. BUT, in the current >practices of "Agribusiness" where the "slaughterhouse >waste" of that one animal is ground up, and mixed with >the feed of ( normally vegetarian ) other animals, it >can spread to many, but not be detectable in any, >because they're slaughtered before it has developed in >their bodies in any apparent manner. > Though it still may be "infective". >Peace, >( Go have an apple. ) >G > >___________________________________________________________________ >_________________ >Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. >http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >-- >Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1183 - Release Date: 12/13/2007 9:15 >AM
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