Disinformation Book of Lists (40 page)

 

1.
acetyl-L-carnitine

2.
adrafinil

3.
aniracetam

4.
arginine

5.
beta-carotene

6.
choline

7.
deprenyl

8.
dehydroepiandrosterone
(DHEA)

9.
dilantin

10.
dimethylaminoethanol
(DMAE)

11.
fatty acids

12.
fipexide

13.
gerovital
(GH-3)

14.
ginkgo biloba

15.
glutamine

16.
hydergine

17.
KH3

18.
L-glutamine

19.
L-lysine

20.
L-tryptophan

21.
lecithin

22.
melatonin

23.
milacemide

24.
modafinil

25.
oxiracetam

26.
phenylalanine

27.
piracetam

28.
pramiracetam

29.
pregnenolone

30.
propranolol hydrochloride

31.
pyroglutamate
(PCA)

32.
selegiline

33.
tryptophan

34.
vasopressin

35.
vinpocetine

36.
vitacel

37-43.
vitamins B
₁
, B
₃
, B
₅
, B
₆
, B
₁₂
, C, and E

44.
xanthinol nicotinate

 

In 2003, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine—in connection with two public interest groups—tested the blood and urine of nine people for the presence of 210 chemical pollutants. They found a total of 167 of these toxic substances in the volunteers. The average volunteer was carrying 91 of these compounds; the lowest number was 77, and the highest was 106.

Journalist Bill Moyers—the host of
NOW
on PBS and the interviewer who made mythologist Joseph Campbell famous—was one of the people tested. The following are among the witch's brew of 84 contaminants found in Moyers' body. (For more information, check out the Body Burden website at [
www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden/
].)

1.
lead

2.
methylmercury

3.
pentafuran (2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF)

4.
hexafuran (1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF)

5.
heptadioxin (1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD)

6.
octadioxin
(1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-OCDD)

7.
PCB-8

8.
PCB-99

9.
PCB-196/203

10.
3-methylcyclopentanol

11.
meta-xylene

12.
11,14-methyl ester eicosadienoic acid

13.
methyl isobutyl carbinol

14.
octadecanal

15.
(E)-3-eicosene

16.
cis-9-tricosene

17.
palmitic acid

18.
cyclohexane

19.
O-methyloxime 3,5-dimethyl-2-Cyclohexen-1-one

20.
1-heneicosyl formate

21.
di-n-butyl phthalate

22.
dimethylphosphate
(DMP)

23.
4,4'-DDT

24.
methoxychlor

 

Some amount of insects, rodent hair, and mold in our food is inevitable. In 1986, the Food and Drug Administration was told to figure out how much filth is too much. They set limits at which the food was deemed unfit for human consumption; anything under that amount is A-OK. So if seven rat hairs per 10 grams of food are considered defective, then six hairs are fine.

1

Canned asparagus:
40 or more thrips in 100 grams.

2

Canned mushrooms:
More than ten percent of the ‘shrooms are decomposed.

3

Canned spinach:
two or more caterpillars whose aggregate length is at least twelve millimeters in 24 pounds.

4

Canned tomatoes:
two or more maggots
or
ten or more fly eggs in 500 grams.

5

Chocolate:
three or more rodent hairs
or
90 or more insect fragments in a 100-gram sample.

6

Chopped dates:
ten or more dead insects in 100 grams.

7

Ginger:
three or more milligrams of mammal shit per pound.

8

Ground cinnamon:
400 or more insect fragments in 50 grams.

9

Ground oregano:
1,250 or more insect parts in ten grams.

10

Macaroni and noodle products:
“Average of 225 insect fragments or more per 225 grams in 6 or more subsamples.”

11

Raisins:
five percent or more of the raisins is infested with mold.

12

Wheat:
nine milligrams or more of rat shit in a kilogram.

 

Cathy Wilkinson Barash's colorful, lavishly illustrated 1993 cookbook looks in many ways like a lot of other coffee-table cookbooks. Except that it's titled
Edible Flowers.
In it, the lifelong flower-eater gives recipes, complete with scrumptious photos, for dishes you can prepare with 66 types of flower. Among them:

1

Tulips
often taste like peas or beans, Barash tells us from experience, “occasionally with a green apple overtone.” They make great salad dressing and tuna salad.

2

Pansy
petals taste mildly sweet, while the entire flower has “a wintergreen overtone.” Grinding them with granulated sugar in water makes pansy syrup.

3

As for
roses
, Barash recommends old varieties and fragrant hybrids. In general, roses have varying flavors, “all on the sweet side, with overtones ranging from apple to cinnamon to minty.”

4

Chrysanthemums
are tangy and go well with lamb.

5

When young,
dandelions
“have a sweet, honeylike flavor.” Combine them with sugar, yeast, and juice from freshly-squeezed lemons and oranges to make the fabled dandelion wine.

6

Honeysuckle
is especially yummy; Barash lavishes praise on this “floral, nectarous delectation.” Like all flowers, it can be candied, jellied, or used to infuse vodka.

7

Sunflower
buds taste like artichoke, while the petals of the flower are bittersweet.

REFERENCES

 

3 States Where Cockfighting Is Legal

The Pit Master Website [
www.pitmaster.com
] § United Poultry Concerns Website [
www.upc-online.org
]

 

3 Uncommon Sources of Power

1. Paul, Peralte C. “The Power Is in the Manure.”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
, 5 Oct 2003. § Unsigned. “Manure-powered Energy Plant Opens.”
Business Journal
(Milwaukee), 20 Jun 2001.
2.
Office of the Biomass Program, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, US Department of Energy. “Multiyear Plan 2003 to 2008 [draft].” 15 Jan 2003.
3.
Cascades Volcano Observatory (Vancouver, Washington), US Geological Survey. “The Plus Side of Volcanoes - Geothermal Energy.” 6 Jun 2001.

 

4 Unreleased Raunchy Songs
(selected sources)

Heylin, Clinton.
Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry.
St. Martin's Press, 1995. § Dean Martin's FBI file. § Various fan websites.

 

5 Designations of Importance Used by the CIA

Kessler, Ronald.
Inside the CIA.
Pocket Books, 1994.

 

5 “Family-Safe” Bibles

Green, Jonathon.
The Encyclopedia of Censorship.
Facts on File, 1990.

 

6 Bands That Are the Subject of FBI Files

(selected sources)

FBI FOIA website [foia.fbi.gov]. § The Smoking Gun website [
www.thesmokinggun.com
] § Various articles from the defunct website
APBNews.com
.

 

6 Celebrities Involved with the Church of Satan

(selected sources)

Various literature from the Church of Satan. § The Religious Movements Homepage Project, University of Virginia. “The Church of Satan.”

 

6 Illegal Substances That Occur Naturally in Our Bodies

Joseph, Miriam.
Speed: Its History and Lore.
Carlton Books, 2000. § Concar, David. “Attack of the Munchies.”
New Scientist
Website, 11 April 2001. § “The Endorphin Collection.” Molecular Expressions Website, Florida State University [
micro.mag-net.fsu.edu
]. § “Endorphins.”
Columbia Encyclopedia
, Sixth Edition. Columbia University Press, 2001. § Faculty homepage of Samuel T. Christian, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama. [
www.physiology.uab.edu/wyss/fac-ulty/christia.htm
] § Joseph, Miriam.
Speed: Its History and Lore.
Carlton Books, 2000. § Linda Right-mire. “Candace Pert's comments.” Posting to MAPS forum, 5 Feb 2001. § National Institutes of Health. “Researchers Discover Function for Brain's Marijuana-Like Compound.” 22 Mar 1999. § Lycaeum website [
www.lycaeum.org
.]

 

6 Sex Acts That Are Illegal

Posner, Richard A., and Katharine B. Silbaugh.
A Guide to America's Sex Laws.
University of Chicago Press, 1996. § Criminal codes of various states online.

 

7 CIA Plots to Kill Castro

CIA Inspector General. “Report on Plots to Assassinate Fidel Castro.” 23 May 1967. Reprinted in
CIA Targets Fidel: The Secret Assassination Report.
Ocean Press, 1996.

 

7 Edible Flowers

Barash, Cathy Wilkinson.
Edible Flowers: From Garden to Palate.
Fulcrum Publishing, 1993.

 

8 Books That Didn't Make It Into the Bible

Platt, Rutheford H., Jr.
The Forgotten Books of Eden: Lost Books of the Old Testament.
Bell Publishing, 1980. § Unsigned.
The Lost Books of the Bible.
Bell Publishing, 1979. § Wesley Center for Applied Theology, Northwest Nazarene University. “Non-canonical Literature.” Wesley Center Online. [wes
ley.nnu.edu/noncanon/
].

 

8 Handmade Prison Objects

Angelo.
Prisoners' Inventions.
WhiteWalls, 2003. § Fausset, Richard. “Illegal Brew Gives Calif. Prison Officials Headaches.”
Los Angeles Times
, 5 Jan 2003. § Gillin, Eric. “Make Your Own Pruno and May God Have Mercy on Your Soul.”
The Black Table
, 24 Sept 2003.

 

8 Stupid Politician Quotes

1. “A Rare Glimpse Inside Bush's Cabinet.”
60 Minutes
(TV show), 17 Nov 2002. The quote was said while Bush was being interviewed by Bob Woodward for his book
Bush at War.
2.
“Remarks by the President on the Economy.” Midwest Airlines Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 3 Oct 2003. Transcript on White House website.
3.
Grove, Lloyd. “Lowdown.”
New York Daily News, 11
Jan 2004. Said to
New Yorker
writer Ken Auletta.
4.
“DoD News Briefing - Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Myers.” 12 Feb 2002. Transcript on Defense Department website.
5.
Durst, Will. “Liberace of Patronage.”
The Progressive
, June 2003.
6.
Associated Press interview, 7 Apr 2003.
7.
“Clinton Pledges to Fight as Combat Soldier With Israeli Army.”
Newsmax.com
, 31 July 2002. Quoting a report from the Canadian Press newswire.
8.
Hu, Winnie. “Clinton and Nadler Seek Inquiry Into E.P.A. Response to Sept. 11.”
New York Times
, 27 Aug 2003.

 

9 Religious Quotes

1. Shaw, George Bernard.
Man and Superman
, 1903.
2.
Thomas Jefferson to Horatio G. Spafford, 1814. ME 14:119.
3.
Brant, Beth. “Physical Prayers: Spirituality and Sexuality.” In
Ritual Sex
, edited by Tristan Taormino and David Aaron Clark. Masquerade Books, 1996.
4.
Podolsky, Robin. “Dirty.” In
Ritual Sex
, edited by Tristan Taormino and David Aaron Clark. Masquerade Books, 1996.
5.
Mencken, H.L.
Living Philosophies.
Ed. by Will Durant. 1931.
6.
Robinson, Spider. “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition,”
Globe and Mail
(Toronto), 6 May 2002.
7.
Mencken, H.L.
Minority Report: H.L. Mencken's Notebooks.
1956.
8.
Hitchens, Christopher.
Letters to a Young Contrarian.
Basic Books, 2001.
9.
Saint John Chrysostom (347-407),
De sacerdotio.

 

9 Things That Will Disqualify You From Employment with the FBI

FBI form FD-140: “Application for Employment, Federal Bureau of Investigation.”

 

9 US Companies Allowed to Manufacture Illegal Drugs

US Drug Enforcement Administration. “Manufacturer of Controlled Substances, Notices of Registration,” 2003.

 

9 Visitors Who Died at Disneyland

Berkman, David. “Youth Killed by Disneyland Ride.”
Los Angeles Times
, 8 June 1980, p 3. § Holley, David, and Marcida Dodson. “Woman Killed on Bobsled Ride at Disneyland.”
Los Angeles Times
, 4 Jan 1984. § Koenig, David.
Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland.
Bonaventure Press, 1994, pp 170-5. § Smith, Steven C. “Mickey Mouse Suits.”
Los Angeles Times
, 28 Sept 1975, p 1. § Woodyard, David. “Death in Disneyland on the Matterhorn.”
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, 4 Jan 1984. § Pfeifer, Stuart, Daniel Yi, Jennifer Mena. “Disneyland Rider Dies in Roller Coaster Accident.”
Los Angeles Times
, 6 Sept 2003. § Yi, Daniel, and Robert Ourlian. “Man Dies 2 Days After Being Injured at Disneyland.”
Los Angeles Times
, 27 Dec 1998. §
Los Angeles Times
, 5 June 1983, p 3. § “Man Killed at Disneyland Bled to Death, Autopsy Says.”
Los Angeles Times
, 10 Sept 2003.

 

10 CIA Front Companies

Goulden, Joseph C.
The Death Merchant: The Rise and Fall of Edwin P. Wilson.
Bantam Books, 1985. § Kerber, Ross, and Bryan Bender. “Apparent CIA Front Didn't Offer Much Cover.”
Boston Globe
, 10 Oct 2003. § Sturkey, Marion F.
Warrior Culture of the U.S. Marines.
Heritage Press International, 2001.

 

10 Oldest Still-Classified Documents at the National Archives

“10 Oldest Document Dates in ADRRES.” National Archives and Records Administration, 5 Jan 2004. Document released in response to FOIA request NGC04-003 by Michael Ravnitzky.

 

10 Reasons Why Cars Suck

Hawken, Paul, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins.
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution.
Back Bay Books, 2000. § Kay, Jane Holt.
Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take it Back.
Crown Publishers, 1997. § Transportation Alternatives website [
www.transalt.org
]. § Coaltion for Appropriate Transportation website [
www.car-free.org
].

 

10 Unusual Forms and Genres of Music

All Music Guide website [
www.allmusic.com
] § Associated Press. “Underwater tunes draw divers,” 13 July 2003. § Clark, M.A. “Genetic Music: An Annotated Source List.” 1997-2004. [
www.whozoo.org/mac/Music/Sources.htm
] § Delio, Michelle. “Brain Music: Not Much to Dance To.” Wired News, 27 March 2003. § Dye, Lee. “Brain Music.”
ABCNEWS.com
, 28 Aug 2002. § Gresham, Mark. “In the Key of Life.”
Creative Loafing
(Atlanta), 24 July 2003. § Kirk Nurock website [
www.kirknurock.com
] § Maurer, John A., IV. “Research in Underwater Sound” [webpage]. [ccrma-
www.stanford.edu/~blackrse/h2o.html
] § Mulatta Records website [
www.mulatta.org
] § The Pi Project website [
www.microsound.org/pi/
] § Rammel, Hal. “Joe Barrick's one-man band: A history of the piatarbajo and other one-man bands.”
Musical Traditions
#8 (1990). § Rolling Stones, The.
According to the Rolling Stones.
Chronicle Books, 2003. § The Sound of Mathematics website [
www.geocities.com/Vienna/9349/
] § Underwater Music website [
www.playalongath-ome.com/underwater/
] § “When Nature Speaks.” Jim Nollman interviewed by Derrick Jensen.
The Sun
, #253. [
www.interspecies.com/pages/sun.html
] § Winchester, Ashley. “Chelsea composer is searching for pets with pipes.”
The Villager
(New York), 22-28 Oct 2003.

 

11 Godly People

1. Danton, Eric R., and David Owens. “‘Voice' Tells Mom to Kill.”
Hartford Courant
, 15 Aug 2001.
2.
Associated Press. “Father Cites Bible in Child-Chaining Case.” 24 Oct 2000.
3.
Bunyan, Nigel. “‘Deal with Jesus' Led to Bomber's Hate Campaign.”
Daily Telegraph
(London), 22 Sept 2001.
4.
Griggs, Brandon. “Lafferty to Sheriff's Deputy: ‘If God Asked Me to, I'd Kill You Right Now'.”
Salt Lake Tribune
, 20 Aug 2000.
5.
Shiel, Tom. “Man Hacked Horse to Death for Eating Grass.”
Irish Independent
, 2000.
6.
BBC News. “Father Kills Son in Ritual Sacrifice.” 26 Feb 2002.
7.
Morris, Chris. “Former Nun Not Remorseful.” Canadian Press, in
Toronto Star
, 8 Nov 2002.
8-9.
Ellis, Guy. “Suspects in St. Lucia Church Attack Say God Told Them to Do It.” Associated Press, 1 Jan 2001
10.
“Serial Killer ‘Not Sorry' About 13 Murders.” Ananova newswire (London), 12 Nov 2000.
11.
Christian, Carol, and Lisa Teachy. “Yates Believed Children Doomed.”
Houston Chronicle
, 6 Mar 2002.
12.
McGraw, Seamus. “Cops: Son Attacked for Skipping Sunday School.” APBNews, 7 Nov 2000.

 

11 Materials That Have Been Made Into Guns

Minnery, John. “
Kill Without Joy!”: The Complete How to Kill Book.
Paladin Press, 1992.

 

11 Quotes About Politics and Government

1.
I.F. Stone's Weekly
(documentary), 1974.
2.
Hernandez, Nelson. “Md. Voting Machines Vulnerable, Firm Says.”
Washington Post
, 30 Jan 2004.
3.
Disraeli, Benjamin.
Vivian Grey
, 1824.
4.
The Columbia World of Quotations.
Columbia University Press, 1996.
5.
“Mr. Mencken Sounds Off.”
Life
, 5 Aug 1946.
6.
Nathan, George Jean, and H.L. Mencken.
Interpretation of the National Mind.
1920.
7.
Thoreau, Henry David. “Civil Disobedience.” 1849.
8.
Kaufmann, Bill.
America First!: Its History, Culture and Politics.
Prometheus Books, 1995.
9.
“Idiot Whistle.” Written by Tony Fitzpatrick. Performed by Jonboy Langford & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts on
The Executioner's Last Songs
, 2002.
10.
George, John, and Laird Wilcox.
Nazis, Communists, Klansmen and Others on the Fringe: Political Extremism in America.
Prometheus Books, 1992.
11.
Orwell, George.
Nineteen Eighty-Four.
1949.

 

11 Whistle-blowers
(selected sources)

Bouza, Anthony V., Police Chief (Ret.).
Police Unbound: Corruption, Abuse and Heroism by the Boys in Blue.
Prometheus Books, 2001. § Butler, Smedley D.
War Is a Racket.
Feral House, 2003. § Ephron, Dan. “Muzzling a Whistle-Blower.”
Newsweek
(International Edition), 12 Jan 2004. § “For Telling the Truth” by Norman Solomon,
Baltimore Sun
, 14 Dec 2003. § Jeffrey Wigand website [
www.jeffreywigand.com
] § “Karen Silkwood - Campaigner.” BBC h2g2 website. § “The Katherine Gun Case.” Institute for Public Accuracy website [
www.accuracy.org/gun/
] § Kick, Russ.
Psychotropedia: A Guide to Publications on the Periphery.
Critical Vision, 1998. § Levitt, Martin Jay, with Terry Conrow.
Confessions of a Union Buster.
Crown, 1993. § Los Alamos National Laboratory. “The Karen Silkwood Story.”
Los Alamos Science
, 23 Nov 1995. § Levitt, Martin Jay, with Terry Conrow.
Confessions of a Union Buster.
Crown, 1993. § Stiglitz, Joseph E.
Globalization and Its Discontents.
Norton, 2002. § The US Campaign to Free Mordechai Vanunu [
www.serve.com/vanunu/
] § US Marine Corps website [
www.usmc.mil
]
12 Acceptable Levels of Filth in Food