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

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration. “The Food Defect Action Levels.” May 1995; revised May 1998.

 

12 Arguments Against the Police State at Guantanamo Bay

Text of the amicus curae, which are posted at the website of the Center for Constitutional Rights [www.ccr-ny.org].

 

12 Erotic Works by Well-Known Writers

Pitt-Kethley, Fiona. (Ed.) The Literary Companion to Sex. Random House, 1992. § Quasi Official Robert Silverberg Home Page [www.majipoor.com] § Zacks, Richard. An Underground Education. Anchor, 1999. § The text of the works themselves.

 

12 Olde-Timey Porn Books (selected sources)

Green, Jonathon. The Encyclopedia of Censorship. Facts on File, 1990. § Perkins, Michael. The Secret Record. Rhinoceros, 1992. § Rasmussen, R. Kent., et al. (Eds.) Censorship (3 volumes). Salem Press, 1997. § Zacks, Richard. History Laid Bare. HarperCollins, 1994.

 

12 Songs About Drugs (selected sources)

Digital Tradition Database [www.mudcat.org] § Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University. “References to Drugs in the Lyrics of Songs from the 1930's and 1940's.”

 

12 Strange Drugs

1. Inaba, Darryl S., Pharm. D., and Cohen, William E. Uppers, Downers, All-Arounders: Physical and Mental Effects of Psychoactive Drugs (second edition). CNS Productions, 1993. § US Marine Corps, the Basic School, Training Command. “B1321.1 Student Handout: Engineering Skills Field Firing Exercise.” 2. Provonsha, Jack, M.D., Ph.D. “Exploring the Edges of Death.” Signs of the Time, March 1999. § Stolaroff, Myron. “Carbogen.” 20 Aug 2002, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies forum. 3. Lycaeum website [www.lycaeum.org.] 4. McLean, D., R.G. Forsythe, and I.A. Kapkin. “Unusual side effects of clomipramine associated with yawning.” Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol 28 (Nov 1983). 5. “Mickey Slim.” Wikipedia [www.wikipedia.org]. 6. Borkhane. “More Tripping & Revelations.” Erowid website, 5 Sept 2003. § Shulgin, Alexander and Ann. TIKHAL: The Continuation. Transform Press, 1997. 7. Elmer, Bob. “Was Napoleon a Junkie?” NapoleonSeries.org. § Mandel, Jerry. “The Mythical Roots of US Drug Policy: Soldier's Disease and Addicts in the Civil War.” Schaffer Library of Drug Policy [www.druglibrary.org/schaffer]. § Unsigned. “Nations Uniting to Stamp out the Use of Opium and Many Other Drugs.” New York Times, 25 July 1909. § Von Bibra, Baron Ernst. Plant Intoxicants: A Classic Text on the Use of Mind-Altering Plants. Healing Arts Press, 1995, pp 214-5. 8. Rudgley, Richard. The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances. St. Martin's, 1998. § Erowid website. 9. Rudgley, Richard. The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances. St. Martin's, 1998. 10. Kozorog, Miha. “Salamander Brandy: ‘A Psychedelic Drink’ Between Media Myth and Practice of Home Alcohol Distillation in Slovenia.” Anthropology of East Europe Review, 21.1. 11. Miller, Steven L. “Plants, Fungi and Shamanism.” Website of Steven L. Miller, associate professor of botany, University of Wyoming [asuwlink.uwyo.edu/~fungi] § Morgan, Adrian. “Father Christmas Flies on Toadstools.” New Scientist, 25 Dec 1986, p 45. 12. Anonymous. “An Extremely Expensive High.” Lycaeum website, 10 Oct 2000. HM. Warren, Ellen. “Could It be That Old Books Are Really, uh, Mind-Altering?” Chicago Tribune, 21 Sept 1996.

 

12 Things to do With Your Body After You're Dead

De Vancy, Scott. “Alternative Funeral Resource Guide.” The Wave (San Francisco), 2003. § Scheeres, Julia. “Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Diamonds.” Wired News, 19 Sept 2002.

1.”Dead Mum's World Tour.” BBC, 29 May 2001.

2. Website of Eternal Reefs, Inc. [www.eternalreefs.com]. 3. Website of Celestis, Inc. [www.celestis.com] § “Space Final Frontier for Timothy Leary.” CNN, 20 Apr 1997. 4. Website of LifeGem [www.lifegem.com]. 5. Website of Eternally Yours Everlasting Memorial Art [www.memori-alart.com]. 6. Harris, Ron. “Dead Designer Will Become Frisbee.” Associated Press, 15 Aug 2002.

7. Website of Kelco Supply [www.kelcosupply.com].

8. Website of AKRA/Ecopod [www.ecopod.co.uk]. 9. Website of Alternative Ceremonies [www.alternative-ceremonies.co.uk]. 10. Website of the Natural Death Centre [www.naturaldeath.org.uk]. 11. Website of Summum [www.summum.org]. § Kelly, David. “Man Finds There's Money to be Made in Mummies.” Los Angeles Times. Reprinted in Post & Courier (Charleston NC), 5 Jul 2003. 12. Websites of Motorcycle Funerals [motorcyclefunerals.com], Carriage for Occasions [www.horsedrawnservices.com], and Classic and Vintage Funeral Coaches [www.funeralcoaches.com.au].

 

12 Unorthodox Sex Practices (selected sources)

Cassell. Sex and Sexuality: A Thematic Dictionary of Quotations. Cassell Publishers Ltd., 1993. § Gates, Katharine. Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex website. [www.deviantdesires.com] § Love, Brenda. Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices. Barricade Books, 1992. § Stoller, Robert J., MD. “Erotic Vomiting.” Archives of Sexual Behavior 2.4 (1982): 361-5.

 

A Dozen US Politicians Who Have Smoked Pot

(selected source)

Cass, Connie. “Past Marijuana Use No Longer A Political Stigma.” Associated Press. In Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC), 30 Nov 2003. § Pumping Iron (film). 1977.

 

12 Ways to Alter Your Consciousness Without Drugs

(selected sources)

Califia, Pat. “Shiny Sharp Things.” In Ritual Sex, edited by Tristan Taormino and David Aaron Clark. Masquerade Books, 1996. § Vale, V., and Andrea Juno. Interview with Fakir Musafar. In Modern Primitives: An Investigation of Contemporary Adornment and Ritual. RE/Search Publications, 1989. § Weil, Andrew, M.D. The Marriage of the Sun and the Moon. Houghton-Mifflin, 1998. § Williams, Donna. Nobody Nowhere: The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic. Avon, 1994. § “Therapeutic Benefits of Laughter.” Holistic Online [www.holistic-online.com].

 

13 Exotic Guns and Knives

David A. Cushman website [website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/] § Evans, Colin. The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science Solved 100 of the World's Most Baffling Crimes. Wiley, 1998. § Metal Storm Limited website [www.metalstorm.com]. § Minnery, John. “Kill Without Joy!”: The Complete How to Kill Book. Paladin Press, 1992. § Stinger Manufacturing website [stingerpengun.com]. § Taggart, Stewart. “New Gun Fires ‘Laser of Lead’.” Wired News, 28 Sept 2001.

 

13 Innocent People Who Went to Prison

Innocence Project website [www.innocenceproject.org]

 

13 Last Meals Requested by Executed Texas Prisoners

“Final Meal Requests.” [www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/finalmeals.htm]. A now-deleted page from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice website. Now mirrored at The Memory Hole [www.thememoryhole.org].

 

13 Nuclear Tests That Spread Radiation into Civilian Areas

Nevada Operations Office, US Department of Energy. Radiological Effluents Released from US Continental Tests, 1961 Through 1992. DOE/NV-317 (Rev. 1). UC-702. Aug 1996.

 

13 Programs From DARPA's Defunct Information Awareness Office

From a saved version of the now deleted website for the Information Awareness Office [www.darpa.mil/iao/].

 

14 Criminal Cops and Their “Punishments”

I. Akin, Paige. “Officer Resigns, Pleads Guilty: Mark Bolger, Originally Charged With Sodomy, Agrees to Lesser Charge.” Times-Dispatch, 16 Jan 2004. 2. Associated Press. “Former Sheriffs Deputy Sentenced for Child Pornography.” Circa 23 Jan 2004 3. Fulkerson, Martha. “Officer Sentenced.” Times (Frankfort, IN). 22 Jan 2004. 4-9. Hogben, David, and Neal Hall. “Two Vancouver Police Officers Sentenced to House Arrest.” Vancouver Sun, 6 Jan 2004. § Tanner, Adrienne. “Criminal Records for 4 Officers.” The Province, 6 Jan 2004. 10. Carlile, Jordan. “Deputy Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse.” Brigham Young University NewsNet, 15 Jan 2004. § Helps, Shana. “Former Sheriff's Deputy Sentenced to up to Life in Prison in Sodomy Case.” Daily Herald (Provo, UT), 8 Jan 2004.

II.Kelleher, Jennifer Sinco. “Ex-NYPD Cop Gets Jail for Deaths.” Newsday (NY), 15 Jan 2004. § Pulitzer, Lisa, and Andy Geller. “Jail for DWI Cop.” New York Post, 16 Jan 2004. 12. Morse, Janice. “Ex-officer Enters Guilty Plea.” Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Dec 2003. § 9News. “Former Police Officer Sentenced To Six Years.” WCPO (Cincinnati), 14 Jan 2004. 13. “Former

Police Officer Sentenced in Child Molestation Case.” Associated Press, 7 Aug 2003. 14. “Ex-trooper Gets Light Sentence in Child Porn Case.” Observer-Reporter (Washington, PA), 6 Aug 2003. HM. Fazlol-lah, Mark. “3 Say Abusive Police Got Slaps on Wrist.” Philadelphia Inquirer, 16 Jan 2004.

 

15 Things That Cause or Mimic “Mental Illnesses”

(selected sources)

Giller, Robert M., M.D., and Kathy Matthews. Natural Prescriptions. Carol Southern Books, 1994. § Marohn, Stephanie. The Natural Medicine Guide to Bipolar Disorder. Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2003. § Marohn, Stephanie. The Natural Medicine Guide to Depression. Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2003. § Marohn, Stephanie. The Natural Medicine Guide to Schizophrenia. Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2003. § Quicksilver Associates. The Mercury in Your Mouth: The Truth About “Silver” Dental Fillings. Quicksilver Press, 1996.

 

16 Legal Substances That Can Cause False Positives on Drug Tests (selected sources)

Daniel, Lisa. “Officials Involved in Workplace Drug Testing Get a Chilling Reminder of the Hazards of False Readings.” Federal Times, 26 Jan 1998. § Gombos, Justin. Drug Testing FAQ 4.12, 15 Mar 1998. § Nightbyrd, Jeffery. “Conquering the Urine Tests.” [www.nodrugwar.com/html/booklet/booklet.htm]

 

16 Movies Banned in the US

Goodridge, Michael. “The Best Films You Can't See.” The Advocate, 23 July 2002.§ Green, Jonathon. The Encyclopedia of Censorship. Facts on File, 1990. § Internet Movie Database website [www.imdb.com] § Ledes, Richard. “‘Let There Be Light’: John Huston's Film and the Concept of Trauma in the United States after WWII.” Lecture presented at the Apres-Coup Psychoanalytic Association, 13 Nov 1998. § The Profit website [www.theprofit.org] § Rasmussen, R. Kent., et al. (Eds.) Censorship (3 volumes). Salem Press, 1997. § Subterranean Cinema website [www.subcin.com]

 

17 Questions You'll be Asked When Applying to Become an FBI Agent

FBI form FD-140: “Application for Employment, Federal Bureau of Investigation.” § FBI form FD-190: “Special Agent Interview Form.” 17 Tarot Decks (selected sources)

Aeclectic Tarot Website [www.aeclectic.net] § Artof-tarot.com § The Tarot Garden [www.tarotgarden.com]

 

18 Biblical Atrocities

Ball, Mark D., Ph.D. “Best-Selling Errancy: An Essay on Inconsistencies in the Bible.” Internet Infidels Website [infidels.org]. § Bible, various versions. § Morgan, Donald. “Bible Atrocities.” Internet Infidels Website [infidels.org]. § Walker, Jim. “The Dark Bible: The Atrocities.” NoBeliefs.com.

 

18 Celebrities Involved With the Church of Scientology (selected sources)

Hausherr, Tilman. “Scientology Celebrities FAQ.” 1 Jan 2003. § Scientollywood website [www.scientolly-wood.org].

 

19 Profanely-Named Bands (selected sources)

All Music Guide website [www.allmusic.com]. § Websites of various bands.

 

19 Suicide Notes

Alverez, Alfred. “Appendix B: Suicide Notes: 19831984.” In The Savage God. Random House, 1972, 1990. § Kleiner, Art. “How Not to Commit Suicide.” News That Stayed News—1974-1984: Ten Years of CoEvolution Quarterly. North Point Press, 1986.

 

20 Famous Drinkers of Absinthe

Baker, Phil. The Book of Absinthe: A Cultural History. Grove Press, 2001. § Conrad, Barnaby, III. Absinthe: History in a Bottle. Chronicle Books, 1988. § Lanier, Doris. Absinthe: The Cocaine of the Nineteenth Century. McFarland & Company, 1995. § Wittels, Betina J., and Robert Hermesch. Ed. by T.A. Breaux. Absinthe: Sip of Seduction. Corvus Publishing, 2003.

 

20 Mishaps That Might Have Started Nuclear War

(selected sources)

Britten, Stewart: The Invisible Event: An Assessment of the Risk of Accidental or Unauthorised Detonation of Nuclear Weapons and of War by Miscalculation. London: Menard Press, 1983. § Calder, Nigel:

Nuclear Nightmares. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1979. § Peace Research Review, 9.4 (1984), 9.5 (1984), 10.3 (1986), 10.4 (1986). Dun-das, Ontario: Peace Research Institute. § Sagan, Scott D.: The Limits of Safety. Princeton University Press, 1993.

 

21 Biblical Contradictions

Ball, Mark D., PhD. “Best-Selling Errancy: An Essay on Inconsistencies in the Bible.” Internet Infidels [infidels.org]. § Bible, various versions. § Merritt, Jim. “A List of Biblical Contradictions.” 24 July 1992. Internet Infidels [infidels.org]. § Morgan, Donald (compiler). “Biblical Inconsistencies.” Internet Infidels [infidels.org]. § Walker, Jim. “The Dark Bible: The Atrocities.” NoBeliefs.com.

 

21 Natural Aphrodisiacs

Meyer, Clarence. Herbal Aphrodisiacs From World Sources. Meyerbooks, 1993.

 

23 Early Cases of Involuntary Human Experimentation

Lederer, Susan E. Subjected to Science: Human Experimentation in America Before the Second World War. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. § Except item #21: Goliszek, Andrew. In the Name of Science: A History of Secret Programs, Medical Research, and Human Experimentation. St. Martin's Press, 2003.

 

23 Quotes Regarding the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

1. Powell, Secretary Colin L. “Press Remarks with Foreign Minister of Egypt Amre Moussa,” Cairo, Egypt (Ittihadiya Palace), 24 Feb 2001. Posted on the State Department website [www.state.gov]. 2. Condoleezza Rice on CNN Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer, 29 July 2001. Transcript from Lexis-Nexis. 3. Time, 31 March 2003. 4. Veterans of Foreign Wars 103rd National Convention, 26 Aug 2002. 5. Bumiller, Elisabeth. “Bush Aides Set Strategy to Sell Policy on Iraq.” New York Times, 7 Sept 2002. 6. FOX News Sunday interview with Tony Snow, 8 Sept 2002. 7. Central Intelligence Agency. “Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs,” Oct 2002. 8. Rose Garden, 2 Oct 2002. 9. Address to the Nation, 17 Mar 2003. 10. Press conference, 25 March 2003. 11. Gellman, Barton. “Special Search Operations Yield No Banned Weapons.” Washington Post, 30 Mar 2003. 12. “This Week with George Stephanapolous.” ABC, 30 Mar 2003. 13. Agence France-Presse. “Blix: Iraq War

Planned Long in Advance.” 9 April 2003. 14. New York Times, 14 Apr 2003. 15. Interview with TVP, Poland, 29 May 2003. 16. Thomas, Evan. “Groping in the Dark.” Newsweek, 1 Sept 2003. 17. Kamen, Al. “Misdirected Military E-Mail Spills the Beans.” Washington Post, 15 Oct 2003. 18. “Jessica Lynch Laments Military Portrayal.” Associated Press, 7 Nov 2003. 19. Burkeman, Oliver, and Julian Borger. “War Critics Astonished as US Hawk Admits Invasion Was Illegal.” Guardian (London), 20 Nov 2003. 20. Filkins, Dexter. “Tough New Tactics by US Tighten Grip on Iraq Towns.” New York Times, 7 Dec 2003. 21. Associated Press. “Rice: No Evidence Iraq Moved WMD to Syria.” 9 Jan 2004. 22. “The Man Who Knew.” 60 Minutes II, 4 Feb 2004. 23. Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War. Produced and directed by Robert Greenwald. 2003.

 

24 Toxic Chemicals in Bill Moyers

Body Burden website [www.ewg.org/reports/body-burden/].

 

25 Iranian Rock Bands

TehranAvenue Music Open website [www.tehran360.com]

 

25 Tips for Interrogating a Prisoner, From the CIA

“KUBARK COUNTERINTELLIGENCE INTERROGATION.” Central Intelligence Agency, July 1963. Declassified January 1997. Copy obtained by Russ Kick on 14 Jan 2004 through FOIA request F-2004-00596.

 

31 Products Containing Hard Drugs

Booth, Martin. Opium: A History. St. Martin's, 1996. § Hodgson, Barbara. In the Arms of Morpheus. Firefly Books, 2001. § Karch, Steven B. A Brief History of Cocaine. CRC Press, 1998. § Plant, Sadie. Writing on Drugs. Picador, 2001. § Addiction Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York. “Before Prohibition.” [wings.buffalo.edu/aru/preprohibition].

 

32 Cigarette Additives

Indiana Prevention Resource Center, Indiana University. “Additives Found in American Cigarettes,” 2 Aug 1998. [www.drugs.indiana.edu] 32 Famous People Involved in Triads

Foster, Barbara, Michael Foster, and Letha Hadady. Three in Love: Menages a Trois from Ancient to Modern Times. HarperSanFrancisco, 1997. § Thomson, David. Rosebud: The Story of Orson Welles. Vintage, 1997.

 

33 Names of Defense Department Internal Investigations

From documents released under a Department of Defense FOIA request filed by Michael Ravnitzky. Full list posted at The Memory Hole [www.thememoryhole.org].

 

34 CIA Cryptonyms (selected sources)

“Abbreviations and Cryptonyms.” In Foreign Relations, Guatemala, 1952-1954. Office of the Historian, State Department. § “CIA cryptonym.” Wikipedia [www.wikipedia.org].

 

36 Botched Executions

1. Denno, Deborah W. “Is Electrocution an Unconstitutional Method of Execution? The Engineering of Death over the Century.” William & Mary Law Review, 35: 551, 664-665 (1994). 2. For a description of the execution by Evans' defense attorney, see: Canan, Russell F. “Burning at the Wire: The Execution of John Evans.” In Facing the Death Penalty: Essays on a Cruel and Unusual Punishment. (Michael L. Radelet, ed.). 1989. § See also Glass v. Louisiana, 471 U.S. 1080, 1091-92 (1985). 3. Bruck, David. “Decisions of Death.” New Republic (12 Dec 1984): 24-5. § Solotaroff, Ivan. “The Last Face You'll Ever See.” Esquire, 124 (Aug 1995): 90, 95. 4. “Two Charges Needed to Electrocute Georgia Murderer.” New York Times, 13 Dec 1984: 12. § Editorial, New York Times, 17 Dec 1984: 22. 5. “Murderer of Three Women is Executed in Texas.” New York Times, 14 Mar 1985: 9. 6. “Killer's Electrocution Takes 17 Minutes in Indiana Chair.” Washington Post, 17 Oct 1985: A16. § “Indiana Executes Inmate Who Slew Father-In-Law.” New York Times, 17 Oct 1985: 22. 7. “Killer Lends a Hand to Find a Vein for Execution.” Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug 1986: 2. 8. “Addict Is Executed in Texas For Slaying of 2 in Robbery.” New York Times, 25 June 1987: A24. 9. “Drawn-out Execution Dismays Texas Inmates.” Dallas Morning News, 15 Dec 1988: 29A. § “Landry Executed for ‘82 Robbery-Slaying.” Dallas Morning News, 13 Dec 1988: 29A. 10. “Witness to an Execution.” Houston Chronicle, 27 May 1989: 11. 11. Applebome, Peter. “2 Jolts in Alabama Execution.” New York Times, 15 July 1989: 6. § Archibald, John. “On Second Try, Dunkins Executed for Murder.” Birmingham News, 14 July 1989: 1. 12. Barnett, Cynthia. “Tafero Meets Grisly Fate in Chair.” Gainesville Sun, 5 May 1990: 1. § Barnett, Cynthia. “A Sterile Scene Turns Grotesque.” Gainesville Sun, 5 May 1990: 1. § Moss, Bill. “Chair Concerns Put Deaths on Hold.” St. Petersburg Times, 18 July 1990: B1. § Ritchie, Bruce. “Flames, Smoke Mar Execution of Murderer.” Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville), 5 May 1990: 1. § Ritchie, Bruce. “Report on Flawed Execution Cites Human Error.” Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville), 9 May 1990: B1. 13. “Niles Group Questions Execution Procedure.” United Press International, 8 Nov 1992 (Lexis/Nexis file). 14. Allen, Mike. “Groups Seek Probe of Electrocution's Unusual Events.” Richmond Times-Dispatch, 19 Oct 1990: B1. § Allen, Mike. “Minister Says Execution Was Unusual.” Richmond Times-Dispatch, 20 Oct 1990: B1. § Brown, DeNeen L. “Execution Probe Sought.” Washington Post, 21 Oct 1990: D1. 15. Haywood, Karen. “Two Jolts Needed to Complete Execution.” Free-Lance Star (Fredericksburg, VA), 23 Aug 1991: 1. § “Death Penalty Opponents Angry About Latest Execution.” Richmond Times-Dispatch, 24 Aug 1991: 1. § “Virginia Alters its Procedure for Executions in Electric Chair.” Washington Post, 24 Aug 1991: B3. 16. Cli-nesmith, Sonja. “Moans Pierced Silence During Wait.” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 26 Jan 1992: 1B. § Farmer, Joe. “Rector, 40, Executed for Officer's Slaying.” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 25 Jan 1992: 1. § Farmer. Joe. “Rector's Time Came, Painfully Late.” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 26 Jan 1992: 1B. § Frady, Marshall. “Death in Arkansas.” New Yorker, 22 Feb 1993: 105. 17. Howe, Charles L. “Arizona Killer Dies in Gas Chamber.” San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr 1992: A2. § Kwok, Abraham. “Injection: The No-Fuss Executioner.” Arizona Republic, 28 Feb 1993: 1. § “Gruesome Death in Gas Chamber Pushes Arizona Toward Injections.” New York Times, 25 Apr 1992: 9. 18. Greene, Wayne. “11-Minute Execution Seemingly Took Forever.” Tulsa World, 11 Mar 1992: A13. 19. “Another U.S. Execution Amid Criticism Abroad.” New York Times, 24 Apr 1992: B7. 20. Graczyk, Michael. “Convicted Killer Gets Lethal Injection.” Herald. (Denison, TX), 8 May 1992. § Wernsman, Robert. “Convicted Killer May Dies.” Item (Huntsville, TX), 7 May 1992: 1. 21. Rodriguez, Alex, and Scott Fornek. “Gacy Lawyers Blast Method: Lethal Injections Under Fire After Equipment Malfunction.” Chicago Sun-Times, 11 May 1994: 5. § Chapman, Rich. “Witnesses Describe Killer's ‘Macabre’ Final Few Minutes.” Chicago Sun-Times, 11 May 1994: 5. § Karwath, Rob, and Susan Kuczka. “Gacy Execution Delay Blamed on Clogged IV Tube.” Chicago Tribune, 11 May 1994: 1 (Metro Lake Section). 22. Because they could not observe the entire execution procedure through the closed blinds, two witnesses later refused to sign the standard affidavit that stated they had witnessed the execution. § “Witnesses to a Botched Execution.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 8 May 1995: 6B. § O'Neil, Tim. “Too-Tight Strap Hampered Execution.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 5 May 1995: B1. § Slater, Jim. “Execution Procedure Questioned.” Kansas City Star, 4 May 1995: C8. 23. “Store Clerk's Killer Executed in Virginia.” New York Times, 25 Jan 1996: A19. 24. The involvement of this anonymous physician violated rules of both the American Medical Association and the Indiana State Medical Association. § Edwards, Sherri, and Suzanne McBride. “Doctor's Aid in Injection Violated Ethics Rule: Physician Helped Insert the Lethal Tube in a Breach of AMA's Policy Forbidding Active Role in Execution.” Indianapolis Star, 19 July 1996: A1. § McBride, Suzanne. “Problem With Vein Delays Execution.” Indianapolis News, 18 July 1996: 1. 25. Martin, Doug. “Flames Erupt from Killer's Headpiece.” Gainesville Sun, 26 March 1997: 1. § Medina was executed despite a life-long history of mental illness, and the Florida Supreme Court split 4-3 on whether to grant an evidentiary hearing because of serious questions about his guilt. This puts to rest any conceivable argument that Medina could have been guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Medina v. State, 690 So.2d 1241 (1997). The family of the victim had joined in a plea for executive clemency, in part because they believed Medina was innocent. Id., at 1252, n. 6. Even the Pope appealed for clemency. Martin, op. cit. 26. Overall, Michael, and Michael Smith. “22-Year-Old Killer Gets Early Execution.” Tulsa World, 8 May 1997: A1. 27. “Killer Helps Officials Find a Vein at His Execution.” Chattanooga Free Press, 13 June 1997: A7. 28. Cannon was executed for a crime committed when he was 17 years old. § “1st Try Fails to Execute Texas Death Row Inmate.” Orlando Sentinel, 23 Apr 1998: A16. § Graczyk, Michael. “Texas Executes Man Who Killed San Antonio Attorney at Age 17.” Austin American-Statesman, 23 Apr 1998: B5. 29. Graczyk, Michael. “Reputed Marijuana Smuggler Executed for 1988 Dallas Slaying.” Associated Press, 27 Aug 1998. 30. Whaley, Sean. “Nevada Executes Killer.” Las Vegas Review-Journal, 5 Oct 1998: 1A. 31. “Davis Execution Gruesome.” Gainesville Sun, 8 July 1999: 1A. § Provenzano v. State, 744 So.2d 413, 440 (Fla. 1999). § Melone, Mary Jo. “A Switch Is

Thrown, and God Speaks.” St. Petersburg Times, 13 July 1999: 1B. 32. Moore, Ron. “At Last I Can be With My Babies.” Scottish Daily Record, 4 May 2000: 24. 33. Bragg, Rick. “Florida Inmate Claims Abuse in Execution.” New York Times, 9 June 2000: A14. § Long, Phil, and Steve Brousquet. “Execution of Slayer Goes Wrong; Delay, Bitter Tirade Precede His Death.” Miami Herald, 8 June 2000. 34. Rimber, Sarah. “Working Death Row.” New York Times, 17 Dec 2000: 1. 35. Scott, David. “Convicted Killer Who Once Asked to Die is Executed.” Associated Press, 28 June 2000. § Letter from attorney Cheryl Rafert to Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan, 30 June 2000. 36. Cook, Rhonda. “Gang Leader Executed by Injection: Death Comes 25 Years After Boy, 11, Slain.” Atlanta Journal Constitution, 7 Nov 2001: B1.

 

36 Corporations That Ripped off the US Government

Corporate Crime Reporter. “The Top 100 False Claims Act Settlements.” Report issued 30 Dec 2003. § Taxpayers Against Fraud, Education Fund. False Claims Act and Qui Tam Quarterly Review, various issues 1995-2004.

 

39 Famous People Who Used Drugs

(selected sources)

Booth, Martin. Opium: A History. St. Martin's, 1996. § Palmer, Cynthia, and Michael Horowitz. Shaman Woman, Mainline Lady: Women's Writings on the Drug Experience. Quill (William Morrow), 1982. § Plant, Sadie. Writing on Drugs. Picador, 2001. § Rudgley, Richard. The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances. St. Martin's, 1998. § “Opium Throughout History.” Part of the Website for the Frontline program “The Opium Kings.” PBS, May 1997. www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heroin/

 

7. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. H.J. Jackson (ed.). Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works. Oxford Press, 2000, pp 519-21. § Hill, John Spencer. A Coleridge Companion. Macmillan Press, 1983. Chapter 3: “Kubla Khan.” 8. Cover, Arthur Byron. “Vertex Interviews Philip K. Dick.” Vertex, Feb 1974. § Margot, Joel. “PKD FAQ.” 1993. 9. Kaplan, Fred. Dickens: A Biography. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. 10. Hall, Donald, and Dock Ellis. Dock Ellis: In the Country of Baseball. Fireside, 1989. § Mikkelson, Barbara and David P. “Dock Ellis.” Urban Legends Reference Pages [snopes.com]. 15. Grinspoon, Lester. Marihuana: The Forbidden Medicine. Yale University Press, 1993. 16. Donaldson, Maureen and William Royce. An Affair to

Remember: My Life with Cary Grant. Putnam, 1989. § Harris, W.G. CG, A Touch of Elegance. Doubleday, 1987. § Grant, Cary “Archie Leach.” Currently available at [www.carygrant.net/autobiography/]. 19. James, William. Bruce Kuklick. (Ed.). William James: Writings 1902-1910. Library of America, 1988. § Tymoczko, Dmitri. “The Nitrous Oxide Philosopher.” Atlantic Monthly, May 1996. 20. “Traveling Down the Information Highway With Mitchell Kapor.” Tricycle, summer 1994. 24. Mullis, Kary. Dancing Naked in the Mind Field. Pantheon Books, 1998. 28. Paz, Octavio. Translated by Helen R. Lane. Introduction to Miserable Miracle by Henri Michaux. New York Review of Books, 2002. 34. The Walter Scott Digital Archive, Edinburgh University Library [www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk]. 35. Interview with Susan Sontag. The Staff of High Times. High Times Greatest Hits. St. Martin's, 1994. 37. Lemmo, Robert. “Pot, Pesants and Pancho Villa.” The Staff of High Times. High Times Greatest Hits. St. Martin's, 1994. HM. Dalby, J. Thomas, Ph.D. “Sherlock Holmes's Cocaine Habit.” Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine 1991; 8: 73-74. Reprinted on the Website of The Singular Society of the Baker Street Dozen [www.bakerstreetdozen.com]. § Doyle, Arthur Conan. Sign of the Four. 1890. Reprinted at literature.org.

 

42 Famous Drinkers of Vin Marini

(selected sources)

Pendergrast, Mark. For God, Country, and Coca-Cola. Basic Books, 2000. § Plant, Sadie. Writing on Drugs. Picador, 2001. § Zacks, Richard. An Underground Education. Anchor, 1999.

 

42+ Things That Have Been Made Out of Hemp

(selected sources)

Herer, Jack. The Emperor Wears No Clothes (revised and expanded 1995 edition). HEMP/Queen of Clubs Publishing, 1995. § Robinson, Rowan J. The Hemp Manifesto. Park Street Press, 1997. § US Department of Agriculture. Hemp For Victory (film). 1942. § USA Hemp Museum [hempmuseum.org]

 

44 Substances That Soup up Your Brain

Dean, Ward, M.D. and John Morgenthaler. Smart Drugs and Nutrients. Smart Publications, 1991. § Dean, Ward, M.D., John Morgenthaler, and Steven Wm. Fowkes. Smart Drugs II. Smart Publications, 1993. § Potter, Beverly, and Sebastian Orfali. Brain Boosters: Food and Drugs That Make You Smarter. Ronin Publishing, 1993. § Erowid website [www.erowid.org].

 

47 Nuclear Tests by the US

Nevada Operations Office, US Department of Energy. United States Nuclear Tests, July 1945 through September 1992. DOE/NV—209-REV 15. Dec 2000.

 

52 Items from the Delta Collection of the Library of Congress

Various Library of Congress documents pertaining to the Delta Collection, as archived by the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. (Uncovered by Michael Ravnitzky. In possession of the author.) This includes the article “The World's Lewdest Library” by John Gardener Race from an unknown, undated magazine.

 

55 Companies Reportedly Doing Business With Enemy Nations

“Civil Penalties Information,” related by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, 2003 through Feb 2004. § Conflict Securities Advisory Group website [www.conflictsecurities.com] § Iraq's statement regarding weapons programs, given to UN Security Council in December 2002.

 

56 Pulp Novels

Bianco, David. “The Heyday of Lesbian Pulp Novels.” PlanetOut website, 19 July 1999. § Book Em Books website [www.bookembooks.com]. § BookScans website [www.bookscans.com]. § Vintage Paperbacks & Digests website [www.vintagepbks.com].

 

63 Gay Animals

Bagemihl, Bruce, Ph.D. Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity. St. Martin's Press, 2000.

 

82 Brands of Heroin

Booth, Martin. Opium: A History. St. Martin's, 1996. § National Drug Intelligence Center, US Department of Justice. “Heroin Distribution in Three Cities.” November 2000 § Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President. Pulse Check: Trends in Drug Abuse. Various issues. § Unsigned. “Smashing Pumpkins' Keyboardist Dies of Heroin Overdose in New York Amid Music Industry's Anti-Drug Drive.” National Drug Strategy Network, Summer 1996.

 

87+ People Mormons Have Baptized by Proxy

Associated Press. “Mormons Meet With Jews Over Baptizing Holocaust Victims.” 11 Dec 2002. § Donovan, Gill. “Mormons Renew Pledge to End Proxy Baptism of Jews.” National Catholic Reporter, 27 Dec 2002. § Ostling, Richard N., and Joan K. Ostling. Mormon America: The Power and the Promise. Harper SanFrancisco, 1999. § “Prominent People Mormons Have Baptized by Proxy.” Website of Mormonism Research Ministry [www.mrm.org]. § Moore, Carrie A. “Proxy Names Stir up Lively Debate.” Deseret Morning News, 6 Dec 2003.

 

Top 100 Corporations Laying off US Workers Due to NAFTA

Congressional Research Service. Memorandum: “Re: Top 100 Companies Reporting and Certified as Suffering NAFTA-Related Job ‘Losses’ (based on the Department of Labor Database).” 1 Dec 2003. Published on the website of US Senator Byron L. Dorgan [dorgan.senate.gov].

 

111 People Who Are the Subject of FBI Files

(selected sources)

FBI FOIA website [foia.fbi.gov]. § O'Reilly, Kenneth. Black Americans: The FBI Files. Carroll and Graft, 1994. § Robins, Natalie. Alien Ink: The FBI's War on Freedom of Expression. Rutgers University Press, 1992. § Various articles from the defunct website APBNews.com by Janon Fisher, Joe Beaird, Tami She-heri, and Michael Ravnitzky.

 

815 People Killed by Religious Rituals and Objects

1. Wallechinsky, David. The People's Almanac Presents the 20th Century. Overlook Press, 1999. 2. Reuters. “Girl Crushed by Cross at Brother's Grave.” 21 Nov 2001. 3. Associated Press. “Elderly Priest Crushed by Heavy Iron Gate.” 21 Dec 2001. 4. Celona, Larry, and Angelina Cappiello. “Priest Is Fatally Stricken at Pulpit.” New York Post, 11 Feb 2002. 5-6. Associated Press. “Couple Charged in Possible Exorcism Death.” 20 Jan 2004. § Associated Press and CBS News. “Minister Charged in Exorcism Death.” 27 Aug 2003. 7-185. Rageh, Rawya. “Stampede Kills 244 at Hajj Pilgrimage.” Associated Press, 1 Feb 2004. HM. Kennedy, Les, and Vanessa Wilson. “Lightning Hits Catholic College Girls After Mass.” Sydney Morning Herald, 26 Sept 2001.

 

Bush Family Values

(selected sources)

Grove, Lloyd. “Lowdown.” New York Daily News, 1 Jan 2004.

 

Classified Quotes 1 & 2

McCutcheon, Chuck. “Lawmakers Take Aim at Excessive Government Secrecy.” Newhouse News Service, May 2003.

 

Corporate Quote #1

Newsweek International, February 1, 1999

Corporate Quote #2

Unsigned. “Flak for Imperial Tobacco at AGM.” Evening Post (Bristol, UK), 4 Feb 2004.

 

Drug Quotes

1. Weil, Andrew, M.D. The Marriage of the Sun and the Moon: A Quest for Unity Consciousness. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. 2. King, Stephen. On Writing. Scribner, 2000. 3. Plant, Sadie. Writing on Drugs. Picador, 2001. 4. Staff of High Times. High Times Greatest Hits. St. Martin's 1994. 5. Op cit, Weil. 6. Stolaroff, Myron. Thanatos to Eros: 35 Years of Psychedelic Exploration. Berlin: Verlag fur Wis-senschaft und Bildung, 1994. 7. Op cit., High Times. 8. Fisher, Carrie. Postcards from the Edge. Simon & Schuster, 1987. 9. Op cit., Weil.

 

Federal Investigative Priorities 1 & 2

Associated Press. “9/11 Panel Faces Time, Money Pressure.” 21 Jan 2003.

 

Judge Lambastes Police Abuse of Protestors

Driscoll, Amy. “Judge: I Saw Police Commit Felonies.” Miami Herald, 20 Dec 2003.

 

Law Quotes

1. Thoreau, Henry David. “Civil Disobedience.” 1849. 2. France, Anatole. Le Lys rouge. 1894. 3. Publius Cornelius Tacitus. Annales.

 

Number of Civilians Killed by Bombing During World War II

Knell, Hermann. To Destroy a City: Strategic Bombing and Its Human Consequences in World War II. Da Capo Press, 2003.

 

The Powerdeath Girls

US Food and Drug Administration. “FDA Enforcement Report,” 8 Oct 2003.

 

Scorecard for the Domestic “War on Terror”

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University. “Criminal Terrorism Enforcement Since the 9/11/1 Attacks.” 28 Dec 2003.

 

Stupid Government Trick

MacKenzie, Debora. “US Develops Lethal New Viruses.” New Scientist, 29 Oct 2003.

 

Unusual Band #1

Agence France-Presse. “‘Burqa Band’: The Afghan Girl Band Made in a Day.” 3 Aug 2003.

 

Unusual Band #2

Transplant Band's Website [www.transplantband.com] § Website of Michael Coleman [www.miqel.com]

 

Unusual Band #3

Sabbatum website [www.sabbatum.com]

 

The Wonders of “Herbal” Medicine

MedWatch, US Food and Drug Administration. “Medical Product Safety Information.” [www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety.htm].

 

The Wonders of Modern Medicine, parts 1 & 2

MedWatch, US Food and Drug Administration. “Medical Product Safety Information.” [www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety.htm].

 

Worker Safety Priorities, parts 1 & 2

Barstow, David. “US Rarely Seeks Charges for Deaths in Workplace.” New York Times, 22 Dec 2003. images