From: "Rich Gauszka" 

FWIW Ii agree.  Way back when I tried going to public ranges to do target
and trap shooting.  We quickly decided we were taking our lives in our
hands - got peppered quite a few times on agreed upon breaks while hunting
for unbroken clay pigeons or the clowns at the rifle range that start
firing at the targets while most are still downrange. The range officer was
kept quite busy kicking people out.

Well Cheney managed to get his violation posted at

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0213061cheney1.html

The "Game Law Violated" box was checked, with the violation
listed as section "P&W Code 43.652."



"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:43f11464{at}w3.nls.net...
> Anyone whose ever gone quail hunting knows just how easy it is to get
> sprayed.  Things can get pretty nuts on a long line dove hunt also.  Its
> really a miracle there aren't more such accidents.
>
> Gary
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:43f0f8dd{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Thinks to live by
>>
>> Wash your hands
>>
>> Don't go hunting with Cheney
>>
>>
>> "Mark"  wrote in message
news:43f0f5c4{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > Ted Nugent was right after all?
>> >
>> > Seriously though, all those tips sound like the standard safety
> procedures
>> > to avoid salmonella from chicken, so shouldn't be anything new for any
>> > responsible cook -- does make one want to eat in more often than out
>> > though.
>> >
>> > "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>> > news:43f0dd1e{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> It looks like cats can only spread Toxoplasma via their feces.
>> >>
>> >> The CDC reports that more than 60 million Americans are infected
>> >>
>> >>
> http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/toxoplasmosis/factsht_toxoplasmosis.h
tm
>> >> No, cats only spread Toxoplasma in their feces for a few weeks
> following
>> >> infection with the parasite. Like humans, cats rarely have symptoms
> when
>> >> first infected, so most people do not know if their cat has been
>> >> infected. The infection will go away on its own;
therefore it does not
>> >> help to have your cat or your cat's feces tested for Toxoplasma.
>> >>
>> >> How can I prevent toxoplasmosis?
>> >>
>> >> There are several general sanitation and food safety steps you can
>> >> take
>> >> to reduce your chances of becoming infected with Toxoplasma.
>> >>
>> >> Wear gloves when you garden or do anything outdoors that involves
>> >> handling soil. Cats, which may pass the parasite in their
feces, often
>> >> use gardens and sandboxes as litter boxes. Wash your
hands well with
> soap
>> >> and water after outdoor activities, especially before you eat or
> prepare
>> >> any food.
>> >>
>> >> When preparing raw meat, wash any cutting boards, sinks,
knives, and
>> >> other utensils that might have touched the raw meat thoroughly with
> soap
>> >> and hot water to avoid cross-contaminating other foods. Wash your
>> >> hands
>> >> well with soap and water after handling raw meat.
>> >>
>> >> Cook all meat thoroughly; that is, to an internal
temperature of 160ø
>> >> F
>> >> and until it is no longer pink in the center or until the juices
>> >> become
>> >> colorless. Do not taste meat before it is fully cooked.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
>> >> news:43f0d833{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >>> As a cat owner with one cat that regularly eats wild mice, it
>> >>> concerns
>> >>> me
>> >>> that cats are a prevalent carrier.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'd be interested if you get more info on it, and
what it takes to
> kill
>> >>> the
>> >>> parasite, etc.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>>
>> >>> Gary
>> >>>
>> >>> "Rich Gauszka" 
wrote in message
>> >>> news:43f0b963$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >>>> Start with Cheney - keep all shotguns away from
him temporarily at
>> >>>> least
>> >>> :-)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Ideology aside - that half the worlds population
is affected by
>> >>>> Toxoplasma
>> >>>> parasites  is interesting. I wonder if there are
any studies by
>> >>>> geographic
>> >>>> location?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> "Gary Britt"
 wrote in message
>> >>>> news:43f0ac7e{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >>>> > Bush is a dog person.  The common thread in
all of this is the
>> >>>> > host
>> >>>> > engages
>> >>>> > in behavior calculated to lead to its death.
 In other words the
>> >>>> > hosts
>> >>> are
>> >>>> > trying to commit suicide.  This would
explain not neocon behavior,
>> >>>> > but
>> >>>> > liberal neo surrender monkey behavior.  They
are trying to do
>> >>>> > everything
>> >>>> > they can to interfere with their defense in
the face on an
>> >>>> > intractable
>> >>> and
>> >>>> > deadly enemy (i.e., they are trying to
commit suicide).  Maybe we
>> >>>> > should
>> >>>> > start testing Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi,
Cindy Sheehan, everyone at
>> >>>> > Daily
>> >>>> > KOS, Monte, etc for these parasites.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Gary
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>> >>>> > news:43efa227{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >>>> >> Maybe the neocons have a valid excuse.
The Toxoplasma didn't like
>> >>> Saddam?
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060211/sc_space/mindcontrolbyparasites
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Mind Control by Parasites
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Half of the world's human population is
infected with Toxoplasma,
>> >>>> > parasites
>> >>>> >> in the body-and the brain. Remember that.
>> >>>> >> Toxoplasma gondii is a common parasite
found in the guts of cats;
> it
>> >>>> >> sheds
>> >>>> >> eggs that are picked up by rats and
other animals that are eaten
> by
>> >>> cats.
>> >>>> >> Toxoplasma forms cysts in the bodies of
the intermediate rat
> hosts,
>> >>>> >> including in the brain.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Since cats don't want to eat dead,
decaying prey, Toxoplasma
>> >>>> >> takes
>> >>>> >> the
>> >>>> >> evolutionarily sound course of being a
"good" parasite, leaving
> the
>> >>> rats
>> >>>> >> perfectly healthy. Or are they?
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Oxford scientists discovered that the
minds of the infected rats
>> >>>> >> have
>> >>>> >> been
>> >>>> >> subtly altered. In a series of
experiments, they demonstrated
>> >>>> >> that
>> >>>> >> healthy
>> >>>> >> rats will prudently avoid areas that
have been doused with cat
>> >>>> >> urine.
>> >>> In
>> >>>> >> fact, when scientists test anti-anxiety
drugs on rats, they use a
>> >>>> >> whiff
>> >>>> >> of
>> >>>> >> cat urine to induce neurochemical panic.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> However, it turns out that
Toxoplasma-ridden rats show no such
>> >>> reaction.
>> >>>> > In
>> >>>> >> fact, some of the infected rats actually
seek out the cat
>> >>>> >> urine-marked
>> >>>> > areas
>> >>>> >> again and again. The parasite alters the
mind (and thus the
>> >>>> >> behavior)
>> >>> of
>> >>>> > the
>> >>>> >> rat for its own benefit.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> If the parasite can alter rat behavior,
does it have any effect
>> >>>> >> on
>> >>>> >> humans?
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Dr. E. Fuller Torrey (Associate Director
for Laboratory Research
> at
>> >>>> >> the
>> >>>> >> Stanley Medical Research Institute)
noticed links between
> Toxoplasma
>> >>> and
>> >>>> >> schizophrenia in human beings,
approximately three billion of
>> >>>> >> whom
>> >>>> >> are
>> >>>> >> infected with T. gondii:
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>   a.. Toxoplasma infection is associated
with damage to
> astrocytes,
>> >>> glial
>> >>>> >> cells which surround and support
neurons. Schizophrenia is also
>> >>>> >> associated
>> >>>> >> with damage to astrocytes.
>> >>>> >>   b.. Pregnant women with high levels of
antibodies to Toxoplasma
>> >>>> >> are
>> >>>> >> more
>> >>>> >> likely to give birth to children who
will develop schizophrenia.
>> >>>> >>   c.. Human cells raised in petri
dishes, and infected with
>> >>>> >> Toxoplasma,
>> >>>> > will
>> >>>> >> respond to drugs like haloperidol; the
growth of the parasite
> stops.
>> >>>> >> Haloperidol is an antipsychotic, used to
treat schizophrenia.
>> >>>> >> Dr. Torrey got together with the Oxford
scientists, to see if
>> >>>> >> anything
>> >>>> > could
>> >>>> >> be done about those parasite-controlled
rats that were driven to
>> >>>> >> hang
>> >>>> > around
>> >>>> >> cat urine-soaked corners (waiting for
cats). According to a
>> >>>> >> recent
>> >>> press
>> >>>> >> release, haloperidol restores the rat's
healthy fear of cat
>> >>>> >> urine.
>> >>>> >> In
>> >>>> > fact,
>> >>>> >> antipsychotic drugs were as effective as
pyrimethamine, a drug
> that
>> >>>> >> specifically eliminates Toxoplasma.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Are parasites like Toxoplasma subtly
altering human behavior? As
> it
>> >>> turns
>> >>>> >> out, science fiction writers have been
thinking about whether or
> not
>> >>>> >> parasites could alter a human being's
behavior, or even take
> control
>> >>>> >> of
>> >>> a
>> >>>> >> person. In his 1951 novel The Puppet
Masters, Robert Heinlein
> wrote
>> >>> about
>> >>>> >> alien parasites the size of dinner
plates that took control of
>> >>>> >> the
>> >>> minds
>> >>>> > of
>> >>>> >> their hosts, flooding their brains with
neurochemicals. In this
>> >>> excerpt,
>> >>>> >> a
>> >>>> >> volunteer strapped to a chair allows a
parasite to be introduced;
>> >>>> >> the
>> >>>> >> parasite rides him, taking over his
mind. Under these conditions,
> it
>> >>>> >> is
>> >>>> >> possible to interview the parasite;
however, it refuses to answer
>> >>>> >> until
>> >>>> >> zapped with a cattle prod.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>   He reached past my shoulders with a
rod. I felt a shocking,
>> >>> unbearable
>> >>>> >> pain. The room blacked out as if a
switch had been thrown.. I was
>> >>>> >> split
>> >>>> >> apart by it; for the moment I was masterless.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>   The pain left, leaving only its
searing memory behind. Before I
>> >>>> >> could
>> >>>> >> speak, or even think coherently for
myself, the splitting away
>> >>>> >> had
>> >>> ended
>> >>>> > and
>> >>>> >> I was again safe in the arms of my master...
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>   The panic that possessed me washed
away; I was again filled
>> >>>> >> with
>> >>>> >> an
>> >>>> >> unworried sense of well being...
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>   "What are you?" "We are
the people... We have studied you and
>> >>>> >> we
>> >>>> >> know
>> >>>> > your
>> >>>> >> ways... We come," I went on,
"to bring you peace.. and
>> >>>> >> contentment-and
>> >>>> >> the
>> >>>> >> joy of-of surrender." I hesitated
again; "surrender" was not the
>> >>>> >> right
>> >>>> > word.
>> >>>> >> I struggled with it the way one
struggles with a poorly grasped
>> >>>> >> foreign
>> >>>> >> language. "The joy," I
repeated, "-the joy of . . .nirvana." That
>> >>>> >> was
>> >>> it;
>> >>>> >> the word fitted. I felt like a dog being
patted for fetching a
>> >>>> >> stick; I
>> >>>> >> wriggled with pleasure.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Still not sure that parasites can
manipulate the behavior of host
>> >>>> > organisms?
>> >>>> >> Consider these other cases:
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>   a.. The lancet fluke Dicrocoelium
dendriticum forces its ant
> host
>> >>>> >> to
>> >>>> >> attach to the tips of grass blades, the
easier to be eaten. The
>> >>>> >> fluke
>> >>>> > needs
>> >>>> >> to get into the gut of a grazing animal
to complete its life
> cycle.
>> >>>> >>   b.. The fluke Euhaplorchis
californiensis causes fish to shimmy
>> >>>> >> and
>> >>>> >> jump
>> >>>> >> so wading birds will grab them and eat
them, for the same reason.
>> >>>> >>   c.. Hairworms, which live inside
grasshoppers, sabotage the
>> >>>> > grasshopper's
>> >>>> >> central nervous system, forcing them to
jump into pools of water,
>> >>>> >> drowning
>> >>>> >> themselves. Hairworms then swim away
from their hapless hosts to
>> >>> continue
>> >>>> >> their life cycle.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Not all science-fictional parasites are
harmful; read about the
>> >>> Crosswell
>> >>>> >> tapeworm from Brian Aldiss' 1969 story
Super-Toys Last All Summer
>> >>>> >> Long
>> >>>> > (the
>> >>>> >> basis for the Kubrick/Spielberg film
AI), which keeps people who
>> >>> overeat
>> >>>> >> from becoming obese. Not to mention
robots based on parasites.
> Read
>> >>> press
>> >>>> >> release on evidence for link between
Toxoplasma and
>> >>>> >> schizophrenia,
>> >>>> > Suicidal
>> >>>> >> grasshoppers. Story via blogger Carl
Zimmer and his readers.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
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