Product Review: Harvest Right Freeze Dryer, by HJL – Part 2

Why It Works I spent quite a bit of time, over the last three years, researching how freeze drying is accomplished. I wanted to know why and how it worked and ultimately, if I could do it at home. Earlier, I alluded to some pretty bad information I had run across, and I think a short primer of what makes freeze drying successful is in order, so that the user can understand just how useful this appliance actually is. It is well understood by any high school student who has taken a physics or physical science course that there are …




Letter Re: Seven Secrets of Medical Prepping

Hugh, I appreciate the concern pharmacist MDS, Pharm.D. has for keeping all of us safe. His comment regarding the danger of expired tetracycline is worth addressing in more detail. According to the respected newsletter, The Medical Letter, Vol. 44, Issue 1142, October 28, 2002, “The only report of human toxicity that may have been caused by chemical or physical degradation of a pharmaceutical product is renal tubular damage that was associated with use of degraded tetracycline…Current tetracycline preparations have been reformulated with different fillers to minimize degradation and are unlikely to have this effect.” This refers to a 1963 incident, …




Economics and Investing:

Did the Federal Reserve Launder $141 Billion Dollars Through Belgium to Hide Massive Increase In Quantitative Easing? – H.L. o o o Items from The Economatrix: Fed Focuses On Exit But Makes No Decision: Kocherlakota: Fed Should Target Price Levels Who Is The New Secret Buyer Of U.S. Debt? Is The Economic Recovery Only Statistical?




Odds ‘n Sods:

Natural Water Purification Using Coriander – We have o o o Man cooked to death in scalding shower as punishment by prison guards. – H.L. o o o IRS: 318,000 fed workers owe $3.3B in back taxes . – D.S. o o o 10,996,447: Disability Beneficiaries Hit New Record – G.G. “The number of Americans receiving disability benefits continues to exceed the populations of Greece, Tunisia and Portugal, and is approaching the population of Cuba…” o o o New York Lawmakers Complain Alabama’s Remington Win Due in Part to ‘Gun-Friendly’ Political Climate – C.D. o o o N.J. doctor supplied …