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Welcome to the wonderful world of chiropractic, a world where even the most vile and pernacious illness can be dealt with by manipulation of the spine. DD Palmer, the inventor of chiropractic was previously a 'magnetic healer' who also dabbled in phrenology. Palmer insisted that a spiritualist medium inspired him in his search for “the single cause of all disease.” In 1895 Palmer claimed to have restored the hearing of a janitor named Harvey Lillard (deaf for 17 years) via manipulation of the spine. (FACT: The nerves of hearing are enclosed entirely within the skull.)
Palmer then announced that all diseases were the result of interference with the flow of ‘Innate Intelligence’ (a previously unknown force that flows through the spine) by ‘subluxations’, or misalignments of vertebra. It was known as the “Bone Out
Of Place” theory. He also believed that the body was not heated by blood, but by
“calorific nerves”.
In 1905, Palmer was indicted for practising medicine without a license. He was sentenced to 105 days in jail and was required to pay a $350 fine.
By 1911 there were signs that Palmer was considering turning chiropractic into a religion, as this extract from a letter by Palmer to P.W. Johnson, dated May 4 demonstrates:
“…I occupy in chiropractic a similar position as did Mrs. Eddy in Christian Science. Mrs. Eddy claimed to receive her ideas from the other world and so do I. She founded thereon a religion, so may I, I am THE ONLY ONE IN CHIROPRACTIC WHO CAN DO SO.”
In 1913, whilst taking part in the Universal Chiropractic Collage parade in Davenport, Iowa, Palmer was inadvertently run down by a car…driven by his son Bartlett Joshua (B.J)! To make matters worse, B.J. was accused of attempted patricide!
Fortunately, the charges were dismissed. Unfortunately, D.D. died a few months later of typhoid, one of the few diseases it appears that chiropractic cannot cure.
B.J. did not believe in germ theory and considered vaccination a form of poisoning.
His main contribution to the furtherance of chiropractic was his skill as a salesman.
B.J. said of chiropractic:
“Our school is on a business, not a professional basis ... We manufacture chiropractors... Give me a simple mind that thinks along single tracks, [and] give me 30 days to instruct him…”
And this:
“Question: What are the principal functions of the spine?
Answer:
To support the head
To support the ribs
To support the chiropractor.”
- B.J. Palmer, Answers (1952)
Loverly!
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Werewolves want treats too!
He should of course gone for the one at the top/back as it's easiest to grab. Typical werewolf error.
The werewolf is stolen art - it's from the comic strip "House of Monsters" published in "Weird" magazine, Sept. 1976.
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I've just read "Voodoo in New Orleans" by Robert Tallant. It's a great book, written in about 1946. I thought it was going to be about the rituals and processes of Voodoo, but it's actually about the charecters floating round at that time, flim-flam artists like Marie Laveau and Doctor John. Patter's has just read "The Serpent and the Rainbow" by Wade Davies, basically about the history of Haiti and in perticular Vodoun Zombies. Oh yeah, and the other night we watched "Zombie Flesh Eaters" (aka "Zombi 2") which is based around a Voodoo curse.
Groovy!
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I'm reading 'The God Delusion' by Richard Dawkins, which is fantastic. I've just got to the bit about Bertrand Russell's teapot:
"If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is an intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time."
("Is there a God?" commissioned (but never published) by Illustrated magazine in 1952)
Now that I've drawn a coffee pot as a spaceship I'm thinking, when Brition does finally launch a spaceship they ought to make it look like an everyday object...but huge, because then if we do meet any aliens they'll think we must be giants!
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This is based on a photo I took about 10 years ago. This loverly old lady is about to smite me!
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I'm not big on smiting myself, but I hear it's very good if you don't like someone. Typically, in the past a lot of smiting was done in the name of your god/gods unto people who didn't believe the same nonsense as you. In fact quite a lot of that still goes on now!
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Monty Murrell is a mook, he's always making me do stuff that is a COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME, like this blog.
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This is a picture of Jerry Falwell's car.
Jerry Falwell has recently died, but by way of rememberance here is some memorable quotes from him:
The Bible is the inerrant ... word of the living God. It is absolutely infallible,without error in all matters pertaining to faith and practice, as well as in areas such as geography, science, history, etc." (from Finding Inner Peace and Strength)
"But thank God this vile and satanic system will one day be utterly annihilated and there'll be a celebration in heaven." (speaking about the mostly gay Metropolitan Community Church on the "Old Time Gospel Hour" broadcast, March 11, 1984)
"Homosexuality is Satan's diabolical attack upon the family that will not only have a corrupting influence upon our next generation, but it will also bring down the wrath of God upon America. "
"He is purple — the gay-pride color, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle — the gay pride symbol." (from a "Parents Alert" issued in Jerry Falwell's National Liberty Journal about Tinky Winky)
By the way, the founder of "Answers in Genesis" Ken Ham, states, “If you can’t trust the Bible’s history, how can you trust its morality?”. Well, quite!
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It's that lazy time of the month! If you like this you may enjoi 29-04-07, 20-04-07 and 29-03-07. FYI All the artwork uses elements from the first Grey Fade with Dots, which you may consider a good or a bad thing. I think I'm done with these.
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Next weekend myself and Patters and Les and Sam will be rendering the final wall my father ever built, in preperation for painting it (pink). Being risk averse, I decided to read up on the potential hazzards. I chose this magazine rather than the equally good 'Mortar Mortality Monthly' because of my own personal fear of getting my head stuck in the cement mixer. This is all bullshit, I made this magazine up!
For your information:
1) Clare and Jo will vouch for the fact that I did indeed once fall through their garden wall after a particularly heavy night of Tequilas.
2) The Imelda Marcos reference - suggest you type "Manila Film Center" into Google for more information.
3) The Crispin Glover reference - I would dearly love a copy of 'Concrete Inspection'!
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Big Pink Burger: 100% Gay Beef Guaranteed!
Ask yourself this question, are you homophobic? Of course you aren't, that would be a ridiculous position to take! Therefore would you be happy eating gay meat? What difference could there possibly be (it's possible I guess that it's actually leaner than hetrosexual beef as homosexual cows spend more time in the gym don't they)?
I can think of one group of people who might have a problem with this concept though: RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS like for instance Fundamentalist Christians or Catholics. As they view homosexuality as an abomination before God and damn them to eternal hell, I would imagine that they would go out of their way to avoid the Big Pink Burger brand at all costs. I would think that the average fundamentalist christian redneck would choke on his rump steak if he believed for a moment that any homosexual bull sperm had come within 100 miles of it. But wait a moment, if this is true, then what steps are they currently taking to ensure they are not eating gay beef? Because it is a known fact that homosexual acts occur in the animal kingdom (see this article in National Geographic).
By the way, the ever forgiving (and recently demised) Jerry Falwell had this to say on September 13th 2001 about 9/11:
"The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked...I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle...I point the finger in their face and say you helped this happen."
Pat Robertson was in the studio and said Amen to that!!!
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This is halfway between Croydon and Carshalton. Draw your own conclusions.
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Dirty Rabbit has an obsession with drugs that were once considered perfectly legitimate and beneficial but are now illegal. Peyote ingestion is now illegal in the US except for "bonafide religious ceremonies". Doctors used to prescribe Qualudes for anxiety until our parents made it the disco dancing drug of choice in the seventies. And as we all know Coca-Cola did once contain an estimated nine milligrams of cocaine per glass.
Dirty Rabbit wears a box on his head due to a nasty freebasing accident in the eighties.
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You don't see people walking round in purple clothes much these days do you.
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This started life as a picture of a telegraph pole.
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This is how relevant and in the moment I am. We had a meter reader come round on the 16th, and I've done a picture to celebrate the fact only ONE WEEK LATER!
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Imagine for a moment that you are the first human being on Earth to suspect that the sunrise is not the work of God, but a mechanical, predictable process.
Or imagine for a moment that you've just invested all your money in the world's largest gob-stopper and you suddenly suspect that it won't fit inside your mouth.
Or imagine for a moment that you've just invented the world's first space hopper, but suddenly you realise that it need's 'ears' to hang on to. And it's a stupid idea in the first place.
Any of those apply, it's supposed to capture that moment of sheer panic that hit's you when you realise that your carefully executed plan is not quite as brilliant as you thought. It's then followed by a steely determination to carry on regardless. Like this blog!
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This is where me and Patters and Splink lived for about a year. It was a beautiful and mad place to live. It blew away in the february storms.
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