The Rupture Essence

A poem by Ayesha Ekanayake

Trembling uncontrollably with fear,
Panic-stricken chaos engulfs my mind,
Such a frail unstable state.
Amid,
Once easily shattered by one fragile touch,
Fingerprints that will never be seen, yet remembered.
A spirit,
Abandoned, tormented and left unheard,
A shattering scream cries out...
The bitter tears blister my cheeks,
A crack,
Appears on my skin
My soul slowly seeps through the cracks
Serenity flows in my veins,
I begin to fade,
The sun rises,
I yearn for my tears,
I am lonely for my loneliness
Insecurity,
Swallows me whole.

This was composed by a friend. Ms. Ekanayake has exclusive rights to this work and has allowed me permission to republish the poem here.

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Prozac 'found in drinking water'

With the push for the 'Lib Dems' to take over the political situation in the UK, you could put in that the prozac in the water is the reason. Is the push for socialism in the UK and the prozac in everyone's drinking water just coincidence, or intervention from within the political system rulers?!? Could this be the new mind control solution for 'Big Brother'? I imagine that only time will tell. But if there is a strong push for socialism in one particular section of the US, I think that someone needs to check the water supply fast. The conspiracy is plausible and with the way things are going in the world, it is actually highly possible.

Now off to the facts!

Traces of the antidepressant Prozac can be found in the nation's drinking water, it has been revealed.

An Environment Agency report suggests so many people are taking the drug nowadays it is building up in rivers and groundwater.

A report in Sunday's Observer says the government's environment watchdog has discussed the impact for human health.

A spokesman for the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) said the Prozac found was most likely highly diluted.

'Alarming'

TThe newspaper says environmentalists are calling for an urgent investigation into the evidence.

It quotes the Liberal Democrats' environment spokesman, Norman Baker MP, as saying the picture emerging looked like "a case of hidden mass medication upon the unsuspecting public".

He says: "It is alarming that there is no monitoring of levels of Prozac and other pharmacy residues in our drinking water."

Experts say the anti-depression drug gets into the rivers and water system via treated sewage water.

Prescriptions increase

The DWI said the Prozac was unlikely to pose a health risk as it was so "watered down".

The Observer says the revelations raise new fears over how many prescriptions for the drug are given out by doctors.

In the decade leading up to 2001, the number of prescriptions for antidepressants went up from nine million per year to 24 million per year, says the paper.

The Environment Agency report concluded that the Prozac in the water table could be potentially toxic and said the drug was a "potential concern".

The exact amount of Prozac in the nation's drinking water is not known.

BBC News Online

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Election Solidarity

There are less than three months until the election, an election that will decide the next President of the United States. The man elected will be the President of all Americans, not just the Democrats or the Republicans.

To show our solidarity as Americans let's all get together and show our support of the candidate of choice. It's time we all came together, Democrats and Republicans alike.

If you support the policies and character of President George W. Bush, please drive with your headlights on during the day.

If you support John Kerry, please drive with your headlights off at night.

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The trip to the festival.

Last day on the "Hump"

The screech at the beginning is the retarder slowing cars down on the hill below. Please do not have your speakers cranked up when this starts.

Air Attack

I found this graphic on the net. The caption indicated this was an air attack that created the explosion. If anyone knows more about this picture, please e-mail me.

This is just an animated graphic file but if you ask me, there is a frame or two out of sequence. It makes it harder to see what really happened.

No, I do not know who this is, what military force it is, or even what country it is. That is why I have asked if anyone knows the specifics.

It looks like a Russian APC to me, but I know ships better than ground units.

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