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... GLPBBAL NEWS ... NEWS SIGNS OF A CANADIAN POLICE STATE? is trying to classify the company's products as medical devices, and gain control over the industry. He also said that Synetic Systems has made no medical claims. Cosgrove said that getting FDA approval would make the machines too expensive to produce, and complained that while Synetic Systems was being shut down, competitors were still open for business. Thompson said he could not comment on other actions by the FDA, but added: "We're looking at these kinds of devices here and in other parts of the country." (Source: The Seattle Times, 15 June 1994) STATE? “A doctor friend of mine who has done a _ as medical devices, and gain control over When Canadian authorities learned that _lot of research on smoking, told me in 1991 the industry. He also said that Synetic major US newspapers, including The that he was once invited to visit a cigarette- Systems has made no medical claims. Buffalo News, The Detroit News, and The paper-making factory in the course of his Cosgrove said that getting FDA approval Detroit Free Press had a story in their research work. Before being shown around would make the machines too expensive to Sunday 28 November 1993 issue that had the plant, he had to don head-to-toe cover- produce, and complained that while been banned in Canada, they took swift alls made of a paperlike substance. Synetic Systems was being shut down, action. He was shown various stages of manu- competitors were still open for business. Sunday moming brought a concentration facture including a sealed room which his Thompson said he could not comment on of Canadian forces to man the bridges from guide said was a paper-impregnation plant. other actions by the FDA, but added: the US. Every newspaper truck was My doctor friend was informed that in this "We're looking at these kinds of devices stopped, and every bundle of newspapers building, paper was impregnated with a _ here and in other parts of the country." was checked. substance to ensure slow, even burning (Source: The Seattle Times, 15 June 1994) Canadian tourists then started going _ without the taste of burning paper. across the bridges to get copies of the US When he got home, he kept the coveralls - HIGH-TECH 'ROBOT COP' TO papers to find out what was going on. as a souvenir and later had the fine dust on JOIN JAPAN'S POLICE FORCE Canadian police stopped and searched them analysed. Lo and behold, when the Japan's ever-efficient police force, in its returning Canadians for these newspapers, lab result came back, it said that the dust drive to solve personnel shortages and the and at the Niagara Falls bridge crossing contained traces of opium!" ageing of the force, has developed the con- alone, 61 people were arrested for having (Source: Dr John Coleman's World In cept of a 'robot' police box. copies of The Buffalo News. Review, April 1994) The talking ‘robot cop’ is also intended to Blacking out TV signals from the US help bring the country's network of neigh- and banning newspapers with offending FDA RAIDS MIND/RELAXATION _ bourhood police boxes, known as the stories served only to infuriate the citizens MACHINES COMPANY koban system, into the high-tech age. further. Vitamins and herbs are not the only tar- The robot is being designed to handle a (Source: Mouse Monitor, April 1994) gets of the US Food and Drug _ wide range of duties, from reporting theft Administration, Synetic Systems, raided and traffic accidents to providing coun- MIND-MANIPULATION AT A on 14th June, is a leading manufacturer of _ selling and street directions. DISTANCE? ‘sound and light’ machines in the USA. Other skills in its range of 30 functions Californian neurologists have reportedly Daryl Thompson, an FDA compliance _ will include the ability to sense when a vis- found a way to focus ultrasonic waves so officer, said the relaxation devices were _ itor is in danger, and to provide protection. precisely that they can direct a beam of the seized because their sale violates the The robot will be equipped with a built- vibrations into a living brain and halt the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. in sensor to gauge a visitor's level of agita- activity of clusters of neurons. He said it is against the law to market _ tion through readings of temperature, respi- Ronald Young, chief neurosurgeon at devices “that affect the structure or func- ration and movement. The sensor then University of California (Irvine), said the _ tion of man” unless they have been scientif- triggers a mechanism to shut and lock the stunned brain cells essentially regain their ically tested to show they are safe and door of the koban. composure and return to normal function. effective. Synetic Systems has not submit- A visitor to the box will most likely be Or, more powerful energies could be _ ted its machines for testing, he said. met with the question: “Can I help you?" applied to wreck the neurons permanently. But Michael Cosgrove, production man- _ If the robot is unable to address the visitor's (Source: Vancouver Sun, 25 January 1992) ager for the Seattle company, said the FDA problem, it will transfer the matter to the nearest police headquarters. PN pete (Source: The Australian, 16 June 1994) MIND-MANIPULATION AT A DISTANCE? Californian neurologists have reportedly found a way to focus ultrasonic waves so precisely that they can direct a beam of the vibrations into a living brain and halt the activity of clusters of neurons. Ronald Young, chief neurosurgeon at University of California (Irvine), said the stunned brain cells essentially regain their composure and retum to normal function. Or, more powerful energies could be applied to wreck the neurons permanently. (Source: Vancouver Sun, 25 January 1992) VACCINATION DISCRIMINATION Queensland's Anti-Discrimination Commission is investigating a couple's complaint against Maroochy Shire Council over its refusal to allow their two non-immunised children entry to the local council-funded childcare centres. Greg and Jacqui Beattie, who have set up a Vaccination Information Network, have carefully researched the medical lit- erature and decided against vaccination due to its link with many serious illness- es. Why should vaccinated children be at risk if immunisation is totally effective? (Source: Sunshine Coast Sunday, 29 May 1994 ; The Australian, 31 May ‘94) Bw hhe BeNEXUS OPIUM IN CIGARETTE PAPERS? AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1994