From stay.free at verizon.net Thu Nov 10 11:33:47 2005 From: stay.free at verizon.net (Carrie McLaren) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:33:47 -0500 Subject: Stay F---! | November 10 Message-ID: Hey, Friend. Here are recent highlights from the Stay Free blog. For full text, images, links, and more stories, visit: http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org - - - ADVERTISING'S CHEMICAL IMBALANCE Is depression really the result of a lack of serotonin, as drug ads claim? Not according to scientists in the field. The recent PLoS Medicine journal documents the misleading claims made in advertisements for Prozac, Celeza, Zoloft and other SSRIs... http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/11/ssri_drug_ad_my.html FIND OUT WHY NO ONE WILL LEND YOU MONEY If you haven't yet heard about a new government law requiring the three major credit reporting companies to provide a free credit report to U.S. citizens once a year, well, now you have: AnnualCreditReport.com allows you to get up to three free reports, one each from Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion... http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/11/free_credit_rep.html INTELLIGENT DESIGN FILM FROM THE 1950S The Kansas Board of Education voted to include "intelligent design" in the science curriculum in Kansas schools. But "intelligent design" has been taught in schools across the country since the late 1940s - courtesy of the Moody Institute of Science (division of the Moody Bible Institute), which released evolution-denying science films to schools... http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/11/the_return_of_i_1.html MERCK EXECS GET A JURY OF PEERS Whenever a verdict that makes no sense is handed down, one's instinct is to think that the jurors were stupid. It usually isn't true; the facts are often complicated and the reported version of the case is frequently different from what the jury saw. Rarely are we given concrete proof that the jury was a collection of unforgivable morons. Enter the latest Vioxx jury... http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/11/merck_vioxx_jur.html STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE IN LEATHER A French company recently petitioned the EU intellectual property court for a trademark on the smell of strawberries... http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/10/trademark_straw.html MARTHA STEWART LIVING, INDEED Fresh out of prison, Martha Stewart has designed the ultimate consumer product: an entire Martha Stewart subdivision... http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/10/stewart_home_ma.html SAVED PREMILLENIALIST CHRISTIANS SHOULDN'T DRIVE I'm sure everyone here has been driving and seen the bumper sticker that reads "In case of Rapture, car will be unmanned." While this never fails to inspire some very action-movie style daydreams and exciting video game premises, it also brings up a far more practical issue: should saved Christians be allowed to drive? http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/10/saved_fundament.html THE NEW PURITANS Move over metrosexuals, a new movement is afoot: "The New Puritans: A generation of young, educated and opinionated people determined to sidestep the consumerist perils of modern life. So if you own a 4x4, spend all your time shopping, or are simply overweight - watch your back." http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/10/new_puritans.html PhRMA'S LATEST FICTION If I made stuff up like this, no one would believe me: The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) recently commissioned a novel that purported to scare people out of getting their drugs from Canada.... but, wait, it gets better. The author assigned to write the book, Julie Chrystyn, turned in a draft that didn't suit the suits... http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/10/drug_novel_phar.html From stay.free at verizon.net Mon Nov 28 10:43:03 2005 From: stay.free at verizon.net (Carrie McLaren) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:43:03 -0500 Subject: Stay F--- wants your pranks! Message-ID: Hello. For the upcoming "pranks and hoaxes" issues of Stay F---! we'd like to hear from you, dear reader. Ever pulled off a stellar prank - or been the unfortunate victim of one? If so, tell us about it: the hows, the whys, the results. Stories can be as short as a couple of sentences or up to several paragraphs long. We'll edit our favorites and include them in the February 2006 issue of the magazine. If we choose yours, we'll send you a free issue. Send responses to temporary181 at stayfreemagazine.org Here are some past readers polls, to give you an idea of the format: After breaking up with someone, what do you do with their stuff? http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/16/breakups.html Every been fired? http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/17/fired.html Readers share their fast food experiences http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/19/fastfood.html much thanks, carrie