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VelocityPress--

The web journal of "Forbidden knowledge."  Author/Editor Tom Holzel

A skeptical examination of controversial subjects based on experience, logic,
uncommon sense and (oh, how rare) the inclusion of exculpatory evidence.

Knee Replacement Surgery from the Patient's Viewpoint. 
Painful? Long Recovery? Not Necessarily so.  Knee  surgeons (and knee patients) have recommended this site for a detailed view of knee replacement surgery from the patient's point of view.   It's possible to be up and walking without crutches in 3 weeks after bilateral TKR (Total Knee Replacement)--especially if you've done your homework before the operation.  However, most people will take longer.  How much longer? How much pain? Read on. 

                                                                  

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If Atkins Doesn't Work

Atkins is an effective diet for many people, but a large number lose weight--and then put it right back on.  One reason: glucose intolerance , the epidemic  precursor to diabetes. The Velocity "Last Diet Ever" is the cure--and it works when all others fail.

What are school textbooks teaching our kids?  Anything?  

Good Lord, have you read a high school history book lately?  Or a book on social studies, or government?  If not, you’re in for a shock.  Read this essay to learn why our schools are turning out illiterates faster than we can throw more money at them-- and what you (yes, YOU) can do about it.

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Still read books? Then here is a list of reviews penned by your voracious-reading editor. "Right-Wing Eclectic" is the tenor, but humor is de rigor.

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Sluggish Sales?

Read " When Start-ups Can't Sell " to learn The 5 Most Common Sales & Marketing Errors Most Companies Make.

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New photo section. See it at bottom of this page, or click here to jump.
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Biological Father of Jesus Discovered? Graham Phillips believes he has the proof.  Read Part 4 of "What is Religion"_ _______________________________

Ancient water on Mars?

NASA can talk of nothing else, (because otherwise nobody would want to pay for a manned mission). But could all the river deltas and torrential arroyos have been caused by something else?  Read Water on Mars? to get the other side of the story . _______________________________

Why Can't a Woman Think More like a Man?  (Why Can't More Men Think Just like Me?)

Find out at this most favorite smorgasbord of delightful intellectual morsels--and some filling meals, too. (But no white carbs!)

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Did Mallory & Irvine beat Hillary & Norkay to the Summit of Mt. Everest?

The Mystery of Mallory & Irvine . Did this intrepid pair reach the summit of Mt. Everest in 1924, twenty-nine years before the definitive success of Hillary and Norgay? The climbing community is sharply divided on the issue. Read the Final Word by the man who started the whole controversy. Go to the Mallory and Irvine page.  
 

Progressive eyeglasses promise the world. 

Do they deliver? Click above to read the essay that jumped to Google #1 in less than 2 weeks.

 

                                                                               

NY Times Photo Bias?

This startling analysis of the 44 photos of Bush & Kerry published in the NY Times in the month of May, 2004,  reveals the Times' true colors.   (But, see the photo-analysis for the month of August.  WOW--the Times did a complete about-face!   While still favoring Kerry with quantity, the times actually published equally good and bad photos of both candidates--so the photographic bias issue seems to have been brought under control.) __________________________________________

 Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
--is it for real?

So many geeks claim to be able to game the Google/Yahoo search engines to get your website higher rankings. Can it be done? Here is what's for real.

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The Threatened Citizen: The Pros and Cons of Concealed Weapons Carry

With many States liberalizing the issuance of "concealed carry" permits--permits to allow civilians to carry handguns--many of us may be considering obtaining such a permit in order to be able to protect ourselves.

The upside seems plain enough: No more Mr. Nice Guy when threatened by a street thug, and woe to anyone deciding that your television set is just what he needs to complete his room decor. The down side is--well what IS the downside anyway?

This essay addresses that question--a question that has been far too often passed-over unconsciously by pro-gun writers who fear that under the onslaught of anti-gun sentiment, mentioning anything negative about gun ownership is somehow tantamount to giving ammunition to the enemy. But to avoid the issue is merely taking "ammunition" (knowledge) away from those who most need it--the threatened citizen. Read it here .

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Air Rifle Ballistics

Like to know what happens to the pellet of your air rifle once you pull the trigger?  And what happens to the varmint when the pellet strikes?  Check out this informative article  and learn how to decide which caliber air rifle to choose when hunting small game.

FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE

There is a raft of knowledge, know-how and specialized expertise in the world whose very existence goads the establishment to punish, ban, ignore or ridicule it.  This "forbidden knowledge" is not a collection of screw-ball claims of homeopathy, ESP, alien abduction or the lost inventions of Nikola Tesla, but strangely unpopular ideas and inconvenient facts. This is a listing of such claims and facts, accumulated over the years. Readers are invited to send their own claims to thosholzel@aol.com for inclusion in this on-going listing. But no patent nonsense will be printed (except my own).

 

SETI?

"... I cannot see why the discovery of extraterrestrial life would any longer be such a prodigious deal. Fascinating, certainly, but not miraculous; and certainly not (in Goodwin and Gribbin's words) "arguably ... the most profound discovery in the entire history of human civilization"'. What, more than that of mayonnaise?"

So writes James Hamilton-Paterson in the London Review of Books.

Just what is the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence--science or religion?  Here are three opinions, including a trenchant affirmation of the faith by  H. Paul Shuch, Ph.D., Executive Director The SETI League, Inc.

Click SETI for a 3-way debate.  

Boston Back Bay Photo Gallery  

 

Glorious images of the greatest city in the world. 

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