[Newspoetry] Cooking with the Heat

[Mike Lehman]

In the old days, the Catholic Church had a saint who was noted to have
cried out, while being tortured by being roasted alive over a fire,
"Turn me over-I'm done on this side!"

The cops of the New World Order have a different, "more humane" way of
torturing their victims.

Mike

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July 3, 2000



=== Pepper Spray ===

Pepper spray is derived from cayenne peppers. It is food-grade, pure
enough to be used in salsa. The sprat used in Seattle is the strongest
available, containing 10 percent to 15 percent Oleoresin Capiscum, with
a
1.5 to 2.0 million Scoville unit heat rating. One to three Scoville
units
are when your tongue can first detect hotness. (The jalapeno pepper is
rated between 2500 to 5000 Scoville units. The habanero, usually
considered the hottest pepper in the world, is rated around 300,000
Scoville units.)

--From "Globalize This: The Battle Against the World Trade Organization
and Corporate Rule," edited by Kevin Danaher and Roger Burbach.
www.commoncouragepress.com/danaher_globalize.html