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1 posted on 10/25/2010 5:12:41 AM PDT by Palter
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To: SunkenCiv

STD, not about Clinton ping.


2 posted on 10/25/2010 5:13:29 AM PDT by Palter (If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it. ~ Mark Twain)
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To: Palter

I believe mexico has been determeind as the birthplace of sypillas.


3 posted on 10/25/2010 5:15:03 AM PDT by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: Palter

Anybody who dates skeletons deserves to get syph, IMHO.


4 posted on 10/25/2010 5:47:35 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: Palter


The question of whether Christopher Columbus and his crew were responsible
for bringing syphilis to Europe from the Americas appears to have been
answered by the discovery of a collection of knobbly skeletons in
a London cemetery.

IIRC, The PBS series “Secrets of The Dead” mentioned these skeletons in
England...as well as similarly suspected skeletons in Greece (from
classical times?)
as showing that syphilis was in Europe/England well before Columbus
“sailed the ocean blue”.

(PS: I’m not a doctor nor do I play on on TV!!!)


6 posted on 10/25/2010 6:48:38 AM PDT by VOA
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To: Palter

You just watch, they’re going to try to blame this on the Vikings.


8 posted on 10/25/2010 7:02:05 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Dude, your I-pod isn't a karaoke machine.)
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To: Palter
This article is from 1997....

Origins of Syphilis

Syphilis, it seems, developed in the New World from yaws, perhaps 1,600 years ago, and was waiting for Columbus and his crew.

15 posted on 10/25/2010 4:08:15 PM PDT by mewzilla (Still voteless in NY-29. Over 400 roll call votes missed and counting...)
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To: Palter

Not to worry, they’ll find some other disease to blame him for.


18 posted on 10/26/2010 1:42:09 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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