Wednesday, 10 September 2025

The Pill Story

 Back in 2002 time-frame, I worked with two Arkansas Nat'l Guard guys....doing 90-day duty in Germany.

It came up one day....we were talking about how naive folks were in  Arkansas, and the two brought the 'pill-story'.

A year or two prior.....some guy spoke of his  secret-duty....working for the CIA (yes, in the middle of Arkansas) and how the agency had a pill that you could swallow....that would take 'readings' of you gut.  It would be transmitted to a CIA  satellite passing over each night.

Two or three local folks were interested in the technology.

The guy mentioned....for about $200....he could procure a 90-day pill for them....from the CIA sales staff.

A couple of folks handed over $200 each, and he provided this extra-large pill (probably a cattle-or-horse vitamin).

They'd call this guy up, and he'd check on his secret laptop.....what the pill noted....giving the folks a description.

This went on for 90 days....when he said the pill was no longer sold (fearing he'd eventually get into sheriff trouble).

I asked if this were  the 'norm' for the state, and both felt five-percent of the folks were that stupid in beliefs.

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