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> VIOLENCE JOINS LIST OF TOBACCO'S HEALTH HAZARDS. Men whose mothers smoke
often during pregnancy may be more prone to violent and criminal behavior
than the adult sons of women who abstain from tobacco. Links adult criminal
behavior to maternal smoking - third trimester key - see:
http://cnn.com/HEALTH/9903/14/smoking.mothers/index.html
: Did your mother smoke? Are you violent? Are you violent because your mom
smoked; because of your alien implant; because you're a jerk; all of these?
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# Electric shock therapy 'not up to scratch'. (BBC) Many doctors are not
properly trained to administer electric shock therapy for depression, and
some have to rely on out of date equipment. Hogtied, fried, nearly died -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_295000/295597.stm
# Also: Electric theories on acupuncture
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_263000/263387.stm
# Electric shock patients demand rights
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_115000/115963.stm
@ Links: Depression links: http://www.execpc.com/~corbeau/
@ The dangers of electro-shock: http://www.stewards.net/ect/
@ Royal College of Psychiatrists: http://www.ex.ac.uk/dmh/rcp.htm
: Would you rather be electroshocked, get an alien implant, or be bitten by
a rabid opossum? Have you ever been electroshocked? Did it do any good? How?
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> INDONESIAN POLICE ARREST 20 AFTER AMBON CLASHES. Police arrested 20 people
at Ambon's port as they arrived by boat from nearby islands with weapons,
including arrows, daggers and sickles. On Sunday, relative calm returned to
the ravaged island. Makeshift markets reopened in both Christian and Muslim
neighborhoods. http://cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9903/14/indonesia.ambon.01/
: Does your religion prescribe weaponry to be used against unbelievers,
infidels, heathens, apostates, i.e. the opposition? What's your favorite?
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# Millennium bug busted. Millennium bug experts say a global catastrophe on
1 January 2000 now seems unlikely. Hope for the best, plan for the worst -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_296000/296713.stm
@ Links: UK Action 2000: http://www.bug2000.co.uk/
@ Millennium Bug information: www.bbc.co.uk/education/cdb/bug/index.shtml
@ Year 2000 Information Centre: http://www.year2000.com/
: Can we stop worrying now? Have you stopped worrying yet? Is Armageddon
thwarted, postponed, inevitable, desirable? Will the 2039 Unix bug bite?
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> PARENTS HESITANT TOWARD DNA IDENTITY PLAN. The Florida Department of Law
Enforcement wants to give parents a way to prove their children's identity
for a lifetime. But many parents want nothing to do with the program to use
blood samples to identify their children's DNA. And no state has adopted the
program, although the cost is less than $1.50 per child.
http://cnn.com/US/9903/14/dna.privacy/index.html
: Should everyone's DNA be recorded? By who? Has your DNA already been taken
by ETs, the CIA, MicroSoft, the Illuminati? What do they do with it? Why?
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# Rocking towards Armageddon. (BBC) The "doomsday" cult accused of a nerve
gas attack in the Tokyo underground has found a new way to win young suppor-
ters - staging a rock concert in Tokyo. The Perfect Emancipation Concert
featured members of the Aum Shinri Kyo cult singing songs composed by their
spiritual leader Shoko Asahara, who is in jail pending trial for the sarin
gas attack in which 12 people died and more than 5,000 were injured.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_296000/296683.stm
@ Links: Japanese Police: http://www.npa.go.jp/
@ Aum Shrini Kyo music page: www.aum-shinrikyo.com/english/music/music.htm
@ Aum Shrini Kyo homepage: http://www.aum-shinrikyo.com/english/index.htm
@ American Family Foundation: Aum information:
http://www.csj.org/infoserv_groups/grp_eastern/grp_aum/grouptopic_aum.htm
@ Aum chronology: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/news4-96/chrono4-24.html
: Should all doomsday cults stage pop concerts? Would that make you want to
join? What music is best to accompany murder/suicide/genocide? Is it snappy?
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> TALIBAN TO SHARE POWER WITH OPPOSITION. Afghanistan's fundamentalist Mus-
lim rulers agreed in principle to share power, bringing hope of peace to the
country after more than two decades of civil war. The U.N.-sponsored agree-
ment, signed in Turkmenistan, calls for a shared executive, legislature and
judiciary in Afghanistan, as well as for an exchange of prisoners between
the rival factions. But key details remain to be worked out, including how
to implement the agreement. Leaders foresee cease-fire in Afghanistan - see
http://cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9903/14/afghan.02/index.html#1
: Does your religious faction allow compromise with unbelievers, infidels,
heathens, apostates, ie. the opposition? Shouldn't they just be slaughtered?
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SkeptiLinks:
@ US Concentration camps: http://sightings.com/ufo2/campssoca.htm
@ Mind control: http://www.mk.net/~mcf/napa.htm
@ Alien implants? http://www.mk.net/~mcf/
@ Y2K haiku: http://www.y2kculture.com/features/haiku.html
# Nuke mind-control: www.ottawacitizen.com/national/990314/2372227.html
@ Mysteries of the Nile: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/
@ Museum of Unnatural Mystery: http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/unmuseum.htm
@ Tesla, HAARP, and Weather Modification:
http://www.borderlands.com/newstuff/research/HPEMRAD/Eastlund.htm
@ Earth Changes TV: http://www.earthchangesTV.com
@ Free energy: DePalma's n-Machine: http://www.depalma.pair.com/
@ MEDIA AND PROPAGANDA: http://www.scruz.net/~kangaroo/Quotes-media.htm
@ Scientific Basis for Medical marijuana: http://maxpages.com/anandamide
@ Bioethics Vs. the State: http://maxpages.com/bioethics
@ CONTRAIL ANALYSIS: http://www.erols.com/igoddard/contral2.htm
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