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# Online sex carries health risk - Many surfers admitted to visiting sex
sites. (BBC) Too much time spent surfing Internet sex sites can damage your
mental health. A study found that individuals who spend 11 hours or more a
week visiting such sites are more prone to psychological difficulties such
as sexual compulsivity. Not to mention carpal-tunnel syndrome, neckache,
etc - http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_305000/305106.stm
@ Internet Index - Net statistics: www.openmarket.com/intindex/index.cfm
: Do you get much or most of your sex online? Is it clean? Is it fun? Do the
aliens monitoring your implant enjoy it too? Do CIA mind-control rays cause
net.impotence? Are the NSA agents monitoring your net.sex all perverts? Why?
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# Karaoke singing monk faces the music in Cambodia. PHNOM PENH (Reuters) A
Cambodian monk was expelled after he was caught sneaking out of his temple
at night to indulge his secret passion-- karaoke singing. By day Kung Bunch-
hoeun, 22, wore the simple orange robes of a monk but at night he would don
ordinary garb and slip out of his Phnom Penh temple to croon in karaoke
bars. http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2825902
# ON THE TRAIL OF A BRONZE BUDDHA IN NEPAL. Mention that your itinerary
includes the Katmandu Valley, and someone will likely put in a shopping
request. "Bring back one of those beautiful copper Buddhas," my friend
said. "Try and get an original." And so the quest began... see
http://CNN.com/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9902/nepal.bronze.lat/index.html
: Does your spiritual guide haunt karaoke bars? Is your spirit quest for tin
or bronze or gold or plutonium? Does your spirit quest lead to karaoke bars?
Would you prefer your spiritual leaders sing karaoke, embezzle, molest kids?
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# FINALLY - JUDGES CAN BAR 'JUNK SCIENCE' TESTIMONY. Finally, non-scientific
'expert witnesses' will be held to the same tough standards that scientific
experts must meet in court cases. Maybe this will stem the tide of "junk
science" that has influenced many environmental cases and product liability
suits. http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=10916
: Is junk science better than no science at all? Are junk religions, junk
politics, junk thoughts, junk arts, better than none at all? Do you care?
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# School board members quarrel over 'black magic'. BROWNSVILLE, PA (AP) A
Pennsylvania school board is having some black magic moments. It started
when board member Peggy Gursky brought a black candle to a meeting of the
school board. She says she wanted to ward off what she calls "negative
vibes." http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=2928108
: Do you ward off vibes of any sort with burning materials? What works best?
Should black candles be burnt at all public/political/legislative meetings?
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# MORNING COFFEE COULD LEAD TO STRESS ALL DAY. Unfortunately for those of us
who love coffee, researchers find that drinking 4 or 5 cups of coffee a day
can raise your blood pressure a little - and your stress level a lot. They
even find that test subjects reported feeling anxiety and stress well into
evening. It reminds us how powerful this drug, caffeine - my drug of choice
- can be. www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=10719
: Would you rather be stressed-out by stimulants, financial problems, sexual
anxiety, political concerns, fears of alien abduction, or existential angst?
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# Peruvians wallow in 'miraculous' mud allegedly touched by aliens. CHILCA,
Peru (AP) A lot of ailing Peruvians are turning up in Chilca, a dusty desert
town on the Pacific coast 40 miles southeast of Lima. They come to wallow in
the mud of three small ponds thought to have healing powers. But there's a
twist to these mud baths -- locals claim their purported miraculous powers
are brought by alien space ships. E.T., HeaL Me: see
http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=3475921
# Nature's body-boosters. Herbal supplements are being lauded as the new
fix-it for problems like PMS, fatigue, poor concentration and lazy immune
systems. Here's a run-down on popular alternative treatments. Avoid feeling
run-down: http://fashion.iafrica.com/beauty/index.htm?src_id=tmp0313
: Would you like to wallow in alien poop? Would it improve your complexion?
Has all hot mud been 'processed' by aliens, deities, demons, earth.spirits?
Are herbal supplements better than proper nutrition, exercise, exorcisms?
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SkeptiLinks:
# Iraq Bribed Russian Prime Minister Primakov For Nuclear Weapons:
http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990329/00/news-iraq-russia-report
@ Hitler: A Psychological Profile. OSS Study:
http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/documents/osstitle.htm
@ THE BLACK VAULT: Secret gov't docs: http://www.blackvault.com
@ Address Directory for the Politicians of the World: monarchs,
presidents, prime ministers, provincial governors from 194
countries. http://www.trytel.com/~aberdeen/
# Experts warn of new computer virus
http://usatoday.com/news/ndssun04.htm
# Feds issue warning as virus spreads
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2233130,00.html
@ The best Net hoaxes: http://www.cnet.com/Digdispatch/dispatch231.html
# More Net hoaxes: www.cnet.com/cdoor/0,238,1011,00.html?dd.cn.txt.0218.03
@ Junkbusters - Anti Spam and Junkmail: http://www.junkbusters.com
@ Create your very own online surveys:
http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/survey-netscape.htm
@ The Mozart Effect: http://www.howtolearn.com/Mozart.html
@ The Dancing Alien: http://www.iufomrc.com/rocknrlf.htm
# Alternative Medicine: http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/REPORTS/MEDICINE/
@ Living with alternative medicine: www.hcrc.org/contrib/giglio/civwar.html
@ The Oregon Vortex web site http://www.oregonvortex.com/main_inde.html and
http://www.ackerman.canby.k12.or.us/AMS/AWOL/Soregon/vortex.htm
@ THE MIRACLE MONGERS - Harry Houdini on fakery by mediums:
ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/etext/gutenberg/etext96/mmong10.zip
@ The Alabama Preface - Richard Dawkins on creationist drivel:
http://www.spacelab.net/~catalj/alabama/alabama.htm
@ The Uri Geller Testimonial page!
http://www.vvm.com/~dpressne/cgi-bin/bbs_forum.cgi?forum=uri
# New Math and the Dogon tribe of West Africa:
http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/WWWfeatdisplay.cgi?1998092409R
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