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# Sorcerer Intervenes In Presidential Bid. LA PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) An
Argentine sorcerer has cast a spell to lift a long-standing curse on the
governors of Buenos Aires which, legend has it, stops them from becoming
president of Argentina. The magic aims to help governor Eduardo Duhalde
win the presidency. Hundreds of Duhalde's Peronist partisans from the pro-
vincial capital La Plata gathered around a bonfire after midnight to watch
self-styled "Peronist psychomentalist" Manuel Salazar exorcise the curse.
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990625/07/odd-curse
: Should sorcerers interfere in politics? Should politicians interfere with
sorcery? Is your political system cursed? Are your politicians demonic? Who?
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# China: Superstition May "Endanger Realm". BEIJING (Reuters) Superstition
is popular among Chinese communists and may "endanger the realm" unless
science takes over, the Communist Party newspaper said on Wednesday. "The
major reason behind the rampant superstitious activities in many areas
is quite a lot of Party members are hankering after it." China's atheist
Communist Party regards unorthodox religion, fortune telling, astrology,
cults, blind worship and beliefs that are not justified by science as
superstitious activities. http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=75013
# Marxism Must Replace Cultism: http://insidechina.com/news.php3?id=74363
: Is faith in communism more|less dangerous than faith in fortune telling,
astrology, religion, UFOs/ETs, crop circles, conspiracies, psientology, me?
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# Compulsory games for students. (BBC) A university is offering a degree
course in computer games to satisfy the demands of an expanding market.
The computer dept is taking down notices saying it is forbidden to play
games - and replacing them with signs saying that it will be compulsory.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education/newsid_377000/377341.stm
@ Link: Teesside University: http://www.tees.ac.uk/
@ Games don't kill people - do they? Both bad and good in blowing up pixels.
http://www.salonmagazine.com/tech/feature/1999/06/21/game_violence/
: What games should be compulsory for Chinese communists, fundamentalists,
economists, psychotherapists, aliens? Is life a game? Is life compulsory?
Should you get ROTC credit for designing wargames? Is gaming virtual murder?
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# BEWARE OF 'MIRACLE CURES' THAT 'DETOXIFY AND ENERGIZE'. The National Coun-
cil for Reliable Health Information tells how to spot fraudulent claims
made for health products. Some words to watch for: "magical," "miracle,"
and "secret cure," to name just a few. And nothing "burns" or "melts" fat:
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13605
# HERBAL VIAGRA CLONES A 'NATURAL' WASTE OF MONEY. There are many herbal,
"natural" Viagra clones on the market now. Don't be fooled by the adver-
tising: http://healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13610
# VIAGRA MAY BE HELPFUL FOR WOMEN, TOO. The latest study of women and Viagra
says that maybe it does have some benefit for women's sexual satisfaction.
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13611
: What's your favorite miracle cure? Have you been detoxified, energized or
sexualized by herbs lately? Has your fat melted away? From between y'r ears?
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# Roswell Ready for UFO Invasion - Varied lineup of events planned for out-
of-this-world festival. Like the story of the Roswell Incident, the festi-
val commemorating the event continues to evolve and change. While the pur-
ported crash of 1947 is still the organizing principle behind the event,
this year's festivities will include a much more varied range of events,
some only marginally related to UFO lore, like concerts and puppet shows.
ROSWELL, THE MUSICAL: http://www.abqjournal.com/venue/family/1fam06-25.htm
: Is the Roswell UFO Encounter festival a cover for CIA mind-control experi-
ments? Will the attendees all be abducted and implanted? Are you going? Why?
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SkeptiLinks:
@ SPECIAL REPORT: A CURE FOR CANCER? Our best hope for curing the disease:
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13566
# SURFING NET FOR HEALTH INFO? START WITH A DOSE OF SKEPTICISM:
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13604
@ Aspartame tests on infants, fetuses:
http://www.medscape.com/misc/FormToxlineInfLive.html
# If the Sun is exceptional, alien life may be hard to find:
http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/ns-its062399.html
# Investigation Finds Design Errors Caused WIRE Spacecraft Failure:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/reports/1999/wire_summary.pdf
# Oldest deep sea shipwrecks ever found discovered off Israel:
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9906/23/AM-Israel-AncientMariner.ap/
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_06_24&item=#930230220
# More about ancient factory for Temple vessels discovered under Jerusalem:
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_06_24&item=#930289710
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_06_23&item=#930186089
# FEAR OF SHRINKING PENISES AND OTHER FORMS OF MASS HYSTERIA:
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13657
# IN EUROPE, PANIC GOES BETTER WITH COCA-COLA:
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13656
# THE MIND CAN HEAL - AND ALSO SICKEN - Gulf War Syndrome as hysteria:
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13659
@ Ramsey Clark, the war criminal's best friend - defends anti-imperialist
"heroes": http://www.salonmagazine.com/news/feature/1999/06/21/clark/
# Anglican bishop hopes to set up 'United Religions' Org. - like U.N.:
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_06_24&item=#930257795
# Presbyterian Church OKs gays and lesbians becoming ministers:
http://www.salonmagazine.com/news/wire/1999/06/23/gays/index.html
# 1,000 Christian leaders in Israel for Millennium confab - smell 'awful':
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_06_23&item=#930169209
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