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# PLUTONIUM-POWERED SPACECRAFT TO ZOOM BY EARTH ON WAY TO SATURN. A 2-story,
$3.4 billion spacecraft loaded with of deadly plutonium will zoom within
725 miles of Earth this week to gain momentum for the final leg of its
meandering, seven-year voyage to Saturn. Cassini's return, two years after
NASA launched the largest and most expensive unmanned spacecraft ever,
poses virtually no risk, mission officials say. Closest point over South
Pacific: http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9908/15/cassini.spacecraft.01.ap/
: Will Cassini bash into Earth, spreading a biosphere-killing load of Pu238?
Is http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/rtg/power.htm all a lie? Are you ready to
die? Is it The End? Is your will made out? Did you bother with a will? Why?
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# Fans Celebrate Elvis Week. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) In Memphis some locals
call it "Dead Elvis Week," and it was in full swing once again as zillions
of Elvis Presley fans poured into town to mark the 22nd anniversary of the
rock and roll king's death. Presley was found dead Aug.16 1977 at Grace-
land, the white-columned southern mansion that is the focal point for the
celebration. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990815/00/news-people-elvis
: Is Elvis really dead? Or was he abducted by Grays, imprisoned by fascists,
elevated to a higher dimension, morphed into a salamander, or lost in space?
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# LIFE IS DUCKY WHEN MRS. MALLARD CHOOSES HER MATE. Offspring do better
when the female is allowed to choose her mate - in the mallard duck
family, anyway. But it makes sense, doesn't it? Or does it?
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=14239
# WOMEN CLUELESS ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL AGGRESSION. According to this new study,
women engage in aggressive sexual behaviors that are usually associated
with men - but when asked about it, they don't own up to it. Why bother?
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=14242
: Are choice & aggression two sides of the same coin? Are you an aggressive
female mallard? Who do you choose? Are you candid about your behavior? Why?
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# China Blasts US Over Dalai Lama Visit. BEIJING (Reuters) China accused the
United States of meddling in its internal affairs after a State Dept wonk
met the Dalai Lama in New York, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader. Played
poker: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990814/06/international-china-tibet
: Whose internal affairs would you most like to meddle with? Who's your fave
spiritual leader? Do you bankroll any spiritual leaders? Are spiritual lead-
ers useful propaganda purveyors? Are they controlled by humans, Reptilioids,
deities, demons, robots? Are spiritual leaders honest? Do they stay bought?
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# Psychiatrist Legally Amasses Huge Gun Arsenal. (Reuters) - A Philadelphia
psychiatrist, reportedly legally blind, legally amassed an arsenal of 287
assault rifles, shotguns & pistols plus 50,000 rounds of ammo, valued at
$300,000. Cops seized the firepower from Dr. John Ingui's two apartments
in an upscale city high-rise but later declared the collection to be quite
legal. Among the collection the psychiatrist is now expected to get back
are 61 assault rifles, including 29 AK-47s, and 150 semiautomatic pistols,
including a number of powerful Desert Eagle handguns. Just hunting mice
and pigeons: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990814/10/news-guns-arsenal
: Should all blind psychiatrists be well-armed? Do pshrinks need protection
from disgruntled patients? How many AK-47s do you need? Are you prudent???
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# RESEARCHER BUILDS INEXPENSIVE, ASPIRIN-SIZE INTERNET COMPUTER. The latest
from the cyberworld: an aspirin-size computer that, embedded in household
appliances, could let people on the road or at the office use the Net to
cool their homes, heat coffee & tape TV shows. Thought to be the smallest
such computer ever built, the inexpensive device could help usher in a
new generation of connected home appliances, from VCRs to coffee makers to
small cameras, controlled over the Internet from almost anywhere. Costs
just 49 cents: http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/14/tiny.computer.ap/
: What appliances would you like to control? What appliances would like to
control you? When will everything be enmeshed in a huge seamless web? Why?
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# Shootings Latest In Crimes Tied To Separatists. SEATTLE (Reuters) The Los
Angeles shootings that left one person dead & five wounded were the latest
in a string of racist attacks tied to a movement that dreams of creating a
whites-only nation of 5 Western states. Buford Furrow was a card-carrying
member of the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations. On at least one occasion, Furrow
served as a security guard at the Aryan Nations' headquarters in Hayden
Lake ID. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990814/08/news-crime-jewishcenter
: Is violence a stupid way to start a nation? Isn't it smarter to buy your
sovereignty? Are violent separatists dupes/tools of powerful interests??
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@ Nine Reasons We Should Not Be Afraid. 1. God is in control. 2. Fear is not
from God. 3. We don't know how soon these things will happen. 4. We won't
be here during the Tribulation. 5. Even if we were here, God will care for
us. 6. Whatever we are looking forward to is not as wonderful as what we
will experience with the Lord. 7. Use of high-tech tools & methods is not
intrinsically evil. 8. This is a great time to be alive. 9. Prophecy has a
purifying effect on our lives. http://bible-prophecy.com/ninereasons.htm
: Are you fearful, confident, hopeful, lustful, controlled, bored? Do you
feel intrinsically evil? Do your deities take care of you? What, me worry?
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# 50 Hindu pilgrims killed in bus mishap. NEW DELHI (UPI) A bus carrying
Hindu pilgrims plunged into a ditch in eastern India, killing at least 50
people. http://news.excite.com/news/u/990814/11/international-accident
: Do worthy deities allow their followers to be killed? Do deities thrive on
the violently-extinguished life-forces of their worshippers? If your deities
wanted you dead, would you switch your support to other deities? Why bother?
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She wallowed in splendor, her wondrous white-wide wholeness frolicking
with the foam; as she smiled, a salt-bleached booted bone punctuated like
a toothpick the purity of her pearlescent dentis; and as her buxom flukes
saluted the sea, she winked her wave-washed eye and blubbered, "Call me,
Ishmael." --Virginia H. Vick ** http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/99win.htm
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