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# 'Crush Videos' Decried! (UPI) Micro-actor Mickey Rooney joined politics &
animal activists to decry what are being called "crush videos," a type of
pornography in which women wearing boots or open toed shoes crush small
animals and insects beneath their feet. At a news conference today, Rooney
displayed photos showing women in stiletto high heels squashing a mouse,
rabbit and what appeared to be a guinea pig or hamster. "It's deplorable,"
Rooney squeaked. Then a tall woman wearing a black sheath dress and combat
boots squished him. http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=105842
: Do you like to squish things? Would you like to be squished? Do the voices
in your head insist? Did you ever squish an alien? Was it really an alien??
What's the difference between squishing & squashing? Can you only squi(a)sh
something *really* small if you're wearing stiletto heels? Is impaling okay?
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@ TRUTH ABOUT UFOs. On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 20:39:22 GMT, in alt.paranet.ufo
Sheppard Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
1. I am ALWAYS right. 2. UFOs are mis-identified objects from Earth,
nothing unusual. 3. There are no conspiracies, only idiots who believe
in them. 4. Roswell didn't happen. 5. This newsgroup is a waste of time.
6. True believers also enjoy professional wrestling (and think its real).
7. The Tooth Fairy and Santa Clause are also frauds. 8. Booze and Drugs
play an important part in being a believer. 9. UFO stories are like
assholes, every believer has one. 10. If in doubt, refer to number 1.
: Do you know The Truth? If so, would you tell anyone? Would we believe you?
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# Reform leader stated Western Wall is not holy. According to Rabbi Yehoram
Maoz, a leading figure in the Reform Movement, the Western Wall in the Old
City of Jerusalem is not holy and therefore, he would not chose the site
for religious events. In response, Rabbi Uri Regev of the Center for Pro-
gressive Judaism stated that abandoning the wall would be a mistake and
interpreted as conceding defeat to "ultra-Orthodox thugs." Ultra-Orthodox
gloat: http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_08_24&item=#935518727
: Do members of your belief subsystem and competing subsystems battle over
holy sites? Have you desecrated any holy sites lately? Did any deity notice?
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# School Board Reverses Decision on Star of David. (AP) A school board has
overturned its controversial decision that prevented a Jewish student from
wearing a Star of David necklace to school. The Harrison County (Miss.)
School Board voted unanimously to exempt religious symbols from its policy
prohibiting students from wearing anything that could be viewed as a gang
symbol. http://www.cnn.com/US/9908/24/miss.star.of.david.ap/
: Are your religious icons actually gang symbols? Is your religion a gang?
Is your gang religious? Do Reptoids back you up with firepower, explosives?
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# Israel's queen bees shipped to Arab world. Israel recently exported 1000
queen bees, which produce honey on a much larger scale than ordinary bees,
to Arab countries including Jordan, Lebanon, and several others, including
some with which Israel has no trade relations. With the success of this
unique type of export, a second shipment, containing hundreds of queen
bees and ordinary bees, will be made in upcoming months to neighboring
countries. http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_08_24&item=#935518561
: Would you genetically-modify agricultural products to infiltrate into your
adversaries? How subtle are your biowar techniques, strategies, campaigns??
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# Web is 'shrinking'. (BBC) The World Wide Web, widely thought of as an
endless cornucopia of choice, appears to be shrinking. I'm mel-l-l-ting...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_428000/428999.stm
# Also: Football is big Net draw (that's 'Soccer' to Yankees):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_422000/422140.stm
# Internet is 'under-hyped' (which is a big surprise to us):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_369000/369835.stm
: How small can the WWWeb shrink before it disappears completely? Is the Web
disappearing into a black hole? Is it being abducted by aliens? Is it sick?
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@ DISCUSSIONS REGARDING KOSOVO, ALBANIA, TREATIES, WAR, SERBS, KLA. The war
in Kosovo gave many folks a chance to voice their ideologies. The expected
condemnation of raping and killing women and children appears, though the
more interesting conversations are those that span the world with points
of view from Europeans close to the situation: news:alt.beograd
: Have you an opinion? Have you a conspiracy? Have you oxen to gore, axen to
grind? Have you apologias, rationales, suspicions, certainties, ET implants?
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SkeptiLinks:
# Ex-agent says pyro device fired at Waco compound - Justice Dept denies
item used: http://dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/0824tsw1teargas.htm
# NOT-SO-VIRTUAL VIRUS - An outbreak of syphilis cases is traced back to
a single Internet chat room - new meaning for term "computer virus":
http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/21397.html
@ Transfer Capacitor - Alien Tech? http://accpc.com/roswell.htm
@ Reality is whatever bites your ass * http://i.am/nutz
@ THE WOMAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH. A Very Private Woman: The Life and
Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer - review:
http://www.apbnews.com/missing/mediapatrol/1998/12/02/meyer.html
@ Secret Nazi bases at the South Pole? See
http://www.thule.org/secret.html and http://www.thule.org/alt3.html
# ET and the eclipse - Classic 1954 report from the BBC archives:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_392000/392451.stm see:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/385000/video/_386320_flyingsaucers54_vi.ram
@ SEARCHING FOR THE SOUL - The ageless quest for simplicity, solace,
guidance & goodness: http://pathfinder.com/Life/essay/soul/soul01.html
@ THE MYSTERY OF MARY - Two thousand years after the Nativity, the
mother of Jesus is more beloved, powerful and controversial than
ever: http://www.pathfinder.com/Life/essay/mary/index.html
@ STAR STRUCK! Why do so many Americans--almost half--believe in the stars?
Our writer explores the world of astrology and brings back some unexpected
answers: http://www.pathfinder.com/Life/essay/astrology/index.html
@ A LIGHT IN THE DESERT - The monks of the Monastery of Christ in the
Desert: http://www.pathfinder.com/Life/monks/monastery.html
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