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# Trading Superhighways For Superstitions. (U-WIRE) TOWSON, Md. - Researcher
Roland Chattaway doesn't believe in trolls. But when he studies folklore
in Iceland this year, he may be in the minority. Trolls, who according to
legend inhabit the rocks hills of Iceland, still wield a considerable
influence on the North Atlantic island, so much so that construction
projects have often been canceled so the mythic creatures would not
be disturbed. http://news.excite.com/news/uw/990902/odd-149
: Do you avoid disturbing supernatural entities? Do you build roads around
sacred/cursed sites? Have you ever been attacked by trolls? Who prevailed?
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@ A UFO Visits Ohio In 1858 In 'The Ilustrated Silent Friend'. Three years
after the publication of Walt Whitmans Leaves of Grass, a mysterious
miniature book appeared in the bookstalls of New York City. Just large
enough to fit in the palm, and easily hidden in a gentleman's pocket or
a ladys knitting bag, 'The Illustrated Silent Friend,' by William Earl,
M.D., of 12 White Street, offered an extraordinary variety of arcane
information. http://www.sightings.com/ufo3/visits.htm
: Have you been visited by aliens? Were/are they silent? Have you any silent
friends? What planets are they from? Have you visited their homes? Have fun?
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# Only NSA can listen, so that's OK - Export version of Lotus Notes provides
trapdoor for NSA. Giant US software manufacturer Lotus has been lowering
the profile of information about how they have installed an NSA-only trap-
door into e-mail and conference systems used by many European governments,
including the German Ministry of Defence, the French Ministry of Education
and Research and the Ministry of Education in Latvia. Spying on friends
for fun & profit: http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/2898/1.html
: What agencies would you like to have spying on your sovereign govt? Do you
mind that US agents surveill you? Should everybody spy on everybody else??
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# Gadhafi develops high-tech car. TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) Wondering what Libya's
Moammar Gadhafi was up to during all those years of sanctions? He was busy
inventing the world's safest car, called "the rocket," one that would make
James Bond green with envy over its high-tech features. Gadhafi's "Saroukh
el-Jamahiriya" or Libya's rocket is meant to highlight the Libyan leader's
concern for humanity and human life. "The invention of the safest car in
the world is proof that the Libyan revolution is built on the happiness of
man." See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561045779-123
: What is the basis of your revolution? Have you designed any safe devices?
Did aliens help you? Have you renounced terrorism? Are you bombed? Where??
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@ Mafiocracy. The shadowy character of organized crime has already shifted
into a phase that might be unrecognizable to a society saturated with
sensational ethnic stereotypes and romances about gangsters and mafiosi.
The new global world economy & the technology that serves as its vehicle
provide previously unimaginable opportunites for fraud, money laundering,
and other forms of wrongdoing. As political realities change, those
seeking to profit from power have also adjusted their methods.
http://www.disinfo.com/disinfo?p=folder&title=Mafiocracy
: Are you a member of a criminal organization? Is your group governmental,
private, religious, alien? How much power & wealth have you accumulated??
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SkeptiBriefs:
# Run Away! Deadly Potatoes! OSLO (Reuters) Police have confiscated a
potentially lethal home-made cannon capable of firing potatoes up to
50 yards. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990907/10/odd-potato
# Nutritionist Backs Flatulence For Health. WELLINGTON (Reuters) It may
not be socially acceptable, but passing gas is good for your health,
according to Australian corporate nutrition consultant Matt O'Neill.
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990907/10/odd-life-flatulence
# Academics Down Scalpels To Demand More Corpses. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras
(Reuters) Anatomy professors at the medical school at Honduras's main
university said Sunday they were on strike to demand administrators
supply them with more cadavers from hospitals and morgues. Basta ya!
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990907/10/odd-honduras-cadavers
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SkeptiLinks:
# REPTILIOID 'CANDID CAMERA' FOUNDER DEAD - 'One of the inventors of
reality television': http://cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9909/06/obit.funt/
@ Area 51 Random Link. Visit a random alien, Area 51, or UFO link,
read about Area 51 roadtrips, and see pictures of the area.
http://www.nauticom.net/users/ata/random.html
# VIACOM, CBS MAY MERGE: http://cnnfn.com/1999/09/07/bizbuzz/wires/cbs_wg/
# Treatment for hyper cats: http://news.excite.com/news/uw/990903/odd-234
# PALESTINIAN CABINET RATIFIES MIDEAST PEACE DEAL - Weekend bombings fail
to scuttle accord: http://cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9909/06/mideast.02/
# YELTSIN BLAMES "INSIDIOUS FOREIGN SORCERORS" FOR DAGESTAN REVERSES:
http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9909/07/russia.dagestan.01.reut/index.html
@ International Policy Institue for CounterTerrorism: http://www.ict.org.il/
@ FBI: Terrorism in the U.S.: http://www.fbi.gov/publish/terror/terroris.htm
@ US State Dept: Counterterrorism: http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism
@ USIA: Countering Terrorism: http://www.usia.gov/topical/pol/terror/
@ Terrorism Research Center: http://www.terrorism.com/
# Kinetic Energy Anti-Satellite Weapons (KE ASAT):
http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/asat/.htm
$ Cosmic Trigger: Final Secret of the Illuminati:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1561840033/thedanclorenecro
$ The Sirius Mystery: New Scientific Evidence of Alien Contact 5,000 Years
Ago: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/089281750X/thedanclorenecro
# Powerful New Weapons And Technologies Of Human And Political Control:
http://www.sightings.com/political/weapons/powerfulwep.htm
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