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@ STOP PLAYIN!!!
http://click.mp3.com/ct/c_acas/n_YMGpH/u_www/artists/37/tre9.html
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# Murder trial opens for sex-fetish M.D. SAN DIEGO (AP) A former doctor
is on trial for murder in the death of an elderly man who paid $10,000
to get a healthy leg amputated merely to satisfy a sexual fetish. The
doc lost his medical license in 1977 after 3 patients nearly died from
sex-change operations he performed in places such as a garage and a
hotel. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561381574-cf5
: Where would you most like to be rendered transgendered? Do you have any
sexual fetishes that require major body-parts rearrangements? Is surgery
between consenting adults OK? Have you changed your own or anyone else's
sex lately? What's your favorite sex? How many genders have you tried out?
# Family therapy 'helps sex offenders'. Teenage sex offenders could be
stopped from reoffending if their families were more involved in their
treatment: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_460000/460022.stm
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# BANNED BOOKS WEEK SPOTLIGHTS BATTLE OVER CENSORSHIP. As Banned Book Week
gets into full swing, Judith Krug says she isn't surprised that people
still try to ban books from library shelves. But sometimes she is amused
by certain attempts. "We've had complaints about THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK"
she says, "because it was, and I quote, 'a real downer.' Well yeah, I
guess the Holocaust was a real downer." Festival theme: 'Free People
Read Freely': http://cnn.com/books/news/9909/27/banned.books/index.html
: Have you read any banned books lately? Did you ban/burn any books lately?
Which books burn best? Is reality a downer? Would you rather not read about
reality? What's your favorite fantasy? Should everyone accept your fantasy?
# Tax Resister Beats IRS - US income tax is voluntary only:
http://www-douzzer.ai.mit.edu:8080/revolution/commerce/taxes/long.html
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# Cult members busted in Japan. TOKYO (AP) Police raided a facility run by
the Japanese doomsday cult AUM & arrested two key officials for allegedly
confining a female member. About 200 police officers raided the facility.
There were about 20 cult followers inside and they were being questioned
over their treatment by the cult. The cult has been regrouping & expanding
its membership even though its guru, Shoko Asahara, has been charged with
masterminding the March 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway that
killed 12 people and sickened thousands. Govt agencies infiltrated -
see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561385305-d15
: Does your belief system promote the involuntary confinement of members? Is
confining people fun? Who would you most like to confine? Have you confined
anyone lately? Is your doomsday cult regrouping, expanding, evolving, huge?
# Soy sauce can cut cholesterol. (BBC) Certain types of soy sauce have been
shown to greatly reduce the levels of harmful cholesterol. Others haven't.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_460000/460150.stm
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# UFO Carjacking in Buenos Aires. (WWN) UFOs are reportedly becoming even
bolder in their relentless kidnapping activities, and are now no longer
content to snatch human beings one at a time from their beds -- they're
stealing entire cars full of people. A helmet-shaped UFO grabbed an auto
out of mid-morning Buenos Aires traffic August 6, literally levitating
the vehicle into its otherworldly depths with a "blue beam of light"
focused on the car. After stealing the car, the object sped away from
the scene. http://www.space.com:80/area51/tab_carjacking_990928.html
: Are you an ET? Have you committed many carjackings lately? Do you target
any specific types of car? Do you prefer BMWs, VWs, Fords, Fiats, SAABs??
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# St. Peter's facade multi-colored. VATICAN CITY (AP) - After undergoing its
most thorough scrubbing in centuries, St. Peter's Basilica has revealed a
surprise: a many-colored facade. "St. Peter's is back to its ancient sple-
ndor," the Vatican proclaimed after a 30-month, $5 million restoration,
courtesy of Italy's state energy company, ENI. Others wonder. Since the
scaffolding came down earlier this month, some commentators have bitched
about the Technicolor. "The solemn unity of the original facade has dis-
appeared," architectural historian Carlo Bertelli wrote recently, accusing
restorers of giving St. Peter's a makeover to render it more telegenic.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561376772-996
: Have you cleaned-up and colorized your holy sites lately? Does it make for
boffo box-office? Does anyone complain? Are they damned? Does anyone notice?
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SkeptiLinks:
@ Earth Alert: http://www.discovery.com/news/earthalert/earthalert.html
@ Echelon-a-Rama: http://www.wodip.opole.pl/~laslo/Echelon-links.html
@ SW Volcano Research Centre: http://goodnet.com/~ej76707/cerupt.htm
@ A Citizen's Guide to Jury Duty: http://www.deoxy.org/juryrite.htm
$ Emergency & Food Supplies: http://cyberstage.net/survival.html
# Update: Study says U.S. students can't write well, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561378440-7b7
# Also: Writing test results by state, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561378463-9e4
# And: Sample questions from writing test, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561378502-d8b
@ Triangular UFO: http://members.aol.com/ufoseek/tampaufo.avi
@ Natural living methods: http://www.terraworld.net/wahshashi
@ The International Lyrics Server: http://www.lyrics.ch/
@ The Gallery of the Absurd: http://absurdgallery.com/
# Davidians offer hypotheses on fire - blame military tear gas:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561386208-fb4
# Blowing your nose is bad for you - could be making the condition worse:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_446000/446054.stm
@ For women - danger in feminine products?
http://bodymatters.com/questions/questions4.html
@ Paleoclimate data concerning the flood.
http://www.stanford.edu/~meehan/donnelly/paleo2.html
@ Pole shift links: http://sites.netscape.net/gsussnzl/links
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