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@ Guys are weird: http://www.georgekranz.com/home/cum.htm
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# Is Clinton arranging an Alien Attack? WASHINGTON (AP) GOPs pushed the last
& biggest spending bill of the year thru the House, the latest step in a
political dance that will lead to a veto by Pres. Clinton and then budget
talks. "If we were being attacked by Space Aliens we wouldn't be playing
these kinds of games," Clinton told educators visiting Washington.
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/10/28/congress.spending.ap/
: When will the alien invasion occur? Is it timed to help Gore's election?
Have aliens made many political campaign contributions to Clinton & Gore?
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# Mighty Mo Strikes the First Blow - with Missouri UFO Ballot Initiative.
(PNN) Citizens of the "Show Me" State now have a historic opportunity to
echo a nationally formulated statement about UFO reality -- at the ballot
box. "As one of the nation's 16 'direct initiative' states, Missouri
stands as the first-ever such state to offer its registered voters a
chance to enact into state law an official proclamation declaring 2000
as the Year of UFO Awareness;" see http://caus.org/pn111099.htm
: Are you aware of UFOs? Are UFOs aware of you? Is it official? Is is legal?
Do UFOs pay any attention to earthly laws? Do you? Why? Do ETs need visas?
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# Iran to Allow Organ Transplants From the Brain-Dead. TEHRAN (Reuters) The
Iranian parliament has legalized organ transplants from brain-dead donors
to meet a chronic shortage of organ donors. The law faced little opposi-
tion in the assembly after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and top
clerics issued fatwas, or religious rulings, authorizing the practice.
http://news.excite.com/news/r/991109/13/science-health-transplants
: Does your theocracy prescribe/proscribe specific medical procedures? Do
your cultural/religious leaders have medical training? Are they brain-dead?
@ NEED A LOBOTOMY? http://www.epub.org.br/cm/n02/historia/lobotomy.htm
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# Group says nude man with condom is anti-Catholic. A group calling itself
the Catholic Action League doesn't like Boston College's exhibit of modern
art because it features the "protected" naked guy. "The whole exhibit
resonates with hatred of Catholicism," says the league's director. Ave
Murphia: http://www.bostonherald.com/bostonherald/lonw/cath11101999.htm
: Do you wear a condom? Does the Pope? Do you hate Catholics? Do all good
Catholics have unprotected sex? Will they all die of AIDS soon? Why not?
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# Consumer Electronics: It Won't Pee on Your Rug. Sony's entertainment robot
dog, the Aibo ERS-110, caused a worldwide stir in its first incarnation,
selling out almost immediately. If you missed out then, find out what
you can do to score the new ERS-111 this time around. Try a $2,500 best
friend: http://1.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin1/flo?x=dEAooAgKhwAKAhum
: Have you bought any friends lately? Are they loyal, robotic, continent?
Who's your favorite robot? Are you a robot? Do you pee on the rug? When?
# Robots Reclaim the Future. ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Once robots were
the wave of the future, not only in science fiction, but in industry:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/991110/09/science-tech-robots
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# Philips Gives Away New Voice-Activated Web Browser Free. NEW YORK (Fox)
"Go back," "Go forward," and "Stop" may not be the sort of polite language
most people use with PCs, but if Philips has its way, simple spoken com-
mands will soon replace typing and clicking when surfing the Web. "Bring
me Bill Gates' head!" - see http://foxnews.com/vtech/110899/philips.sml
: Do you talk to your computer? Does it listen? Do you have to yell? Do y'r
cow orkers complain? Are you a computer? Do you hear voices? Do you listen?
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# Local oddball nabbed for keeping homemade flamethrower. When Al Foulkes
told neighbors about being in the CIA and making secret weapons, they took
it with many grains of salt. Then cops busted in his place and found a
600-pound operational homemade flamethrower mounted on wheels, which he
was peddling for $10,000.: http://www.nj.com/jersey/ledger/d8b24c.html
: Do voices in your head tell you haow to make superweapons? Do you need a
flamethrower for protection against Reptilioids/Republicans, robots, me??
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Hack-A-Rama:
# 'Seinfeld' computer virus emerges. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A dangerous new
type of e-mail virus has emerged, able to destroy info on computers even
when users are careful not to fully open the messages. The FBI has been
notified. "It could basically disable your PC easily;" see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562005630-e63
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_514000/514145.stm
: Do you practice safe eSex? Are you infected anyway? Is there no immunity?
# Ten Most Subversive Hacks of All Time. Explore the hackers'n'crackers
vault, see the craftiest examples of electronic breaking and entering.
http://1.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin1/flo?x=dgKoEgAggwAgKuud
: What's your favorite example of computer sabotage? Do you hack'n'crack?
Have you ever been caught? Do you manipulate reality for fun'n'profit? How?
# Ten Tech Terrors. From programs spying on your every move to Trojan horses
taking total control of your PC, there's some scary software on the Net.
http://1.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin1/flo?x=dgKoEgAggwAgKguA
: What software scares you most? Is WinDoze satanic? Are you programmed? Eh?
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# NOAA posts solar storm warning. WASHINGTON (AP) The sun will greet the new
millennium by turning angry, erupting into the most active part of its 11-
year cycle with blasts of energy that can threaten satellites, electrical
power & spacewalking astronauts. The approaching solar storm could be more
destructive than previous cycles because the Earth has more power grids &
satellites that may be affected. There are also 600 satellites, more than
ever in history, that also might be affected. We're in for nasty weather -
see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562002492-567
: If you were a sun, how would you celebrate the millennium? Would you blow
up, blasting all lifeforms in your system? Would you just sit there stewing?
@ Y2K COUNTDOWN: http://1.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin1/flo?x=dEAooAgKhwAKAEuh
@ THE LAST MILLENNIUM SO WHAT? http://CNN.com/SPECIALS/1999/millennium/
@ THE NEXT MILLENNIUM: NOW WHAT? http://CNN.com/SPECIALS/1999/future/
@ SUPER DUPER MILLENNIUM: HUH? http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/at2000
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"If you've seen one millennium, you've seen'em all." --anon
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