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@ Busted! http://www.completelybaked.com/
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# Astronomers are finding that the universe may be expanding faster than
previously thought. http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ep/kstanek0100.html
# Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new cosmic signal that
should lead to a better understanding about the creation of stars in
the early universe. http://www.uclanews.ucla.edu/Docs/SWHL005.html
# The discovery that the ages of three globular clusters in a nearby galaxy
are very different has implications for theories of galaxy evolution.
http://washington.edu/newsroom/news/2000archive/01-00archive/k011200.html
: Has your planet/star/galaxy/universe evolved much lately? Have you watched
this evolution? Have you theorized about it? Have you changed your theories?
Do you prefer theories that change, or dogmas that don't? Are you satisfied?
@ NASA currently have two large scientific balloons flying simultaneously
over Antarctica. One studies the Sun, the other looks at Earth's aurora.
You can keep track of the flights through the NSBF web site by going to
http://192.149.107.80/default.html and clicking on "Operations," then
"Antarctica Operations," then whichever flight track you wish to view
first. Fun! -- Via http://www.caus.org/pn012700.htm
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# Bible Belt-based sex-toy party firm is a hit. Mary Alice Hill is one of
many women who sell vibrators & porno chocolates to friends at home fests.
"I don't like to go to Tupperware parties," says Hill, 46. "But this -- I
think this had my name written all over it." Some 400 women now belong to
the Tennessee-based Surprise Parties network of sex-toy distributors:
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/2000-01/27/076r-012700-idx.html
via http://www.obscurestore.com/
: Does your belief system promote sexual devices? Whats your favorite sexual
device? Is it holy? Does your belief system exploit sexual symbols? Are your
deities sensual, erotic, horny as hamsters? D'ya worship hamsters? Why not?
@ Via <http://memepool.com/Subject/Wearables/>: Nothing is quite as sensual
as clothing & lingerie <http://bubblebodywear.com/> made from Bubble Wrap.
<http://www.sealedaircorp.com/products/protective/bubble/bubblead.html>
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# Sikhs rebel over excommunication. NEW DELHI, India (AP) - Four top Sikh
priests challenged the authority of their powerful leader, rejecting his
decision to excommunicate a woman who controlled religious institutions.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563657612-172
# Detained Falun Gongers die. HONG KONG (AP) - A member of the Falun Gong
sect has died in Chinese custody in the southern city of Guangzhou while
on hunger strike after being severely beaten & tied up by police. Another
Falun Gong believer died while in custody in a police station in suburban
Beijing. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563650305-e4d
: Have you excommunicated, imprisoned, beaten, or executed many religious
dissidents lately? Is it a dirty job but someone's got to do it? Is your
cabal better/stronger/holier/meaner than theirs? Who d'ya like to oppress?
# God's Army rebels shot after surrendering to Thai troops. So it goes:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563647453-1b8
# Also: Rebel Myanmar hospital takeover a failure, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563655045-d30
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# Gene identified in spinal cord injuries. (AP) Scientists have identified a
gene that prevents the brain & spinal cord from rewiring themselves after
an injury, pointing the way to new treatments that might someday help
paralyzed "Superman" star Christopher Reeve & 250,000 Americans like him.
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563657990-7bb
: What nerves would you like to have rewired? Should all your nerves be
re-wired, just to improve your neural efficiency? Are you lagging in the
neuron race? Would'ya like some extra neurons? What'll you hook them to?
What else?
@ WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT IRIDOLOGY? Iridology - the premise that you can
diagnose systemic disease by looking in someone's iris - is totally bogus.
It's a ludicrous premise, and when put to the test, failed miserably. And?
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=26298
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@ Program for Extraordinary Experience Research. PEER explores experiences
that do not fit our usual understanding of reality. Recognizing the social
barriers to the study of anomalies, the program seeks to foster conditions
for candid inquiry through careful observation, open dialogue, and devel-
opment of a network of compassionate support for individuals reporting
extraordinary experiences. John Mack's thang: http://www.peer-mack.org/
@ What Are the Flying Triangles? http://www.caus.org/ft012700.htm
@ New Atlantis: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1627bacon-atlantis.html
: Have you had any extraordinary experiences lately? Have you placed them in
context? Do they lead you to new places? Are they verifiable? Do you require
compassionate support, hard evidence, psychotherapy, a vacation, sex, drugs?
@ Zak Martin <http://www.zakmartin.com/> - Britain's leading psychic. Never
heard of him. Via http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Lindsay/weblog/latest.html
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# Khamenei rejects criticism. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's supreme leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that his authority is indisputable, rejecting
criticism from reformists who say he is not above the law. Khamenei said
that the "true meaning" of the Iranian concept of "velayat-e-faqih," or
the authority of the leader, is that "the person in charge of the Islamic
government does not make mistakes and if he does he will not be the
supreme leader from that moment." Like papal infallibility, only worse -
see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563652685-f18
: Are you infallible? If you ever err, should you be removed, terminated? If
you ever show signs of weakness, should you be set upon, torn into pieces?
Have you torn any weak-appearing folk apart lately? Was it inevitable? Why?
# Turkey military rips Islamic party for aiding fundys, radicals:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563658428-c85
# Turkey cracking down on Islamic anti-Kurdish militants:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563656114-6ae
# Egypt blames Xian-Muslim violence on subversive foreigners:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563657438-3db
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