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@ ChangeSurfer: http://www.changesurfer.com/eventhorizon/index.html
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# Egyptians Find Tomb of Ancient God Osiris. GIZA, Egypt (Reuters) Sinking
water levels have revealed a granite sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian
god Osiris in a 30-meter (98 feet) deep tomb at the Giza pyramids. And
He's well-preserved: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000217/08/odd-osiris
# Bible-Era Boat Exhibited: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9378485
# Pericles' Soldiers Found? http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9390539
: Have the graves/bodies/tombstones of any of your deities been discovered
lately? If not, do you just claim that they've "gone to heaven" and shrug
off the lack of evidence? Is a corpus delecti more believable than a myth?
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# Evolution on Speed. (Wired) NEW YORK. Investors are paying close attention
to a new crop of biotechnology companies that focus on gene shuffling.
Sometimes called "directed evolution," scientists speed the evolutionary
process by rapidly shuffling and mutating the genes that make up a protein
to create an effective drug. http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9389018
# Striving to Build Smarter Games: http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9390889
# From Sole to Rock Bass, Fish Are Key to Music Joy. LONDON (Reuters) Loud
music and singing at the top of your voice may be such fun because of a
hearing mechanism we have inherited from our distant ancestors: fish.
http://news.excite.com/news/r/000217/05/science-science-noise
: Are you more highly-evolved than fish, rock musicians, investors, game
designers? Would you like to direct the evolution of your hearing, sight,
other senses? What's your favorite sense? Would you like some new senses?
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# FEDERAL JUDGE AGREES WITH UFO GROUP AND FINDS GOVERNMENT'S AFFIDAVITS
INADEQUATE. In a decision that is certain to put a frown on the faces of
several officials within the Department of Defense, a United States
District Court Judge in Phoenix AZ has agreed with a UFO activist group
and ordered the Department of Defense to provide additional affidavits,
detailing the specifics of its search: http://www.caus.org/pn021600b.htm
@ Phoenix Lights Event Analysis: http://www.caus.org/mu021700.htm
# A Copernican Conspiracy? http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9378228
: Has your sect/govt/firm successfully covered-up its activities lately? Is
your effort wearing thin? Are your mind-control rays wearing off? D'ya need
new batteries for your transmitters? Do battery-makers plot against you??
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# Sun Hurls Magnetic Storm at Earth. Sol poured a gigantic bucket of charged
particles on the Earth over the weekend, creating a powerful geomagnetic
storm that made some lights flicker and extended the aurora borealis down
to New England. The latest geomagnetic storm appears to be part of the
ramping up toward the sun�s maximum activity in its 11-year flare cycle.
We're doomed: http://discovery.com/news/briefs/20000217/space_flare.html
# Space Station Set to Orbit As Hotel for Rich? LONDON (Reuters) It would
be the ultimate tourist destination the Russian Mir space station decked
out as a luxurious resort orbiting 125 miles from earth. Vacationers seek
free-fall sex, good tans: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000217/08/odd-mir
: Should rich tourists be quick-broiled by solar storms? Would they get some
really good tans while having free-fall sex during solar storms? Would you
like to try free-fall sex? Would you mind being broiled? Can you afford it?
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# Church ponders case of 'devil' in priest's clothing. CAPETOWN, S.A. THE
fate of a homosexual clergyman who posed as a devil in priest's clothing
is to be decided by church officials. The Dean of St George's Cathedral,
Very Rev Rowan Smith, a prominent campaigner for homosexual causes, was
"sternly rebuked" by Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane for "a serious error
of judgment" after he posed in priestly robes before an altar - wearing
a devil's tail. http://www.suntimes.co.za/2000/02/13/news/news24.htm
# The photo: http://www.suntimes.co.za/2000/02/13/news/3-p13prist.jpg
: Is your belief system infested with devils? Do you fear them, feed them,
glory in them, have sex with them? Are you yourself a devil? Are you loved,
honored, obeyed? Do people dress up like you? Do you provide the clothing??
@ The Holy War: http://www.bibleclass.com/lib/holywar.htm
@ The Book of Martyrs: http://ccel.wheaton.edu/f/foxe/martyrs/
@ Praise of Folly: http://fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1509erasmus-folly.html
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# Brain Neurochemicals, Not Her Gender, Tell A Female To Act Like A Female.
Biologists have shown how chemicals produced in a core region of the brain
shared by all vertebrate animals (including humans) make males act like
males, females like females -- and some males something like females.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/02/000217081522.htm
# Judge forbids pregnancy for woman - contraceptive IV drip ordered:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564338172-156
# A MAP OF PAIN: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9389985
: Do you behave like a male, female, alien, robot, demon/deity, me? Have you
reprogrammed your neurochemistry lately? Should everyone have experiences of
being other genders/races/species? Would we be better entities if we did??
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# Sangoma's lightning scam strikes. CAPETOWN, S.A. NORTHERN Province police
are tracking down a sangoma who is extorting money from rural villagers by
claiming that lightning bolts are man-made weapons. The unnamed charlatan
is demanding R20 each from residents of Jane Furse village as protection
from the deadly bolts, which he claims are directed at victims by foes.
Police were called in last week after two women who ran under a tree to
shelter from a storm were killed by a lightning strike. A third woman
survived. http://www.suntimes.co.za/2000/02/13/news/gauteng/njhb23.htm
# FAT BUSTER BUSTED IN NORCAL. Two district attorneys in Northern California
teamed up to crack down on bogus claims made about a "fat-burning" food
supplement. Local authorities rush in where the FDA fears to tread - see
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=27602
: What's your favorite scam? How easy is it to defraud believers? D'ya wage
a disinfo campaign against atheists/rationalists because they're resistant
to your scams? What fears/beliefs/hungers d'ya most like to exploit? How??
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day, but fortunately the police made him get back into his car before
he got too far." -- Emo Philips
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