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@ Spinning: http://www.3quarks.com/GIF-Animations/Figurines/Alternative.html
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# Raël love - A gorgeous group of alien spawn hones a hedonistic hankering
for sex. Gimmee: http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/03/08/raelians/
# Norway searches for new gov't - ministers, lawmakers abducted by ETs:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564879310-811
@ God help Bob deliver us from evil - should Earth be destroyed, or what?
Like, real soon now? http://www.bergen.com/yourtime/bob09200003092.htm
# Life Support: Unlucky numbers - Psychics foretell a fat phone bill
suckers: http://www.post-gazette.com/magazine/20000308life8.asp
: Would you rather be fucked by aliens, Raëlians, govt agents, telepsychics,
televised demons/deities, robots, me? Will they/we respect you in the morn-
ing? Will you pray for weather/luck/orgasms/wealth/identity/chocolate/wine?
# AID GROUPS, FLOOD VICTIMS PRAY FOR END TO RAIN IN MOZAMBIQUE - dissident
Navajos hired to consult on techniques for anti-Rain dances - human sac-
rifices offered - http://CNN.com/2000/WORLD/africa/03/10/africa.floods/
@ Possessed & Dispossessed: Spirits, Identity, & Power in a Madagascar Town:
http://www-ucpress.berkeley.edu:3030/dynaweb/public/books/africa/sharp
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# PROZAC'S REIGN AS TOP ANTIDEPRESSANT ENDING - newer, better drugs are
online: http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=28900
@ Nerves & Narratives: Cultural History of Hysteria in 19th-Century Britain:
http://www-ucpress.berkeley.edu:3030/dynaweb/public/books/literature/logan
# Drug may remove women's facial hair - circus bearded ladies endangered,
see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564880964-d79
@ Contrary to the opinions of some <http://www.tommychong.com/> free-lance
pharmaceutical researchers, herbal preparations (either taken before a
test <http://www.testpure.com/index2.html> or used to adulterate your
<http://store.yahoo.com/chongo/urineluck1.html> sample), won't help you
<http://www.norml.org/canorml/testing/testing.tips.shtml> pass a drug
<http://drugtesting.freeservers.com/search.htm> test. Alas, the only
things that help are time <http://www.drugtestinfo.com/faqs.html#25> and
<http://water.usgs.gov/> water. Via http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Drugs/
: What's y'r favorite drug? Would'ya rather manipulate your mental/physical/
spiritual/financial status with drugs, electronics, auto-suggestion, metals,
microbes, microwaves, perversion, literacy? How do you re-program yourself?
# Microbe may cause toxic runoff. WASHINGTON (AP) A super bug that eats iron
and can thrive in the equivalent of battery acid may be a major culprit in
causing toxic metal & acid runoff from a California mine, researchers say.
Burning: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564862049-2dd
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# 1.5 mln Muslims crowd into Grand Mosque. MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) Despite
calls for patience and courteousness, pilgrims pushed and shoved their way
around the Grand Mosque, where more than 1.5 million Muslims gathered to
pray. On this last Muslim Sabbath before the peak of the hajj, the annual
pilgrimage to holy sites in Saudi Arabia, the prayer leader urged pilgrims
to be "kind, gentle, patient and tolerant to other pilgrims while they are
performing the rituals." But to no avail - frantic pilgrims pushed their
way out of the mosque, sending many elderly men and women to the ground.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564881328-93e
@ The Vanguard of the Islamic Revolution: The Jama'at-i Islami of Pakistan:
http://www-ucpress.berkeley.edu:3030/dynaweb/public/books/south_asia/nasr
# Israel preps for Pope's visit - ready for crushed tourists, any crisis.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564848970-2ea
: Do you like to crowd into religious sites? Are crowds of pilgrims a great
excuse for boorish actions? Have you shoved/kicked/stomped/shot any pilgrims
lately? Did the voices in your head instruct you? Did you feel satisfaction?
# Witches reject Hollywood stereotypes (U-WIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- Hollywood
has provided a stereotyped image of witches as old women with warts accom-
panied by a black cat - but University of Arizona witches say the image is
completely wrong. http://news.excite.com/news/uw/000307/university-162
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# The End of Anonymity? Top Clinton administration officials say that since
law enforcement can't catch untraceable hackers, it may be necessary to
provide police with increased abilities to trace users. Civil liberties
groups worry that erasing anonymity may threaten privacy. Just a little
bit pregnant: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,34874,00.html
@ United States Department of Justice FAQ on Encryption Policy:
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/cryptfaq.htm
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/crypto.html
: Do you hack untracably? Do you ruin things for the rest of us? Are you an
agent provocateur, disrupting networks to give govt an excuse to wiretap us
all? Are you well-paid for your infamy? Can you escape our vengeance? How?
# Forecast for French Fraud. (Wired) A security-code busting formula posted
on the Internet would make it easy to produce fake cards for buying train
tickets and paying parking meters. Apparently the country's bank accounts
are safe. Right. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34897,00.html
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Conspiracies'R'Us:
# Tokyo Governor mulls over Falun Gong request - China exerting pressure:
http://www.indiaserver.com/thehindu/2000/03/08/stories/0308000n.htm
# Tokyo City Rejects Falungong Application For Non-Profit Status - Denied
Caving-In To Beijing: http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=141016
# Sterilization suit dismissed - states may clip anyone they want:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564879184-c1d
@ Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity: The Limits of Political Realism:
http://www-ucpress.berkeley.edu:3030/dynaweb/public/books/classics/crane
# U.S. set up fund for rock victims - 'Rage Against The Machine' excluded,
see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564845800-9b3
# Haider: Chirac A 'Pocket Napoleon' - Chirac: Haider A 'Nazi Dweeb' -
scuffles: http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564849245-da8
# Seoul Nazi Theme Bar Removes Decor - 'Third Reich' Wanted Unique Theme.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564844721-209
@ Hollywood in Berlin: American Cinema and Weimar Germany - pre-Nazi:
http://www-ucpress.berkeley.edu:3030/dynaweb/public/books/history/saunders
# 'Sanitation' Art Portrays Giuliani Among Nazis, Garbage Cans, Jackboots.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564841839-0d1
# NATO denies spy leaked Kosovo plans - "more Communist disinformation!"
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564849358-df9
# Iranians indicted for spying in US - "trying to steal the store!"
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564879822-fe6
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