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@ Calculus Girl: http://www2.calculusgirls.com/images/april1002.jpg
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# Fluoride, Teeth & The Atomic Bomb. Some 50 years after the US began adding
fluoride to public water supplies to reduce cavities in children's teeth,
declassified govt docs shed new light on the still controversial public
health measure, revealing a surprising connection between fluoride and the
dawning of the nuclear age. http://www.sightings.com/general/teeth.htm
# DUMA RATIFIES START II, 288 TO 131. Russia or rogue states more dangerous?
# MISSILE DEFENSE: COUNTERMEASURES REPORT CALLS FOR DELAY.Just doesn't work!
# CREATIONISM: OKLA HOUSE CASTS VOTE FOR MONOTHEISM. http://www.aps.org/WN/
# Japan's Cabinet OKs human cloning ban - clones, cloners rise in protest,
futilely: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565701779-e86
# Project Maps 3 Chromosomes: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9680254
# Genes Control Brain Growth: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9679239
# IBM device detects biological defects - helps weed-out the undesirable:
: Are you more endangered by radiation, fluoridation, creationism, mutation,
urbanization, spiders, loud music, me? Are you at-risk?Will you kill off all
that's around you, in order to reduce your risks? Is it a rational strategy?
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@ THE LINK. What if a backend universe existed which you couldn't see? A
universe not unlike ours; a microcosmic reproduction of the forces shaping
the larger, visible universe that is the Web. A fun house mirror held up
to the Internet. Rails: http://www.k10k.net/features/thelink/index.html#
# Hubble could smash distance record. (BBC) What could be by far the most
distant object ever seen in the Universe may have been detected by the
HST. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_713000/713572.stm
# Not Local: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35618,00.html
# Also - Astronomers see further than ever - charged as "peeping toms"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_713000/713130.stm
# Hubble spies a 'glowing eye' in space - astro-ophthalmologists worried:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_703000/703771.stm
# Most distant quasar in Universe found - didn't even know it was lost:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_649000/649059.stm
: Have you seen the edge of the universe lately? Are other universes located
out past the edge of this one? Are entities in those universes observing us?
Do you feel like someone's always watching you? Are you under surveillance?
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# Anti-abortionist jailed for pet-killings. (AP) - A man who killed 8 of his
wife's pets to punish her for having an abortion was sentenced to 7 months
in jail. L. J. Kritz, 22, stabbed or cut the heads off his wife's pets -
including birds, snakes & a chinchilla - to teach her about the importance
of life. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565699629-d8e
# Extinction-prone fish ID'd: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9682128
# Earth Could Lose Thousands Of At-Risk Species: Extinctions Are Not Random
Events: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/04/000413125329.htm
# DNA banks urged to save species - promising way to save many from extinc-
tion. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_712000/712009.stm
# More Evolution? www.time.com/time/reports/v21/science/question_evolve.html
# UK ELDERLY LEFT TO DIE: http://ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=49148
@ Disturbing toys for disturbed people. http://angelfire.com/ga2/ThreeJane3
[ via http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Art/ but be extra extra careful ]
: Do voices in your head tell you till kill animals in order to teach humans
about the importance of life? Should humans be preserved in DNA banks, then
extincted so other species have time to reclaim Earth? Is that only fair??
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# UK a terrorist state? Executive Intelligence Review has appealed to the
US Secretary of State to list Britain among states sponsoring terrorism
worldwide. http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/140400/detFOR06.htm
# Bin Laden funding British 'terrorists' - provides armed training camps:
http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/04/14/timfgnasi02001.html
# 3rd World leaders: Ease poverty - give us more power/money/sex/drugs.
Now. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565706203-32a
# Rare Argentine Files Found: http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9682738
# Bunnies bounce back: http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?j6586309
# World Bank protesters dump manure - cops mass outside White House:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565706324-929
# Also: D.C. cops plan protest strategies, pinpoint key agitators:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565704832-c72
: What's your favorite terrorist state/organization/individual? Are you an
international terrorist? Where's your main base? Are you supported by major
govt/corporate/church agencies? Is dumping manure a terrorist act? Why not?
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# Glitch KO'd spy satellites last summer - Malf was worse than Y2K bug that
hit same system. Yow: http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cth725.htm
# 1982 Wiretap Launched US Nuke Spy Case. SAN JOSE, CA (Reuters) Feds began
tracking nuclear spy suspect Wen Ho Lee after picking up a 1982 phone call
from him to another scientist being probed for providing secrets to China:
Long term: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000413/ts/china_spying_1.html
# SPY COWS. The American spy cow is the newest addition to a series of radio
controlled robotic farm animals developed for the US Army's Military Farm
Animal Ops Program [MFAOP] to innocently walk into enemy territory where
they'd be mistaken for real harmless farm animals. The program was first
used in the Gulf War when explosive chickens were used to attack people
and buildings in enemy cities. MFAOP was used by the FBI to track down
and chase dangerous criminals. http://www.fmp.com/rodent/spycow/index.html
: Have you spied on anyone lately? Do you direct spy activities? D'ya prefer
to use humans/cows/aliens/robots/fleas as spies? Who gives the most trouble?
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# Vatican vs Whores: http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=49155
# Easter visitors jam Rome - Vatican security fears terrorist attacks -
mobilized: http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565705630-3d0
# MILLENNIUM MASS THREAT: http://ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=49151
# Rushdie in India - Angry protests against his visit - KILL THE HERETIC!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_713000/713313.stm
# Polish Holocaust denier to be tried - Nazis didn't have comprehensive plan
to off Jews: http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565704845-2fc
# RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN MONGOLIA - 13 Years in Prison for "Erroneous
Religious Propaganda" http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=49110
# Gore backs gun ban in churches - antagonizes NRA, Baptists, Discordians,
Atheists: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565705335-9b4
: What's your favorite religious threat? Are you a religious threat? Should
firearms or other weapons be mandatory in all places of worship? Would sect/
doctrinal disputes be quickly resolved? Which heretic would you kill first??
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a dress rehearsal and 'they' just want us to look stupid and
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