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@ Nice nibs: http://www.zianet.com/jmcdgwin/nib.htm
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# Fragment of Cross Held by Vatican. A fragment of Jesus' cross held by the
Vatican could not be a clever medieval forgery like the Shroud of Turin.
A portion of the Titulus, the placard placed on the cross that mockingly
declared Jesus the King of the Jews,has long been safeguarded from acade-
mic scrutiny by the Vatican. http://www.farshore.force9.co.uk/crossvat.htm
# Easter Eggs Can Be Dangerous to Dogs. LONDON (Reuters) Dog owners beware:
too much Easter kindness can kill your dog. Don't stuff yourself with cho-
colate bunnies either: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000419/10/odd-easter
# BROADWAY'S SECOND COMING: 'JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR' IS BACK - and boy, is
he pissed! http://CNN.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Arts/04/19/jesus.christ.superstar/
# 10-COMMANDMENTS Gold! http://CNN.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/19/nielsens.ap/
: D'ya care that Easter is named after Ishtar; that Easter celebrations are
actually recreations of ancient heathen (spring) fertility rituals; that the
Easter sacraments are dangerous for humans/animals; that Yeshua was an ET??
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# MEDIUM CLAIMS TO CURE 'POSSESSED' WOMEN THRU SEX RITUAL & BABY PACIFIERS.
Kuala Lumpur. Malaysians have been warned to be wary of a man claiming he
can invoke a "child god" to cleanse women of evil spirits by sucking paci-
fiers and having sex with them. Photographed wearing a bib and sucking
3 pacifiers, while a half-empty baby's bottle of milk was on the table:
www.scmp.com/News/Asia/Article/FullText_asp_ArticleID-20000418032327242.asp
# Too Busy to Pray? Call Sinbusters! MILAN, Italy (Reuters) An Italian
housewife has gone into the prayer business to rescue the souls of people
whose daily grind leaves no time to attend to their own salvation. Dial-a-
prayer goes automatic: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000419/10/odd-prayer
MAN INTRUDES HOME- SENT BY ANGEL www.mndaily.com/daily/2000/04/19/news/new4/
: What's your favorite divine/spiritual/demonic/alien intervention? Have you
disturbed any (para)normal entities lately? Do your disturbances usually in-
volve sex/phones/computers/hammers/drugs/pacifiers/robots?Are you effective?
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# MOST U.S. WOMEN IN VIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS. More than half of all American
women have experienced some sort of violence in their intimate relation-
ships, including physical abuse or psychological battering, according to a
new study. "I was expecting half the numbers we found, and the thing that
was clearly the most surprising to us was the large proportion of women
who had ever experienced violence," said study co-author Dr. Ann Coker.
http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=31882&src=n47
# DAD CHOPS OFF SEXY LADY'S HEAD WITH AN AX -- BECAUSE SHE SEDUCED HIS 15-
YEAR-OLD SON! BIRMINGHAM, England -- Tony Phillips exploded in rage when
he found out his teenage son was having sex with a sultry 34-year-old
neighbor lady -- and cut off the woman's head with an ax! "It was like
hitting a piece of rubber." http://weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1847.html
: Are you in a violent relationship? Are violent relationships mandated by
evolution/deities/mindcontrollers/aliens/me? Should/can/will interpersonal
violence be reduced by laws/drugs/surgery/counseling/mindrays/evolution??
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# Scientists Call South Africa's AIDS Policy Idiotic. WASHINGTON (Reuters)
Frustrated scientists battling the HIV epidemic denounced South Africa's
AIDS policy as idiotic, saying thousands were dying while politicos argued
about causes & cures of the disease. Pres Thabo Mbeki questions HIV/AIDS
link, AZT: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000419/ts/aids_safrica_1.html
@ HEALTHY DEVIL: STDs http://h-devil-www.mc.duke.edu/h-devil/stds/stds.htm
# POT SHRINKS BRAIN TUMORS IN MICE. Researchers in Madrid are experimenting
with the anticancer properties of marijuana and coming up with surprising
results. http://healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=32095
# Nerve poison leaves telltale evidence- organophosphates traceable by anti-
bodies - proves neurodamage: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9697026
@ HOW CAN I SAFELY CLEAN MICE FECES TO AVOID HANTA VIRUS? Soak with Lysol:
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=31894
: What's your favorite medical conspiracy?Is Pres Mbeki promoting the spread
of AIDS? Who's paying him? Who pays govts to suppress cannabis? Who pays for
neurotoxins to be disseminated in the environment? Who's preparing Earth??
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# STEM CELLS MIGHT HELP REVERSE SPINAL CORD DAMAGE. Promising research may
help people paralyzed by spinal cord injuries. Stumbling block: the exper-
imental therapy is controversial, as it involves fetal cell transplants.
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/deanfulltexttopics.cfm?id=24713&src=n58
# DNA Tests Resolve French Royal Mystery. PARIS (Reuters) Scientists have
cracked one of the great mysteries of European history by using DNA tests
to prove that the son of executed French King Louis XVI & Marie-Antoinette
died as a child in prison. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000419/10/odd-king
# SURGEONS FIX BOY BORN WITH HIS HEAD ON BACKWARD! HOUSTON, Texas -- Little
Medgar Clye is a walking, talking miracle. The 2-year-old boy,who was born
with his head on backward, underwent history-making surgery to turn his
head around -- and survived! http://weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1852.html
: What's your favorite medical dilemma/mystery/quandary?Have you manipulated
any nervous systems lately? Would you rather experiment on nerves/DNA/chems?
Have you devised any medical solutions lately? Were you aided by ETs? How??
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# ADDICTION'S ROOTS ARE IN THE GENES. A blockbuster of a study reveals the
importance of genes in causing addictive behavior. This should color our
thinking about how to treat drug addicts - treatment, instead of jail,
seems a better for someone with a genetic predisposition. Politicos will
balk: http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=31750
# Holograms Revolutionize Data Storage - soon, you can backup your
mind on disk: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news_223425.html
# Eternal youth? It's all in the genes. Deities are superfluous.
http://theage.com.au/news/20000419/A12020-2000Apr18.html
# Smoking in later life linked to impaired intellect - duh...
http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/bma-sil041800.html
: Have you manipulated any genes/minds/lungs/gonads lately? Have ETs aided
your research/experiments/tortures? How? Are you and opposing politicos just
pawns in a power struggle between competing groups of aliens? Do you care??
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"If you tore the wings from the back of an angel you would find before you
nothing more than a man with a heart of gold. Oh, and you'd go to hell.
I mean, c'mon...ripping wings off angels!" http://www.SleazyTabloid.com
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