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# FutureRama: http://time.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,42354,00.html
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# Dogs, Not 'Goat Sucker' Kill Livestock. SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) Roving
dogs, not a mythical, blood-thirsty beast known locally as "chupacabras,"
or "goat sucker," are responsible for the deaths of farm animals in north
Chile. Govt cover-up? http://news.excite.com/news/r/000421/08/odd-chile
# DINOSAURS MAY HAVE BEEN WARM-BLOODED!! TELL A CREATIONIST!!
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000420/us/dino_heart_2.html
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20000420/us/dino_heart_5.html
@ If genetic discrimination is so unfair, so morally offensive, why
do you discriminate between people on the basis of their genetic
make-up? Yes, you. http://slate.msn.com/Readme/00-04-17/Readme.asp
# Adult Video for Pandas: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9716218
: What's your favorite vertebrate animal?Have you tracked/devoured/analyzed/
fucked (m)any vertebrates lately? Do you discriminate between vertebrates,
based on their genes, skins,brains, warm/cold-bloodedness? Is this so wrong?
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# URGE-TO-KILL is common- "even 'nice' people contemplate murder in graph-
ic detail" http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=31332
# FRIENDS VS DEMENTIA www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=31802
# Cigarettes don't protect against mental decline dementia, Alzheimer's:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565881159-388
@ Ganzfeld Experiment. The ganzfeld ("total field") experiment uses a kind
of sensory deprivation to test for psi. The hypothesis of the creator of
the ganzfeld experiments, parapsychologist Charles Honorton, is that if
psi exists, there should be a greater than chance match between the images
of the senders and receivers. http://www.skepdic.com/ganzfeld.html
: Have you had any psychic/demented/murderous thoughts lately? Can your con-
dition be prevented with drugs, diet, socialization, surgery, electronics,
prayer/fantasizing, miracles? Have you thought of killing psychics lately?
@ PILATES - bring bodies back into balance: http://balancedbody.com/pg2.html
http://www.healthcentral.com/FitorFat/FitorFatFullText.cfm?ID=31826&src=n16
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# Computer Game Lampoons German Political Scandal. (Reuters) A German firm
has released a computer game in which players win points by hurling brief-
cases stuffed with cash at prominent members of Germany's scandal-tainted
conservative party. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000419/10/odd-scandal
# Burma bans political talk, anonymity, unapproved Web sites - actually
an improvement: http://www.y2kculture.com/mccullagh/burma.1296.txt
The Law: http://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/transition/issue04/updates.htm
# DRUG TRAFFICKERS THRIVE IN GLOBAL ECONOMY- globalisation aids money-laund-
ering: http://chblue.com/2000/04/20/ANA/0387-0387-Drugs-report.sched...asp
# Gore promotes 'green' credentials - Greens say Gore sold-out to polluters,
cartels: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565898545-322
# BUSH STICKS TO POSITION ON CONFEDERATE FLAG - slavery should be a state
issue too: http://CNN.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/04/20/bush.flag.ap/
# Baby-sales banned - bill prohibits buying, selling of human infants:
http://apbnews.com/newscenter/breakingnews/2000/04/20/babysales0420_01.html
: Has your conspiracy suppressed/manipulated/exploited global communications
lately? Is the entire globe y'r feeding-ground now? Are there any localities
left, any local issues, or is it all fodder for your political/economic maw?
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# International Ban on Bioweapons Is Failing. A 25-year-old treaty has
failed to halt proliferation of biological weapons, and the United
States has little defense against germ or toxin warfare by terrorists or
rogue nations. Bother. http://www.sltrib.com/04202000/utah/42724.htm
# Act Now To Curb BioWar: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9713779
# Another Gulf War Syndrome Victim? http://sightings.com/general/gulf.htm
# Yugos Join ChemWeapons Ban: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9716695
# Bin Laden Terrorists Plan Nerve Gas Attacks - Israel, Western Media/Govts
Stay Silent - gas stockpiled in Amman, Jordan - foiled plot signals a new
readiness by terrorists to use non-conventional weapons - a frightening,
lethal escalation: http://www.sightings.com/general/laden.htm
: What's your favorite non-conventional weapon? Have you poisoned/infected
anyone lately? Was it a tactical/strategic/holy/random move? Is McFood good
for delivering biochem agents?Are blatant biochem attacks stupidly unsubtle?
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# CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT EPHEDRA - BUT FOR WHOM? A clear risk from the herbal
stimulant -- yet with millions of Americans taking ephedra but reports of
possible side effects only in the hundreds, just who's at risk is a major
question. http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=31949
# Govt: Overweight need more exercise - eat less, pay taxes, think obedient
thoughts: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565878443-462
# KIDS CHIRO QUESTIONED www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=32061
# Coffee enema doctor sentenced - cancer treatments a real pain in the ass.
Ouch: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565885188-5a4
# STUDIES DO NOT BACK ACUPUNCTURE FOR TINNITUS - save your money:
http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=32005
: What's your favorite alternative medical treatment? Is it safe, effective,
expensive? Does it work? Has it been validated? D'ya care? What's your fave
placebo? Are you an alternative practitioner? D'ya prosper from placebos??
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Plot-O-Rama:
# Russia: U.S. spy suspect had high-speed underwater missile plans - hang
him now: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565881384-ed2
# RUSSIAN DUMA GIVES EASY VICTORY TO NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY - but will they
honor it? http://CNN.com/2000/WORLD/europe/04/21/russia.test.ban.01.ap/
http://CNN.com/2000/WORLD/europe/04/21/bc.arms.russia.test.reut/index.html
# Pentagon challenges security report - "we're not as fucked-up as they say
we are" - http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565880517-014
# Columbine 'cover-up' - Victim's lawyer charges sheriff's dept with hiding
details: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/21/columbine/index.html
# Columbine Closed On Dark Anniversary - private rituals exclude outside
observers, controllers: http://www.sightings.com/general/colclosed.htm
# Claim Columbine Victim Killed By Police Bullet - but was it deliberate
or accidental? And why? http://www.sightings.com/general/bullet.htm
# Who's Buried in There? http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9716400
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