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@ Look at a pretzel: http://www.glitterkitty.net/poser/thirpretz.html
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# SEARCHING FOR EXTRATERRESTRIALS. Where Are They? Maybe we are alone in the
galaxy after all: http://www.sciam.com/2000/0700issue/0700crawford.html
# Crash Flash Caught on Moon - impact of comet, UFO, satellite, bomb, or
what? http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20000621/sp_meteor.html
# New York Bright Cylinder Spotted: http://www.caus.org/mu062200.htm
# Mars Find May Sway NASA, Euro plans. WASHINGTON. The prospect that NASA's
Mars Global Surveyor has detected signs of water at a site on the Red
Planet is likely to spark debate as to whether to send a robotic craft on
location to look for life. http://www.alienzoo.com/news/a/200006210011.cfm
# Dumbfounding Dig. Archeology: Unearthed remains of a 5,500-year-old Syrian
settlement suggest that cities arose substantially earlier than has been
thought, and perhaps in more different regions. Everything we know is
wrong: http://latimes.com/news/science/science/20000622/t000059092.html
: Have you seen any definite signs of (extra-)terrestrial life/intelligence/
civilization lately? Have you colonized your universe/galaxy/planet/village
yet? Did'ya have help from aliens/angels, deities/demons, robots/Romans, me?
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# Russia: Cult Of Pyramid Energy Draws Believers. Around the time Russia's
financial pyramids crashed 5 years ago, ruining millions who believed in
easy wealth for a handful of rubles, self-styled scientist Aleksandr Golod
set about building another kind of miracle pyramid -- out of plastic. He
says he's soaking up healing energy from the earth; many Russians believe
him. http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2000/06/F.RU.000619153928.html
# PSYCHIC SUES HOSPITAL -- 'X-RAY DESTROYED MY POWERS' -- A PHILADELPHIA
psychic sued Temple University Hospital, claiming an X-ray they gave her
destroyed her extra-sensory powers and wrecked her business. The jury
awarded her $986,465. http://www.nationalenquirer.com/stories/11943.html
@ New Millenium Thinker's Pledge - THE THINKER'S PLEDGE - NEW THINKING FOR
THE MILLENIUM http://www.sbutton.com/homepages/philbachmann/44000012.htm
@ The Book is Dead, Long Live the Book: http://www.ctheory.com/r45.html
@ Need for process-based semantic sets: www.sgml.u-net.com/semantics.htm
: D'ya think about the past/present/future/other? Does technology interfere
with y'r mental/spiritual/social/sexual development? Do pyramids enhance y'r
orgasmic/transcendental/financial/millennial prospects? Are lawyers psychic?
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# Thousands greet a rainy summer dawn at Stonehenge. STONEHENGE,England (AP)
Amid beating of drums,loud cheers,and pouring rain, thousands of revellers
celebrated the summer solstice at the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge.
The sun wasn't forthcoming, but that didn't seem to bother the 6000-strong
crowd of druids, New Age followers and curiosity-seekers. Samba drummers
mixed with robed druids, & thousands of revellers packed the centre of the
stone circle as dawn came: http://www.alienzoo.com/news/y/200006210010.cfm
# Celebrating Year 5008. LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) Bolivia's Aymara Indians
celebrated the start of their 5008 calendar year Wednesday with a predawn
ritual at the Tihuanacu ruins, coinciding with the southern hemisphere's
winter solstice. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000622/07/odd-indians-dc
: What's y'r favorite solstice/year/era/calendar/ritual? Have you celebrated
any calendrical rituals lately? Did you behave ceremoniously/riotously/mind-
controlled/randomly? Does solar radiation affect your mind/soul/stomach/eye?
# Sunspots at peak of 11-year cycle www.alienzoo.com/news/y/200006210009.cfm
# Thais to See Longest Total Lunar Eclipse in 141 Years - waited a long time
for it -it better be good: http://www.alienzoo.com/news/a/200006210006.cfm
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# IDEE FIXE - "Faster, Processor! Chill! Chill!" In an obsessive quest for
ever-faster microprocessors, a rare breed of hi-tech tweakers known as
"overclockers" risks fire, ice, and electric shock to test the limits of
digital velocity. http://www.feedmag.com/feature/fr349_master.html?alert
# Science Probes What Dreams Are Made Of. MIAMI (Reuters Health) - Where do
we go when we dream? According to a leading expert on the subject, the
human brain is the real 'dream-weaver,' adding shape and color to the
stuff of daily life to create those magical, sometimes scary 'home movies'
in our heads. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000620/hl/dreams_1.html
: D'ya probe deep into the (un)consciousness of chips/humans/aliens/robots?
Should/can/do/will you control the minds of carbon/silicon/ectoplasm-based
entities? Are there any limits to control? Are all limits arbitrary, bogus?
@ Today's pioneers of science are edgy, flashy mavericks, media savvy
leaders refusing to be squelched by lack of funds or precedent:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/leisure/books/printedition/article/0,2669,SAV-
0006180167,FF.html
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# GM Mosquito May Zap Malaria. (Reuters) Euro scientists have created the
world's first genetically modified malaria mosquito that may one day help
to rid the world of the disease that kills an estimated 2.7 million people
each year. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000621/sc/mosquito_dc_1.html
# And see http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_800000/800796.stm
# Lethal neutron-bomb 'switch' kills pests - leaves buildings undamaged:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_697000/697383.stm
# Docs Say Prescriptive Prayer Unwarranted. BOSTON (Reuters) Medical schools
are offering courses in spirituality, religion and health after studies
saying prayer helps folks feel better & live longer.But prescribing prayer
is probably premature. "We are troubled by the uncritical embrace of this
trend by the general public, individual physicians, and American medical
schools," http://news.excite.com/news/r/000621/21/science-health-prayer-dc
: Have you zapped any aliments lately? Would you rather have your aliments
zapped by prayer, genetics, nukes, chemicals, implants, aliens, me? Are GM
researchers tampering with nature? Should their labs be burnt?Should we all?
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# Jury hears 911 tape in Davidian case - pops of gunfire in background - pop
pop pop: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2567528329-731
# Agents admit firing blindly in windows - whole lot of shooting going on -
pop pop pop pop: http://www.smh.com.au/news/0006/22/world/world05.html
# Waco finally put before the people: www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?10006192
@ Tom Grant <http://www.thegrid.net/tomgrant/index.html> and Andrew Amirault
<http://www.tiac.net/users/tobya/> believe the evidence of Kurt Cobain's
<http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/students/T.Getgood/kwm_page/evidence.html> death
suggests <http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gtaylor/murder.html> murder. Some
people <http://pw1.netcom.com/~dperle/nirvana/main.html> find their argu-
ment persuasive. Plot over to http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Conspiracy/
: Have you conspired to kill anyone for political/religious/artistic/random
reasons lately? D'ya prefer shotguns, carbines, incendiaries, guitars, sex?
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skills or knowledge of science." --Matt Damon
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