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@ Play-By-Play: http://www.poems.com/playbmur.htm
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# THE SKULLS: Insider Secrets Of The New World Orderlies. What if you were
  invited to join the world's most powerful secret society -- the Order of
  Skull and Bones -- a membership so exclusive that it virtually guarantees
  success in the material world? What if you could join the ranks of global
  movers & shakers, the Power Elite of industry, education, banking, media?
  Would you do it? At what cost? http://www.sightings.com/general/skulls.htm

# Major Protests Planned In DC Against Illuminati Agenda. The much-publi-
  cised protests at the World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle are to
  be followed by a similar demo at a joint meeting of the World Bank (WB)
  and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C.  The WB & IMF are
  two masks on the same Illuminati face which link with the WTO to form a
  global network of trade, business, and financial control which is allowing
  the economies of nations to be manipulated and dictated by a few people at
  the peak of the global pyramid. http://www.sightings.com/general/illum.htm

: Does your conspiracy control the world yet? Are you still working on it?
Do you have help from aliens, demons, deities, robots, me? Is controlling
the world a dirty job but someone has to do it? Is your work necessary? Eh?
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@ Ever wonder <http://jraxis.kracked.com/atheism/simulator/main.html> what
  it's like to be God? (Like The Sims <http://www.thesims.com/> and Dungeon
  Keeper <http://www.dungeonkeeper.com/> aren't enough.) And you know that
  this Web/Internet thing is really catching on when even the Hare Krishnas
  <http://www.krsna.com/> use it. http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Religion/

# INCREASE IN NUMBER OF VOCATIONS, CATECHISTS AND CATHOLICS - Statistics
  Confirm End of Post-Conciliar Crisis. VATICAN CITY (ZENIT)  Catholics are
  increasing in the world at a higher rate than the demographic growth of
  the planet. Spreading: http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48754

@ Back-action Quanta and Sentience: The Real ‘Shadows of the Mind'. Matter
  exists. Mind exists. Each codetermines the other. The body is mind around
  which matter coalesces. Back-action quanta bootstrap the genetic program.
  http://research.haifa.ac.il/~jmjaffe/mindcom/messages/17.html [Thanks Al!]

: Have you solved any existential quandaries lately? Have you simulated the
existence of deities/aliens/humans? Do your simulations tend to grow without
limit, enveloping observable reality? Have your mind/body coalesced lately??
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# Ulysses Spacecraft Catches Biggest Comet Tail. LONDON (Reuters) - A chance
  encounter between the spacecraft Ulysses and the wake of a speeding comet
  has helped scientists to identify the longest comet tail ever recorded.
  Zowie. http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/April2000/0406ulysses.htm

# Catch A Comet By The Tail: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9632513
# Longest Comet Tail Detected: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9632277
# NASA's Comet Catch: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast06apr_2.htm

# Astrobiology Draws Researchers: http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9631604
# Heart of darkness - Are black holes buzzing like flies around the centre
  of the Galaxy? Bzzz... http://newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns223324

: Have you caught any comets/planetoids/galaxies/universes lately? Do they
squirm? Are they infested with life? Are you? Are you a comet/planetoid? Do
pesky spacecraft brush bother you, like mosquitos? Don't you just hate that?
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# Molecule hits drug-resistant germs. (AP) - Opening the door to a powerful
  new class of antibiotics just when doctors need them most, scientists have
  created a molecule that zaps deadly, drug-resistant strains of bacteria.
  Kablooie. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565449471-dc5

# Forget pills & injections, an array of tiny blades will help the medicine
  go down - smart patch uses an electric charge to drive drugs through tiny
  slits in the skin. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns223337

@ Nanobes <http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/nanobes/nanobes.html> are the
  smallest known living thing, measuring only 20 to 100 nanometers in size.
  Discovered in 1996, nanobes are still largely a mystery. See the high-res
  images <http://www.uq.edu.au/nanoworld/images_1.html> -- then take a look
  at http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Science/ and be astounded/enlightened.

: Have you designed any molecules/nanobes/nanobots lately? Do you have them
firmly under control,or have they escaped? Are they slowly/quickly devouring
the planet, replicating ferociously? How much time do we have left? Really?

# Company sequences human genome. WASHINGTON (AP) - A firm striving to map
  the human genetic code reported that it has completed a major step in the
  project - decoding the pieces of DNA that make us what we are. Celera Gen-
  omics has finished the first phase of understanding one person's genetic
  code & will now begin to assemble the genetic fragments into their proper
  order. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565476292-3d0
  And http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_704000/704290.stm
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Religion'R'Us:

# CANADIAN BISHOPS DENY THEIR SUPPORT FOR WOMEN'S MARCH ENDORSES ABORTION,
  LESBIANISM, FEMINISM: http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48759
# Buddhist Nuns indicted in fundraising case - failed to appear in court.
  Tsk tsk: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565453364-284
# E.U. OPENS DOORS TO SAME-SEX "MARRIAGE" - Resolution to Impose Recognition
  of Homosexual Couples: http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48755

# Attending religious activities may help delay sexual activity, according
  to recent study. Parents who take their families to religious services
  regularly may be helping their children develop aspects of spirituality
  that are associated with the choice not to become sexually active:
  http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/wfub-ara040600.html

# ELIAN & CHURCH REPRESSION: http://ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48788
# GONZALEZ IN U.S. FOR ELIAN - LORD JESUS LIKELY TO TAKE ONE OR BOTH UP
  TO HEAVEN VERY VERY SOON: http://CNN.com/2000/US/04/06/cuba.boy.02/
# NETHERLANDS MAY LEGALIZE EUTHANASIA, ASSISTED SUICIDE FOR CHILDREN - no
  parental consent: http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48761

# Waco judge asked to nix claims - "Evidence amply supports a finding that
  the Davidians themselves - at least some of them - started the fire inten-
  tionally." http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565454795-780
# VIOLENCE IN INDONESIA ENDS 50 YEARS OF RELIGIOUS WORK - Muslim-Xian war
  shatters nuns' efforts: http://ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48758
@ SAVE THE AMISH -collect the entire set http://holycrosslivonia.org/amish/
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"We must not let fear of ridicule keep us from taking chances in our lives.
 Whether we make one mistake or one hundred, there's only so much they can
 fit on one little tombstone." -- http://www.SleazyTabloid.com

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@ Opera To Love: http://www.phillynews.com/2000/Apr/05/poster.htm
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# HARRY GRIFFIN: "THIS IS HOW I WILL CLONE A HUMAN" - Catholic Experts Label
  Experiment "Intrinsically Illicit" - clones deny illegitimacy, demand full
  respect & recognition: http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48804

# When Andrew Sullivan injects testosterone he feels a deep surge of energy:
  "My wit is quicker, my mind faster, but my judgment is more impulsive."
  http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000402mag-testosterone.html

# AILING 'SLOTH GIRL' LIVES LIFE IN SLOW MOTION! NEWARK, N. J. -- Brave 7-
  year-old Martha Cibron suffers from a rare and horrible disorder. Her
  metabolism is so slow that she eats only about 13 ounces of food a week
  and must consume seven gallons of coffee and other stimulants every day
  just to stay awake! http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1443.html

: Have you experimented on yourself/others/me lately? Have you made anyone
faster/slower/smarter/dumber/holier/damned? Would you rather live slow/long
like a redwood; or fast/quick like a shrew; or in-between like a good clone?
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@ THE ORIGIN OF WRITING. Introduction: My rediscovery of the world's oldest
  form of writing. The Origin of Writing: How writing began. North America's
  First People: Enter into a continent filled with residual species of dino-
  saurs. Non-Metrical Image Writing: How this form of writing works. A Photo
  Offer: Ancient reptile who's remains have been mistaken for "grey aliens."
  A Warning: DO NOT lift these static images and attempt to "animate" them
  through video. Imparting the dynamics of the screen to such refined visual
  elements COULD TRIGGER EPILEPTIC SEIZURES in viewers susceptible to such
  attacks. If you want to try animating these images, USE A GRADUAL, SLOW,
  TRANSITIONAL FLOW mediated by a neutral gray background density. MAINTAIN
  THE CONTEXT OF THESE IMAGES. Shift THROUGH a neutral background, NOT dir-
  ectly between image elements. Easy... http://www.tripleoak.on.ca/mindseye/

: Does your writing cause seizures, nausea, disability, death? Do you hang
around with reptiles, gray aliens, UFOlogists? Do their writings cause ill-
ness? Have you discovered any ancient/alien writings lately? Have you deci-
phered these writings? Say what? [via achrist@easystreet.com - thanks, Al!]
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# Campfire Casts Doubt on First Americans. Campfire remains found under a
  Virginia sand dune could be the proof that humans inhabited the Americas
  as early as 17,000 years ago, fueling the friction over where the first
  Americans came from and when: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9631226

# Did sharing evolve from group hunting? The idea that co-operation during
  hunting led to the evolution of human social/moral behaviour has received
 a boost. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_702000/702754.stm
@ BREAKING NEWS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: http://julen.net/ancient/breaking.html

# Sandstorm Eats Army. News in 2500 Years. They think they found the remains
  of a 50000-man Persian Army swallowed by a sandstorm in 524 BC whilst eat-
  ing lunch. www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20000327/history_persianarmy.html

: Have you discovered any ancient/medium/recent humans lately? Did you find
anything new about human evolution/behaviour/volition? Can we learn anything
more about humans? Should we move on to investigating other species? Which?
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# TRINITY IS NOT A "THEOREM" BUT REALITY. VATICAN CITY (ZENIT)  The mystery
  of the Holy Trinity is not something distant, or a "heavenly arithmetic
  theorem," but a reality that is part of our daily life, John Paul II told
  an exceptionally large Jubilee crowd. Three gods in one - the Pope affirms
  Catholic polytheism: http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48790

# Okla.Lawmakers Pass Creationism Bill; if they eat more beans, they'll pass
  another soon. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Science books used in Oklahoma public
  schools would be required to acknowledge "that human life was created by
  one God of the universe." No consensus as to just which deity that might
  be: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565460118-c87
# Free Help For Boozers: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9635174

: Who are your favorite deities? Do they come in clusters of 2, 3, 4, more?
Did they do a good job of creating the universe, humanity, reality? Were you
created by one or more competent deities? Why do you have tonsils, appendix?
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# NASA Disinformation On Full Throttle. (ECTV) What NASA appears to tell us
  is there is absolutely nothing going on with the sun that should concern
  you. Relax. http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/April2000/0406nasa.htm

# CURRENT SOLAR DATA: M-CLASS FLARE. QUIET. http://www.maj.com/sun/noaa.html
# Solar Terrestrial Activity Report. The geomagnetic field is expected to be
  quiet to unsettled on April 6 with a chance of isolated active intervals.
  A CME will likely impact Earth sometime on April 7 or early on April 8 and
  cause unsettled to major storm conditions. http://www.dxlc.com/solar/

# Sunspot Count Over 300. (ECTV) Sunspot count has now risen above 300.
  Expect a series of M-Class and X-Class flares to follow. Within 48 hours
  of solar flare events, watch for extreme weather around the world. We're
  doomed: http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/April2000/0403sunspot.htm

: Have any major solar flares licked at your planet lately? Has the surface
been seared, wiped clean of lifeform infections, sterilized in preparation
for the next inhabitants? Who deserves to occupy the surface of your planet?
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# ORGANIZERS REVEAL TRUE REASON FOR ANTI-VATICAN CAMPAIGN. FRONT ROYAL, VA.
  "The true motivation for the campaign to remove the Vatican from the Uni-
  ted Nations stems from anti-Catholic attitudes and pro-abortion intoler-
  ance." Some noises about the Vatican not being a traditional nation-state,
  sure, but so what? http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48750

# Consul of Imaginary Principality Arrested. MADRID, Spain (Reuters) - A man
  acting as consul of an imaginary principality off Britain was arrested in
  Madrid on suspicion of selling fake passports to international criminals,
  the Civil Guard said. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000405/12/odd-arrest

# It's Good to Be King. There's no need to be disenfranchised. Just start
  your own nation. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.03/kingdoms.html

: Do you run your own nation? Did one or more deities/dictators/demagogues
give it to you; or did you rip it from the primordial chaos with your own
raw fingers; or did it just happen? Is it still a work-in-progress? Is it
represented in the UN? Should we all have nations, UN seats, armies, taxes?
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  "If life is what you make it, shame on you!  SHAME! Look what
   you did!  BAD person! BAD!" -- http://www.SleazyTabloid.com

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@ WARNING! http://www.animejump.com/saiyan1big.jpg
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# OKLAHOMA FAMILY'S TIME/SPACE ANOMALIES. Two experiences with one of them
  timed by three different timepieces. Somehow we either gained time or
  distance (a hypothetical possibility based on the gas consumption). We
  are highly skeptical people but perplexed! http://caus.org/pc040600.htm
@ The Universe: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1884newcomb-universe.html

# Another Stunning Yukon UFO Sighting Reported. The witnesses got a good
  look at the saucer. It was a classic disc shape with a dome on top. The
  dome had two curved windows or lights from which a beautiful ocean blue
  or aqua colored light was shining. But the surface of the craft was
  difficult to describe. http://www.sightings.com/general/yukon.htm

: Have you experienced any time/space/mass/energy/thought/emotion anomalies
lately? Have you experienced/witnessed/fantasized going faster/further than
you thought possible? Do your experiences fit any classic patterns? Which?
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# Sharks Get Cancer - eating shark cartilage is a waste of time, money:
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565449992-2bf
@ I'M 19. I CAN'T REMEMBER STUFF. WILL GINKGO FIX MY POOR MEMORY?  No.
  http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=31110
@ I'M 16 AND I BLEED EVERY TIME I HAVE SEX. IS THIS NORMAL? No.
  http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=30730

@ SOUND HEALING AND VIBRATIONAL MEDICINE MUSIC. "Bringing you the latest
  advances in Healing Music, Multimedia and Vibrational Medicine so you
  can live in natural balance within yourself and your environment..."
  ENVIRONMENTS (acoustic Feng Shui) and more: http://www.t-hyp.com/

: What's your favorite healing sound/herb/fish/rock? Have you cleansed your
chakras lately? Do you bleed before/during/after sex? Are sharks involved?
Do you practice Feng Shui before/during/after sex? Do you remember? What?
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# OZONE DEPLETION. Scientists measuring the ozone layer -Earth's sunscreen-
  over northern Europe found that almost 2/3 was lost in one of the coldest
  stratospheric winters on record. Ozone levels over Europe will be thinner
  in the next few weeks. Ozone is a pollutant at ground level but blocks UV
  radiation in the upper atmosphere. Less ozone protection means a greater
  risk of skin cancers and cataracts. Even though developed nations have
  stopped using the chemicals that endanger the ozone layer, the damage
  goes on. http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,155867,00.html

# Bats threatening Mexico cattle - garlic, crosses are no cure:
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565421903-0fa
@ Dracula: http://www.literature.org/Works/Bram-Stoker/dracula/
# Naked Pol: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000404/11/odd-election

: Are you more threatened by ultraviolet, vampires, politicians, aliens, me?
Is ozone depletion a good excuse to stay out of the sunshine? Will cautious
night-crawling Europeans be mistaken for vampires, persecuted, heart-staked?
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# Cloning of people disavowed by pioneer. The scientist who coaxed a repro-
  grammed cell to develop into the world’s first clone of an adult mammal
  said that the technique shouldn’t be used to make copies of humans. But
  who cares? http://www.cleveland.com/news/index.ssf?/news/pd/cc05clon.html

# Experts back embryo research: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9633903
# Embryo clones could treat leukaemia: www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9633905
# Bill Joy's Tech Fears: http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/archives/s116037.htm

# Biotech foods said safe - but more govt monitoring needed:
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565461550-6aa
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_703000/703440.stm
# Also - Farmers shy away from biotech crops - intimidated:
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565451896-018

: Have you cloned any people/plants/aliens/deities lately? Is your research
about to run amok, destroying life as we know it? Is that your goal? Should
all research go ahead despite the protests of naysayers, quibblers, fools??

# Expanding life's alphabet. IN AN attempt to one-up nature, researchers are
  expanding the genetic code that has given rise to just about every form of
  life. They hope to create artificial DNA capable of producing proteins no
  one has ever seen before. http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9632516
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# Levitation Physicist John Hutchison Raided At Gunpoint By Canadian Police.
  An antique gun collection owned by Hutchison was confiscated. Police also
  called in an "electrical inspector" to examine John's lab equipment. This
  is the famous "Hutchison apparatus" with which John produces the renowned
  "Hutchison Effect." Antigravity: http://www.sightings.com/general/raid.htm

# Prof. Fired For Holocaust Book. WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A Polish history
  professor was fired and blacklisted for writing that Nazi Germany did
  not have a comprehensive plan for exterminating Jews. Violated ethical
  standards: http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565455503-fd4
@ Politics & Language: http://www.nwlink.com/~bnl/shorts/stories/patel.html
@ CREATIVITY - OPEN FOR INTERPRETATION: news:misc.creativity

: Has your research been suppressed by govt/corporate/church agents? Should
it be? Is your research dangerous? To whom? Will you press on despite all
obstacles? If you're really a threat, why haven't you just disappeared yet?
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# Nuke papers found on street. Papers found on a pavement near a UK nuclear
  weapons factory reveal secrets about govt plans to develop new weapons.
  http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,155764,00.html

# Cryptos Try to Solve Enigma Crime. A unique World War II German
  codebreaker has been snatched from a British museum. Cryptologists
  say they'll be damned if this thing is going to show up on eBay.
  I bid $5: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35409,00.html

# CIA returns E. German spy files - withholding the juicy stuff:
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565445196-047
# RETIRED U.S. NAVY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER BUSTED FOR SPYING IN RUSSIA:
  http://CNN.com/2000/WORLD/europe/04/05/russia.us.spy.02/index.html

: Have you spied lately? Were you caught? Did you escape? Did you lose any-
thing? Are you sure? Did you just pretend? Are your masters pissed/pleased?
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  "It is said that apathy is the greatest stumbling block you'll ever
   encounter on your path to success in life.  And just what is the
   best way to overcome apathy?  Ask someone who gives a $%#."
   -- http://www.SleazyTabloid.com

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@ Rusty: http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/rusty/rusty.html
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# Deliveryman Sez He Saw Goat-Hauling Bigfoot-Like Thang. He says he doesn't
  drink or "use dope," so you have to believe him on this: He saw a hairy,
  8-foot-tall critter carrying a goat. "He was all covered with hair, a real
  dark gray color, with some spots that looked a honey color ... and it was
  mighty, mighty, big." A deputy was sent to the scene, but didn't find sus-
  picious footprints. http://jsonline.com/news/metro/apr00/foot05040400a.asp

# UFO in Missouri. Although it is difficult to judge the size of an airborne
  object at a distance -- there's no point of reference by which to gauge --
  Noll estimates that the craft was "about the size of a football field."
  Humungeous: http://www.riverfronttimes.com/issues/2000-04-05/feature.html

: Have large entities stolen your goats lately? Do they hover menacingly? Do
they threaten you? Do you use dope? Do you want to now? When will you start?
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# Sun, 6 planets to line up. (AP) Next month, the sun and six of the planets
  will line up like cosmic billiard balls in a configuration doomsayers warn
  could shift the Earth's poles, trigger earthquakes, ruin the stock market
  & usher in da Age of Aquarius if anyone survives. Astronomers are busy de-
  bunking apocalyptic predictions,just as they did when the planets lined up
  in 1982, 1962 and about every 20 years before that. They'll have to do it
  again in 2020 too. And you thought it was safe to ditch those Y2K survival
  kits... http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565448807-ab2

# COPS FEAR CULT READY FOR APOCALYPSE. POLICE fear doomsday cult members are
  stockpiling weapons, food & clothing in preparation for an apocalypse next
  month. Members of one sect are said to have been asked to obtain weapons
  including shotguns, bolt-action rifles and crossbows. The leader of the
  Order of St Charbel admits they have guns. Expect the world to end in May:
  http://heraldsun.com.au/common/story_page/0,2294,532431%255E2862,00.html

: Has your world ended lately? Will it end soon? Are you prepared for the
end? Are you well-armed/supplied/fucked? D'ya have many crossbows, heterae,
prayers? Does the world end every 20 years, whether we notice it or not??
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# Doomsday sect's handbook had message. KANUNGA, Uganda (AP) In a 163-page
  handbook distributed across Uganda, a doomsday sect offered a seductive
  message of heavenly salvation to African villagers struggling with poverty
  and the scourge of AIDS. For the unconvinced there was a different fate -
  a fiery torment where they would burn for eternity. The paperbound tract,
  "A Timely Message from Heaven: The End of the Present Times," was distrib-
  uted by the thousands; we obtained a copy from a man in the SE village of
  Rugazi who said cult members tried unsuccessfully to recruit him.It offers
  little but stark choices & homespun advice for righteous living. For hund-
  reds who adhered to its tenets, the reward was ultimately a vicious death.
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565422681-8cd
# Also: Uganda cult handbook excerpts, see
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565424242-3ee

: Have you propagandized for Hellfire and Dalmatians lately? Have you gained
many adherents? Is everyone doomed but your fellow-believers? Are you doomed
too? Are you in any hurry for doom? Can't we approach doom slowly, lazily??
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@ We're bound for hell <http://www.exposingsatanism.org/> (in a handbasket)
  <http://www.shu.ac.uk/web-admin/phrases/bulletin_board/messages/2879.html>
  with peace signs & yin yangs <http://exposingsatanism.org/signsymbols.htm>
  and Pokemon <http://www.exposingsatanism.org/pokemon.htm> and Christmas
  <http://www.exposingsatanism.org/christmas.htm> and most of the good music
  <http://www.exposingsatanism.org/music>, but even the relatively innocuous
  [if insipid] Backstreet Boys <http://www.backstreet.net/> are a satanic
  influence <http://www.av1611.org/othpubls/teenidol.html> these days. Now
  go get religion at http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Religion/ or else.

# SATANIC TELEVISION FACES HELLFIRE! ‘Satanic’ TV sets burned. Karachi -
  A Pakistani group modeled on the Taliban of Afghanistan has launched a
  campaign against "un-Islamic" practices by rounding up & burning "satanic"
  television sets: http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/050400/detFOR09.htm
@ The Satanic Hamster Dance: http://www.greymatter.org/satanichamsterdance/

: What's your favorite path to Hell? D'ya prefer damned TV/music/holidays to
the salvated kinds? Is Hell a lot more interesting than salvation? Do mono-
theists rail against Hell because their preferred destination can't compete?
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# Valley to Bill Joy: 'Zzzzzzz' (Wired) The information revolution's giddy
  rush to worship science gets a drubbing from critics such as Bill Joy, who
  sez we're ignoring the little things - like ethics. The Valley, of course,
  disagrees. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35424,00.html

# O'Hair suspect pleads innocent - atheist disappearance still a mystery.
  Godnose? http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565423881-52e
@ SingSing Unplugged - The Electric Chair: http://theelectricchair.com/
@ Out Of Indiana - The Electric Amish: http://www.electricamish.com/
@ THE CHURCH OF THE GERBIL: http://www.corg.org/main.htm
@ THE CHURCH OF THE OTTERS: http://tcoto.da.ru

: What's your favorite ethical/moral/spiritual dilemma? Do you try to solve
such problems with reason, prayer, lawsuits, bribery, murder? Is electricity
the answer? Do otters/gerbils/hamsters lead you towards the Truth? How fast?
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# Gene Research, Meet Napster. (Wired) A researcher is building a Napster-
  type application for sharing research data about the Human Genome Project.
  But the controversy surrounding Napster might make this another scientific
  hot potato. G'z. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35404,00.html

# Gene Researchers Score $13 Mil. The NIH doles out money for scientists to
  study how genetic differences affect how we respond to drug treatments.
  I volunteer: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35412,00.html

# DNA database Down Under - Suspects to have samples taken without their
  consent: http://www.smh.com.au/news/0004/05/national/national09.html
# Judge allows dog-hair DNA evidence to be used as evidence in aggravated
  robbery trial: http://dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/59837_doghairdna.html

: Have you abused any DNA lately? Do people/aliens/robots abuse your DNA? Do
corporate/govt/church agents take your DNA without your consent? Do they run
experiments on it? Do they swap your DNA online? Do you demand royalties??
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  "We've all experienced dark moments when it seems logic has given
   way to chaos and nothing seems to add up.  But it is in these very
   moments that the world, however briefly, makes perfect sense to
   blondes." -- http://www.SleazyTabloid.com

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