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@ Ooh: http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/nude/photo/20000604/nyr102
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@ THE VATICAN TERMINATOR. Will the Next Pope Be the Last Pope? Satan has
  chosen a new Pope. This new, chosen vessel will not only inherit the ecu-
  menical legacy of the aging and increasingly frail Pope John Paul II, he
  will be endowed with the occult energies to found and organize a stunning
  New World Religion. What a guy! http://www.texemarrs.com/vatterm.htm

# DEMONS FROM HELL KILL 11 IN CHURCH ATTACK! WASHINGTON, DC A top-secret FBI
  file proves the Devil is stepping up his attack on God's people. The bone-
  chilling report reveals that an army of demons from Hell overran a small
  Georgia church late last summer, killing 11 people & mauling 9 others! The
  174-page file contains shocking photos of the crime scene and sworn state-
  ments from 57 witnesses. http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1979.html

: Would you rather be terminated by priests, demons, aliens, robots, me? Are
you ready for the impending termination of yourself,society, religion,Earth,
reality? Have you terminated any individuals/organizations/galaxies lately?

# Final Curtain: a chain of theme park cemeteries, with holiday tours, gal-
  leries, neon death notices,and the "Dante's Grill" cafe. Is this for real?
  http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/05/31/deathhoax/index.html
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# 2,000 Year Old Greek Computer Calculated Motions Of Stars And Planets.
  In 1901 divers working off the isle of Antikythera found the remains of
  a clocklike mechanism 2,000 years old. The mechanism now appears to have
  been a device for calculating the motions of stars and planets. Harbored
  y0k bug: http://www.giant.net.au/users/rupert/kythera/kythera3.htm

@ FUTURE MAP OF THE WORLD. During the years 1998-2012, the surface and
  continents of Earth are destined for a radical transformation. Much of
  our land is expected to inundate, while new islands will be created,
  rising from the seafloor. http://earthchanges.com/pages/worldmaps.html

@ Jacques Barzun's history of Western civilization is bound to go down
  as a classic — if one day there's still a history for it to go down
  in: http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/18/jun00/barzun.htm

: Have you calculated/mapped/rewritten the past/present/future lately? Does
your civilization/planet/universe have a future? Do you? How can you tell??
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# EARLY-ONSET DEPRESSION: EXPECT COMORBIDITIES. Childhood depression is
  likely to be highly chronic and comorbid with other psychiatric disorders,
 and to severely impair function. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22589.rhtml

# WAS YOUR BABY SWITCHED AT BIRTH? CHICAGO -- Every day, all across America,
  dozens of new moms are sent home from the hospital with the wrong baby,
  govt health officials say. But by following your own intuition, you can
  tell almost immediately whether your infant has been switched at birth.
  Maternal telepathy: http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1978.html

# POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY HALVED DEPRESSION IN KIDS. Positive psychology
  techniques that aim to instill a sense of optimism halved the rate of
  depression in three studies of young adults and children that included as
  much as 10 years of follow-up. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22588.rhtml

: Are your children depressed, depressing, alien, missing? Were your babies/
parents/relatives switched at birth? Should they have been? Does your consp-
iracy switch many children/parents/neighbors/politicos/entertainers/aliens?
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# Video Trojan hoax scares up publicity for security firm. Another ambitious
 startup bangs another empty drum www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/11290.html
# Building a digital future. What do EU, SAP, DSL, WAP, GSM and B2B have in
  common? They all converge on Europe: http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/e.europe

# Children, Sex, And The Net: http://www.sightings.com/general2/csn.htm
@ Prospering in the New Economy: http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/new.economy/
# Computers will disturb heat balance of universe. JavaOne Overclockers,
  beware... http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/11268.html

@ It's the pampered comfort of our lives that is making us miserable. That's
  why we invent illusory threats and dangers for ourselves. Masochism tango:
  http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/06/04/stirevopn02003.html

: What's your favorite technological nightmare? Have you created/promulgated
/commercialized any technological nightmares lately? Are they real, virtual,
unstoppable, alphanumeric? Do they involve kids, nets, cash, bugs, ETs, me?
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# Ouch! Boys Lose Too Much in Circumcision Slip. ANKARA (Reuters) Health
  workers carrying out a mass circumcision on more than 200 children in
  west Turkey cut off more than they should have when they got to the last
  2 on Friday. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000609/15/odd-circumcision-dc

# A woman in U.S. academia has about 1/50th of a man's chances of getting
  tenure. The solution? Shove a sock in your pants. Well sure, that's one
  approach: http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/06/05/phallus/index.html

# WOMEN DRINK & DRUG TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY, NOT FOR SOCIABILITY. Girls
  & women drink alcohol & use drugs for different reasons than men, and the
  substances have somewhat different physiological effects in females than
  in males. Vive la difference: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22595.rhtml

: What's your favorite gender conflict? How do you deal with gender issues?
Does your gender [if any] make a difference in your life? Have you changed
genders lately? Willingly? Have aliens/agents/angels changed your sex? Why?
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# Fingers of Grandson Chopped Off in Meal Spat. NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters)
  A Kenyan woman who caught her grandson eating her fish doused the boy
  in gasoline, set fire to him and then chopped off his fingers. Over-
  reacting? http://news.excite.com/news/r/000609/15/odd-grandmother-dc

# MOOD DISORDERS RISK TIED TO HIV. HIV+ adolescents are more likely to have
  psychiatric disorders. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22593.rhtml
# AIDS: Africa in Peril: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/aids/

# HEARTLESS DOC REJOINS SIAMESE TWINS. CARACAS, Venezuela -- A surgeon
  cruelly reattached the Siamese twins he separated last month -- because
  they couldn't pay their bill! http://weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1969.html

: Have you been involved in a dysfunctional familial/professional/emotional/
conspiratorial relationship lately? How do you deal with the conflicting hot
emotions? Do your relationships/infections/finances upset your psyche? How?
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  "Being separated from a loved one can be one of life's greatest sorrows.
   And yet there are times when it is the only logical choice.  So, despite
   the pain, we make the break -- not only because it's the right thing to
   do -- but because, once your Siamese twin dies, it's only a matter of
   time before it starts to rot." -- http://www.SleazyTabloid.com

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# MASSIVE SOLAR X-CLASS FLARES: http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/
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# World Awash in Chlorine-Based Poisons - Plastic Trash Bags To PVC Pipe.
  WASHINGTON DC (ENS) - Agent Orange, DDT, PCBs - they are famous chemicals,
  notoriously toxic - notoriously banned. Yet they' and their legal cousins,
  continue to contaminate the environment, wildlife, our food & our bodies.
  Antidote: ban'em all. http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jun2000/2000L-06-08-06.html

# THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS EAT RAW WORMS FOR BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER! ATLANTA,
  Ga. -- A disgusting -- and potentially deadly -- new food fad is sweeping
  the country: A diet consisting almost entirely of raw, slimy red fishing
  worms! EATING red worms can irritate the stomach lining and expose you to
  potentially fatal illnesses. http://weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1971.html

# Pot Shrinks Tumors - U.S. Government Knew It In 1974 - story suppressed
  for quarter century: http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=9257
# Teen Drug And Cigarette Use Up Substantially - US youths are junkies:
  http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000608/ts/health_youth_dc_1.html

: Does your conspiracy plot to toxify the world?Have you ingested many toxic
substances lately? D'ya prefer DDT, tobacco, cannabis, raw worms, booze, me?
Should these substances be banned, even if they provide simple pleasures??
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# The "dark continent" of the soul was Freud's asinine description of female
  sexuality.Inspired by the success of Viagra,modern science can do better--
  or can it? http://newsweek.com/nw-srv/printed/us/st/a20086-2000may21.htm

# TRADITIONAL SMOKING PROGRAMS DON'T HELP GIRLS, WOMEN - gender differences
  in addiction and recovery: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22580.rhtml
@ Look at India to see the danger in using privacy "rights" to advance the
 cause of women's equality: http://bostonreview.mit.edu/BR25.2/nussbaum.html
Traditional French lover asserting dominance is gone, castrated by feminism:
  www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000166941319210&pg=/et/00/5/19/tlecol19.html

# DO YOUR BOOBS LOOK LIKE PANCAKES? PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Fitness trainer Tina
  Merenen believes any woman can have big boobs if she wants to -- and she's
  proving it with a special support group that helps flat-chested gals boost
  their bust size. Her unique group, called Big Bust or Bust, already has
  147 members around US. http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1985.html

: What's your favorite gender issue?Are your sexuality/physicality/spiritua-
lity challenged/enhanced/diverted by y'r gender/species/physiognomy?Have you
(de)sexualized anyone lately? Did you use ideology/weaponry/chemistry/toys?
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# ZIPRASIDONE MAY QUIET MOTOR AND VOCAL TICS IN YOUNG TOURETTE'S PATIENTS.
  Ziprasidone, a novel antipsychotic, may be effective in diminishing motor
  and vocal tics in children and adolescents with Tourette's syndrome or
  chronic tic disorder. Shhhh: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22585.rhtml

# NICOTINE MAY IMPROVE ATTENTIVENESS IN TOURETTE'S. Nicotine patch and other
  nicotinic agents have shown promise as treatments for Tourette's syndrome
 in preliminary clinical studies: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22574.rhtml

# WITCH DOCTORS CRIPPLE EACH OTHER WITH EVIL CURSES! KAREMA, Tanzania -- Two
  feuding witch doctors have crippled each other, killed an assortment of
  livestock and brought calamity to their villages in a bitter battle of
  evil curses and spells! http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1980.html

: Are you cursed by biology, mages, deities, spies, me? Do you have any hope
of treatment/remission/miracles? Do antipsychotics/narcotics/toxins/magicks
have positive/negative/null effects? Are your livestock cursed too? How bad?

# Psychologist Adrian Raine argues that for a small minority, violence
  is not a matter of choice. So is it right to judge them by our moral
  standards? http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opinion_223819.html
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# 'Remains' of St John the Baptist recovered. Greek police have found boxes
  containing relics that clergy claim are some of the remains of St John the
  Baptist. They were stolen from a church in Thessaloniki more than a month
  ago. The boxes are also said to contain relics of Orthodox Christian holy
  men. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/greece_heritage-religion_20326.html

# Ancient text raises NEW JESUS MYSTERY. Where has Christ REALLY been for
  the past 2,000 years? ISTANBUL, Turkey -- The discovery of a tiny scrap
  of ancient parchment -- believed to be a fragment of a lost book of the
  Bible -- has spawned a baffling new Jesus mystery! A theologian who has
  translated the document says it proves that, contrary to some church
  teachings, Jesus has been on Earth in the flesh virtually the entire time
  since His crucifixion. http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1975.html

: Have your found the bodies [living and/or dead and/or divine and/or alien]
of any holy guys/gals/critters/whatever lately? Do they keep coming & going,
rematerializing & disappearing,turning up in odd places? Can you keep track?
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# TREATMENT FOR PSYCHOPATHS IS LIKELY TO MAKE THEM WORSE. When it comes
  to treating psychopaths, Robert Hare, PhD, offers you but one succinct
  bit of advice: 'Don't waste your time. Nothing you do can make any
  difference at all.' http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22597.rhtml

# 'INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOPATHS' CAN THRIVE IN BUSINESS. Not all psychopaths
  end up in prison. Some climb the corporate ladder swiftly and quite
  successfully. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22596.rhtml

# BOSSES MAKE OFFICE WORKERS WEAR HELMETS! LOS ANGELES -- Workmen's compen-
  sation complaints are getting so out of hand in American business offices
  that some company presidents demand that their employees wear helmets on
  the job! Some have mandated that all workers - from secretaries and office
  boys all the way to top-management executives - wear protective headgear
  while at work. http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1967.html

: Do you work with/for psychopaths? Are you psychopathic?Are you successful?
How do you measure success? Has anyone tried treating you? What happened? Do
you resent being treated like a psychopath? D'ya make it work for you? How?
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# Great philosophers are obsolete, and it's Max Weber's fault. His vision
  of rational and valueless social science has taken their place -- for
  now. http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0005/articles/manent.html

# Unemployed philosophers are often loath to seek jobs outside of academe.
  But is critical thought really found only in the ivory tower? Why not?
  http://www.britannica.com/bcom/original/article/0,5744,6237,00.html

# Jacques Derrida says he cannot listen in earnest to anyone talking in a
  southern French dialect.Do serious thinkers really need to axe the accent?
  http://www.sundayherald.com/news/newsi.hts?section=7-Days&story_id=8477

: Who are your favorite philosophers? Do they talk funny? Do you? Are they
employed? Are you? Is philosophy obsolete? Was it ever relevant? When? How?
[ the above, and much more, via http://cybereditions.com/aldaily/ ]
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  "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an
   understanding of ourselves." --Carl G. Jung

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@ Japanese Pizzas: http://www2.gol.com/users/erdoboy/pizza/pizzaDS.html

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# ALIENS DIED IN UFO WRECK -- BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T WEARING SEAT BELTS!
  ROSWELL, N.M. -- The famous UFO crash that took place here in 1947 didn't
  have to be fatal, government accident investigators have concluded. The 4
  alien astronauts aboard the flying saucer died 'cause they weren't wearing
  seat belts! INVESTIGATORS CONCLUDED from autopsy reports that the cause of
  death was concussion. http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1981.html

# Destination Mars: Is anybody ready to go?
  http://www.alienzoo.com/news/a/200006090007.cfm
# Exploring Mars: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/specials/mars/
# Wanted: One Unbiased Scientist - http://www.caus.org/mc052600.htm
# Garbled moonwalk memories: http://www.alienzoo.com/news/a/200006090010.cfm

: Are you ready to travel to/from space? D'ya always wear a seat belt? What
physical/mental/spiritual/virtual protective measures d'ya regularly employ?
Do your biases drive your life/death/other? D'ya know where you're going??
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# RELIGIOUS INVOLVEMENT MAY BE A FACTOR IN LIVING A LONG LIFE. Regular
  attendance at church, synagogue, mosque, or Buddhist monastery is related
  to longer life, according to a meta-analysis of 42 studies that examined
  125,826 people. Pray for me: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22513.rhtml
# SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY EXPLOITS THE PLUSES. What would happen if you
  could ask for a miracle? http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22586.rhtml

# HARNESS THE POWER OF YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL for luck in health, money & love!
  Guardian Angels are key to long life, glowing health, romantic bliss and
  untold wealth,an explosive new Vatican report reveals. A preliminary draft
  of the document has circulated through the highest levels of the Holy See;
  the Pope himself has personally approved the report. "There is clear
  evidence that the power of angels is playing an increasingly large role
  in the affairs of men." http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1970.html

: Does y'r belief system offer you any material benefits? D'ya fully exploit
your faith? Does constant prayer make you healthy, wealthy & wise? 2 out of
3, maybe? Do angels/aliens/deities/demons/robots guide your fortune? Really?

@ The clearing of its own skirts lends to the Vatican's apologies a kind of
  self-praise that does not comport with true remorse. Not better, just
  saved? http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/WWWfeatdisplay.cgi?20000525019R#top
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# Prince Charles has doubts about genetic engineering.
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/reith_2000/lecture6.stm
# Richard Dawkins has doubts about Prince Charles.
  http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/prince/prince_index.html

# Alfred Russel Wallace, that most unlucky of naturalists, was once thought
  to be one of the two most important figures in the 19th century. And the
  other one was... http://www.lrb.co.uk/v22/n10/berr2210.htm

# Einstein versus Bohr: their passionate debate about the fundamental
  meaning of quantum physics is one of the greatest stories in all of
  intellectual history. http://www.prometheus.demon.co.uk/02/02kumar.htm

: Who's your favorite scientific personality? Would you rather learn about
science from scientists, priests/mages, royals, aliens, entertainers, me?
How much science/engineering/technology/knowledge can you stand? No more?

# The Visual Ray - Or, How Trevor Taught Me Cloud-Busting. Orgone energy
  for weather control: http://www.sightings.com/general2/tev.htm [splash]
# VALUE OF PSYCHOSIS http://surfingtheapocalypse.com/apocult.html#psychotic
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# One Head, Two Faces, But Still Just Nine Lives. PHILADELPHIA. Two kittens
  were born on Wednesday to a Bensalem cat, but there were three faces in
  the litter. One of the tiny creatures arrived with one head, two ears -
  but four eyes, two noses and two mouths. The rare, double-faced feline
  has reasonably good chances for survival, area veterinarians say. Worship
  it now: http://web.philly.com/content/inquirer/2000/06/10/city/SCAT10.htm

# VAMPIRE SNAKES HEADING FOR U.S.  MEXICO CITY -- Worried international
  health authorities have ordered the extermination of a fast-breeding,
  deadly rain forest snake that attacks animals & humans while they sleep -
  and sucks their blood like a vampire! The serpents are expected to reach
  the U.S. by 2002. http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1972.html

: What're your favorite animals? Have you engineered any new animals lately?
Should animals/humans be rebuilt with more eyes/noses/ears/mouths/assholes?
Should animals/humans be engineered to drink blood? Would anybody notice??
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# CIA, FBI SAY IRAN DEFECTOR IS IMPOSTOR. An Iranian defector who said he
  could prove Iran was responsible for the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing
  has been exposed by the CIA and FBI as an impostor. It's one damn thing
  after another: http://CNN.com/2000/US/06/11/lockerbie.iran.reut/index.html

# Egyptian Pilots Condemn US Probe Into EgyptAir Crash. The Egyptian Pilots
  Assn has condemned a US probe into last year's crash of EgyptAir Flight
  990 following a report saying American investigators are more certain than
  ever that a pilot deliberately plunged the plane into the Atlantic.
  http://www.ananova.com/news/story/egypt_us-air-accidents_17286.html

# OIL MEETING NEXT TARGET OF ANTI-TRADE ACTIVISTS. CALGARY (AP)  Anti-trade
  protesters who targeted the World Trade Organization and the Organization
  of American States in recent months were preparing to disrupt a World Pet-
  roleum Congress meeting that begins here on Sunday, police & activists
  said. http://www.CNN.com/2000/WORLD/americas/06/11/canada.petroleum.ap/

: What's your favorite international conspiracy? D'ya prefer private/public/
corporate/military/religious/random conspiracies? Does your conspiracy push
disinformation for reasoned/insane/random/directed/no reasons? Who listens?
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# TEEN BRAINS HAVE LESS FRONTAL CORTEX FUNCTION. Adolescent brains really do
  differ from adult brains, which may explain the impulsiveness & aggression
  exhibited by many teens: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22602.rhtml

# GIRLS ARE HEALTHIER WHEN ANGER IS NOT A TABOO EMOTION. Girls need
  strategies on how to manage their anger so that they can make it work
  for them. Don't we all? http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22587.rhtml

# SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE ... BY BEATING THE HELL OUT OF YOUR MATE! LOS ANGELES -
  Women's rights organizations and church groups are are up in arms over a
  new class taught in some community-education schools here - a course that
  teaches couples to vent their rage by beating each other silly! WIFFLE BAT
  MAKES A GREAT WEAPON: http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1984.html

: D'ya deal with your anger well,making it work for you? Has your anger made
you rich yet? How have your brains developed, if at all? Is y'r anger formed
by your age/gender/species/planet/ideology? Have you beaten anyone lately??
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  "Don't crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers." --Firesign Theatre

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