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# COP BATTLES BADDIES FROM BEYOND. THE first thing Ralph Sarchie saw was the
mattresses -- in the living room. The next was the evil spirit. Make that
evil spirits. It was all in a day's work for Sarchie, housing cop who moon-
lights as a demon detective. "People need help and I am there to help them,"
said Sarchie, a 15-year NYPD veteran. "We are in a war that is not to this
earth." Huh? Wha? http://www.nypostonline.com/051799/commentary/9048.htm
: Can you make citizen's arrests of evil spirits, good spirits, indifferent
spirits? Do you need a cop to control spirits? Who are better qualified to
deal with spirits: transit cops, housing cops, traffic cops, sex-abuse cops?
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# Barr Seeks Witchcraft Ban. ATLANTA (Reuters) Georgia GOP Congressguy Bob
Barr is demanding that Army bases stop sanctioning witchcraft. Apparently,
it's considered a religion for some soldiers. Soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas,
upset Barr after he read about a Wiccan celebration there. He says allowing
witches to practice on base could lead to all sorts of other bizarre, fun
practices. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990519/15/georgia-news-summary-10
: What religions would you like to ban? Can you differentiate between Wicca
and Witchcraft? Can Georgia GOP Representives? Are their implants misfiring?
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# Paco Rabanne sees Mir destroying Paris in August. PARIS (Reuters) Designer
Paco Rabanne fears his next fashion show may be his last -- not for reasons
of changing tastes, but because Russia's Mir space station will crash down
and destroy the haute couture capital Paris. The fireball will come August
11, just as 16th century French seer Nostradamus predicted, says Rabanne,
who is so convinced of disaster he has written a book warning about it.
http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9905/19/BC-FRANCE-NOSTRADAMUS.reut/index.html
: Would you regret the destruction of Paris? What city(s) would you prefer
Mir destroy? Would you wear clothes designed by a prophet? Are they rad?
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# NASA, SGI HATCH 'HAL'. SGI is teaming up with NASA to build supercomputer
technology to take the agency beyond 2001. On the agenda is everything from
virtual space surgery to spacecraft modeling. Open the pod bay door, Hal.
http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/technology/story/19769.html
: Can you trust supercomputers, NASA, SGI, me? Do you prefer physical or
virtual surgery? Have you designed any spacecraft lately? Do they work?
# EVEREST TREK PREPARES FOR MARS. Members of the Everest Extreme Expedition
'99 are using the rooftop of the world as a space travel training ground.
http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/technology/story/19764.html
: Would you rather train for Mars in Antarctica, atop Everest, in Virtual
Reality, on Mars itself? Where would you train for Venus, Jupiter, Pluto?
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# "I smell the presence of Satan". Is Littleton's evangelical subculture
a solution to the youth alienation that played a role in the Columbine
killings, or a reflection of it? Faith comforts but ignites simmering
tensions: www.salonmagazine.com/news/feature/1999/05/15/evangelicals/
: Does Satanism ever appear anywhere but in fundamentalist communities? Is
Satanic awareness a necessary component of Xian/Moslem belief? Is hate hot?
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# If longevity is your goal, go to church - Research shows people who attend
religious services outlive those who never go by 7 years. Religion may offer
everlasting life but it's also good for several extra years on planet Earth.
Once a week does it: http://insidedenver.com/news/0519chur2.shtml
: How much time must you spend 'inside' to gain the extra time 'outside'? Is
a slight increase in lifespan worth all those hours wasted in worship? Why?
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# Purely amateur builders race to put rocket in space - Balloons to serve as
group's launch pad to the stars. SAN FRANCISCO - The Cold War "space race"
between US & USSR is over, but a new race is under way - in California. Two
groups, based in Davis and San Jose, are racing to be the first to launch an
amateur rocket into space. The Davis group will attempt its launch Saturday,
and "I'd be amazed if they don't succeed," says Alfred Differ, a physicist
aiding them. The launch is scheduled to occur amid the desert desolation of
Black Rock, Nev. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,100002493,00.html
: Why can't the Davis group delay a week, so my scheduled vacation in the
Black Rock has me there to watch the launch? Have you tried to launch into
space on your own? Do you have a team? Are Reptilioids helping/hindering?
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SkeptiLinks:
# Killer cult proving hard to stamp out - Aum Supreme Truth Cult lives on -
stay worried: http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/19/text/world9.html
# DIPLOMATIC MESS - Was Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's father an
art thief? http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/story/19760.html
# Iran leader backs satellite ban - spread "corrupt" Western influences:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559604369-a51
# House debates NASA funding bill - political "Star Wars" in Congress:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559605808-c83
# Gore satellite plan stirs political BS - GOP tries to shoot it down:
http://www.herald.com:80/content/today/digdocs/070607.htm
http://www.usatoday.com:80/life/cyber/tech/ctf212.htm
# Astronomers spot storm on Mars - cyclone four times the size of Texas:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559602664-4b5
# Nobelist to lead astrobiology study for US federal institute:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559604653-2c0
# Real extraterrestrials probably won't be cuddly, scientists say:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/269497.asp
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said Uncle Eugene to the other cotton pickers in the snowy white field,
hitching up his bulging cotton sack, which trailed behind him like a giant
white slug inching tremulously through the russet furrows. --M.U. Griffen
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