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# PLACEBO HELPS SOME DEPRESSED PEOPLE. Scientists have detected a change in
brain activity that helped some people gain remission from depression after
taking inactive "placebo" pills. The surprising finding is exactly opposite
what was found in people helped by Prozac. If scientists can find how the
placebo treatment works, it might lead to developing new therapies. Brain
underactive or overactive? www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9905/21/depression.placebo.ap/
: Is your brain underworked or overloaded? What is your favorite placebo? Is
your sanity a product of nature, nurture, nonsense, alien implants, cocoa?
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# YELTSIN GIVES GO-AHEAD TO PROLONG MIR'S LIFE. President Boris Yeltsin gave
the go-ahead for Russia to keep the Mir space station in orbit, provided the
gov't doesn't have to pay for it. The Kremlin said Yeltsin had approved the
govt's plans to keep the 13-year-old Mir in space longer than planned if
private money was found. Russia says it would only pay for Mir's operation
through the end of August. Mir relatively stable - more than can be said
about Yeltsin: http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9905/21/yeltsin.mir/index.html
: Would you like to buy an orbital station? Would you just be a front for
your alien masters? Is Mir suitable for beaming mind-control rays at Terra?
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# Q: What do spies like? A: Sex. MELBOURNE, Aus. - What occupies the mind of
a man embroiled in the world of international espionage, facing charges that
could lead to the death penalty? If a trail left by Jean Philippe Wispel-
aere, the 28-year-old former Australian Defence Intelligence Organisation
employee charged with selling defence secrets, is a reliable indicator, the
answer is pornography, sex, body building, trainspotting, military hardware
and travel. http://www.theage.com.au/daily/990523/news/news2.html
: Are your obsessions sufficient to qualify you for an exciting career in
the espionage biz? Would you rather spy for a gov't, corporation, religion,
revolutionary faction, cabal, publication; for humans, aliens, yourself, me?
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# Ball Lightings Explained? THE LAST PLACE most people would try to start a
fire is inside a tornado. But two researchers who have pulled off a similar
trick in a lab in New Zealand say their experiment may explain enigmatic
weather phenomena such as ball lightning. Fireball in breakdown region:
http://www.newscientist.com:80/ns/19990522/newsstory11.html
: Does this do away with Foo Fighter legends? Are these phenomena natural,
alien, Nazi/Commie, divine, unknowable? Are ball lightnings just seed pods?
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@ SACRED PLACES. An exploration of how and why places become invested with
Sacredness and how the sacred is embodied or made manifest through art and
architecture. Visit places like Giza, Egypt; Stonehenge, England; Holy
Sepulchre, Israel; Shrine at Ise, Japan; Mecca, Saudi Arabia and many other
locations. http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/sacredplacesintro.html
: What's your favorite sacred place? How did it achieve sanctity? Do you act
out rituals there? Do the rituals use blood: human, animal, alien, divine?
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# It's a date - our Mungo Man was here 56,000 years ago. SYDNEY - Australia
was occupied by humans at least 56,000 years ago, according to new dating
work on an ancient skeleton found at Lake Mungo in far western NSW in 1974.
Three different techniques put the dating of the skeleton at between 56,000
and 68,000 years old, and if accepted by the archaeological community it
will be the new official earliest date of occupation of Australia by human
beings. http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/21/text/pageone3.html
# Mungo Man older than thought. CANBERRA - Fresh analysis of the skeletal
remains found at Lake Mungo in NSW 25 years ago indicate he may be up to
68,000 years old - making him 28,000 years older than earlier scientific
estimates. The revised dating of the remains by scientists at the Australian
National University rewrites the history of Australia's occupation and has
profound implications for worldwide debate over the origins of modern man.
http://www.theage.com.au/daily/990521/news/news20.html
: Is Australia now occupied by human beings, or just by sports fans? Is Oz
the mythical Atlantis, or Lemuria, or just a good place for rabbits? Why?
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SkeptiLinks/StarWars:
# StarWars Episode 19.5: The Phantom Symbolism:
http://www.terminator3armageddon.com/conspira/starwars.html
- Isis/Osiris mythology
# The Legend of Osiris and Isis:
http://web-dubois.fas.harvard.edu/dubois/baobab/narratives/Nubia/OSIRIS.HTML
# Egyptian Mythology: http://www.touregypt.net/gods1.htm
# Osiris, Isis and Horus: http://www.oberlin.edu/~arester/osiris.html
# Summaries of Notable Egyptian Gods:
http://phoebe.dws.acs.cmu.edu/~shawn/egypt/gods.html
- Masonic Symbolism
# The James Cameron Conspiracy Theory:
http://www.terminator3armageddon.com/conspira/jcct1.html
# James Cameron - 33rd Degree Mason:
http://www.terminator3armageddon.com/conspira/jc33msn.html
# Leonardo Dicaprio a Freemason?
http://www.terminator3armageddon.com/conspira/leofrmsn.html
# King Kill 33 Degrees - Symbolism of the Kennedy Assassination:
http://www.hoffman-info.com/kingkill33.html
# John F. Kennedy's Grand NASA Plan:
http://www.enterprisemission.com/kennedy1.html
# John F. Kennedy's Grand Nasa Plan part 2:
http://www.enterprisemission.com/ken2a.html
# EQ Pegasi Saga:
http://www.enterprisemission.com/pegasus.html
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