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# JIM BAKKER: THE SKY WILL SOON FALL? Former televangelist Jim Bakker says
the much-discussed threat of the Y2K computer bug will be a "Sunday picnic"
compared to the asteroid he envisions crashing into the Earth and blocking
out the sun and moon. "All I say is don't fall in love with this world."
: Would you rather that Earth be destroyed by asteroid, supernova, creeping
crud, alien attack, nuclear winter, me? Has anyone correctly predicted The
End Of The World? Why should such predictions be believed? Are you ready?
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*** Reform Jews debate new principles. PITTSBURGH (AP) - The governing body
of Reform Judaism, the biggest and most liberal branch of American Jewry,
debated a new set of principles that would represent a return to traditional
practices such as keeping kosher and praying in Hebrew. Under the new
platform, ancient rituals scoffed at or ignored in Reform communities and
usually associated with Conservative or Orthodox Jewry would once again be
embraced. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559684695-58f
: Does your belief system contain sects with differing rituals? Are sects
other than your own all heretics? Do aliens control the dissidents' minds?
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# Militia leader given 40 years. KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) Militiaman Bradford
Metcalf, convicted of plotting to blow up government buildings and planning
to murder federal officers, was sentenced to 40 years in prison without the
possibility of parole. In a rambling, 90-minute speech before sentencing,
he accused the judge, the jury and prosecutors of conspiring against him.
Bradford was one of three North American Militia members arrested last year
as part of a plot to blow up TV and radio stations, electric transformers
and federal buildings, including the Internal Revenue Service office.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559684636-98e
: Do you want to blow up gov't facilities? Is the legal system conspiring
against you? Have you been infiltrated? Do you kill spies? Do you ramble?
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# Spinach Power for Integrated Circuits and Fuel Cells. Oak Ridge, Tenn. --
Popeye ate spinach leaves for strength. Now researchers at Oak Ridge Nat'l
Lab use microscopic spinach proteins for electronic devices. Spinach leaves
are blenderized and ground down to microscopic proteins called chloroplasts
that convert light into chemical energy. The next step is a scientific
breakthrough - put the spinach proteins into a platinum solution to get a
metal coating. This marriage between the plant and mineral world could make
silicon chips obsolete in another 10 years. www.earthfiles.com/earth002.html
: Will Silicon Valley be replaced by Spinach Valley? Will you be told to eat
your spinach to improve your data-processing capabilities? Is broccoli next?
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# JAPAN ACCUSES U.S. OF HYPOCRISY IN ALLOWING WHALE HUNT. Tokyo charged
Washington with hypocrisy for allowing a native American tribe to hunt
whales while refusing the same right to traditional whalers in Japan.
http://cnn.com/NATURE/9905/25/whaling.conference.ap/index.html
*** Whalers say hunt now more humane. "It's more humane than a (cattle)
slaughterhouse, where the animal has to be taken out of its environment,
transported and wait a long time before it is killed." See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559681143-99c
: Does your belief system promote whaling? What endangered species would you
like to humanely slaughter? Is humane slaughter a waste of time, adrenaline?
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@ The Shroud of Turin - Dematerialization of the Body? Thaddeus Trenn, Ph.D.
says the body inside the Shroud experienced a dematerialization due to the
influx of intense energy that overcame the strong forces that bind protons
and neutrons, and released the matter into energy -- instantly. Evidence
that the Shroud images are x-rays - see http://earthfiles.com/earth024.html
@ Also: Shroud of Turin - Blood Tests: http://earthfiles.com/earth026.html
: Do you want to be Xray-photographically reproduced on a shroud? Would this
be evidence of your divinity? Do you want to be divine? Who'd worship you?
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*** E-mail earthquake rumor jolts Peru. LIMA, Peru (AP) - Hundreds of people
slept in the streets of the Peruvian capital Tuesday, fearing their houses
would fall, after computer messages warned of a massive earthquake. People
slept wrapped in blankets along with jugs of water and food in front of
their mud-brick homes in the poor Lima districts of Rimac, Barrios Altos,
Surquillo and La Victoria. The rumor began when an undetermined number of
computers received e-mail message saying that authorities in Japan expected
a magnitude 8 earthquake to strike Lima between 2 and 3 a.m. Tuesday. Local
radio then relayed the bogus info. Director of Peru's Geophysical Institute
Ronald Woodman said scientists cannot predict earthquakes. In a radio
address he asked Lima's residents to ignore the message. They didn't.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559681955-fe1
: Was the false earthquake message part of a cyberwar against the Peruvian
gov't, or a plot to stress-out the poor, or a test of cyberwar techniques?
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SkeptiLinks:
@ Are U.S. schools safe? http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/schools/
# Databank: Arsenal in the Balkans: http://cnn.com/kosovo
# The Inaccuracy of Precision Bombing:
http://www.feedmag.com/daily/dy052199_master.html?alert
@ What are the chances of a cyber war?
http://cnn.com/TECH/specials/hackers/cyberterror/
# LOSS OF NUCLEAR SECRETS CALLED 'ONE OF WORST FAILURES' IN U.S. HISTORY
War with China inevitable? http://cnn.com/US/9905/25/cox.report.04/
# CHINA SAYS SPYING REPORT 'GROUNDLESS' - Read the full report here:
http://cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9905/25/china.cox.reax/index.html
@ Bioterrorism Defence Center: http://earthfiles.com/earth022.html
@ CIABASE, "An encyclopedia of CIA actions": http://come.to/CIABASE
@ Edgar Evans Cayce and Atlantis: http://earthfiles.com/earth023.html
$ Los Angeles County Coroner gift shop - toe tags, body bags, and L.A.
county coroner barbecue aprons. http://www.lacoroner.com
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