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# Human-alien matchup is inconceivable. (Deseret News) Question: If extra-
terrestrial aliens did drop by to join with us Earthlings, what would
the kids look like? Answer: That's easy, there'd be no kids. That is,
unless . . . http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,100009909,00.html
: Are you a human-alien hybrid? Wha do you look like? Was DNA re-engineering
necessary? Do you control the media, politics, religion, finance? Why not??
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# Meteor explodes above New Zealand. WELLINGTON (AP) - A meteor exploded in
the sky above New Zealand, casting an eerie blue light and showering the
earth with fragments from space. The explosion was followed by smoke and
a flood of phone calls from people who saw the meteor streaking across
the sky. No injuries were reported. "It was picked up by aircraft and
on radar, so we've had some air traffic controllers calling too" - see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560211723-944
: Who gains by bombarding Earth with meteors? What planets would you like to
bombard? Do meteor explosions make good light shows? Are they just show-biz?
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# PHILIPPINES VOLCANO BULGES, ALERT REMAINS. (Reuters) The slopes of Mayon
volcano in the Philippines bulged further, suggesting growing pressure
from inside the rumbling mountain in a prelude to a possible eruption.
http://cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9907/07/BC-PHILIPPINES-VOLCANO.reut/
: Are volcano gods pissed at you? Have you appeased them lately? Do virgin
sacrifices work? Have you run out of virgins yet? What else have you tried?
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# HOT SEAT. The Tokyo Fire Dept has alerted the public about the "Washlet"
toilet. The high-tech toilet, used in nearly 40% of Japanese households,
is apparently putting users in an uncomfortable position. Four fires in
the past year have been traced to the toilets, which boast heated seats,
a dizzying array of buttons, and automated warm-water bidets. Fire Dept
officials say that worn-out wiring on older models is sparking the
problem. http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/story/20602.html
and http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560211366-154
: Are electric toilets a form of social/mind-control, alien experimentation?
Is your toilet powered by the commercial grid, batteries, solar, micronuke?
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# Israeli court rules on tombstones. JERUSALEM (AP) - In an unprecedented
decision, Israel's Supreme Court ruled that individuals may choose between
religious and secular calendars for inscriptions on tombstones. Lobbyists
for religious freedom said the decision marked a great step forward in
limiting the powers of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel. The ultra-Orthodox
burial societies that oversee almost all Israeli cemeteries permitted only
the Jewish dates. The Jewish calendar dates back more than 5,000 years and
uses a Hebrew lettering system for numbers. Time marches on once again -
see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560217748-6a9
: What time system does your belief system utilize? Do you use multiple cal-
endars? Was your favorite calendar devised by humans, aliens, deities, me??
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@ Beginner's Tarot. One of the first and most important decisions a diviner
of the arcana makes is what deck to use. I've seen everything used from
poker cards to the Cat People deck to Aleister Crowley's Book of Thoth,
and there was truth in all of them. The vital thing to learn is that the
cards themselves HOLD NO POWER. Listen to this. Memorize it. It's import-
ant. There will be a test on Tuesday. There are no dark gods or omnipotent
presences that control the Tarot. the ability to divine events with the
arcana comes from within your own heart & soul. It doesn't matter whether
your cards were designed by ancient gypsies, a playing card manufacturer
from Utah, or even yourself. YOU are the one using the magick. The only
power the cards themselves hold is whatever meaning you take from them.
See http://www.paranormalnews.com/features/features062999.html
: Do tarot cards symbolize power? Do all symbols contain power? Do symbolic
powers manifest in your head, in the external world, in parallel universes?
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# Want Fries With That Close Encounter? UFO has landed in Hollywood. 13 feet
in diameter, perched on retractable hydraulic legs & topped by a flashing
red beacon, the craft sits in a mini-mall parking lot. For six months the
spaceship has been in terrestrial layover, parked in front of what used to
be Tom's #25 Hamburgers. The eatery is now called the Area 51 Cantina, and
its new interplanetary menu is posted beneath the ship and includes items
like the Galaxy Burger, Martian Steak Dinner and an Out-of-This-World BLT.
Area 51 videos, an Area 51 guide and a UFO gallery are also advertised.
Decorating the interior of this otherwise down-to-earth fast-food joint is
a "Gravity Amplification Interstellar Craft" blueprint and thrift-store
landscape paintings obviously modified to include flying saucers. There
are no scenes of menacing aliens or messy abductions, however. They don't
reveal everything: http://www.latimes.com/excite/990706/t000060259.html
: Do you trust alien food-handlers? Is Soylent Green people? Are customers
here harvested for alien needs? Where does MacDonalds *really* get its meat?
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SkeptiLinks - Plastics and Rubber Information on the Internet:
@ DuPont's product database: http://www.dupont.com
@ Dow Chemical main page: http://www.dow.com
@ PSI [Polymer Search Inc]: http://www.polymer-search.com
@ Rubber and Plastics News: http://www.rubbernews.com
@ Rubber World: http://www.rubberworld.com
@ European Rubber Journal: http://www.crain.co.uk/erj/index.asp
@ Plastics News <http://www.plasticsnews.com
@ Injection Molding Magazine Online: http://www.immnet.com/
@ British Plastics & Rubber On-Line: http://www.polymer-age.co.uk/
@ RMA [Rubber Mfgrs Assn][US]: http://www.rma.org/
@ The ACS Rubber Division: http://www.rubber.org
@ Society of Plastics Engineers: http://4spe.org/
@ Society of the Plastics Industry: http://www.socplas.org
@ Ass'n of Plastic Manufacturers in Europe: http://www.apme.org
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