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# Russia Ponders Loss Of Moon Race 30 Years Later. (Reuters) "It was not a
fair race. First of all, America was richer than we were, especially then,
and Russia was weakened by the fight against German fascism and weakened
by the costs of the arms race. As soon as American began the moon race, we
understood we could not win." Soviets achieved impressive results anyway -
see http://news.excite.com/news/r/990713/01/science-russia-moon
: Did aliens help U.S. get to Luna first? Were our Germans better than their
Germans? Can we buy our way into space? Is it significant that crop circles
aren't reported from the former USSR? Do aliens like the West better? Why??
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# Should The U.S. Impose Limits On Incredibly Stupid Shit? WASHINGTON, DC --
With national stupid-shit consumption at an all-time high and federal shit
projections indicating sharply rising levels of stupidity over the next
decade and a half, a small but vocal group of lobbyists has revived an old
debate on Capitol Hill, calling for strict, federally mandated limits on
incredibly stupid shit. http://www.theonion.com/onion3524/stupid_shit.html
: Does your belief system promote incredibly stupid shit, really good shit,
the same old horseshit, another variety of fecal material? Do you compost??
Are crop circles well-composted? Can incredibly shit really be regulated?
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# Genetically Altered Trees Attacked In Britain. LONDON (Reuters) Britain's
only plantation of genetically-altered trees has been attacked and partly
destroyed. 2 groups of poplar trees planted on land at an agribiz research
site near London, had been snapped and had their bark stripped. Such trees
could reduce the use of energy and chlorine in paper-making and pulping.
See http://news.excite.com/news/r/990713/01/science-environment-trees
: Are you a neo-Luddite? Do you like to destroy gene-mod experiments? Will
the experiments just be repeated again with tighter security? Are we doomed?
Would you attack genetically-modified crop-circles? Would you worship them?
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@ SHAMANISM & UFO ABDUCTIONS. Although a significant part of the shamanistic
experience - that to do with the "lower worlds", in which the shaman goes
down caves or cracks in the rock or below the vegetation, and encounters
with "power animals", simply (as far as I am aware; the so-called "hollow-
earth" theory notwithstanding) do not appear in the reported experiences
of UFO abductees, nevertheless there is sufficient thematic similarities
for those very familiar with UFO data to note that abduction narratives
have in common with ... the account of a Siberian shaman's initiation" -
see http://www.accessnv.com/nids/price-williams.shtml
: Are aliens just shaman-tutors? What magic powers do alien abductees gain?
Would you rather visit lower/higher/alien worlds, Earth's hollow, my place?
Is shamanism linked to crop-circles, alien implants, mind-control rays, me?
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# Epilepsy Drug Helps Social Phobia. (Reuters) A drug usually prescribed
for epilepsy can also help people with social anxiety disorder. Neurontin
is an anticonvulsant but it reduced the symptoms of people with social
phobia, http://news.excite.com/news/r/990713/01/science-health-phobia
# Schooled Elderly See More Brain Shrinkage. DETROIT (Reuters) - First the
bad news: older people with lots of education show more brain shrinkage
than those who spent less time hitting the books. The good news is higher
education levels give the elderly more protection from dementia and memory
loss. "Our brain cells are dying, but if we have educated ourselves, that
provides a buffering effect such that our functioning remains intact."
See http://news.excite.com/news/r/990713/01/science-brains-elderly
: How well does your brain chemistry function? Does it need adjustment? What
is y'r favorite form of mind-control? Are you addicted to mind-control? Why?
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# HANDS OFF NET PRIVACY. Federal Trade Commission says online privacy may be
important, but new laws are not the answer. Consumer advocates are hopping
mad. And so am I: http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20687.html
: How much privacy is enough? Is privacy best protected by gov't, MicroSoft,
aliens, robots, deities, me? Would you kill/pay/pray/work/die for privacy?
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# Y2K Bug Could Produce A Russian Bill Gates, Or... MOSCOW (Reuters) - The
millennium bug may give rise to a generation of Russian computer wizards
who could follow in the footsteps of the world's richest man, Bill Gates.
At least that is what the optimists think. Pessimists argue the Y2K glitch
could lead to a meltdown at nuclear energy stations or maybe even give
Moscow's military a signal to launch missiles against the United States.
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990713/11/science-yk-russia
# US Set To Rate Others' Y2K Readiness. WASHINGTON (Reuters) The U.S. soon
will report on other countries' readiness for the 2000 computer glitch
without fear or favor. Info on potential date-related disruption, to be
available starting no later than 1 Oct will be released by the State Dept
as part of its country-by-country consular advisories. Those notices are
updated regularly to warn of political, natural and other perceived
dangers. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990713/01/science-yk-usa
: Are you imperiled/enriched by Y2K? Do you track Y2K compliance? If {JHWH}
isn't Y2K-compliant, could Armageddon occur at the wrong time? When then??
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SkeptiLinks:
@ Concentration camps USA: http://www.konformist.com/1999/camps.htm
@ VERY old conspiracy: http://www.execulink.com/~idris/select.html
@ Necronomicon Page: http://geocities.com/SoHo/9879/necpage.htm
@ UFOs and the future: http://members.xoom.com/ufologyuk/UFO
@ UFO TV Guide - online and free: http://ufotv.cjb.net
@ "I Shot JFK!!!"
http://www.konformist.com/mkkafe/tcasey/tcasey.htm
http://www.konformist.com/mkkafe/mkkafe.htm
http://www.konformist.com/jfkland/jfkland.htm
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