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: No stinking prisons were stormed to produce this bulletin on Bastille Day.
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# ALIEN PEST CONTROL. The Prophecy Research Institute in California produces
an audio tape for sale. What's on it? Nothing but a high pitched sound.
The purpose, you ask? Sean Morton, founder of the Institute says it keeps
away aliens since "they function on a relatively simple,three-level energy
system, and this overloads their nervous systems". Works fine, too. ###
: Are you bothered by infestations of pesky aliens? Are chemical repellents
smelly, costly, ineffective? Have you tried hissing? Does it drive them off?
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# ARE GAY MEN BETTER ENDOWED? MAYBE. Here is a study that says homosexual
men have larger genitalia than heterosexual men - and it may be linked
to prenatal hormone levels. "Penis envy" takes a strange new twist - see
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=14199
: Do you wish your penis was larger? Would you be willing to have been born
gay to achieve this goal? Is this evidence of a gay plot to rule the world?
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@ RODS: ALIEN CREATURES ON EARTH. A completely new "life-form" has been dis-
covered on earth, unnoticed by the human eye yet all around us. Jose Esca-
milla has been investigating the entity for years. On his website you will
find enough photographic, videotaped, and scientific evidence to eliminate
all doubt of their existence. http://www.roswellrods.com
: How many alien lifeforms are oozing around you right now that you haven't
paid attention to before? Do they breed frenetically? Are paperclips aliens?
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# Russian scientist's home raided. VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) - Security goons
raided the home and laboratory of a scientist who had been researching the
dumping of radioactive waste in the Pacific Ocean by the Russian navy. The
incident echoed cases against two other Russians who documented alleged
environmental abuses by the navy and are now being prosecuted. Cops said
Vladimir Soifer violated laws on handling classified documents and that
his work "poses a threat to the Russian state and its military security."
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560272316-f6b
: Does your security involve ecocide? Is the Russian military collaborating
with Reptilioids to render Earth unfit for humanity, so the ETs can move in?
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# New STAR WARS offends Mexican Catholics. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Ethnic
minorities in the U.S. are not the only ones miffed by the new "Star Wars"
film. Mexican Roman Catholics are steamed too, with one church publication
saying that "Phantom Menace," which opened just two weeks ago in Mexico,
"parodies the Holy Scriptures" and promotes a "New Age culture" that good
Catholics should oppose. The film's own version of a virgin birth seems to
be the church's gravest concern, while it does not help that young Anakin
Skywalker is likened to the savior and "The Force" seems like a science
fiction rip-off of the Holy Spirit. Of course, Anakin later becomes the
satanic Darth Vader: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990714/10/odd-starwars
: If the criticism is valid, is that an admission that Jesus = Satan? Do you
worship STAR WARS characters/theology? Is {JHWH} an ET? What alien invasion
does STAR WARS prepare us for? Is duct tape The Force? Is D.Vader studly??
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@ LEARNING THE TAROT - An On-Line Course. "The human mind has connections
with realities beyond the physical plane. Slowly, science is discovering
the truth that psychics have known for a long time. Discover the truth
for yourself: learn the Tarot for free. This site has a full on-line book
that will teach anyone how to discover the secrets of the past, present
and future. http://www2.dgsys.com/%7ebunning/top.html
: If the future is predetermined, what good is it to learn what will happen,
since you can't alter What Is Written? Do you abandon yourself to Fate? Why?
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@ THE HUNGER SITE. "Do your part to end hunger. All it takes is one click."
Regarding the abduction phenomenon: "The ETs may be treating us no worse
than we treat ourselves as a species. Perhaps if we respected ourselves,
we could expect respect from others." Visit TheHungerSite once every day.
Donate a few seconds of your time and you will feed another human. Use the
time to think about why we are here. Think of it as a test. Accumulate as
many points as possible, while you can. http://www.thehungersite.com/
: What can you achieve with wishful thinking? Are your prayers/wishes/dreams
answered/rewarded? Must you actually *work* to accomplish something? Why??
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LANGUAGE GRAMMAR PROPOSED TO HAVE EVOLVED BY NATURAL SELECTION. Language is
considered a basic human trait, and attempts to shed light on the evolution
of human language have come from diverse areas including studies of primate
social behavior, the diversity of existing human languages, the development
of language in children, genetic and anatomical correlates of language comp-
etence, and theoretical studies of cultural evolution, learning, and lexicon
formation. One major question is whether human language is a product of evo-
lution or a side-effect of a large and complex brain evolved for non-lingui-
stic purposes. M.A. Nowak and D.C. Krakauer (UK) now provide an approach to
language evolution based on evolutionary game theory, the authors exploring
the ways in which protolanguage can evolve in a nonlinguistic society and
how specific signals become associated with specific objects. The authors
argue that grammar originated as a simplified rule system that evolved by
natural selection to reduce mistakes in communication, and they suggest
their theory provides a systematic approach for thinking about the origin
and evolution of human language. (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. US 6 Jul 99)
: Did your language originate with primates, deities/demons, aliens, robots,
disease? Is language a virus from space? Are viruses languages from space?
Is your language evolutionary, devolutionary, static, imposed, random, fun?
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http://pages.preferred.com/~elliottj/bastille.txt
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