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# Accused Witches Stabbed To Death. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) Two elderly South
African women were stabbed to death with spears after they were accused of
practicing witchcraft: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990825/08/odd-witches
: How do you prefer to kill witches, warlocks, wizards: stabbing, burning,
dismembering, other? Have you killed any witches lately? If they had any
power, how did you manage to catch and kill them? Were they betrayed??
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# Buried Iceman Found. (ABC) The remains of a man found buried under the ice
in north Canada remain somewhat of a mystery to archeologists. They think
the body will provide clues to the history of Indians and their homeland.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/iceman990824.html
: Why are no ET bodies found buried in ice, in pyramids, in fossil beds? Do
they eat their dead? Is this 'Iceman' really an alien? How could you tell?
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# Cornell robot soccer team wins World Cup in Sweden. (U-WIRE) ITHACA, N.Y.
The San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Stars weren't the only teams crowned
world champions this past summer. Cornell's robot soccer team took first
place earlier this month at the Robot World Cup Initiative in Stockholm,
Sweden. http://news.excite.com/news/uw/990824/odd-54
: Do you prefer athletes who are robots, humans, animals, aliens, A-Life?
Do humans have a future in professional sports? Who would you bet on? Why?
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# Symbiotic Star Blows Bubbles Into Space. A tempestuous relationship
between an unlikely pair of stars may have created an oddly shaped,
gaseous nebula that resembles an hourglass nestled within an hourglass.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/08/990825081635.htm
: Do you like to blow up stars for the aesthetics? Is galaxy-busting an art?
What's your most beautiful supernova, black hole, cosmic collision? Where?
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# Old English Market. (ABC) Under London's Royal Opera House, archaeologists
have excavated a shopping center that thrived around 800 A.D., including a
blacksmith shop, a studio, and a sword and tool repair shop. No Wendy's:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/excavation990818.html
: Was it hard being a mall-rat 1200 years ago? How was the music piped in?
Did aliens bother to shop there, or did they stick to their own mini-malls?
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# Experimental X-34 Rocket Plane To Begin Extensive Testing. NASA's
experimental X-34 rocket plane will undergo testing in New Mexico,
California and Florida under a test plan recently approved by Agency
officials. Both schedule and cost implications are currently being
evaluated. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/08/990824201813.htm
: What's your favorite spaceplane? Did aliens help us develop the X-34? Why?
Do you enjoy testing spaceplanes? Is it better than working for a living??
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Bomb-O-Rama:
# POWERFUL TRUCK BOMB SHATTERS TALIBAN HEADQUARTERS - suspects U.S.
involvement: http://cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9908/25/afghan.blast.ap/
# Taleban leader escapes bombing - several others killed:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_429000/429665.stm
# Strike in the Heart - Truck Bomb Blast Misses Taliban Leader:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/afghanistan_990825.html
# FBI ADMITS FIRING POTENTIALLY FLAMMABLE DEVICES AT WACO - denies
responsibility for fire: http://cnn.com/US/9908/24/fbi.waco/
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/waco990824.html
# Incendiary Devices WERE Used By Feds At Waco:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/wacoinc.htm
# Texas Rangers Have Massive Evidence of Federal Brutality At Waco:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/wacohnt.htm
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SkeptiLinks:
# New IE5 Security Bug The Worst Ever?
http://www.internetnews.com/prod-news/print/0,1089,9_188461,00.html
# Hackers Scanning For Trouble
http://www.zdnet.com/filters/printerfriendly/0,6061,2319298-2,00.html
# AOL Releases New IM Software:
http://www.zdnet.com/filters/printerfriendly/0,6061,2319330-2,00.html
# 11 Million Net Addicts? Come On!
http://www.salonmagazine.com/tech/log/1999/08/24/addicts/print.html
@ Reality won't go away: http://www.kolumbus.fi/lindstromit
@ OPERATION HERMES: The Quest For The Legendary Egyptian Hall
Of Records: http://www.osisnet.com/Hermes/intro.htm
# LATEST UFO REPORTS: http://caus.org/mu082599.htm
# PARANORMAL NEWS NETWORK: http://caus.org/pn082599.htm
# PERSONAL CONTACT EXPERIENCES: http://caus.org/pc082599.htm
@ Was AIDS Manmade? http://www.konformist.com/1999/aids/manmade.txt
# Searching For Laziness Gene. Couch potatoes could be excused for inability
to exercise. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990825/08/odd-health-lazy
@ About the Orgone Biophysical Research Laboratory and Greensprings Center:
http://id.mind.net/community/orgonelab/a_about.htm
@ A Brief History of Wilhelm Reich's Discoveries & the Science of Orgonomy:
http://id.mind.net/community/orgonelab/c_resrch.htm
@ Articles on Orgonomy, Wilhelm Reich, Orgone Research & Related Subjects:
http://id.mind.net/community/orgonelab/e_articl.htm
@ Response to the So-Called "Skeptics" and other Super-Critics of Orgonomy:
http://id.mind.net/community/orgonelab/e_skept.htm
# Irradiation Sought For Ready-To-Eat Foods:
http://www.sightings.com/health3/irrad2.htm
# Genetically Engineered Foods Now On US Supermarket Shelves:
http://www.sightings.com/health3/gent.htm
# HIV Breast Milk Risk Highest In Early Months:
http://www.sightings.com/health3/bmilk.htm
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