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: No Visigoths sacked Rome during the production of this bulletin, AFAIK.
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@ ATHEIST KIDS ARE GOOD KIDS:
http://www.americanatheist.org/supplement/bsa1/bsa1.gif
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# Scientologists Testify. MARSEILLE, France (AP) A French court began hear-
ing testimony from 7 members of the Church of Scientology accused of fraud
after rejecting the defense's 2d call to delay the trial. The case has put
the controversial Church of Scientology back in the spotlight as it strug-
gles to win recognition as a legitimate religion in Europe. The case infu-
riates Scientology leaders, one of whom will denounce France to the U.N.
Human Rights Commission for threatening the rights of minority religions.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561251777-b37
# School scarves ban upheld. CAEN, France (AP) - The French govt upheld a
decision to expel two Muslim girls from their junior high school after
they wore traditional Islamic scarves in class. The row over the right to
wear scarves goes to the center of a decades-long debate in France about
how to preserve the secular nature of the public education system. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561250535-88e
: Is your belief system a religion? Who decides? Does your belief system
challenge authority systems? Who wins? Is your belief system's origin human,
divine, alien, robotic, economic, political, spiritual, artistic, insane??
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@ ROBOT. The Kawato Dynamic Brain Project introduces the HUMANOID ROBOT, a
dextrous anthropomorphic robot that has the same kinematic structure as
the human body with 30 active degrees of freedom (without fingers). We
believe the HUMANOID ROBOT is the first step towards a complete under-
standing of high-level functions of the brain by mathematical analysis.
For demonstration purposes, the HUMANOID ROBOT performs the Okinawa folk
dance "Kacha-shi" and learns human-like eye movements based on neurobio-
logical theories. http://www.erato.atr.co.jp/DB/pr.html
: Would you rather dance with robots, humans, aliens, me? Have you mathemat-
ically analyzed any human brains lately? What are your conclusions? Really?
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# Quake disrupts Net traffic. SINGAPORE (Bloomberg) - An underwater cable
providing Internet connections from Asian countries to the U.S. was
damaged in the aftershocks of Taiwan's earthquake, disrupting Internet
services. http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg192.htm
# Also - Unknown Hacker Offers Czech Savings Bank Data via Net:
http://www.internetnews.com/intl-news/print/0,1089,6_204701,00.html
# Hackers Hold UK Banks Hostage: http://usatoday.com/life/cyber/nb/nb4.htm
# Nasdaq Hacked Via MS Bug: http://www.theregister.co.uk/990920-000012.html
: Would you rather have your data operations compromised by hackers, natural
disasters, govt agents, aliens, robots, demons/deities, me? What's the diff?
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# UFO's and the USS John F. Kennedy. "There is something hovering over the
ship!" A moment later we heard another voice yelling. "IT IS GOD! IT'S
THE END OF THE WORLD!". http://www.sightings.com/ufo/kennedy.htm
: Has your world ended lately? Did UFOs do it? Are you resentful, terrified,
apathetic, happy? What worlds would you prefer to end? How would you do it?
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# Forecast of Exciting Meteor Shower. Scientists are beginning to understand
a November meteor shower called the Leonids. The forecast? 1999 and 2000
will produce exceptional showers, in the range of 1,200 meteors an hour.
This year's peak will be on November 17 at 9:08 p.m. EST, which will favor
early-morning viewers in Europe and the Middle East. Morning is the best
time to see meteors because it is Earth's morning hemisphere that dives
headlong into dust along our planet's orbital path around the Sun. North
American meteor-watchers can expect 20 meteors an hour on the mornings
of November 17 and 18. http://space.com/science/astronomy/leonids.html
: Do you watch meteors? Will you travel to Europe or the MidEast to see the
Leonids? Would you rather see burning spaceships, naked people, aliens, me?
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# Galileo Image Data Release. (NASA) The Galileo Solid State Imaging
Team has delivered all imaging data, through and including data from
the spacecraft's 18th orbit of Jupiter, to the Planetary Data System
(PDS) for archiving. These data files are available now at:
http://www-pdsimage.jpl.nasa.gov/PDS/public/Atlas/Atlas.html
Image products from the ongoing public releases are available
in multiple formats at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo
: Which planets do you most like to watch? Do you watch from a distance, or
up close and personal? Do you trust NASA data? Is it all faked? For whom??
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@ ILLUMINATI & THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS. The question of how & why
the U.N. is the crux of the great conspiracy to destroy the sovereignty of
the United States and the enslavement of the American people within a U.N.
1-world dictatorship is a complete & unknown mystery to the vast majority
of the American people. The reason for this unawareness of the frightening
danger to our country and the entire free world is simple. The masterminds
behind this great conspiracy have absolute control of all of our mass
communications media, especially television, the radio, the press, and
Hollywood. http://www.ptialaska.net/~swampy/illuminati/cfr_1.html
: Are you controlled, enslaved helpless? Do the media operate your mind? Do
you try to break free? Do you listen to shortwave, surf the Net, fantasize?
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HateWatch News for September 21, 1999:
# White Supremacist Found Guilty Of Texas Murder:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990920/16/news-crime-race
# N.Y. cardinal says he's sorry for Catholic anti-Semitism:
http://www.herald.com:80/content/today/digdocs/023362.htm
# KKK Endorses Mississippi Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Parker:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990920/06/ms-state-news-5
# Aryan ripple led to wave of protest in Coeur d'Alene:
http://www.spokane.net/news-story-body.asp?Date=092099&ID=s637075&cat=
# Churches plan anti-hatred walk in Spokane:
http://www.spokane.net/news-story-body.asp?Date=092099&ID=s637039&cat=
# Cleveland police writing fewer tickets since Klan rally:
http://www.ohio.com/bj/news/ohio/docs/027713.htm
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"Maybe aliens made humans, so I should send you my brain (the most
important part of my body to live)! But I will not! I NEED MY BRAIN!!!!
I'm sure yours will be the same as mine (almost) so just take a saw
and a mirror. Do not have an anesthesy!!! If you do, I think you won't
be able to extract it as it should!!" --NImO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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