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@ PocketMonkey! http://www.minordemons.com/pocketmonkey/index.html
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@ It has been some time since we have been hearing the expression fin de
siecle, the end of the century. Some people say that when we come to the
end of the century, many things will take place including perhaps the
destruction of the universe itself. What is the Buddhist teaching with
regard to fin de siecle? http://www.semui.co.jp/hosshinji/HEfset1.html
: Do you worry about the end of the century, the millennium, time itself? Do
you get good answers from Buddhists, Taoists, Xians, Discordians, Sikhs, me?
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# Banned sect facing prosecution. BEIJING (AP) China issued new regulations
to tighten control over the exercises on which the Falun Gong movement is
partly based. The widely practiced slow-motion exercises called qigong may
not be practiced in govt or military institutions, embassies, airports,
train or bus stations, ports, streets or other "important public places."
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561296441-098
: Do you ritually exercise in public? Are you subversive? Would you perform
jumping-jacks, push-ups, deep-knee thrusts while standing in line, waiting
in an airport or courtroom or consulate? Should there be laws against this?
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@ Jesux (pronounced Hay-sooks) is a new Linux distribution for Christian
hackers, schools, families, and churches." It optionally disables logins
on Sundays, doesn't include sendmail cause it was written by a homosexual,
and doesn't include any encryption... because "Christians have nothing to
hide". Sweet Jesus. http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/4081/
# Feds & Linux: http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/24/linux.for.feds.idg/
: Is your software damned? Can it be saved? Have you rewritten software to
accommodate the doctrines of y'r belief system? Does it crash? Is it damned?
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# Ted Kennedy's house to be razed for bad karma. The Hong Kong billionaire
who bought Kennedy's Virginia mansion in 1997 sez the feng shui's negative
around the place, so it'll be bulldozed. The spiritual balance is fucked:
http://www.bostonherald.com/bostonherald/nat/kenn09241999.htm
: Does your home have bad karma, unbalanced feng shui, ghosts? Should it be
demolished? Should it be demolished anyway, just because you don't like it?
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@ CIRCLE SUPPERS. As liberals and radicals, we are trained from day one of
our freshman year of college that religion, particularly Christianity, is
the most destructive force the world has ever known. It is evil incarnate,
inspiring evil deeds the world over. http://www.wench.com/features/circle/
: Is religion evil, good, ambiguous, unknowable? Were you trained to regard
religion in any light? Can you be reprogrammed? Do you inspire evil deeds??
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# Mayor Rudy's Rant: No Dead Pigs in My Museum! (TIME) A controversial new
exhibit once again raises the issue of govt control over publicly funded
art. http://www.pathfinder.com/time/daily/0,2960,31426-101990923,00.html
http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/story/21930.html
: Do you know art when you see it? Do voices in your head tell you? Do you
use dead pigs in your art? Do voices in your head tell you? Are you a dead
pig? Do you exercise govt control over art? Does your art control a govt?
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# Corporate media 99% wrong about Columbine, as it turns out: Sensational
comments attributed to the killers - many from single, hysterical students
fleeing the building early in the siege - were broadcast on national TV
even as events unfolded, and soon took on the authority of fact.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/23/columbine/print.html
: Do you distort the news? Intentionally/otherwise? Are truth/reality quite
irrelevant to the biz of selling audiences to advertisers? How are profits?
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TimeLinks:
@ Waco - As Janet Reno reopens an inquiry into the raid, we look back at
the events of 1993. http://pathfinder.com/time/daily/newsfiles/waco
@ Guns and Violence - The story of America and the gun:
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/daily/special/denvershooting/
@ Campaign 2000 - A guide to the first national political race of the new
millennium: http://www.pathfinder.com/time/daily/special/election/
@ The Genetics Revolution - From cloning to designer babies and plants,
the story of the new science set to profoundly change our lives:
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/daily/special/genetics/
@ The Papacy - The state of the Catholic Church and its Pope at the end
of the millennium: http://www.pathfinder.com/time/daily/special/papacy/
@ Space - The exploration of space, from Sputnik to the edges of the
universe: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/reports/space/index.html
@ The Global Economy - Coverage of the interconnected global economic web:
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/daily/newsfiles/economy/
@ MP3 - The new medium that is changing the way we listen to music:
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/digital/reports/mp3/index.html
@ Target: Microsoft - Federal Antitrust action exposes both raw nerves
and profound issues: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/digital/microsoft/
@ Princess Diana 1961-1997 - A look at the life and death of Da Di:
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/daily/special/diana/index.html
@ The Kennedys - A look at America's most famous family
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/daily/special/kennedy
@ The President on Trial - News, analysis, documents, polls and more:
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/daily/scandal/
@ The Struggle for Iran's Soul 0 A guide to the current struggles,
the players involved, and a history of Iran since the Shah:
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/daily/special/iran/
@ East Timor - Photos and news on the region's struggle for independence.
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/daily/newsfiles/timor
@ The Balkan Crisis - News, analysis, maps and Web resources on the
struggles in Kosovo: http://www.pathfinder.com/time/daily/special/kosovo
@ Russia Adrift - News, analysis, documents, polls and more:
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/daily/special/russia
@ China: The Awkward Superpower - Stories on the U.S. relation to China:
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/daily/special/newschina/index.html
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