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@ Universal Church of the Divine Julius: http://www.clik.to/sidusjulium
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# Evidence of Europa ocean. LOS ANGELES (AP) New evidence from NASA's Gali-
leo spacecraft bolsters theories that a liquid ocean lies under the crust
of Jupiter's moon Europa. The findings indirectly support the case for
life beneath the moon's icy crust. Some experts think primitive organisms
could survive just as they do deep in the Earth's ocean near volcanic
vents. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563188256-227
And http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_598000/598601.stm
# Also: Scars on an icy moon:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_227000/227227.stm
# Searching for life on Europa:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_159000/159770.stm
: Have you seeded any planet(oid)s with life lately? Is it hard to grow? Do
you require help from deities, demons, aliens, robots, me? Are we worth it?
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# OPEN ACCESS? AOL was a leader in the fight to force cable companies
to permit open access for Net providers to cable systems. But now AOL
will be a cable system; activists are howling. Will Time-Warner content
take precedence? http://www.variety.com/article.asp?articleID=1117760740
# Saving a dinosaur? AOL to the rescue. Traditional media are dying:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27695-2000Jan10.html
# Hollywood reaction: Big sigh - It changes the landscape of our businesses:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/feed/a29564-2000jan11.htm
: What's your favorite media monster? Do media monsters force you to buy odd
stuff? Would ya like to buy a media monster? Is there too much money around?
@ Stephanie Herman's husband could live on $50 a month, while she dusts
and polishes all the stuff she seems doomed to buy. Are women hard
wired to shop? http://www.americanpartisan.com/cols/herman.htm
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Poli-Sci-a-Rama:
@ Support <http://members.aol.com/bobby4pres/2000.htm> America's first Gen-X
presidential candidate. Even if he's horrible as a president, it'll be
worth it just to hear him say "Dude, this rocks!" at the inauguration.
And assuage your political cravings at www.memepool.com/Subject/Politics/
@ Are you outraged that our country is sliding into moral decay? Get out
your big black hat and belt buckle, join the Puritan Party, and help
bring back the long lost art of witchburning. http://ows.net/puritan/
@ Sick of Democrats & Republicans? Try the Pansexual Peace Party, which
wants to promote positive political progress and the partnership paradigm
through prurient propaganda, and perhaps also pick a peck of pickled
peppers. http://members.tripod.com/Hail_Eris/eris/PPPP/homey.htm
@ Some things just naturally go together, like peanut butter & chocolate,
eggs & bacon, Sonny & Cher, and <http://msu.edu/user/stacey/> Battlestar
Galactica & the Republican Party. And see www.memepool.com/Subject/Wackos/
: Are you a political animal? Do you live in a political zoo? Would you like
to break out, ravage the countryside, collect taxes, impose random policies?
Do you lust for power, prestige, control? Do you control your lusts? Where?
@ America Is Not Supposed to Be a Club. The idea that America has to be like
many other countries, populated by a more or less homogeneous group whose
ideas and ideals are nearly uniform. For example, the people of Iran or
Israel or even Sweden�is gaining some prominence today. Some on the Right,
such as Pat Buchanan, while others on the Left, such as communitarians,
believe that all Americans should be inculcated with a set of values that
will unite them as a team. http://www.zolatimes.com/V4.2/america_club.html
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# HOLLYWOOD UNIONS AND THE BLACKLIST: Hollywood producers "always maintained
that the blacklist was essentially forced on them by a powerful one-two
punch of politics and public opinion. True enough. But it's also true that
the Hollywood blacklist descended directly -- perhaps even more so than
previously thought -- from a virulent strain of anti-union sentiment. New
interviews, access to internal Hollywood memoranda and a review of the
existing but largely forgotten record all suggest that unions -- one in
particular -- threatened to cut into studio control and profits. And the
studios would do anything, even ruin lives, to keep that from happening."
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2000/01/11/blacklist/index.html
: Have you ruined anyone's life lately? Do your tactics include red-baiting,
gender-baiting, terror-baiting? Are witch-hunts too important to be left to
politicians? Should every industry indulge in blacklisting, for practice??
# INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS in the digital age explained. Ease
of digital copies a good excuse to revisit international laws.
Gimmee shelter: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/01/14queau
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# Curious sorts trek to church with "miracle cross." Ever since the image of
a cross mysteriously appeared in 2 windows of a Louisiana church on XMas
day, people have reported being cured of arthritis, cancer & near blind-
ness. Skeptical of the vision, the pastor has washed the windows and
changed lightbulbs, but the cross remains and throngs pay visit to the
church. http://www.nola.com/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/t-p/metro/0001090169.html
: Have you seen any miraculous visions lately? Have you been cured? Of what?
# How much of the Bible should be thrown out? What's the real story? The
Lost Bible: http://teaminfinity.com/~ralph/bibleaccuracy/lostbible.txt
# Questions Raised in Bible's Accuracy - most of it never happened:
http://teaminfinity.com/~ralph/bibleaccuracy/herzog.washingtonpost.txt
http://teaminfinity.com/~ralph/bibleaccuracy/herzogpart1.txt
http://teaminfinity.com/~ralph/bibleaccuracy/herzogbig.txt
http://teaminfinity.com/~ralph/bibleaccuracy/herzog.rebuttal.txt
http://teaminfinity.com/~ralph/bibleaccuracy/greatestfear.txt
: What's your favorite biblical text? Have you checked it for accuracy? How?
Are religious experiences distinguishable from drug-induced hallucinations??
# Rye, Ergot and LSD: 'Forged in St. Anthony's Fire':
http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/mdd/99/marapr/forged.html
# See also 'Ergot of Rye - I: Introduction and History':
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/BOT135/LECT12.HTM
# See also 'Ergot of Rye II: The Story of LSD':
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/BOT135/LECT13.HTM
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