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@ Noam Chomsky Archive: http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/index.cfm"
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# Antigravity Sightings: http://www.npl.washington.edu/AV/altvw83.html
@ Antigrav Underground: http://www.eskimo.com/%7Ebillb/freenrg/antigrav.html
# Bah, Humbug! The deflating truth about UFOs, reincarnation & alternative
medicine. Om mani padme: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/00/0306/6506094a.htm
@ OVERVIEW OF ANTIGRAVITY TECHNOLOGY: CONSENSUS, CONCLUSIONS& CONCERNS. So;
what evidence is there that any "antigravity" effects exist? Is there any
data? Is there any proof? Are there any witnesses? Are there any recorded
events? Are there any patents in this area? The answers to all of these
questions are: Yes; Yes; Yes; Yes; Yes; and Yes. It helps to have a like
rilly rilly positive attitude: http://www.padrak.com/agn/AGPAPER99.html
: Have you developed any working antigravity devices lately? Have debunkers
ridiculed you? Have agents stolen/damaged/warped y'r inventions? R U bitter?
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# BIG BROTHER'S WATCHING: Was George Orwell his own Big Brother? After comp-
iling a list of "crypto-Communists and fellow-travelers" including Charlie
Chaplin and writers George Bernard Shaw, John Steinbeck and J.B. Priestly,
Orwell turned it over to British authorities. Was this an act of capitu-
lation by the man who supposedly hated authority? Or was he an agent??
http://nationalpost.com/news.asp?s2=world&s3=observer&f=000224/215408.html
# Publishing Without Perishing. Authors are escaping political & religious
reprisals by anonymously using tools to post and sell their sensitive
texts online. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,34500,00.html
: Would your rather censor or be censored; spy or be spied upon; sell-out or
be sold-out; screw or be screwed? Have you escaped political/religious/econ-
omic reprisal lately? Were you sold out? Is everyone for sale? What price??
# Student politicos auction themselves online - practicing for national
political careers: http://news.excite.com/news/uw/000225/odd-258
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# First diamond micro-machine takes a bow - mini-motor. World's hardest
substance could replace silicon in tiny machines. Next: nanorobots:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_655000/655617.stm
# Also - Bacteria make motor molecule - underpaid, says union boss:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_442000/442704.stm
# World's smallest tweezers - can remove wee bee stings, splinters:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_557000/557388.stm
# Electronic circuits scale down - if only carnivores could do likewise:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_635000/635445.stm
# World's narrowest tube - tiniest subway for tiniest commuters:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_627000/627314.stm
: When your quantum machinery breaks down, d'ya call a quantum mechanic? Are
they unionized? Do they leave quantum oilstains all over your carpet? Do y'r
nanobots clean up after them? Do y'r nanobots argue with you about payment?
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# Face of Jesus Appears on Church Wall? LONDON (Reuters) An image resembling
the face of Jesus Christ has appeared on the wall of a church in northern
England. But why bother? http://news.excite.com/news/r/000225/08/odd-face
# Messages From Jesus And Mary: http://www.conyers.org/oldconyers.html
# Mary on TV! In 1968, Mary appeared on Egyptian TV! Go take a look at the
actual photo – there she is hovering over the roof of a Coptic church!
Fall down! Pray fervently! http://members.aol.com/bjw1106/marian7.htm
: Do your deities appear to you often? Do they appear in real space, virtual
space, spiritual space, dreamtime? Are they tattooed on your arm along with
several thousand dreams? Are they impossible to scrub off? Have you tried??
# Texas frat fingered in thefts of Jesus and Mary statues:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/465713
# "Troubled soul" breaks fingers off Brooklyn Jesus statue:
http://www.nydailynews.com/2000-02-25/News_and_Views/Crime_File/a-57996.asp
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# It's not just about sheep: Getting back to the cloning basics:
http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=81406149
# GM firms fund friendly scientists. (BBC) Biotechnology companies in the
UK are paying a group of scientists to argue their case. Wouldn't you?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_655000/655479.stm
# Researchers Make 'Bionic Chip.' SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Don't look for the Six
Million Dollar Man just yet, but researchers say they have found a way to
mate human cells with circuitry in a "bionic chip" that could play a key
role in medicine and genetic engineering. The cyborgification of humanity
is proceeding apace: http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000225/14/bionic-chip
: Would you rather be biological, electrical, mechanical, spritual, virtual,
all the above? Are you already? Did you bribe anyone to genetically enhance
you? Is spiritual enhancement cheaper, riskier, sweeter? Is it worth it??
@ Mike's Electric Stuff <http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/> has pictures and
descriptions of <http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~wwl/bigbottles.html> obsolete
electric glassware, high-voltage <http://netcomuk.co.uk/~wwl/cdzap.html>
devices and random <http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~wwl/mystery_corner.html>
cool electronics stuff. And see http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Science/
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Sex & Drugs & Torture:
# Kiwi faces pot threat - Illegal cannabis growers endanger wildlife:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_656000/656655.stm
# Afghanistan leaders destroy hashish, heroin - save cocaine for partying:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564549325-f26
# U.S. drug czar visits jungle outpost, snorts good blow, smiles jauntily:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564554705-6a0
# FDA warns diabetics on China herbs - contain dangerous prescription drugs:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564552348-4a0
# Cross-dressing garter snakes have the upper hand in the mating game:
http://www.exn.net/html/templates/htmlpage.cfm?ID=20000223-54
# A Natural History of Rape posits that rape is as much a part of the
natural landscape of sexual behaviour as courtship and flirting:
http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opinion.jsp?id=ns222611
@ Frozen memories, avoided memories: difficulties in the
therapeutic relationship with the victims of torture:
http://www.psychomedia.it/pm/grpind/social/sabatining.htm
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