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@ Scammed? Who ya gonna call? http://www.scambusters.com/
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# Fingerprint Expert Tries To Debunk Bigfoot - Reaches Opposite Conclusion.
CONROE, TX. (HoustonChron) Police fingerprint technician James Chilcutt's
quest to squeeze more info out of fingerprints led him to develop a rare
expertise in nonhuman primate prints.He tried to use his special knowledge
to debunk alleged evidence of Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch. But his
examination of alleged Bigfoot footprint castings didn't lead to the
conclusion he had expected. He now believes that -- while some of them are
fakes -- some are the genuine prints of a reclusive animal that has yet to
be documented and studied. http://www.sightings.com/politics6/fing.htm
# Underground Terrestrial Life Form. The preacher told us of being in the
military prior to becoming a preacher. He was in a special military group
that was ordered to go into the earth to encounter humanoid life forms
that lived there. He believes that our present day UFOs are actually
the offspring of this half human race. http://www.caus.org/mc022200.htm
: D'ya prefer terrestrial,subsurface or extraterrestrial cryptozoology? Have
you confronted any unknown lifeforms lately? Have you chased them? Have they
chased you? Who are the superior trackers/hunters/killers? Who'll survive??
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# Solar Storms Peaking, Earth's in Line of Fire. Space: Blasts of X-rays,
radioactive particles threaten satellites and power grids. We're doomed.
(LATimes) http://www.latimes.com/news/science/science/lat_sun000221.htm
# Interplanetary Shock Wave Passes Earth. (NASA) A wave of plasma & magnetic
fields from a 17 Feb coronal mass ejection passed by Earth on 20 Feb 2000.
Geomagnetic activity is up, but this event may not cause significant
aurora. http://earthchangestv.com/breaking/February2000/0221shock.htm
: Are you prepared for the massive solar storm that'll sweep away Earth's
biosphere? How have you prepared? Do your preparations consist mostly of
prayer, sacrifice, purification, reaching out telepathically to alien??
# SPACEVIEWS - Issue 2000.08. Shuttle Wraps Up Mapping Mission; MirBiz Pact
Inked; NEAR Reaches Eros; NASA Plans Added Shuttle Mission; Russ Not Only
Cause of ISS Delays; NASA Ends Polar Lander Search (Again); X-33 Engine
Passes Test, But Project Time Uncertain; Space Station Commercialization;
Ariane Launches Japanese Communications Satellite; Galileo Ready for Third
Io Flyby; The Promise of MIDAS: http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/0221/
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# Pokemon Is Attacked! MEXICO CITY (Reuters) The principal Roman Catholic
archdiocese in Mexico attacked the hugely popular Pokemon cartoon series,
saying the characters incited violence & sexual perversity among children.
Dirty little buggers: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000222/11/odd-pokemon
# Pokemon 'laced with the occult' - NZ Christian school bans kids' craze.
The co-principal said that what some parents considered to be harmless
fun and innocent fantasy, if annoyingly addictive, was harming children.
http://www.herald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=119713&thesection=news
: What's your favorite demonic/perverse/violent/addictive entertainment? Do
you have power over those whose entertainment preferences differ from yours?
Do you punish them? Is your belief systems considered perverse by others?
Who's right? Have you executed any dissidents/heretics/troublemakers lately?
# Principal: Demon book settlement is "a win-win situation"
http://www.toledoblade.com/editorial/news/0b22dem.htm
# Oz Cops injure prominent female professor over KKK remark:
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,2294,344991%5E1248,00.html
# Three Baháí's In Iran Sentenced To Death For Their Beliefs:
http://www.sightings.com/ufo6/bh.htm
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Spys'R'Us:
# Microsoft A 'Proprietary' Of NSA? http://www.sightings.com/ufo6/micro.htm
# American Secret Agents Work At Microsoft Says French intelligence:
http://www.sightings.com/politics6/agents.htm
# Be A Net Spy! Really! (Maybe) If you have email, chances are you've been
spammed with any number of offers to spy on anyone you want. Does it work?
Pretty much. Is it a scam? Pretty much. Do you get what you pay for? See
for yourself: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,34333,00.html
# Endeavour completes mapping mission - space espionage database complete:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564479090-6d3
# Echelon under the microscope - Euro Commission probes US/UK spying:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=001851641145319&pg=/et/00/2/22/wech22.html
# INS spy case tied to Elian - expelled Cuban met grandmothers:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564495880-df7
# Russia spies on Net - Web advocates worry about implications for free
speech. MOSCOW (AP) — The successor to the KGB is now also spying on the
Internet, raising fears that the information it collects could be used for
blackmail & business espionage. http://www.msnbc.com/news/372820.asp?cp1=1
@ Allen Welsh Dulles - Spy, Warrior, Keeper Of Secrets:
http://home.sprintmail.com/~rigoletto/reports/tim_cooper_allen_dulles.html
@ CIA, Bush, Shrinks & LSD: http://www.sightings.com/politics6/cialsd.htm
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# Nicotine may help brain disease. (AP) Despite its evil image, new research
suggests that nicotine is a quite potent drug for a variety of diseases
that afflict the brain, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Tourette's
syndrome. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564480863-05a
@ THE SCENTS OF MEMORY. Smell can be a powerful memory aid, due to a link
between our neurological pathways for smell, and the brain's center for
emotional memory. That is why some smells evoke such strong memories -
we don't just remember events, but feelings as well. Sniffing for more
data: http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=27936
@ CAN'T SMELL? MIGHT BE A SIGN OF SERIOUS ILLNESS. If you're experiencing a
diminished sense of smell,it may be a sign of a serious illness, or a side
effect of a variety of medications. Have it checked out by your doctor;
if you need a second opinion, here's a list of places to find "smell spec-
ialists." http://healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=27937
: How's your brain working? Do'ya deluge it with scents/chemicals/pheromones
to alter its functioning? Do you overwhelm it with sensory/electromagnetic/
imaginary inputs? Is it malfunctioning? Are the malfs delicious, sexy, red?
# Do you surf the Net five hours or more a week? Then you may be as sick
& alienated as many of the subjects of a new, flawed Stanford U. study.
<http://www.stanford.edu/group/siqss/Press_Release/press_release.html>
Or maybe not. Just junk science? Laughing it off are the San Jose Mercury
<http://www.sjmercury.com/svtech/columns/modemdriver/docs/dp021600.htm>
and <http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,34387,00.html> Wired.
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