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@ Experience California: http://www.intplsrv.net/jcems/californ.htm
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# Antichrist revelations - Cardinal says Antichrist is disguised as caring
vegetarian animal rights activist. (BBC) A leading conservative candidate
to succeed Pope John Paul II has warned that the Antichrist foreseen in
the Book of Revelations is already among us. Kill vegan PETAs now, NOW!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_668000/668048.stm
@ pope vs pope: http://www.truecatholic.org/ [ via http://www.ntk.net/ ]
# It's Mardi Gras Time. NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mardi Gras partiers swarmed the
French Quarter and lined the city's streets to grab beads thrown by oddly
costumed people on parade floats. The party will last in heavily Catholic
southern Louisiana and along much of the Gulf Coast until Mardi Gras, or
Fat Tuesday, traditionally the last day of feasting and celebration before
Ash Wednesday & the sacrifices of Lent. Has Antichrist crashed the party?
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564737762-7d0
# Rio's Carnival Kickoff - Naked Women, Flashing Lights, Drunken Orgies -
everybody's favorite religious bacchanal has the usual rousing start:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_667000/667200.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_667000/667844.stm
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# Gene firm labeled a 'con job' (BBC) The head of Britain's leading human
gene sequencing lab has attacked a private American firm's intention to
patent genes as a 'con job' - and he's sorry he didn't think of it first:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_667000/667606.stm
# Also - Biology's new world - building people & animals to order:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_545000/545541.stm
# Genome race hots up - immense power & wealth at stake in outcome:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_533000/533765.stm
# A great landmark in science - but aren't they all? Nothing minor:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_232000/232393.stm
: Have you replaced your body's organic fibres with buckytubes yet? Can you
reprogram genes to do the replacement for you, or will you need nanobots?
Will you be virtually indestructible/immortal/omnipotent when it's done?
# Nanotubes Show Promise From TVs To Velcro. Nanotubes, once considered
the waste material that sat at the bottom of chambers used for making
bucky balls, are being looked at with newfound respect by physicists,
electrical engineers, and computer and materials scientists. Stuff of
the future: http://sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/03/000306075508.htm
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# Dreamland Game. Bethesda Softworks will publish The Dreamland Chronicles:
Freedom Ridge, the next game from Mythos Games, the original developer of
X-Com. Freedom Ridge is a turn-based strategy game, combining a strategic
overlay with a 3D tactical engine. Set in the future, the game is about
humanity's last-ditch stand against alien invaders. As in X-Com, players
will start off with little intelligence about the alien foes, and must
research new weapons and vehicles to combat them. Players will also build
new bases, scavenge for parts, and protect the surviving human population.
According to Bethesda, the plot will involve such UFO-conspiracy staples
as Area 51, alien abductions, and, of course, the mysterious Men in Black.
Any Reptilioids? http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-3812,00.html
# Reptile Diverts Royal - Rare lizard disrupts Queen's Australian plans:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_667000/667556.stm
: Have Reptoids interfered with y'r plans lately? Have you become acclimated
to Reptoids, Area 51, MIBs, cattle mutilations? Do your games program you?
Have you received many implants? How much of you is human, how much machine?
@ Cyborg Anthropology: http://eff.org/pub/Net_culture/Cyborg_anthropology/
@ Borgs 4 Dummies: http://landow.stg.brown.edu/cpace/cyborg/definition.html
@ Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late
20th Century http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/Haraway/CyborgManifesto.html
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# Fiddling With Human Behavior. (Wired) Researchers at Stanford are studying
technology designed to persuade people to change the way they think & act.
What they're finding is pretty scary. You can be reprogrammed without much
trouble, effort: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34526,00.html
# Eunuch MP takes seat. (BBC) India's first eunuch MP has taken a seat in
the assembly in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. No balls for politics:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_668000/668042.stm
: Have you been modified lately? Were your modifications physical, chemical,
electrical, molecular, mental, spiritual, virtual? D'ya act/think/feel very
different politically/economically/religiously/artistically/sexually? How?
# Lolo dies - Porn star Lolo Ferrari dies at home in France - 71 inches:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_667000/667728.stm
# Sex-change drowning woman identified - naked body found in chains on a
beach: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_667000/667597.stm
# Surviving abuse - Abusers are usually "little people with a big ego"
http://woman.iafrica.com/relationships/counselling/?src_id=tmp0409
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# Women priests - Report highlights taunts and bullying. (BBC) Some have
received hate mail, some been branded witches and some threatened with
rape since the ordination of women priests started six years ago. No
mercy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_667000/667488.stm
# LDS prophet targets mainstream - Want to be a best-selling author? First,
get religion. http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,155008119,00.html
# Tune Into Holy Ghost: www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,155008065,00.html
@ Theological Essays <yawn> http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/5951/
: Are you belief-system's messages convincing/entrancing/stimulating/boring?
What's your favorite mindcontrol program? Do you disguise your dogma as fun?
Is your dogma magnetic, gender-specific, universal, modular, interchangable?
# Light Receptor May Be Key In How Animals Use Earth's Magnetic Field. A
blue-light photoreceptor found in nerve layers of the eyes & brains has
caught the attention of seeking the magnetic compass that lets migratory
birds and many other creatures find home using the magnetic field of
Earth. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/03/000306080023.htm
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It's always been a bother to me
How to reach genetic heterogeneity?
Gene-splicing, cloning, atomic mutation?
Dar dee dar, da dee, doo doo doo, dum
Gettin' in touch with my inner squid..."
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