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# DOES DEATH VALLEY HIDE AN UNDERGROUND CIVILIZATION? Another old mystery of
ancient civilizations is unsolved in Death Valley - an underground city
that was described in Paiute Indian legend. The city apparently was first
described 68 years ago: http://www.cosmiverse.com/paranormal041002.html
# THE THREE-GROOVED SPHERE MYSTERY - ANCIENT BATTERIES & ELECTRICAL DEVICES?
Hundreds of grooved metallic spheres found in mines, in strata predating
humanity: http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com/forbidden.html#threegrooved
# California's mysterious walls puzzle researchers - San Francisco mystery
of centuries-old walls built of huge boulders, extending for miles along
the California coast. Constructed of basalt boulders, they range around
hills of San Francisco Bay: http://cosmiverse.com/paranormal041001.html
: What's your favorite ancient civilization/battery/wall? Does your civili-
zation leave batteries/walls/cities scattered about? D'ya leave'em on the
surface, underground, in space, underwater, elsewhere? Are you mysterious?
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# Telescope Pursues Mystery - Chasing an odd new astronomical beast. Using
an unusual telescope scanning the entire sky night after night, scientists
are studying a strange galactic object discovered 11 days ago with a NASA
satellite. The object seems to flare and then dim like a slow-moving
searchlight. http://www.abqjournal.com/scitech/3825scitech04-09-00.htm
# New Mars images show landscape. PASADENA, CA (AP) New images from NASA's
Mars Global Surveyor show intricate, frosting-like layers near the south
pole that could help unlock us the secrets of the Red Planet's climate
history. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565601888-eb4
# Mystery http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_709000/709206.stm
# Cheezy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_671000/671416.stm
: Have you looked at any astronomical mysteries lately?Do the aliens/deities
change the mysteries around,to confuse us? Do some mysteries just come'n'go?
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# Do cyborgs live among us?(NP) Scientists blur the boundaries between 'wet-
ware' -- the living brain -- and computer hardware. Resistance is futile.
Enjoy: http://www.nationalpost.com/artslife.asp?f=000411/256606&s2=life
# Will evolution progress from cannibals to robots? "Evolution is collapsing
all around us. Man has played his part, just as the dinosaur did. We have
been the food of the gods." http://cosmiverse.com/paranormal040501.html
# This 'Virus' Is Bogus. (Wired) A tired old virus 'warning' is making
the email rounds again. The one with Jesus' name on it. Once and for
all: it's a hoax! http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,35465,00.html
# MiB AlienAttack http://news.excite.com/news/pr/000411/fl-universal-studios
: Would you rather evolve as a human, cyborg, cannibal, robot? Is language a
virus from outer space that evolves our minds? Is evolution/religion/thought
a hoax? Have aliens attacked your planet/brain/genitals yet? Do they bother?
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# GREEK ORTHODOX SYNOD CONDEMNS HOMOSEXUALITY - "homosexuality is not part
of nature as it was created by God," despite the prevalence of same-sex
behavior in nature: http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=49002
# Kiss Jeep to bring it home: http://news.excite.com/news/uw/000407/odd-172
# Canada Same-Sex Rights Passes. OTTAWA - Legislation to provide employment
benefits to same-sex couples has survived a challenge in parliament.
http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/04/11/samesex000411
# LESBIAN HAS PARENTAL RIGHTS: www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48931
# Why men behave badly - Lack of attention may be linked to hyperactivity.
(BBC) Baby boys need more attention than girls and if they do not get it
they may develop behavioural problems later in life. The greedy little
pigs: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_709000/709072.stm
: What's y'r favorite sexual proclivity? Do you behave as you do because of
genetics, physical/emotional/mental/spiritual trauma, chemicals, lust, hope,
divine/demonic intervention, evolution, alien implants, surgery, boredom??
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# Literature from cult focused on afflictions, devastations; now they're
dead: http://phillynews.com/inquirer/2000/Apr/05/international/CULT05.htm
# HEAD. A pedestrian walks past the head a statue of the Virgin Mary in the
courtyard of what was a primary school, within the now abandoned compound
of the Movement for the Restoration of the 10 Commandments religious sect.
http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/uganda/counterfeit/dream/20000408/ny183
# Are cults on the increase? As media around the world puzzles over why
a Ugandan cult could lure more than 900 people to their deaths, Fortean
Times magazine has reported that these groups appear to be increasing
around the globe. Perhaps because of near-superstitious fears and fas-
cination with the Millennium, cults are flourishing and gaining attention
of the authorities. http://www.cosmiverse.com/paranormal040601.html
: Is your cult growing/shrinking/changing? Does your cult devour other cults
or has it been devoured?How many commandments does your cult have/need/want?
Are you driven by millennial fears,demonic possession, mindcontrol rays, me?
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SkeptiBriefs - It's YOUR turn to ask the questions:
# Where's the Edge? (NASA) Will we always be confined to the Solar System?
Not if NASA can help it! We're turning S.F. into S.O.P. - new ways to
reach the stars: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast11apr_1m.htm
# Justice: Elian Standoff Is No Waco (AP) One protester threatened "another
Waco" and another said authorities will have to take Elian Gonzalez "over
the bodies" of Cuban-American protesters. D'ya have a problem with that?
http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000411/17/int-cuban-boy-avoiding-violence
# U.S. Scientists Urge Against Missile Defense System. WASHINGTON (Reuters)
Prominent US scientists with missile experience have opposed plans for a
national anti-missile shield, saying the proposed system would not work.
So what? http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000411/ts/arms_starwars_1.html
# Giant GM salmon on the way - Natural salmon could become a thing of the
past.(BBC) Genetically-modified fish, which can grow up to 10 times faster
than normal, could be cleared for human consumption within a year. Fry'em
faster: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_708000/708927.stm
# NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Gentle melodies strummed on a 6-foot tall harp
lilt into nurseries where critically ill newborns cling to life. La la
la la live: http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000409/12/exp-healing-harpist
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