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@ Ooh: http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/nude/photo/20000604/nyr102
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@ THE VATICAN TERMINATOR. Will the Next Pope Be the Last Pope? Satan has
chosen a new Pope. This new, chosen vessel will not only inherit the ecu-
menical legacy of the aging and increasingly frail Pope John Paul II, he
will be endowed with the occult energies to found and organize a stunning
New World Religion. What a guy! http://www.texemarrs.com/vatterm.htm
# DEMONS FROM HELL KILL 11 IN CHURCH ATTACK! WASHINGTON, DC A top-secret FBI
file proves the Devil is stepping up his attack on God's people. The bone-
chilling report reveals that an army of demons from Hell overran a small
Georgia church late last summer, killing 11 people & mauling 9 others! The
174-page file contains shocking photos of the crime scene and sworn state-
ments from 57 witnesses. http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1979.html
: Would you rather be terminated by priests, demons, aliens, robots, me? Are
you ready for the impending termination of yourself,society, religion,Earth,
reality? Have you terminated any individuals/organizations/galaxies lately?
# Final Curtain: a chain of theme park cemeteries, with holiday tours, gal-
leries, neon death notices,and the "Dante's Grill" cafe. Is this for real?
http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/05/31/deathhoax/index.html
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# 2,000 Year Old Greek Computer Calculated Motions Of Stars And Planets.
In 1901 divers working off the isle of Antikythera found the remains of
a clocklike mechanism 2,000 years old. The mechanism now appears to have
been a device for calculating the motions of stars and planets. Harbored
y0k bug: http://www.giant.net.au/users/rupert/kythera/kythera3.htm
@ FUTURE MAP OF THE WORLD. During the years 1998-2012, the surface and
continents of Earth are destined for a radical transformation. Much of
our land is expected to inundate, while new islands will be created,
rising from the seafloor. http://earthchanges.com/pages/worldmaps.html
@ Jacques Barzun's history of Western civilization is bound to go down
as a classic — if one day there's still a history for it to go down
in: http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/18/jun00/barzun.htm
: Have you calculated/mapped/rewritten the past/present/future lately? Does
your civilization/planet/universe have a future? Do you? How can you tell??
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# EARLY-ONSET DEPRESSION: EXPECT COMORBIDITIES. Childhood depression is
likely to be highly chronic and comorbid with other psychiatric disorders,
and to severely impair function. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22589.rhtml
# WAS YOUR BABY SWITCHED AT BIRTH? CHICAGO -- Every day, all across America,
dozens of new moms are sent home from the hospital with the wrong baby,
govt health officials say. But by following your own intuition, you can
tell almost immediately whether your infant has been switched at birth.
Maternal telepathy: http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1978.html
# POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY HALVED DEPRESSION IN KIDS. Positive psychology
techniques that aim to instill a sense of optimism halved the rate of
depression in three studies of young adults and children that included as
much as 10 years of follow-up. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22588.rhtml
: Are your children depressed, depressing, alien, missing? Were your babies/
parents/relatives switched at birth? Should they have been? Does your consp-
iracy switch many children/parents/neighbors/politicos/entertainers/aliens?
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# Video Trojan hoax scares up publicity for security firm. Another ambitious
startup bangs another empty drum www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/11290.html
# Building a digital future. What do EU, SAP, DSL, WAP, GSM and B2B have in
common? They all converge on Europe: http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/e.europe
# Children, Sex, And The Net: http://www.sightings.com/general2/csn.htm
@ Prospering in the New Economy: http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/new.economy/
# Computers will disturb heat balance of universe. JavaOne Overclockers,
beware... http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/11268.html
@ It's the pampered comfort of our lives that is making us miserable. That's
why we invent illusory threats and dangers for ourselves. Masochism tango:
http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/06/04/stirevopn02003.html
: What's your favorite technological nightmare? Have you created/promulgated
/commercialized any technological nightmares lately? Are they real, virtual,
unstoppable, alphanumeric? Do they involve kids, nets, cash, bugs, ETs, me?
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# Ouch! Boys Lose Too Much in Circumcision Slip. ANKARA (Reuters) Health
workers carrying out a mass circumcision on more than 200 children in
west Turkey cut off more than they should have when they got to the last
2 on Friday. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000609/15/odd-circumcision-dc
# A woman in U.S. academia has about 1/50th of a man's chances of getting
tenure. The solution? Shove a sock in your pants. Well sure, that's one
approach: http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/06/05/phallus/index.html
# WOMEN DRINK & DRUG TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY, NOT FOR SOCIABILITY. Girls
& women drink alcohol & use drugs for different reasons than men, and the
substances have somewhat different physiological effects in females than
in males. Vive la difference: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22595.rhtml
: What's your favorite gender conflict? How do you deal with gender issues?
Does your gender [if any] make a difference in your life? Have you changed
genders lately? Willingly? Have aliens/agents/angels changed your sex? Why?
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# Fingers of Grandson Chopped Off in Meal Spat. NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters)
A Kenyan woman who caught her grandson eating her fish doused the boy
in gasoline, set fire to him and then chopped off his fingers. Over-
reacting? http://news.excite.com/news/r/000609/15/odd-grandmother-dc
# MOOD DISORDERS RISK TIED TO HIV. HIV+ adolescents are more likely to have
psychiatric disorders. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22593.rhtml
# AIDS: Africa in Peril: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/aids/
# HEARTLESS DOC REJOINS SIAMESE TWINS. CARACAS, Venezuela -- A surgeon
cruelly reattached the Siamese twins he separated last month -- because
they couldn't pay their bill! http://weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1969.html
: Have you been involved in a dysfunctional familial/professional/emotional/
conspiratorial relationship lately? How do you deal with the conflicting hot
emotions? Do your relationships/infections/finances upset your psyche? How?
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"Being separated from a loved one can be one of life's greatest sorrows.
And yet there are times when it is the only logical choice. So, despite
the pain, we make the break -- not only because it's the right thing to
do -- but because, once your Siamese twin dies, it's only a matter of
time before it starts to rot." -- http://www.SleazyTabloid.com
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