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Curious Times No. 196
June 12, 2003ALIENS ARE ALREADY AMONG US, PULLING SCAMS ON THE INTERNET
A class action lawsuit is being prepared against Nancy Leider, the woman who ran the zetatalk.com website, on which she claimed to be channeling information from an extraterrestrial race of beings called the Zeta. For the past few years, the Zetas, through Nancy, have been warning anyone who would listen that Planet X was due to hurtle through our solar system, causing a pole shift on planet Earth and massive death and destruction. The Zetas had predicted that May 15, 2003 would be the cataclysmic date, but after that date passed with no upheavals, the Zetas changed their story, and in a strange case of backpeddling and circular non-logic, claimed that they had created the "white lie" of May 15 in order to protect people from their government. Huh? Anyway, now there are hundreds, or maybe thousands, of the Zeta followers who spent the past few years making "Life Altering Decisions" (according to the upcoming lawsuit) and they're taking Nancy Leider to court in order to get some restitution. Nancy Leider is also being investigated by the state of Idaho for various fraudulent claims and tax evasion, and by WIASA, the Web Investigations and Security Agency. When asked to comment on the lawsuit, the Zetas had no comment. (ufowatchdog.com)AND YOU THOUGHT ALIEN JESUS WAS JUST A CHEAP NOVELTY GIFT
Last week we learned that Jesus may have been gay. This week, it turns out that Jesus is a hyperspace extraterrestrial who is turning humans into aliens. This, according to the book Alien Physics, written by Ronald F. Avery, a man who claims that he was born to a mother who Jesus had turned into an alien. “Jesus is the first extraterrestrial hyperspace alien to visit planet Earth. He was sent to Earth by Eternal Space or his father, which is God. Jesus was conceived by eternal space, and born of a virgin," writes Avery, who goes on to explain that many humans have been "alienated" (his word) by Jesus, and anyone can be transformed into an immortal alien being simply by going through a stargate opened by Jesus. (weeklyuniverse.com)WHAT A RIPOFF
Russell Mokhiber, from the website CorporateCrimeReporter.com has compiled a fascinating and infuriating report titled "The Top 100 Corporate Criminals of the Decade." In it, he rounds up those corporations which had criminal charges laid against them in the 1990's in categories such as environmental, antitrust, fraud, campaign finance, food and drug, financial, false statements, illegal exports, illegal boycott, worker death, bribery, obstruction of justice, public corruption and tax evasion. He goes on to explain that this list is only the tip of the iceberg as far as corporate criminal activity is concerned, with rampant criminal activities that are never successfully prosecuted. The Top 100 includes only those corporations which have been criminally fined, but the Mokhiber assures us that due to the immense political power, constant lobbying for corporate-friendly laws and immense legal resources, the vast majority of corporate criminals are rarely charged and even more rarely prosecuted. The report also concludes that corporate crime inflicts far more damage on society than all street crimes combined, yet is given virtually no sustained media coverage whatsoever. For example, burglary and robberies cost American an estimated $3.8 billion per year, whereas corporate and "white-collar" fraud steals hundreds of billions of dollars from Americans each year. Information Clearing HouseBILLIONS AND BILLIONS SAVED
As McDonald's and the Catholic Church both see their market share on the skids, the two seem to have formed an unholy alliance with McDonald's sponsoring the Pope's recent visit to Spain. London's Guardian newspaper reports that a recent massive pray-in at the Madrid aerodrome, where thousands of gullible saps (sorry, I mean true believers) paid between $11 and $45 to pray with the Pope, was partially funded by God's favorite hamburger chain. In return, McDonald's plugged their crappy food in the "pilgrim's bag" which worshippers were given as part of the festivities. The loot bag included a "You Will Be My Witness" tour cap, a CD, rosary and prayer book, and coupons for McBurgers, McFries, McIce Cream and McApple Pie. Yahoo NewsA SLIGHTLY GREENER PLANET
A tiny bit of good news about global warming for a change, a small reminder that we can't even accurately predict the weather a week from now, let alone how global climate patterns will change over the next few generations. A report from Science magazine has found that, thanks to global warming over the past two decades, the Earth has become significantly greener, with an average six per cent increase in plant bulk over the Earth's surface, and much larger spikes in plant growth in the tropics and the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere. One of the most surprising discoveries was that the Amazon rain forest, despite suffering severe deforestation around its edges, has actually shown vigorous growth in its interior. Despite this kind of-almost-good news, a co-author of the study urges that the research be put in perspective. "[Plant] productivity may have increased 6 percent in the last 18 years, but human population has increased by over 35 percent over that same time" CNNIF I HAD A ROCKET LAUNCHER...
A model aircraft enthusiast in New Zealand is planning to show the world how to build a cruise missile for under US$3000 on his website www.interestingprojects.com . Bruce Simpson claims to have bought his missile's Global Positioning System for about $150 on eBay and its flight control system for about $600 from online hobby stores.. His cruise missile, which he will build in his backyard shed, will have a range of 100 km, be able to travel about 800 kph, will carry a 10 kg warhead and could be carried around on the back of a pickup truck. (Guardian Unlimited)WE DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER
114-year-old twin sisters in India died together last Thursday, after living remarkably similar lives which included being married on the same day and becoming widows at same time. On Thursday night, one sister died while being taken to the hospital for an illness. At approximately the same time, her sister also died while sleeping peacefully at home. (sify.com news)
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