March 23, 2000
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CHEMTRAILS
Award-winning Canadian investigative journalist William Thomas has been studying the "chemtrail" phenomena since January 1999. Thomas is now the "reluctant expert" on this truly horrifying topic, and will present ³"What's Wrong With Our Skies?" at the Pacific Space Centre on April 8, 7:30 p.m. Among other topics, he will address how millions of North American citizens have been subjected to "open-air" biowarfare experiments, show photos and videos of aircraft spraying chemtrail formations, and address the epidemic levels of upper-respitory illnesses over the past two years as a direct result of the chemical spraying.
HO-HUM
Leading a backlash against
everything that is exciting, unusual, and extreme, sociologists have
launched The Journal of Mundane Behaviour.Available at
www.mundanebehavior.org, the journal celebrates everyday banal and tedious
conduct around the world. The inaugural issue includes intellectual
ruminations on shaving, searching for a library book, and interactions in
elevators. Founding editor Scott Schafer claims that people are yearning
for tedium to break up the monotony of excitement. (Daily Telegraph)
ALIEN HAND
This month's Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and
Psychiatryincludes an article about "Alien Hand", a syndrome in which the
patient feels disassociated from one of their hands, thinking that the
hand is possessed by a force outside of their control. In every case,
patients lose control over their hand or arm, and struggle to stop its
movements, by restraining it, punishing it, or talking to it. Some believe
that an evil spirit exists in the hand. Currently, there is no treatment
for "Alien Hand", with the most effective control being to keep the hand
occupied by having it hold an object.
WHAT THE...?
British biologists
at the University of Sussex claim that playing Meatloaf's "Bat Out of
Hell" non-stop makes plants grow faster. Wallflower seeds exposed to
Meatloaf sprouted two days earlier than those in silent conditions. (UPI)
THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL "CLOSURE"
A Pakistani serial killer who is
accussed of murdering 100 children has been sentenced to be strangled to
death in front of the parents of the children he murdered. (South China
Morning Post)
HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES, HE FLIES AWAY
During a soccer
game in Manchester, a ball that was sailing way over the crossbar of the
goal has headed into the net by a seagull. Despite protests, the referee
said "if the ball does not go out of the pitch area, it can't be
disallowed...even a dog can score a goal." The seagull flew away unharmed.
(Irish Independent)
WHO WANTS TO HURT A MILLIONARE?
Check out
SmashRegis.com for your chance to "drop blunt objects (like Kathy Lee) on
a snivelling Regis Philbin." Who could resist? (Province)
DON'T
MENTION THE WAR
Israeli officials are trying to shut down a Nazi-themed
bar named "The Third Reich" in South Korea. Swastika flags hand from the
ceilings, photographs of Adolf Hitler adorn the walls, and Nazi propoganda
posters and military insignia decorate the bar. A rum cocktail named the
"Adolf Hitler" is served by waiters wearing mock black Nazi uniforms. Hyan
Sae-Woog, owner of the bar, says "there is nothing political about the
bar. I only want to attract people's attention for business." He admits
to being woefully ignorant of the history of the Nazis, adding that all he
knows about Hitler is that he was responsible for the "kiling of some
Jews." (AP)
SANTA WILL DIE
Robert William Handley was denied the
right to legally change his name to "Santa Claus", because, the judge
reasoned, he would someday die, and "an obituary for Santa Claus would be
the inevitable result of a name change to Santa Claus...the sorrow caused
from the sight of such an obituary should be avoided." Handley is
appealing the decision, saying "Children who believe in Santa Claus
generally can't read the paper or they certainly don't read the
obituraries...what kind of parent would tell their child, 'Oh look, Santa is
dead. I don't have to get you a Christmas present.'" (Columbus Dispatch)
CAN YOU SAY "GLOBAL WARMING"?
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration has announced that, for the third year in a row, this
winter has been the warmest on record since the government began keeping
weather statistics 105 years ago. The truly brilliant researchers of the
NOAA once again blame "La Nina." (AP)
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