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From: "Ric Carter" <ric@sonic.net> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 22:27:18 -0800 |
*** Taiwanese spiritual sect waits for God in Texas A Taiwanese spiritual sect has moved into a working-class neighborhood in the Dallas suburb of Garland, Texas, to await God's arrival in March 1998, the group's leader said Tuesday. Hoh-Ming Chen, who led about 150 followers including more than 30 children to Garland from Taiwan, said Tuesday God would be reincarnated as man March 31 at 10 a.m. at his modest house on Ridgedale Drive. Chen, who chose to move to Garland because it sounds like "God land," said he would put his life in the hands of his followers if the prophesy was not fulfilled. The group does not plan a mass suicide if God fails to show. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=6590562-b33 [I heard somewhere that they saw a giant "007" in the sky, courtesy of a skywriting promotion for a new film, and they took that as a pointer to the site of the saucer landing and metanatural manifestation in Texas. --rc] ==================================================================== *** British airport on Christmas pudding alert Security scanners at a major British airport have been fooled by hundreds of Christmas puddings, which they cannot tell from Semtex plastic explosive. Travelers heading off for the holidays Wednesday from Manchester Airport in northern England had packed the seasonal fare in their luggage, but the $23 million baggage security system was unable to differentiate between the international terrorist explosive of choice and the popular dish. Airport chiefs insisted that the sophisticated security system was not malfunctioning. "It is designed to detect organic matter and Christmas puddings have unusual density, which alerts the system," an airport spokesman said. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=6602112-f09 [OTOH those puddings COULD be explosive, or unearthly, or... --ric] ==================================================================== *** Russian hopes to film first drama in orbit A Russian film director said Monday he hoped to send two actors into orbit for the first drama filmed in space but space officials said the huge sums of money involved could derail the project. "The two actors chosen have undergone the necessary medical tests and in January a period of training will begin," Yuri Kara told a news conference where he presented the candidates. He said they could be ready to fly by next August. Russian space officials said they welcomed the project in principle but stressed that no documents had yet been signed and the organizers would need to raise millions of dollars. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=6569077-d16 ==================================================================== *** Give cosmetic surgery as Christmas gift? 'Tis the season to get a face lift Or a nose job, or a hair transplant, or a bigger bustline. Retailers aren't the only ones working longer hours in the last few shopping days before Christmas. Cosmetic surgeons say they are booked solid with requests for everything from laser operations to remove fine lines around the eyes to liposuction on patients wanting to fit into something slinky for New Year's Eve. So if you think it is just some holiday cheer that is making an old friend look so radiant this year, look a little closer. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=6568185-355 [You can have those nasty alien implants smoothed-over too. --rc] ==================================================================== *** Britain's Blair gets cartoon role as demonic bionic man With demonic eyes and a smile that can kill, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been reborn as the bionic superhero of a wry cartoon strip. The British cult science fiction magazine 2000 AD has transformed the Labor leader, elected in May on a wave of euphoria after drilling his often ragged party into a well oiled political machine, into a slightly crazed world beater with the strength of 50 men. Re-christened B.L.A.I.R. 1, he elbows an opposition lawmaker in the mouth and uses his trademark radiant grin to fell a former Conservative politician turned racy novelist, Edwina Currie. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=6256519-94b [Further evidence that Clintonians are android constructs. --rc] ==================================================================== *** Japanese fires ritual arrow under Sphinx's gaze A Japanese traditionalist paid homage to ancient Egypt by recreating a 1,200-year-old archery ritual at the Sphinx to ward off evil and bring luck. In a dusk ceremony on Monday, Takahito Tomotsune, grand master of the Yamoto Koyru school of traditional arts, fired his arrow four times at a multi-colored cloth hanging beside the Sphinx after bowing to the ancient man-lion figure. He stayed silent the first time he unleashed his arrow, screamed the second and chanted the third. He chanted and screamed for the final shot as a puzzled audience looked on. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=6145856-6d2 [But the ETs who really built the Sphinx would've understood. --rc] ric@sonic.net * http://www.sonic.net/~ric * UAW/MF * EARTH FIRST! We'll strip-mine the other planets later. +--------------------------------------------------------------- | UFOMIND MAILING LIST - Supporting the Ufomind/PsiSpy Website | http://www.ufomind.com/misc/ - Glenn Campbell, Moderator | Submissions to: ufomind@lists.best.com | "unsubscribe" (in body) to: ufomind-request@lists.best.com | | RELEVANCE OF THIS MESSAGE: Current news +---------------------------------------------------------------
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Created: Dec 26, 1997