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To: Sopater
According to the research team, the host star, Gliese 581, is among the 100 closest stars to us, located only 20.5 light-years away in the constellation Libra (“the Scales”).

Oh GREAT! If they have decoded our transmissions, they are now observing:

German lands airplane on Red Square, Moscow

Thatcher re-elected (again)

The INF agreement between the US and the USSR

Black Monday - Stock market drops 22% on October 19th.

Artists protest the ongoing Sistine Chapel restoration.

Condom commericals begin to appear on TV for the first time.

US budget reaches the trillion dollar mark.

Robert Bork was denied a Supreme Court appointment after opposition to his involvement in Richard Nixon's "Saturday Night Massacre" was raised.

Jessica Hahn is implicated in the Jimmy Bakker scandal

13 posted on 04/24/2007 1:48:00 PM PDT by Gorzaloon (Global Warming: A New Kind Of Scientology for the Rest Of Us.)
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To: Gorzaloon

How are scientists sure that those radio and television transmissions continue to travel?


183 posted on 04/25/2007 3:27:02 PM PDT by wastedyears (To a liberal, "feeling safe" is far more important than "being safe" Credit to TruthShallSetYouFree)
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To: Gorzaloon

You forgot:

- Porn star Cicciolina wins a seat in the Italian parliment

- Les Miserables is awarded 8 Tony awards, including Best Musical.

- The marriage of Charles and Diana starts to deteriorate, they begin living alone.

(Something tells me that these three events are related.)


190 posted on 04/26/2007 9:47:18 PM PDT by Silly (http://www.sarcasmoff.com)
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