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Police Use Black Magic Against Law CARACAS, Venezuela Police in a western Venezuelan state who are accused of dozens of unlawful killings used witchcraft to try to ward off an investigation by state prosecutors, authorities said on Thursday. Venezuela's National Guard units that took over police stations in Portuguesa state this week discovered crude witchcraft altars carrying photographs of the investigating prosecutors placed head down amid lit candles and effigies of saints. ``They were using black magic...trying to cause the death (of the prosecutors) through supernatural methods,'' Venezuela's public prosecutor, Isaias Rodriguez said, adding the investigators also received more conventional ...

WEB REPRINT of article in INVENTION & TECHNOLOGY Magazine Winter 1993 The author, Peter Muller is a writer and marketing consultant in Washington D.C. This promotional booklet was just a small part of the hoopla surrounding the mighty Snow Cruiser in 1939. Scientists in Antarctica were going to live and work in the gargantuan vehicle, driving across the harsh polar landscape on its huge tires -- or that was the plan, anyway. But when the expedition landed, things didn't turn out quite as expected. For what did happen, see page 63. ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHICAGO Photocard by Ray ...

Light demolition carrier "Goliath" Light demolition carrier "Goliath" (Sd.Kfz.302/303a/303b) In the year 1940 a small demolition carrier, which was developed by the french manufacturer Kegresse, was sunk in the Seine and recovered by the germans, who explored it detailed. Already in November 1940 the order to develop a small, remote controlled, fully tracked vehicle, which should carry at least 50kg of explosives, was given to Borgward. The idea behind that was to destroy enemy bunkers, fortified positions and even tanks from a safe distance with the help of this vehicle. Because the explosive charge was fixed to the vehicle, ...

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING! Light of Our Lady LIGHT OF OUR LADY Truth will out. Sometimes it just takes a little longer, that's all. Nigh on two millennia in this case. But the time has come for the truth to be told. Here is the Good News: God is Our Mother. Here is the Good News: Jesus Christ was a Womun. Here is the Good News: all men go to Hell. God is Our Mother The greatest theft in history was the theft by men of the Trinity from womhn.* There is nothing natural about Three-Gods-in-One; there is everything natural about ...

Just a short rant and a prediction. I remember the exact time I became concerned about cumbersome Government sticking it's nose where it doesn't belong. It was when Seat Belt and Helmet Law mania was just coming into vogue; "It will save peoples lives" I kept hearing over and over and over to the point of throwing up. I was young at the time, but I remember thinking: If the Government can force a law like this on people who aren't endangering anyone but themselves and rationalize it with 'it's for your own good' then what can't they regulate? What ...

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PROBLEMS COLLECTING A NATIONAL SALES TAX Supporters of a national retail sales tax (NRST) to replace the federal income tax have gotten a big boost from recent hearings about improprieties at the Internal Revenue Service. As a result, their claim that the NRST would allow for abolition of the IRS has caused many lawmakers to give the idea a second look. Under the NRST, federal taxes would mostly be collected by the states, thus allowing the IRS to be shut down. One of the main arguments made by sales tax supporters is that it would tax the so-called underground ...

Vieques decision spurs anger Many in Congress lash out at Bush over troops' pullout WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Thursday said his decision to pull the Navy off the island of Vieques was a simple matter of Puerto Ricans not wanting the military there. "My attitude is that the Navy ought to find somewhere else to conduct its exercises," Bush said from Sweden during his European trip. "These are our friends and neighbors, and they don't want us there." But on Capitol Hill, angry Republican lawmakers said the matter was a complicated political move to woo Hispanic voters -- one ...

Bush Bombs on Vieques Vote n a surprise move, President Bush has ordered an end to the Navy's controversial bombing exercises on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. Thereby managing to tick off both supporters and opponents of the U.S. military presence. Supporters resent his preemptive strike; opponents say he should have ordered an immediate halt. What he should have done is wait for the democratic process to go forward as scheduled. In five months, Vieques residents were to go to the polls for a referendum on the matter. Under an agreement with the Clinton administration, a yes vote, allowing ...

The Senate Faces Term Limits - Heritage | Home | For Lawmakers | For Journalists | For Researchers | For Coalitions | For Scholars | For Members | Search Issue ABM/Missile Defense Africa Asia and the Pacific Budget Crime Education Energy and Environment Europe Family Government Reform Health Care International Organizations Internet and Technology Labor Latin America Legal Issues Middle East National Security Political Philosophy Regulation Religion Russia and Eurasia Smart Growth Social Security Taxes Trade and Foreign Aid Urban and Empowerment Welfare THE SENATE FACES TERM LIMITS By Kenneth R. Weinstein Director, Government Reform Project The Heritage Foundation ...

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It has been suggested that all the Republicans in the Senate should announce they are Independents effective the day Jeffords crosses over, making the Independents the majority. LOL! Daschle would have a coronary. 23 Posted on 05/23/2001 13:08:29 PDT by hflynn

I have very (very, very) recently taken an interest in electronics and have a problem I would like to solve regarding the velocity of a projectile. I also think some of the more gun savy FReepers here might also have an interest in this. What I have is a projectile traveling at about airgun speeds and I wish to determine it's velocity with a high degree of precision. Would it be possible to start a timer (like a 555) with an optical gate made of a Led/Phototransistor trigger, record the output on an LCD "counter" screen (like THIS one) and ...

I have intamate knowledge of a business that routinely employs illegals. They falsify I-9 forms (the Immigration and Naturalization form) Completely disregard W-4 and W-2 forms, falsify other documents, claim to be able to turn Green Cards for cash and are just flagrant in their practices, pay employees under the table, and thumb their nose at the law. I mean it's as flagrant as it can be, they are absolutely arrogant in their practices. To the point of demonizing anyone who dares ask questions. If I choose to report them, what do I do? Will any action be taken and ...

I have a question regarding Marriage and Divorce. Suppose that two believers are wed and shortly after the wife (against the wishes of the husband) abandons the marriage and goes to live states away. Claims she's gone for good and does not attempt to reconsile. The Husband want's to reconsile and is rebuffed. Now, consider the following: Matthew 19:9 "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery." ("Marital ...

Now I think it's fairly cut and dried that the Federal Government doesn't have Constitutional Authority to conduct a War On Drugs At the State and Local Level. However, I was speaking to someone recently and they told me that the States themselves don't have the right to conduct a WOD either, when I asked why he pointed to the 14th Amendment, the relevant part of which reads as follows: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, ...

Monday January 15 10:51 AM ET Arrow Pierces Woman's Skull in 'William Tell' Act PARIS (Reuters) - A William Tell-type circus act went horribly wrong when a performer trying to shoot an apple off his wife's head with a crossbow hit her under the eye instead. The woman, whose skull was pierced by the arrow, was in serious condition in hospital after the incident involving the Gray Arrow husband-and-wife team in front of 5,000 spectators at the World Circus Festival Sunday. ``It's incomprehensible. They've got that routine down to the nearest thousandth of a millimeter,'' Gilbert Edelstein, director of the ...

Oakland Officer Shot, Killed by Fellow Police The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - An undercover police officer who had cornered a fleeing suspect was shot and killed by fellow officers, Oakland Police Department officials said Friday. Officer William Wilkins, who had been with the police force for seven years, was shot around 11 p.m. Thursday and died at Highland Hospital early Friday. Lt. Paul Berlin said two uniformed officers had been chasing a stolen vehicle suspect near the Oakland-San Leandro line. Wilkins was working undercover in plainclothes in the area and encountered the suspect a few blocks away, Berlin ...

Well, I screwed up. It's kind of a long story, so I will begin at the beginning. My Wife left me on Thanksgiving. She went to be with her friends in another state. The way she left has left no hope of reconsiliation and trust can never again be rebuilt. So, I am single again, not a problem. I was on the net tonight and was browsing the ICQ Whitepages.. looking for people from my area with which to converse, maybe activity partners or something.. just kind of lonely I guess. The holdiays are depressing for me and this one ...

Jump to Forum Click Image to Jump to Next Article Go to Text Only Print Version Attitude Channeling and Brainwashing by Robert L. Kocher In this article we will examine a fascinating and very frightening area of psychology called attitude change. In applied forms it might be defined as what is commonly called brainwashing. In the 50's there was a series of classical psychological studies on attitude formation and effects of the social atmosphere upon perceptions and thinking. Many of these are known as part of the Yale studies on communication and attitude change. The work has been replicated ...