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"Beam Me Up Scotty" Anti-gravity: Fact or Fiction? Dearborn High video/computer students are the first high school students in the world to build an "antigravity???" machine for 2002-2003 Metro-Detroit Science Fair. Yes, you can say impossible. Yes, you can say it defies Newton's 3rd law of gravity. Yes, you can say it's done with smoke and mirrors. Nevertheless three teenage Dearborn High students, Luke Duncan, 16, Ethan Rein, 17, and Jim Bergren, 16, built and flew an "antigravity???" aircraft last Sunday in the school video/computer studio. It has no fans, no jets, and no engines. It makes no sound, and...

BOMB IN A BOX Two die in welfare office grenade blast Post reporters A parcel bomb exploded at the Nakhon Pathom social security office yesterday, killing two policemen, seriously injuring three others and slightly wounding two journalists. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Interior Minister Wan Muhamad Nor Matha and national police chief Sant Sarutanond all insisted the explosion was not a terrorist attack. The parcel, addressed only to the social security office, arrived on Friday. Pol Gen Sant said Sathit Saleepol, an office staffer, checked it and called police after spotting a hand grenade inside. Nakhon Pathom traffic superintendent Narong Sapyen,...

Court orders Russian suspects held Blood samples taken for getaway car check Jerdsak Saengthongcharoen Pattaya court yesterday approved the further detention of three Russians alleged to have robbed a bank and killed a policeman on Friday. Police received permission to hold them until Sept 13. About 20 armed police escorted Felix Cheremnykh, Mapat Minlikeev and Renat Udarov to the court at 11.15am. Judge Sa-nguan Itarayanont allowed a further 12 days detention so police could continue their investigation and questioning of witnesses. Blood samples were taken from the three suspects at Bang Lamung hospital yesterday for DNA testing. The results will...

Bangkok wants clarification of `terrorism' before signing pact Arroyo backs Asian co-operation talks Achara Ashayagachat Thailand will join the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia in signing a treaty against terrorism, but only after clarification of the term ``terrorism''. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ratthakit Manathat said Thailand was ready to adhere to the treaty as soon as possible, but needed to examine the wording first. The definition of terrorism would have to be checked. There was also a possibility some laws would have to be amended to conform with the treaty. The spokesman was commenting after Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had talks with...

In the name of God, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful We as American-Muslims of Western Michigan along with the entireAmerican-Muslim community are deply saddened by the massiveloss of life resulting from the tragic events of September 11th.We unequivocally condemn these vicious and cowardly acts of terrorism.Islam as one of the three Abrahamic faiths, denounces anyand all forms of terrorism. Terrorism has no religion, no prophet,no holy book. Terrorism cannot be a means for any Islamic goal,and a terrorist cannot be a Muslim, nor can a true Muslim be aterrorist. Islam orders peace and a true Muslim can only be ...

US backs army's position Three-nation action on drugs 'essential' Anuraj Manibhandu The United States supports Thailand's defence position in its stand-off with Burma, the chief of the US Pacific Command said yesterday. "As a military man, I support Thailand," Adm Dennis Blair said. "The support that we have for Thailand in patrolling its border is an important part of our policy."Adm Blair was here to open the 20th Cobra Gold military exercises joined by Thai, US and Singaporean forces, and to discuss anti-drugs co-operation with Thai authorities. The location of the exercises in the Third Army Region, which covers ...

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Aux Armes Citoyens!You'd be surprised who you'll meet at a gun rally. By John Derbyshire, NR contributing editor Some pieces I wrote for NR Online about my satisfaction at becoming a handgun owner and my adventures in search of cheap ammunition got me invited to a political rally near my home town this past Sunday - the first event on behalf of the gun-rights lobby I had ever attended. The rally was organized by S.A.F.E., the Sportsman's Association for Firearms Education, which does valuable work here on Long Island in teaching young people the proper use and handling of firearms. ...

THE LIBERTARIAN, By Vin Suprynowicz Shouldn't we repeal the gun laws ... if it'll save a single child? Jessica Lynne Carpenter is 14 years old. She knows how to shoot; her father taught her. And there were adequate firearms to deal with the crisis that arose in the Carpenter home in Merced, Calif. -- a San Joaquin Valley farming community 130 miles southeast of San Francisco -- when 27-year-old Jonathon David Bruce came calling on Wednesday morning, Aug. 23. There was just one problem. Under the new "safe storage" laws being enacted in California and elsewhere, parents can be held ...

An ex-Inteligence friend sent me this web site he found. It seems that FBI files are available on line. I checked and found a file on me which had a minor error in it. If you'd like to look for a file on yourself here is the link. FBI File check

WOOD 1300 Daily Buzz Should George W. bush apologize to New York Times reporter Adam Clymer? Yes 10.64 % No 89.36 % Vote In This Poll

Thank you for communicating to me your opposition to tougher gun control laws. As you may know, I have consistently opposed new gun control laws because  I do not believe that the way to stop gun-related crime is to pass laws that unnecessarily burden legitimate firearms owners who act in a law-abiding manner.  Legal restrictions on firearm ownership intended to protect citizens could actually increase the threat of violence to law-abiding individuals by preventing them from protecting themselves. In my view, if criminals will break the law to kill, deal drugs, and steal, they will break the law to obtain ...

Doctor says [Seattle] WTO gassing led to health problems By Brian Hansen Colorado Daily U. Colorado (U-WIRE) EUGENE, Ore. -- The chemical weapons that were used against civilians during the tumultuous World Trade Organization conference in Seattle three months ago have given rise to a number of mysterious and potentially serious long-term health afflictions, says a medical doctor who is studying the matter. Dr. Kirk Murphy, an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA Medical School and a representative of the group Physicians for Social Responsibility, discussed the health-related consequences of the gas-choked WTO meetings last weekend at the Public Interest ...

From THE LIBERTARIAN, By Vin Suprynowicz Video contends Davidians were machine-gunned Is it possible David Koresh didn't lose his confrontation with the Godless state he and his followers identified as "Babylon," at all? Throughout their 51-day Texas standoff in the spring of 1993, Koresh and his followers repeatedly compared their plight to that of God's people facing the "flaming chariots" of Babylon in the biblical prophesies of Nahum and Habakkuk. A follower says Koresh believed he would be the one to "bring down Babylon" by sacrificing himself and his denomination. Will it turn out that -- like an earlier group ...

Rush just read an e-mail he received from a freeper. It was objecting to Rush using the term "Keyster" last week. Rush said we should lighten up and laugh at ourselves. Bob

--------- A Speech by Lt. Harry Thomas, Cincinnati Police Division Fountain Square, Cincinnati, Ohio February 27, 1994 "Welcome to the People's Republic of Cincinnati! As usual, since I am speaking publicly, I must make the following disclaimer: I am not speaking to you as an official spokesman or representative of the Cincinnati Police Division. If I don't say that, I'm liable to have visitors waiting for me when I get back to work. For the past 21 years, I have been a member of the Cincinnati Police Division. On three occasions, I have sworn a solemn oath; once when I ...

I received this letter on 10/26/99. I suspect this is the best chance we've had in years to restore the 2nd Amendment. I will be sending in my money. Background information on United States v. Emerson can be found at: http://www.ralphdsherman.com/Press…aterbury%20Republican-American.htm Bob. Life Member Gun Owners of America Gun Owners Foundation 8001 Forbes Place Suite 102 Springfield VA 22151 Phone 703-321-8585 October 22, 1999 Mr. Robert Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Grand Rapids MI 49525 Dear Mr. Xxxxxxxxxxx Thank you very much for speaking with Kay Davis, Life Member of GOA. I am grateful That you are willing to contribute $100 (or part ...

Gun Owners Foundation 8001 Forbes Place Suite 102 Springfield VA 22151 Phone 703-321-8585 October 22, 1999 Mr. Robert Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Grand Rapids MI 49525 Dear Mr. Xxxxxxxxxxx Thank you very much for speaking with Kay Davis, Life Member of GOA. I am grateful That you are willing to contribute $100 (or part of that amount) to our GUN OWNERS FOUNDATION. We now have a fighting chance to get our gun rights back in the courts. We, at GUN OWNERS FOUNDATION, plan to file an amicus brief in the Emerson Case. It is the first case in the history of our ...

In the October 25, 1999 Washington Times, the Inside Politics column, the following: ================== KING OF THE HILL "White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, frustrated with the balking Republican Congress, thinks it's time for President Clinton to show who's boss," writes U.S. News & World Report's Paul Bedard. "How? Clinton plans a series of executive orders and changes to federal rules that he can sign into law without first getting the OK from GOP naysayers. Since it's Podesta's idea, aides have dubbed it 'Project Podesta.' The namesake told our Kenneth T. Walsh: 'There's a pretty wide sweep of things ...