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"There is a healthy and an unhealthy love of animals: and the nearest definition of the difference is that the unhealthy love of animals is serious. I am quite prepared to love a rhinoceros, with reasonable precautions: he is, doubtless, a delightful father to the young rhinoceroses. But I will not promise not to laugh at a rhinoceros. . . . I will not worship an animal. That is, I will not take an animal quite seriously: and I know why. Wherever there is Animal Worship there is Human Sacrifice. That is, both symbolically and literally, a real truth of...

How To Dismantle An Idolized Bono I’m pretty sure I won’t get much opposition if I say that U2 is the greatest rock band of all time. When I scored two great seats to one of the shows at Madison Square Garden last month, I thought my life had reached its pinnacle. It was a euphoric experience. During the first few songs, I stood, along with the rest of the stadium, as we pumped our fists into the air and sang along with every word. The energy in the air was emotionally overwhelming. And if you’ve never been to a...

PALMDALE - In a giant hangar at Air Force Plant 42 where strategic nuclear bombers were built to win the Cold War, computer giant Microsoft has staked its future in the gaming industry, an $8 billion global market. An Internet underground marketing campaign brought 3,000 dedicated players from around the world to the Antelope Valley for Microsoft's North American launch of its newest game system. "It's basically a 30-hour party. There's never been anything like this," said Ricardo Torres, a senior editor at GameSpot.com, an online entertainment forum. In the virtual reality world of computer gaming, the giant from Seattle...

Here is the link to the bizarre and eery communist North Korean TV News yesterday, showing the 'festivities' in Pyongyang on the 50th Anniversary of the Armistace of the Korean War.The scenes of mass idolotry at the foot of a huge golden statute of deceased N. Korean leader Kim Il-Sung is most digusting and disheartening.Real Audio stream, works best if you have broadband. Copy and Paste. It will first say "Document not found" but after loading, the 1 minute color video will come up. URL:http://mediaframe.yahoo.com/launch?p=news&a=0,30&provider=ap_av&.test=1&f=53746348&lid=rnv-56-s.4906897,rnv-128-s.4906897,rnv-200-s.4906897,rnv-300-s.4906897,wmv-50-s.4906898,wmv-100-s.4906899,wmv-300-s.4906900,&t=AudioVideo - AP - N. Korea Marks 50th Anniversary of Korean War Armistice &bw=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index2&cid=979&dw=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/030727/163/4t3p5.html