It?s hard days for freedom of expression in the European Union. First, countries were told that they could not restrict food imports, only to be deluged by Mad Cow Disease and Foot-and-Mouth. Now they are told that criticism of the institutions and leaders of the EU can be lawfully suppressed, sweeping aside English Common Law and 50 years of European precedents on civil liberties.

The EU?s top court found that the EU could legally fire Bernard Connolly, a British economist who was dismissed in 1995 for writing a book, entitled ?The Rotten Heart of Europe,? that criticized the new currency known as the Euro.
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When Major, a 12 year old lion at the Newquay Zoo in southwest England, died recently, an autopsy revealed that had feline spongiform encephalopathy (FSE), the cat form of mad cow disease.

Mike Thomas, managing director at the zoo, said the lion must have caught the disease from eating the brains and spines of cattle, ?so poor old Major must have caught the disease at another zoo. We don?t feed brain and spinal column?our lions are fed on rabbits?whole rabbits.?

Major was the 2nd lion in Britain to get FSE, but so far 85 house cats have been diagnosed with it since 1990. Three cheetahs, three pumas, three ocelot and two tigers have also developed the disease, which causes cats to stagger and become confused and disoriented.
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A group of former military officers have flown in a private jet into a chemtrail that was being emitted from a military cargo aircraft. They obtained samples of the aerosol and had them tested in a laboratory.

The trail contained barium (non-radioactive) and tiny particles of aluminum. A mixture like this would increase the reflectivity of the atmosphere and reduce the amount of sunlight reaching the surface.

ED. NOTE: On April 5, 2001, our attempts to contact these officers directly failed. We therefore cannot confirm, as if this date, that this event actually happened. We relied on a trusted source, but the details of the flight–where it occured, when, who was on the plane, etc.–cannot be verified.
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Moscow is slowly thawing out from its heaviest snowfall in 40 years, in a harsh winter that caused the deaths of 205 people.

Now people are facing a new hazard: falling icicles. Three people have been killed by falling icicles this winter, and the city?s pavements have turned into a huge network of ice rinks. Many are closed off by police tape and the government has put up signs warning about the icicle hazard.

These are no ordinary icicles?they can reach several feet in length and when they descend from tall buildings, they are like daggers falling to earth. 74 people have been struck by them so far this winter. An 18-year old soldier was killed by falling ice at his military base.
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