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Two American Legion posts and two other veterans’ groups in Pleasanton, Calif., sponsored a class on dowsing in March to study whether domestic terrorists could be identified by pointing sticks at suspicious people to see if the sticks move. One of the veterans’ leaders (who vouched that “the government” and oil and mining companies regularly use dowsing) told the local Tri-Valley Herald, “You can’t wait for the FBI and police to come up with solutions when you have the bad guys living among us.” Following the 9-11 attacks, some Pleasanton veterans received training in so-called “remote (psychic) viewing” and are now reportedly bringing local families up to speed on their missing-in-action relatives from past wars.
In March, London’s Daily Telegraph reported that North Korea’s Kim Jong Il is so terrified of triplet babies that the government places them all in special orphanages. Quoting diplomats who have visited North Korea, the Telegraph said Kim might feel threatened because the number 3 in Korean mythology is associated with rapid rises to power. However, a North Korean official told the United Nations Human Rights Commission that Kim is actually helping the triplets by raising them in better circumstances than the parents could (because of the country’s dire economy).
Brian J. Samdahl, 41, charged with stabbing a stranger 15 times at a Wal-Mart, told police he thought the problem was that his government-implanted computer chip was broken (Bridgeview, Ill., February).
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