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1223.1 | | NOPROB::JOLLIMORE | A close look at planet Mars | Wed Mar 14 1990 12:29 | 1 |
| What would they do with $55,000 in pennies and nickels??
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1223.2 | Poka Party?? | EXIT26::SAARINEN | | Wed Mar 14 1990 12:35 | 10 |
| Yeah...I don't know...that's alot of spare change...maybe they
have plans to have a Huge seven card stud poka party????
In Radiation suits and masks?
Good question J.
-Arthur
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1223.3 | | VIA::GLANTZ | Mike, DTN 381-1253 | Wed Mar 14 1990 13:23 | 5 |
| If you were looking to convert your assets into something something
which could endure a total collapse of the world's economy, metals
would be good candidates. I don't know if it's true (and, frankly, I
doubt it), but I've heard rumors that the metal content of a penny is
worth more than the face value.
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1223.4 | typical Prophet.... | TADSKI::WAINE | Linda | Wed Mar 14 1990 13:35 | 8 |
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Nothing surprises me with Elizabeth Prophet.... In my opinion, she would
stoop to nothing to make a buck, and is into a heavy-duty power trip.
Unfortunately, it is people like her who give "un-orthodox", religious
groups a bad name....
Linda
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1223.5 | Hey buddy, you gotta dime | NUTMEG::ABRAHAMSON | | Thu Mar 15 1990 15:28 | 8 |
| RE .1
<<< Note 1223.1 by NOPROB::JOLLIMORE "A close look at planet Mars" >>>
<<<What would they do with $55,000 in pennies and nickels??
Buy 220,000 quarters ?
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1223.6 | prophet and loss | LESCOM::KALLIS | Pumpkins -- Nature's greatest gift. | Thu Mar 15 1990 16:26 | 17 |
| Re .3 (Mike):
> ...I've heard rumors that the metal content of a penny is
>worth more than the face value.
Used to be true. Pennies used to be made out of copper. A few
years ago, copper pennies were discontinued. The new pennies are
zinc, and this is flashed with copper so that it looks like an old
penny (however, they don't sound the same: drop a new penny and
an old copper one onto a hard surface, and the "ring" is different;
the new ones sound "flatter" than the old ones).
However, if I were buying metals, I could think of less cumbersome
ways to do it than collecting pennies. There are bulk metal dealers
in the Yellow Pages.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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1223.7 | More on Elizabeth Clare Prophet | NEWPRT::MILLS_MA | | Thu Mar 15 1990 18:46 | 21 |
| I read through the previous file on Elizabeth Claire Prophet to see how
detailed a description of her "religion" there was. Several years ago
I was taken to "Camelot", the Universal Church Triumphant's estate in
Malibu (quite a place), and found it incredible that people actually
believe in this woman. I consider myself to be very open-minded, but
the claims she and her first husband made, that they were the
twin-flame (twin souls) of Guenivere (sp?) and Lancelot too much for
even me to swallow.
I was also turned off by the several sessions of Affirmations the
"faithful" are required to participate in every day. I found the
chanting a form of self-hypnosis, which was personally repulsive to me.
In saying that, I realize that it may work for some people, but
their sort was in my estimation, just that, a form on working
themselves into a type of hypnotic state.
Given what I saw that day, the news that these people have an
undetermined amount of arms and ammunition in a cache is alarming to
say the least. If anyone sees any more on this, please update, I'd be
interested to hear what it's all really about.
Marilyn
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1223.8 | | NOPROB::JOLLIMORE | A close look at planet Mars | Fri Mar 16 1990 07:59 | 5 |
| re: pennies and nickels
Maybe Lincoln and Washington were ascended masters. ?
;')
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1223.9 | Perhaps they know something about the metal that we don't. | CGVAX2::PAINTER | And on Earth, peace... | Fri Mar 16 1990 11:25 | 4 |
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Maybe they're soldering them all together to make a nuke proof shelter?
Cindy
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1223.10 | Aw, man... | BOMBE::CHR27::BARNETTE | Mr. Groove! | Fri Mar 16 1990 18:29 | 13 |
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To echo, more or less what Steve said, to keep people from melting
down pennies and making more money than the pennies individually
were worth. Over the years I've been saving pennies in jars just
because they're useless at the store but worth too much to simply
throw out. I have probably about 30 lbs or so of pennies. Maybe
I could swing a deal with E.C. Prophet? ;^)
True it's crackpot groups like this that give New Agers a bad
name, but just remember the Bakkers, et al. There are bad
apples in every bunch.
Neal/B
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1223.11 | Old Mr. Revere... | JOKUR::CIOTO | | Mon Mar 19 1990 09:26 | 12 |
| .10 Neal,
By all means, make a deal with Elizabeth. Sell her your 30 pounds
of copper, and tell her you were Paul Revere last time around. Maybe
she'll show you 'round her fallout shelter. (We want a full report
if/when you return.) Maybe you can take the story to 60 Minutes!
"Did you ever wonder why anyone would want to save pennies these days ...?"
Good luck. 8-)
Paul
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1223.12 | hogwash | DNEAST::PUSHARD_MIKE | | Wed Apr 11 1990 13:04 | 12 |
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I just recently saw some more on this,including her being in trance. I
am of the opinion that she is a con artist,brain
washer,hptnotist,and,its all a bunch of bull,designed to control people
and make herself rich. This is happening because people are
gullible,and,prone to be easily addicted to all kinds of things. A lot
of people are easily hypnotized,and,brainwashed. Its a sad state that
we are in.
Peace
Michael
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1223.13 | | CSC32::GORTMAKER | whatsa Gort? | Thu Apr 12 1990 07:38 | 5 |
| Here in colorado springs the local PBS is running a 5 part special on a UFO
cover-up conspiracy and ECP is the host strange cookie that one.
-j
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1223.14 | ECP | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Fight hate! | Thu Apr 12 1990 12:04 | 12 |
| re .13
I saw one installment of the PBS specials identified in .13.
The guests seemed highly educated and intelligent. A tip of
an iceberg sized conspiracy by government officials (not unlike others
we've heard of in past years) to cover up encounters with UFO
phenomenon (in the name of national security, of course) was exposed.
Much is still shrouded in secrecy.
Richard
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1223.15 | | CSC32::GORTMAKER | Only 8 more sleepless days to go! | Mon Apr 16 1990 03:24 | 5 |
| FWIW- Ch.8 in Colordao Springs/Pueblo will be broadcasting the next segment
April 16th at 1400.
-j
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1223.16 | | WILLEE::FRETTS | Love Your Mother | Fri Apr 27 1990 16:38 | 6 |
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In the Boston area....Elizabeth Claire Prophet will be on Larry
King Live tonight (Friday) at 9:00 pm.
Carole
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1223.17 | What did they talk about? | SHALOT::LACKEY | Service rendered is wisdom gained | Mon Apr 30 1990 10:03 | 6 |
| Carole,
Did you see it? Can you (or anyone who saw it) offer a review?
Thanks,
Jeff
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1223.18 | | WILLEE::FRETTS | Love Your Mother | Mon Apr 30 1990 12:34 | 29 |
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Hi Jeff,
Yes, I watched a portion of the show. The gist of what she had
to say is that she didn't predict nuclear war starting on April
23rd, but rather that there is a good probability that nuclear
war *could* start in this time frame. She feels that all people
should be prepared for a nuclear attack and that there is nothing
wrong with having bomb shelters. To her, our government has done
a poor job of providing us with this type of protection in case
of an attack. She said that this country has left itself in a
very vulnerable position as far as its defense weapons are
concerned, and that we have basically left an open door for
an attack - from the Soviet Union or perhaps from a smaller
country with nuclear weapons.
I didn't watch the whole thing because I just don't like Larry
King. He always interrupts his guests and often asks, imo,
ridiculous questions. It could have been an interesting
interview if he had worked with her in a different way, but
she could hardly get her full answers out before she was
interrupted, and was basically put in a defensive position.
Maybe if someone else watched the whole interview, they could
add something to this. What I saw and heard did not clarify
the situation very much.
Carole
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1223.19 | Toxic S P iLLL.... | EXIT26::SAARINEN | | Wed May 02 1990 16:53 | 10 |
| I noticed in TIME magazine, this weeks issue with the mouth
spouting off all those negative nasty symblols and cultural
icons on the cover...anyways...it seems Lizabeth had a
gasoline spill at her newage commune and made most, if not
all the underground bunkers inhabitable...the local court
I believe made it unlawful for them to inhabit the shelters...
so the group is in the process of cleaning up the oil or
gasoline spill before the nuclear war breaks out...
-Arthur
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1223.20 | Prophet on Phil | FSDEV2::LWAINE | Linda | Tue Jul 10 1990 11:01 | 10 |
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Phil Donahue has her own his show on Thursday (7/12) at 4:00pm on Channel 5 in
Boston, and on Friday (7/13 - how appropriate 8^) at 10am on Channel 10 in
Providence....
Set the VCR's....8^)
Linda
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