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To: Richnorth who wrote (1171)	8/5/1999 9:50:00 AM
From: Dwight Taylor	Respond to of 1615

Nice job--seems plausible to me.

To: Richnorth who wrote (1171)	8/5/1999 10:00:00 AM
From: Zardoz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1615

I think China is going to devalue, on August 11/12. And I look to this recent spat with Taiwan as a catalyst to preannounce it to the markets in a vain attempt to lower the Hang Seng. Spread some rumours around, rattle the war sticks, then devalue. I was looking at devaluation to occur at least 1 week before options expiration. Then I expect them to buy the futures and support the HS market. HK stocks end down on China-Taiwan conflict rumour HONG KONG, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks closed sharply lower on Thursday after a rumour of a Chinese air strike on Taiwan -- denied by Taipei -- caused rates to spike, prompting a general selloff. The Hang Seng Index (^HSI - news) ended down 336.68 points or 2.48 percent at 13,254.34 after being down 2.87 percent at one point in the afternoon session. Turnover rose to HK$5.60 billion from HK$5.11 billion on Wednesday. Declines outnumbered advances 514 to 81. A money market dealer at a British bank said US/HK forwards jumped after lunch on the air raid rumour, with one-year forwards rising to 1,300-1,350 compared with 1,180-1,210 at the open. The spike forced up interbank rates by about 25 basis points across the board, alarming stock market investors already concerned that China might devalue the yen. 'There was one (rumour) that military action had started,'' said South China Securities director Howard Gorges, adding that an official denial of the rumour initially failed to stem the selling.

To: Richnorth who wrote (1171)	8/5/1999 4:37:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1615

(BTW, some folks believe that this incipient Grand Cross foretold of the terrible railroad accident in India in which 400 died.) And what "great astrological event" foretold of the earthquake in China during the 1930s in which over 35,000 died? Nothing. 400 in a train wreck is a mere pittance to that. FT

To: Richnorth who wrote (1171)	8/15/1999 4:53:00 PM
From: The Street	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1615

Great King of Terror comes from the sky in the seventh month of 1999. And now we have Cassini flying by on 8/17/99. NASA says 1 in 1.2 million it will hit the Earth. According to the NASA Environmental Impact Statement, in the event of a collision with our atmosphere this mission has the potential to expose five billion people to 99% or more of the radiation from the plutonium. Thus, there is the possibility of releasing 400,000 Curies of plutonium in fine particles throughout our atmosphere. This would more than double the human-made plutonium activity in the atmosphere! The Cassini space probe is scheduled to execute a flyby maneuver around the Earth on August 18, 1999 at 3:28 A.M. GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), which is on August 17, 1999 at 8:28 P.M. PDT. This probe is carrying a record amount 72.3 lbs (32,8 kg) of deadly plutonium on board and is expected to approach Earth at record speeds in excess of 42,000 mph (64,000 km). Those at greatest risk are at the southern hemisphere, since NASA is aiming the closest approach point at 137 W longitude and 23.5 S latitude over the South Pacific Ocean. The altitude planned by NASA is at about 1173 km (729 miles). nonviolence.org