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Before leaving, the students performed a purification ritual to cleanse the lab of "the evil spirit left by the hand of brutal leftist thugs...
...Chicago, 1,200 nuns and lay women from 37 states gathered to protest teachings that limit the role of women in the church. They announced the founding of a new women's Catholic movement, and celebrated a ritual meal with round loaves of bread and carafes of wine. Some wore buttons announcing I'M POPED...
...upon a time, before Galileo changed everything, the people who are now seduced by salvage would have worn long, pointy sorcerers' hats and worried about perpetual-motion machines and the best way to turn lead into gold. Nowadays they call themselves scroungers and arrive for the weekly salvage ritual in white pickup trucks, wearing clothes suitable for labor in a wood lot. Many of them also wear Los Alamos National Laboratory security badges on their down vests and flannel shirts. Their reflexive tendency on being introduced, to reveal whether or not they have a Ph.D., hints that this...
Again. That time of year again. The body stiffens, the bones grow cold, and we are standing helpless inside the door awaiting the arrival of our monsters. Each year we perform this ritual, following the Druids in their annual practice of calling forth the terrifying spirits of the age in an effort to dispel them. These are not children-no diminutive, sweet-voiced ghosts and witches reaching timidly for corn candy. They are the real monsters of our times, and they are not so easily appeased. Brace yourself. The moon is hidden in the clouds, the house as quiet...
That the Pi officers allowed the ritual to get so out of hand is in keeping with the club's reputation and should be carefully considered before the club is allowed to reopen. The incident raises serious questions about the Pi and the secret initiation cermonies of many final clubs...