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This Day In History:
1933 1st known photo of Loch Ness monster (or whatever) is taken
1933 1st Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal)
1933 Nazis receive 92% of vote in Germany
: Coincidence... or conspiracy?
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# Conspiracy theorists exploit Y2K fears, sez prof. (U-WIRE) BOSTON -- With
the disappearance of tangible, Cold War-era enemies like the Soviet Union,
many Americans have latched onto theories of millennial apocalypse as the
next great threat to society. "In a post-Cold War world, the visible enemy
has vanished. There is a great temptation to manipulate the old Naturalist
theme of an invisible enemy whose power is a function of their invisibil-
ity." GOTCHA!!! http://news.excite.com/news/uw/991109/university-292
: Are you a conspiratorialist? Have you exploited any fears lately? Do you
fervently wish for a millennial apocalypse, so you won't be proved wrong?
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# Americans Think Intelligent Alien Life Coming Here - Poll. LOS ANGELES
(PRNewswire) - Is there intelligent life on other worlds? Does it resemble
the tentacled uglies of Independence Day?... or, the lovable, teddy bear-
like Ewoks in George Lucas' "Star Wars?"... or, maybe, the nine-foot tall,
gas-breathing Psychlos of L. Ron Hubbard's "Battlefield Earth?" And if
extraterrestrials decide to visit Earth, will they come as friend ...
or foe? http://news.excite.com/news/pr/991111/ca-dateline-usa-alien
: Are you alien? If so, are you a) intelligent, b) tentacled, c) cuddly, d)
gassy, e) friendly, f) all of the above? Should we believe in you? Why not?
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# Washington state near top in UFO sightings. BREMERTON, Wash. -- Based on
reported sightings to the National UFO Reporting Center, one of the best
places to see a flying saucer is Puget Sound. In fact, Washington state
trails only California in the number of reported UFO sightings since
December 1996. http://detnews.com:80/1999/nation/9911/11/11110235.htm
: Do UFOs regularly land at the MicroSoft campus? Is Bill Gates reptilioid?
Is the Seattle Space Needle a beacon? Is Mt. Olympus the abode of ET gods?
Do telepathic giant squids cruise beneath Puget Sound, feeding on the mental
emanations of MicroSerfs? Does Boeing Aerospace have an alien connection??
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# Spacecraft Arrive -- But Whose? Everybody knows what space vehicles look
like on the way up. The explosive steam-enshrouded liftoff becomes a fiery
upward trail, brighter than the sun. The rocket rises, dims & arches over,
aiming to throw itself beyond the horizon and into space. But even after
decades of space ops, many remain in the dark about what spacecraft look
like when they return. http://space.com:80/area51/spacejunk_991105.html
: Have you seen any returning spacecraft lately? Were they human or alien,
controlled or crashing, fine-tuned machinery or space-pitted junk? Really?
# Moon mission targets mystery. (BBC) A European Space Agency mission to
find exactly what the Moon is made of has been given the final go-ahead.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_517000/517232.stm
# Active Sun. A magnificent display of Sunspots is on show on Sol's surface.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_516000/516102.stm
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# Peru Indian chief's tomb found. LIMA (AP) - Archaeologists have uncovered
the tomb of an Indian military chief who lived 1,000 years before Christ
in Peru's north Andes. An Italian team found the tomb of the Huayakuntur
Indian in Ayabaca province near the border with Ecuador. The chieftain's
excavated skeletal remains were found laid out on a stone altar grasping
a sea shell, and a stone hatchet within reach. With him were two women,
accompanied by five warrior guards, and two human sacrifices, all in
fetal positions. Skeletal remains surrounded by ceremonial pottery -
see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562034115-32c
: How many women, guards and sacrifices would you like to be buried with?
Do you want to be dead or alive at the time? Will your memory live forever?
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# U.S. WARNS ISRAEL OVER SALES OF MILITARY TECHNOLOGY TO CHINA. Pres. Bill
Clinton said the U.S. military had "good reason to have questions" about
Israel selling advanced radar systems to China. But Monica's mentor said
he wanted to hear the full facts of the case before deciding what to do.
"Our people have questions, and they had good reason to have questions,
but sometimes when you hear these things, it's not always right," he said.
Radar similar to U.S. AWACS: http://cnn.com/US/9911/11/us.israel.china/
: Has Israel been taken over by the People's Liberation Army? Is Falun Gong
being suppressed in Jerusalem? Are the Palestinians REALLY in a pickle now?
# "Most presidents get on Air Force One and ride off into the sunset - maybe
I'll just get on a Harley." --Pres. Clinton talking about leaving office,
during a visit to promote global trade at a Harley-Davidson factory.
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SkeptiLinks:
# US Missile Defense Useless Against Russia:
http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=1999/11/11/52145
# New, Deadly 'AIDS' Tree Virus Threatens Pennsylvania Crops:
http://foxnews.com/scitech/111099/fruit.sml
# National Enquirer Launched By Mafia Money:
http://www.sightings.com/politics5/maf.htm
# UK Site Plays War Remembrance Role:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_514000/514809.stm
# Hacker Strikes Maine's Government Web Site:
http://www.businesstoday.com/techpages/maine11111999.htm
# DVD Encryption Break Is A Good Thing:
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2391975,00.html
# Banned UK Web Site Proliferates:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/991111-000024.html
# Kids Choose Web Surfing Over Channel Surfing:
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1436199.html?dtn.head
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Cinema: "A 9-year-old boy freaks out his New Age mother when he reveals
that he has the ability to see that astrology, enneagrams, tarot cards and
everything else she bases her life on, are all B.S. in the new thriller
THE SIXTH SENSE - 'COMMON.' Thrills build to a chilling climax as the boy
has to hide out from [Marin] county's assorted revenge-crazed psychics,
crystal healers, card readers and stargazers before they can tear him
apart. The boy ups the ante when he issues a challenge to the psychics:
'If you can tell the future, how come you can't find me?'" --Stan Sinberg
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