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@ AstroPic of the Day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
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# TRIANGULAR UFOs SPOTTED ON HALLOWEEN NEAR FLIGHT 990. NANTUCKET - Several
pleasure boaters off the coast of Nantucket report seeing at least 2 large
and silent triangular craft in the vicinity before reports of the loss of
Flight 990 from radar. "The huge objects passed over us at an unbelievable
speed," stated one observer. "There appeared to be a glowing light at each
corner of the object, and stars and clouds behind it disappeared. That's
how we knew it wasn't just an airplane, but something else."
http://www.sightings.com/ufo5/filers111299.htm
: Do UFOs cause some/most/all airliner crashes/explosions? Why don't they
harvest the passengers? Or do they harvest their souls? Are ETs vampiric?
# 990 Flight Attendant: 'Something Wrong With The Plane'
http://www.sightings.com/politics5/wrong.htm
# Recorder Reveals Final Moments of EgyptAir Flight:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/991113/00/news-crash-egyptair
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# 'Rocket Boy' predicts fast voyages to planets. OGDEN, Ut. A new propulsion
system using antimatter soon may open up the solar system to much swifter
exploration, the original "rocket boy" of the movie "October Sky" says. "I
think the next time we go (to the moon) we're going to go with a whole new
manner of propulsion... And these devices, which I call 'space drives,'
are actually in the works today in Huntsville, Ala." NASA gears up the
dilithium: http://www.desnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,130006848,00.html
: How fast do you want to go to other planets? Do space cops give speeding
tickets? Will aliens shoot us down if we try to go to other planets? When?
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# CIA & COKE DICTATORS. A dark chapter of South America's history: the rise
of right-wing military dictatorships in the 1970s & their enduring ties to
the cocaine trade & international neo-fascists. Due to the CIA's dealings
with these drug-tainted figures, this history largely has been kept from
the American people. Indeed, while shielding CIA assets from criticism,
the U.S. govt has shifted the cocaine blame to leftist "narco-terrorists."
This pattern is repeated today in Colombia as the Clinton administration
embarks on a major counterinsurgency campaign against "drug-financed
Marxist guerrillas." Like his predecessors, President Clinton is gluing
black hats on one side and white hats on the other, when the truth is far
more complicated. http://www.consortiumnews.com/111299a.html
: Is CIA coke better or worse than coke from other sources? Which things go
better with coke? Do aliens have better drugs? Have you designed any drugs
lately? Are you partnered with the CIA, UK royals, Russian mafiosi, ETs??
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# REV. PAT ROBERTSON OPERATING INTERNET PORTAL IN PRC - AN ECONOMIC AND
POLITICAL MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE? Televangelist/zillionaire/politico
Robertson has teamed with the Butchers in Beijing to suppress Tibetans
and Falun Gong members & push the invasion of Taiwan. Krist almighty -
see http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/roberts9.htm
and http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/roberts8.htm
and http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/roberts3.htm
: To which dictators do you especially like to cozy-up? Do they send you
cute girls/boys to ease your lonely nights, or do they just give you cash?
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# SPEAKERS OF MANDARIN, VIETNAMESE OFTEN HAVE PERFECT PITCH. Perfect pitch
is not quite the rare gift we thought - researchers have discovered that
speakers of tonal languages like Vietnamese & Mandarin often have perfect
pitch. http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=21923
: Are ya perfect in any/every way? Is y'r brain wired for perfection? Should
all musicians be taught Mandarin? Should all orchestras/bands be Vietnamese?
Do voices in y'r head sing imperfectly to you? Are you bitter? Got migraine?
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@ SciBorg <http://www.scicentral.com/Y-scborg.html> - Brain:
# Neural Prosthetix http://exn.ca/html/templates/htmlpage.cfm?ID=19980306-01
# Facing a Remote Control Future?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_375000/375521.stm
# Think and It's Done: http://www.newscientist.com/ns/981017/nbrain.html
# Scientist Puts Computer in Control:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_503000/503552.stm
# UCSD Team Connects Electronic Circuit to Brain Cells Enabling Repair of
Damaged Neurons http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/alobster.htm
# Emory Neuroscientists Use Computer Chip to Help Speech-Impaired Patients
Communicate: http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/emory_enucc.html
# Meet Mr Cyborg: Half-Husband, Half-Machine:
www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000343180237640&pg=/et/98/8/27/ecncyb27.html
: What's your favorite neural prosthesis? Do you prefer human or alien brain
implants? Are you wired into your refrigerator's computer yet? Who runs who?
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@ I CAN'T GET PREGNANT. WILL THE SNAKEY LICK TRICK HELP ME?. Don't panic -
a year of trying to get pregnant at age 40 is not necessarily a sign of
trouble. But you can give the snakey lick trick a try. It is based on the
theory that there's a link between fertility and sexual excitement.
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=21922
: Have you tried the snakey lick trick? Does it work? Are you pregnant? Why?
# Mothers Get Memory Boost
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_514000/514607.stm
# Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: Hope for Future, or Brave New World?
http://healthwatch.medscape.com/medscape/p/G_library/article.asp?RecID=1272
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@ Pray: http://greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=001iZF
# Heathens In The Pews? Survey Says Atheists "Infiltrating"
Churches: http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/atheism7.htm
# Poll Reveals Wide Belief In Creationism, But Support For Teaching
Evolution: http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/evol7.htm
# Crack Open an Egg and Cure a Disease
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19991113/newsstory5.html
# Scientists Grow Heart Valves from Scratch in Test Tube
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/health-science/html98/valv_19991108.html
# Losing Lovelorn Lemurs
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DyeHard/dyehard.html
# Satellite Uncovers Lake Victoria Pollution
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1999/11/110899/victoria_7090.asp
# Nanotubes Hold Fuel of Future
http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/brief4.html?ct=3824c0c
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