Ric Carter
Sun, 30 Apr 2000 09:22:23 -0700
SkeptiNews 000430b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Most recent bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/28_04_2000.html * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * Site of latest notices, praises, discoveries: http://skeptilog.pitas.com * No innocent bystanders were genetically altered to produce this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Another Damn Personality Test: http://www.ullazang.com/personality.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # So.Korea Prepares for UFO Landings. A monk is volunteering to help pay for a landing strip for Unidentified Flying Objects. Incoming UFOs in South Korea will be greeted by a fluorescent sign which reads "!Welcome UFO!" in English & Korean. Experts are being called in to install automatic cameras and recording equipment. http://www.farshore.force9.co.uk/ufokorea.htm # Mexico celebrates giant tortilla - supernaturally/extraterrestrially huge: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_731000/731290.stm # Spaced out in Canada: http://www.alienzoo.com/news/a/200004290002.cfm # Robot Envy: http://news.excite.com/news/bw/000427/ca-galaxyonline.com # Computer bra boob shuts shops: www.theregister.co.uk/000428-000016.html : Are you prepared for UFOs? Are UFOs prepared for you? Are UFOs really just giant flying tortillas? Are tortillas really just small, flat UFOs? Do you envy robots? Do robots envy you? Does your computer wear a bra? Do you? How? # Christ-Like Image Appears in Newspaper Photo - saviour rides tornado into Midwestern town, gloats: http://www.farshore.force9.co.uk/p_chrikn.htm # PLAYING GOD - revolution: http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es327_master.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Bigger scopes Seek Killer Asteroids. An Earth-bound asteroid or comet can still kill us but thanks to powerful telescopes slated for addition to the worldwide detection effort, we might be able to see it coming. Bend over, kiss your ass goodbye: http://www.alienzoo.com/news/y/200004280006.cfm # Gaming and Violence: http://www.feedmag.com/daily/dy042500_master.html # A New Rex - The Biggest Meat Eater of Them All Bolsters the Theory of Pack Hunting: http://www.sciam.com/2000/0500issue/0500scicit5.html # Uganda Cops Check Cult House.Police,again complaining about lack of funds, poked around a house in a Kampala suburb that had been rented by another cult leader: http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000428/16/uganda-cult-deaths : Who/what/where are your favorite killers? D'ya prefer killer dinos/robots/ asteroids/cults/bugs/gods? Have you seen any killers lately? Have they seen you? Are you in jeopardy? Are we all? Is there anything we can do about it? @ Directed Energy Weapons. This course describes science & current practice of directed energy weapons; the evolution & current state of the art; and the predicted course of their deployment and their projected configuration over the next 5 years and beyond. http://www.pms.se/seminars/energy.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Free, anonymous information on the anarchists' Net. A growing alliance of anarchic programmers are creating a parallel Internet called "Freenet," where censorship is impossible, surfers are anonymous, and content is moved and hosted automatically to points near the people who want it. Liberation Now: http://home.cnet.com/category/0-1004-200-1765097.html # Censor THIS! http://www.theregister.co.uk/000428-000001.html # The destruction of capitalism is the aim of protesters set to riot in London tomorrow. Reporters dye their hair in order to find out why: http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/04/30/stirevnws02002.html # Target London: http://news.tao.ca/article.pl?sid=00/04/28/0354254 # BOSTON MAYDAY 2000: ANTI-CAPITALIST FESTIVAL OF RESISTANCE - successful days of action against capitalism: http://ainfos.ca/en/ainfos04199.html # Reclaim Mayday in New York City: http://www.ainfos.ca/en/ainfos04194.html : Have you (d)evolved any systems lately? Have any systems (d)evolved you? Do your and other conspiracies interactively (de)construct each other? Can systems ever die? Does power ever dissipate? Is real autonomy possible? How? # Report Faults Seattle Police in WTO Violence - Poor Planning, Clueless: http://apbnews.com/cjprofessionals/behindthebadge/2000/04/29/wto0429_01.html # ANARCHISTS REPRESSED WORLDWIDE: http://ainfos.ca/en/ainfos04198.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Echelon: WASP Conspiracy? "This is an Anglo-Saxon Protestant conspiracy. So much for Britain’s commitment to European solidarity; its real union is with America." Sez a Frog: http://www.farshore.force9.co.uk/echeurop.htm # US Clueless On Privacy: www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35979,00.html # PRIVACY'S a funny thing. http://feedmag.com/daily/dy042800_master.html # Spying, Prying and Lying: http://www.newdawnmagazine.com.au/54a.htm # EXPERT DIES WHO SAID FBI FIRED WACO SHOTS- no sign of break-in, struggle - badly decomposed body: http://CNN.com/2000/US/04/29/waco.investigator.ap/ # Attorney Talks After Top Waco FLIR Expert Found Dead - Murder Suspected - but by whom? http://www.sightings.com/general/wacoflir.htm : Have you detected/directed/dissected any conspirators lately? Did'ya do so in total privacy? Are security/privacy/anonymity only possible for members of certain socioeconomic/ethnic/religious groups? Is everyone else targeted? # Falun Gong Unbowed by China Clampdown One Year On. Chants infuriate Commie leaders: "Hey Hey Jiang Zemin - Falun Gong Is Gonna Win!" Beijing seethes, clueless about meditators: http://www.farshore.force9.co.uk/n_falgun.htm # South Asia - Terrorist Hub: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9758395 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Astronauts Face Risks from Space Medicine. Space travel poses many dangers but studies show injured astronauts face additional risks from the medical procedures designed to help them. http://cosmiverse.com/space042801.html # Cellphones won't kill you after all. There is no proof that mobile phones can damage your health. http://www.theregister.co.uk/000428-000017.html # Gene Work Won't Extend Human Life, biowonk sez. Despite advances in medi- cine, nutrition, gene therapy and genetic engineering, the outer limits of human life will remain about 125 years. Other paths to immortality? http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=81609722 # Mo'betta Green Genes: www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35991,00.html # Science: Tread Gently In Brave New World. Not quite eternal life but the closest we've come to it: http://www.independent.ie/2000/119/d11c.shtml # Team works to clone monkey - part of alcoholism study - primates predis- posed to drunkenness: http://www.thesunnews.com/news/stories/2038645.htm : Have you achieved any medical/genetic/chemical miracles lately? Is eternal life just around the corner? Have you gone around the bend? Have you reached a point of diminishing returns yet? Do you need more extraterrestrial help? # Life & Death Struggle: Proteins Play Against Each Other, Bringing Balance to Immune System: http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/njmrc-lad042400.html # Self-Assembling Systems: CompuChem - Computers made of molecule-size parts could build themselves http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/000501/chips.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Be sure to share your universe with all the other deities." * Rev.R.Carter, ULC * http://skepticon.pitas.com * FAX: 603-415-3736 * SkeptiNews bulletins now *ONLINE* at: http://skeptinews.pitas.com/ * Fringes of Thought, Experience, Behavior, Knowledge, Foreboding... <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! 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