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SkeptiNews 000627b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Yesterday's bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/26_06_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 chambered nautilus was broiled during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ RobotMan Today: http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/robotman/ab.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Ghost of Room 23. GLEN HELEN, NT (AAP) Staff at historic Glen Helen Resort avoid walking past #23 at night. It seems to have an unregistered, unseen tenant: the ghost of a cook murdered at the then cattle and sheep station more than 100 years ago. http://www.alienzoo.com/news/p/26260001.cfm # Animal Survives Mutilation.(NIDS) A 2 year old Cow that Survived an Animal Mutilation. On May 20, 2000 NIDS was alerted to a two year old Charolais cow which had been mutilated near Cuba New Mexico, three days previously but the animal had survived. The animal was recovering at a nearby veteri- nary clinic. http://www.ufomind.com/ufo/updates/2000/jun/m26-015.shtml : Have you survived/enjoyed/promulgated mutilation lately? Have you murdered /mutilated/annoyed any people/cattle/chickens/aliens/robots/deities/lawyers lately? D'ya enjoy self-mutilation? If you can't mutilate yourself, who can? @ Why not give in to your morbid impulses and read some real suicide notes: http://suicideletters.web1000.com/suicide%20letters.html the poignant, http://suicideletters.web1000.com/suicidelettersmoms.html the adolescent http://suicideletters.web1000.com/suicideletterskellikattie.html even, http://suicideletters.web1000.com/suicidelettersauthors.html apparently, that of the creator of the site. http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Culture/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # SEXUAL ACTIVITY IN SCHIZOPHRENIC GALS? True/false: Women w/ schizophrenia are less sexually active than schizophrenic men, thus at lower risk for sexually transmitted diseases. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/23571.rhtml # Satanic abuse no myth, say experts Satanic abuse does take place in UK: www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/This_Britain/2000-04/satanic300400.shtml # Do actresses prefer doing nude scenes as blondes? Do directors like blond hair on naked actresses? Are you naked, blonde, direct, scenic, acting? http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/2000/05/09/eroticism/index.html # Show me a man's tattoo, and I will show you his soul or at least his criminal record, http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/18/jun00/tattoo.htm @ EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ORGONE ENERGY BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK: http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com/weirdsci.html#reich [sex powers the universe, sex powers life, sex is reality] D'ya find tattoos/schizophrenia/blondes/orgasms/scenery/criminality/robots too stimulating/embarrassing/frightening/mystical/infectious/incriminating? Are you more/less sexually active than blondes/tattooers/priests/robots/me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # NICOTINE DEPENDENCE IN SCHIZOPHRENICS PERSISTS DESPITE USE OF NICOTINE PATCH. Smoking too much: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/23342.rhtml # EXTENDED-RELEASE VENLAFAXINE BENEFITS PATIENTS WITH GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER. Drug me NOW http://psychiatry.medscape.com/23430.rhtml # MIRTAZAPINE: POTENTIAL ADVANTAGES IN ADOLESCENTS WITH DEPRESSION ASSOC- IATED WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/23513.rhtml $ NEED SOME ZEST IN YOUR LIFE? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --Get VIAGRA the breakthrough medication for impotence...delivered to your mailbox... with- out leaving your computer. http://203.24.100.141/mednet/viagra_Order.htm @ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Fuck off die, spamshit! And the dog you rode on. @ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 207.217.121.98 doesnt like recipient Remote host said: 550 [EMAIL PROTECTED]... Mailbox size exceeds quota : Are you medicated? Should you be? D'ya hawk medications on the Net?Are you a spamhead? Does your email overflow with deaththreats? Do deaththreats give you a generalized anxiety disorder? Have you bought any venlafaxine lately? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # PRIVATE AID COULD SPEED LAUNCH OF FEDERAL SUPER PORTAL. A developer of sophisticated Internet search engines has offered to build a government- wide portal free of charge to make it easier for Internet users to find information posted online by federal agencies. Partnering with BigBro: http://CNN.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/26/gov.portal.idg/index.html # U.S. Government "Cyber Mod Squad" Seeks to Disarm Cyber Terrorists; Computerworld Report Uncovers the Latest Technology to Combat Cyber Crime. Groovy: http://news.excite.com/news/bw/000620/ma-computerworld # Gov't to ID nation in nuke spy case - 3 billion fingerprints taken - busy: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2567669499-555 # WWII
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SkeptiNews 000613b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Yesterday's bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/12_06_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 two-faced Chupacabras were birthed during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Satanic Music? http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickl/crumhorn.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Astronomy Optics Give Humans Super Vision. Adapting technology originally developed by astronomers to get better images of the heavens, a scientist has developed an optical system that gives test subjects an unprecedented quality of eyesight. The research dramatically improves the sight even of people who have 20/20 vision. http://unisci.com/stories/20002/0612001.htm # TRANSHUMAN. Prospective cyborg, mad scientist, transhuman? Prof. of Cyber- netics at U. of Reading in England, Kevin Warwick investigates the use of artificial implants in the human body and just wants to be as one with his computer. http://laspirale.org/pages/afficheArticle.php3?id=48lang=en # Letting Silicon-Chip Implants Do the Talking - and the thinking? http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/6583/project170.html # Tiny Human-Borne Monitoring Device Sparks Privacy Fears - worry? http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/6583/project175.html # Big Brother Gets Under Your Skin - and into your mind - relax... http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/6583/project176.html # Why You Should Get a Chip Implant - because we tell you to, eh?? http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/6583/project181.html : What's your favorite bionic enhancement? How many chips d'ya want to have implanted in your brain/groin/biceps/thyroid/ankle? Do your implants desire more implants to keep them company? Have you tried to demagnetize them? How? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ ANGRY YOUNG SPACEMAN - full text: http://www.yip.org/jim/IMadeMain.htm # Lights glow on Moon. (BBC) The Moon is not dead says an astronomer who has seen glowing lights on its surface. Close the pod bay door, Hal. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_789000/789095.stm # Also - Moon not quite dead - vibrant Chupacabra colony sighted: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_481000/481455.stm # Moon's orbit betrays its violent birth - take THAT, you dirty rat! http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_645000/645007.stm # Mysterious Martian Ridges. One of the most puzzling findings of Mars Global Surveyor has been the discovery of many sharp, parallel ridges and grooves on the planet's surfaces that first look like dunes, but turn out to be something else. http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0005/29ridgedmars/ # Overview of Artificial Structures on Mars http://www.caus.org/pn061300.htm : Have you seen evidences of life/love/liberty on other planet(oid)s lately? Are all planet(oid)s conceived, born, maintained and terminated in violence? Aren't we all? Are you a planetoid?Have lights been seen on you? Where else? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Alleged NASA Role In Chilean Chupacabras? SANTIAGO (EFE)- Chilean space researchers announced that they will ask their government, through the Ministry of Defense, to investigate the alleged responsibility of NASA, the United States space agency, in the manifestations of the so-called "Chupacabras" which has caused the deaths of hundreds of domestic animals in this country. http://www.ufomind.com/ufo/updates/2000/jun/m13-004.shtml # Kitten with two faces is rejected by mom and dies. Image the kitty expired after getting too cold, says vet. "Its mother did not accept it too much," the doc notes. The kitten was born with one head brain, but mirror sets of eyes, noses and mouths. An earlier story includes a picture of Image and quotes a vet saying the kitten's chances of survival were good. Oops. http://www.phillynews.com/content/inquirer/2000/06/11/city/PIMAGE11.htm # Report: Dead kitten is being kept in a freezer - owner planning to exploit corpse? http://www.phillyburbs.com/couriertimes/packages/0611image.shtml [ via http://www.obscurestore.com/ of course] : Have'ya engineered/kidnapped/terminated any Chupacabras/kittens/Catholics lately? Do you store engineered corpses in your freezer? Is it rather full? Have you collaborated with NASA in your efforts? Will the truth be revealed? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Scientology church charges dropped. CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Prosecutors have dropped abuse and medical neglect charges against the Church of Scientology, saying they couldn't depend on the testimony of the county medical examiner in the case of a woman who died in the church's care. Inconsistent: http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2567295122-441 # Ex-Hare Krishna Students Sue for $400 Million. DALLAS
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SkeptiNews 000606b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Last batch of bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/14_05_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 deities were castigated to produce this bulletin. We didn't dare... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Lunar Hitchhiker's Guide: http://www.shallowsky.com/moon/hitchhiker.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # STONEHENGE OR BUST! UFOs north of Reno, Nevada? How can we tell? Geologic hoodoos; crustal anomalies; energy vampires? Strange rock constructions; monolith; intense magnetism. No UFO/alien/conspiracy/Sasquatch activity seen. Opium den; Alaska Cedar grove in Oregon; Sasquatch spoor! Protosimi- ans reptoids; multinational'shroomers; BioWar! 'Shroomers; crop circles; Stonehenge; Rajneeshpuram. Time travel takes too long; motorcycles mind- control. Anomalous clouds; unnatural speed; I CAN'T STAND IT! Alien dung- heaps! Accosted by govt agent! Escaped! Weather- mind-control; feline violence! Surveillance; sabotage; The Perfection Game. Terraces of ancient civilizations or alien manifestations? Postmodernism; US Navy Centroid Facility; icy lava caves. Fractional gospel missions? Oregon Vortex, House of Mystery. Yeti urine? Surveillance impeded? Wasted meat? Area 101; ETs? PRELIMINARY DRAFT: http://www.sonic.net/~ric/adventure/may2k/may2k2.htm : Have you overturned/replicated/approached any ancient megaliths lately? Is your psychic energy constantly drained by vampires/aliens/agents/scientists/ me? What do you do with mushrooms? What do mushrooms do with you? How often? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Meteorite find excites scientists. OTTAWA Traces of the chemical building blocks of the solar system -and of humanity itself - may well be preserved inside hundreds of pieces of a rare meteorite recovered recently from the ice surface of a Yukon lake. http://alienzoo.com/news/y/26020004.cfm # Meteorite bits recovered: http://www.alienzoo.com/news/y/26010005.cfm @ Life On The Sun? Before you dismiss this as complete rubbish, consider one fundamental truth: life is, in essence, a manifestation of negentropy. http://www.erasmatazz.com/library/Miscellania/Life%20and%20Negentroy.html # Dinosaur theory gets big blast;Milwaukee scientists point to site as proof asteroid wiped out creatures: http://alienzoo.com/news/n/26020003.cfm : Have you discovered/originated/eliminated any fertile environments lately? D'ya prefer entropy, negentropy, allotropy, eigentropy? Would'ya rather live in/or/under/above Earth, Sol, Luna, Mars, Zeta Reticula, Oz, Barsoom, Hades? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # BIBLE PREDICTS STORMIEST SUMMER IN HISTORY! TULSA, OK -- This summer will be the stormiest in the history of the world,with hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, meteorites and grapefruit-size hail bringing death and despair to millions -- and it's all foretold in the Bible, theologians say! Jehovah wants to kill us all: http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1938.html @ It's your chance to date Jesus! http://www.jesus.com/ Ok, maybe He's not really Jesus, but he does have "a lean swimmer's body and a six-pack". You can even win a chance to shower with Him! http://jesus.com/shower/ He even provides a Frequently Asked Questions http://www.jesus.com/faq.html document, which answers the immortal question, "Do you know that you are going to go to Hell?" http://www.jesus.com/faq.html#11 For more on your salvation etc, see http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Religion/ - or else. : Have you stormed/dated/fucked/cleansed any deities lately? Do they mean to do us harm/good/nothing/anything? Who are your favorite deities? Have they done anything notable to/for you? Do they answer Frequently Asked Questions? @ DOES THE ANTI-CHRIST LIKE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES? Do you? http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com/apocult.html#chocchip _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Man Admits To Sending Ghosts To Attack Girls. NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters) -- A businessman has confessed to sending ghosts to attack schoolgirls in eastern Kenya. The unnamed businessman was arrested over the weekend after the pupils of Itokela Girls Secondary School marched to the district commissioner's office to protest against an invasion of ghosts at the school. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000605/12/odd-kenya-ghosts # UFO BLASTS RUSSIAN JET OUT OF THE SKY! MOSCOW -- A saucer-shaped UFO blasted a MiG-29 out of the sky with a laser ray on April 8 in one of the most terrifying close encounters ever! Dramatic photographs clearly show the sophisticated jet approaching the starship after it appeared unannoun- ced in Russian airspace. http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1939.html : Would you rather be attacked by ghosts, girls, UFOs, MiGs, Republicans/ Reptilioids, robots,
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SkeptiNews 000502b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Yesterday's bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/01_05_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 dictators/prophets/cattle/apes were cloned to produce this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ THRILL JUNKIES: http://newscientist.com/images/covers/nscover2429.jpg _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Intense UFO Activity Follows Alien Abduction. 40-year-old Elaine King, of Tetney Lock [near Grimsby, Lincolnshire] believes that she was transported from her bed to an alien space craft that was constructed entirely of a steel-like material. Yow. http://www.farshore.force9.co.uk/et_uk01.htm # ISRAELI UFO WAVE. Jews in Space? http://persweb.direct.ca/psa/giants.html # Best Canadian UFOs Of 1999: http://www.planet.eon.net/~kijek/page21.html # Possible Animal Mutilation in Maryland? http://www.caus.org/pn050200.htm # NEW EARLY 2000 CROP CIRCLE FORMATIONS APPEARING IN ENGLAND: http://cropcircleconnector.com/2000/2000.html http://194.200.2.248/~paul/search.cgi?d=xy00m=anyc=UK # NEW CROP FORMATIONS ALSO REPORTED IN SPAIN, HOLLAND, USA: http://cropcircleconnector.com/inter2000/inter2000.html http://194.200.2.248/~paul/search.cgi?d=xy00c=any : Do you like to abduct humans? Is it easy to lure them into your UFO? Are they suckers for bright lights, implants, hot alien sex? When you've probed them enough, d'ya mutilate some animals, cut some crop circles, leave some chemtrails? Were you sent to Earth because you're too annoying back home?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Eyewitness Watches Chemtrails Cover Entire Flagstaff Sky - 6 planes 'working' the city: http://www.sightings.com/general/flag.htm @ CHEMTRAILS'R'US: http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com/conchem.html # CHEMTRAIL BREAKTHROUGH? http://persweb.direct.ca/psa/chembreak.html # PATHOGENIC POISON IN THE SKY! http://persweb.direct.ca/psa/upinthesky.html @ HAARP-ELF AIR TRAVEL DANGERS. It's perfectly clear that secret ELF weapons the HAARP Project in Alaska pose a grave danger to commercial jetliners flying anywhere in the world. In fact, these ELF/electromagnetic weapons systems and/or HAARP may have already been involved in air crashes which have cost the lives of hundreds of innocent people. 70 on Aeroperu 757: http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com/conspire.html#haarpflight : Does your Federal/Illuminati/Reptoid conspiracy prefer to 'prepare' humans for harvest with chemicals, electromagnetic radiation, McFood, subliminals, all the above? Do your satellite signals sufficiently blanket the populace? # U.S. Lifts Ban On Private Use of GPS - now you can stalk with accuracy: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/business/gps_ban_lifted_000501.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Cosmologists Release 1st Images of Infant Universe. An international team of cosmologists has released the first detailed images of the universe in its infancy. The images reveal the structure that existed in the universe when it was a tiny fraction of its current age and 1,000 times smaller and hotter than it is today. http://www.alienzoo.com/news/y/25010007.cfm # Going round the bend - Have physicists been looking in the wrong place for the source of cosmic rays? http://newscientist.com/news/news_223624.html @ Origins of Man the Universe: http://www.winshop.com.au/annew/barry.html # Don't call me 'rocket scientist!' www.alienzoo.com/news/a/25010004.cfm : Have you mapped the universe in some detail? Are portions hidden, blocked, censored? Have you censored any universes lately? What are you hiding? What shouldn't we know about? Is this for our own good? Really? How can we tell? # Earth's Big Brother- Jove Saves http://www.cosmiverse.com/space050102.html # Earth is now hotter than at any time in recorded human history!!! Me too: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/Environment/2000-04/hotter300400.shtml _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Robots open path to deep blue seas - Underwater vehicles help to explore, develop ocean floors - should/can/will they search for sea/lake monsters too? Suppose they ally against us? http://www.msnbc.com/news/401070.asp # Fossil May Be Link Between Fish and Land Animals - find was victim of Cold War for 25 years: http://www.cosmiverse.com/science050101.html # Bounty put on lake monster. PENTICTON, BC - The elusive Ogopogo, Okanagan Lake's legendary monster, now has a $ 2- million price on its head. Local boosters are offering the money to anyone who can come up with scientific proof Canada's answer to the Loch Ness monster exists. "There has to be something out there" -- http://www.alienzoo.com/news/p/25010001.cfm : Have'ya found any interesting water creatures lately? Have they found you? Are you an interesting water creature? Do robot submarines
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SkeptiNews 000425b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Yesterday's bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/24_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 flashy robots were sexually abused during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Love or Only Lust? http://www.nerve.com/photoday/100.jpg _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # AIDS-ET Connection. The AIDS-ET Connection Hypothesis is a new, unifying scientific concept which explains diverse phenomena relating to HIV/AIDS and Ufology in terms of each other. http://www.caus.org/pn042500.htm # HIV Puzzle - Survives 15 years: http://sightings.com/general/HIVPUZ.HTM @ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] THINGS PEOPLE PUT UP THEIR BUTTS: "This one is REALLY fun to read. Strange thing they never found an anal probe from Zeta reticuli." http://www.well.com/user/cynsa/newbutt.html # X-ray Of Govt Microchip Implant In Woman's Head 20 Years Ago. Altho this lady was aware her chip implant was part of a govt project, many people speak of chips being implanted by aliens.Whether these alien chip implants are part of another govt project or are actually implanted by aliens is a whole discussion in itself. http://www.sightings.com/general/chip.htm : Have aliens/agents/angels/animals implanted diseases/chips/ideas/parasites in you lately? Where/how/when/why were they implanted? Have you devised any hypotheses to explain this lately? Is y'r hypothesis real or disinformation? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # SPACEVIEWS #2000.17. Shuttle Countdown Proceeds Smoothly - Mir Air Leak Said Fixed - Ariane Launches CommSat - Proton Launches European CommSat - Delta Launch Scrubbed Again - US Brazil Sign Launch Accord - Commercial Practices May Be Misapplied to Aerospace - General: U.S. Military Doesn't Need Separate Space Force - Terra Spacecraft "Open for Business" - Astro- nomers Unveil Prototype of New SETI Telescope - TIROS: The First Weather Satellite: http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/0424 [are we spaced enough yet?] # Extraterrestrial Car Crash Victim. Who or what was hit by a car just out- side of Dublin in late October? According to witnesses, whatever it was, it didn't look human. The "man" was a strange dark green creature standing over seven feet (203 cm) in height. http://www.jpb.com/cyberstar/0108.html # Car designer to the stars... and planets. NASA asks George Barris about lunar/planetary rovers: http://www.alienzoo.com/news/t/24220004.cfm : Are you an ET? What's your favorite automobile/airplane/spacecraft/boat? Are earthling vehicles adequate/pathetic/ingenious/primitive/deadly/flawed? Have you been hurt/killed/annoyed by human vehicles lately? Are we fixable? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Gadgets Drive New Jersey Man. He loves gadgetry and technology, and has customized his car with a Net connection and email. But his obsession is not understood by everyone. Just ask his girlfriend, er ... ex-girlfriend. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35832,00.html?tw=wn2424 # Robo-shopper kills supermarket trips. LOVE it or not, going to the super- market may soon be a thing of the past. Japanese scientists are developing a humanoid robot able to walk up and down the aisles, helping itself to anything from coffee to baked beans and loading it into its basket. Whew. http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/04/23/stifgnfar01001.html : What's your favorite advanced gadget? Have you been replaced by gadgets yet? Soon, now? Would you rather build/buy/control/be a robo-shopper? Do humanoid robots get all the jobs/fun/sex/jolts? D'ya have robot envy? Eh? @ Tired of running your model railroad http://www.nmra.org/ as a series of electrical blocks instead of as a number of trains? Build your own digital command control http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7706/ setup! This is based on a similar http://web.syr.edu/~mobrandt/dcc-mb/dccmbhom.htm system. Or use a PC running http://www.der-moba.de/~vogt/DDL/ Linux. And now get your gadget fix over at http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Gadgets/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # The role of the media in the politics of disclosure part two. The role the news media plays in U.S. culture entails much more than just writing articles. Programmed: http://www.alienzoo.com/features/b/24190002.cfm # Boylan Bites Again: http://www.cosmiverse.com/paranormal042102.html # Streiber! http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/5604/dreamland.html # UFO Superstore: http://www.alienzoo.com/features/t/24230001.cfm @ Raven: CIVILIAN POPULATIONS NOW A VIRTUAL PLAYGROUND FOR UNETHICAL MILI- TARY AND INTELLIGENCE CONTRACTORS, THANKS TO ADVANCED ELECTRONICS! How the mindcontrollers' technology works: http://www.bestnet.org/~raven1/ : Have you controlled anybody's mind(s)
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SkeptiNews 000418b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Yesterday's bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/17_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, excuses, news/views: http://skeptilog.pitas.com * No crocodilians were worshipped during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ BadAttitude.Com: http://www.blowthedotoutyourass.com/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # EARTH IS ON THE BRINK OF A DEVASTATING FLOOD! PARIS -- The world is on the verge of a great flood that will be almost as devastating as the one that covered the Earth in the days of Noah! That's the terrifying conclusion of French, US and UK researchers -- the deluge could kill 200 million people within the next 50 years. http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1841.html # Record Rains Snarl Southern California...04/18/00 http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/April2000/0418record.htm # 3 Die During Cloud-Seeding Mission...04/18/00 http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/April2000/0418cloudseeding.htm # Californians May Soon Drink Recycled Toilet Water...04/18/00 http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/April2000/0418californians.htm # Mexico Declares Drought Emergency...04/18/00 http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/April2000/0418mexico.htm : Have you worked/prayed/hoped for any climate catastrophes lately? Are you prepared for the upcoming devastation? D'ya prefer droughts, floods, hurri- canes, tornadoes, ice-ages, global warming, me? Does weather stimulate you? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Universal Festival Calendar for May, 2000. The Grand Planetary Alignment of May 2-5 is the most momentous astral event since the Grand Cross form- ations of August, 1999. It is also the moment of cosmic birth at the end of the gestation period that began last summer. The moment of fruition is at hand. Rejoice!! http://www.spiritweb.org/News/2000/14/955291358.html # Planetary Alignment - World Healing Day. The night of May 4, 2000, will be the eve of one of the most exciting, powerful and transformative celestial events of our millennium. http://www.thewildrose.net/planetary_lineup.html # Enlightenment, Working in Trust - channeled message from Ascended Master Tai Ling: http://www.spiritweb.org/Spirit/mirrors-eternity3-belsey.html # COPS ACCUSE TWO OF ILLEGAL HEAD SURGERY- drilling holes without a license: http://apbnews.com/newscenter/breakingnews/2000/04/14/holehead0414_01.html @ INTERNATIONAL TREPANATION ADVOCACY GROUP: http://www.trepan.com/ [accused] : Have you had your head drilled lately? Should you? If you don't have help, will you do it yourself? Will you achieve harmony with the cosmos? Will all the galactic vibes flow freely in and out of your cerebellum? Not too messy? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Crocodile Temple Uncovered. (Discovery) New light has been shed on the ancient Egyptian town of Crocodilopolis, where the crocodile god Sobek was worshipped. http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9698442 # Ancient Dirty Pottery Key To Iroquoian Origin. The last thing most people want is food-encrusted pots, but burnt-on, crusty old food may be a key to the origins of the Iroquois. http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9697644 # Museum to unveil hidden treasures. (BBC) The Natural History Museum in London is to show millions of rare and gruesome-looking specimens for the first time. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_717000/717674.stm : What's your favorite specimen? D'ya worship crocodiles, pottery, museums, aliens, robots, me? Does crocodile worship show mankind's long-term subju- gation by the Reptilioids? When will we ever break free of their domination? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Tribal whale hunt begins in Washington - but fail to kill whale in rituals: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565793109-f16 # Church anger at 'callous' web sale: www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9698976 # Never on Monday? Sports vs. church - Monday night sports interfere with Mormon ritual: http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,160008443,00.html # NO FOREIGNERS TO BE CRUCIFIED. Cutud, San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines. Foreigners are no longer welcome as participants in the Good Friday cruci- fixion reenactment this year in this lahar ravaged southwestern Pampanga village. But they are still most welcome as guests and onlookers. http://www.manilatimes.net/2000/apr/16/provincial/2416pro2.html : What's your favorite religious ritual? Have you hunted/sold/crucified any- one lately? Do voices in your head guide your religious activities? Loudly? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Tetris takes over tower block http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9697749 video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/715000/video/_718009_tetris_vi.ram @ Delft Tetris: http://etv.et.tudelft.nl/commissies/lustrum/english.html @ Tech House Tetris:
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SkeptiNews 000411b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Yesterday's bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/09_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, excuses, news/views: http://skeptilog.pitas.com * No credulous UFOlogists were cloned during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Behind Schedule: http://208.225.201.200/gallery/nsa/nsa-1984.gif [Unit4] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Austrian Mountaineer Describes Look at Yeti. But, like all others, he was alone when he saw creature. (DN) Few people haven't heard legends of the Yeti. But what makes this tale so intriguing is that Reinhold Messner is far from ordinary he is to mountain climbing what Michael Jordan is to basketball. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,155015881,00.html # Bigfoot Believers and Sasquatch Skeptics - Bigfoot Conference/Expo 2000: http://www.cleveland.com/news/index.ssf?/news/pd/cc10foot.html # Another Roswell Witness Comes Forward - More On Ramey Message - HANGER 18, FACT OR FICTION? http://www.sightings.com/general/rosanother.htm # UFO Upswing - Flying Amoeba-Shapes, Fireballs, And Blinding Lights: NEW JERSEY FIRE BALL - PENNSYLVANIA LIGHTS/OBJECTS - FLORIDA UNEXPLAINED MARKS - ILLINOIS LIGHT AT SAUCER SITE - ALABAMA ENTITIES - TEXAS UFO/ LIGHTS - OKLAHOMA TIMEWARP - CANADA UFOs/LIGHTS/CHEMTRAIL - AUSTRALIA CRAFT - STS48 MYSTERY: http://www.sightings.com/general/filers41000.htm : Have you seen (m)any abominations lately? Were you alone, except for the abomination(s)? Were you manipulated, blinded, gassed, probed, ignored? Are you ignored regularly? Do you really hate ignorance? Are you blue with rage? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # PPL aims for cloned pig organs in 7-8 yrs. LONDON (Reuters) UK biotech firm PPL Therapeutics Plc, which recently cloned 5 piglets, said it would strive to remove ethical doubts about using pig organs as it prepares for human trials in 4 years. http://foxnews.com/health/0410/h_rt_0410_1.sml # Don't Clone People! Do we want official support of human-cloning research in this country? Do we want it anywhere? Shouldn't it be left to outlaws? http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/print/editorials/A45284-2000Apr9.html # Bishops Genome-Wary: http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48901 : Should human cloning be controlled by govt, business, military, churches, mad scientists, Illuminati, aliens, deities, robots, me? If cloning is out- lawed, will only outlaws be cloned? Which outlaw would you most like cloned? # SCIENTISTS FIND MASTER GENE LINKED TO CANCER, ARTHRITIS, OTHER AGE-RELATED DISEASES - immortality near? http://CNN.com/2000/HEALTH/04/10/aging.genes/ # GENETICS ISN'T MAGIC: http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48910 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # NASA PLANE COULD REVOLUTIONIZE TELECOM, DISASTER RELIEF. Scientists are developing a plane that can fly higher than any aircraft has flown before and stay up in the air for months, revolutionizing a wide range of fields from telecommunications to disaster relief. Also applicable for spying, mindcontrol-ray beams: http://CNN.com/2000/TECH/space/04/10/helios.reut/ @ The Sonic Weapon of Vladimir Gavreau. At a very specific pitch, infrasound explodes matter. At others, infrasound incapacitates and kills. Organisms rupture in its blast. Sea creatures use this power to stun and kill prey. Nazis used it too: http://www.borderlands.com/archives/arch/gavreaus.htm : Would you like to have a super-efficient aerial platform? Would you use it for surveillance; broadcasting communications signals; disseminating mind- control signals, ultrasound blasts, biowarfare agents; multimedia events??? # Scientists scan auroral data. (BBC) Astronomers are analysing their data after the best aurora for a decade. Looking for controlling patterns: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_709000/709126.stm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # World Bank critics launch boycott. Protesters believe the bank imposes a crushing debt on poor nations, making it impossible to spend money on social programs. And if dictators steal the loans anyway, well, so what? See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565598441-52f # NPR and CNN infiltrated by US Army - PsyOps specialists worked as interns at U.S. networks: http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/2410.atc.15.ram # HOSPITAL RECOMMENDS UNSUPERVISED EXCURSIONS FOR HINCKLEY - will provide map to nearest gun shop: http://CNN.com/2000/US/04/11/hinckleyvisits.ap/ # ROBERTSON ENDORSES MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY - silent about his earlier support of terrorists: http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48995 # Pro-Confederate flag rally in S.C. - calls for slavery, dueling: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565584045-48e : How's your conspiracy financed? D'ya depend on
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The Nazis TRIED it. It worked too well...the weapon killed the target, all right, but it also killed its operators. The U.S. and British armies found the remains of experimental sonic weapons on the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany...concrete towers with huge concave "mirrors" designed to focus and direct the soundwaves. - Original Message - From: Ric Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 12:35 PM Subject: [CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #2 snip @ The Sonic Weapon of Vladimir Gavreau. At a very specific pitch, infrasound explodes matter. At others, infrasound incapacitates and kills. Organisms rupture in its blast. Sea creatures use this power to stun and kill prey. Nazis used it too: http://www.borderlands.com/archives/arch/gavreaus.htm snip A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #2
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- SkeptiNews 000404b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Yesterday's bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/03_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, excuses, news/views: http://skeptilog.pitas.com * No abstinent demagogues were found during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Bill: http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/70/images/_701665_gates_supuf.gif _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Ground-Penetrating Radar Showing Ancient Civilizations. Tunnels have been mapped under the Mayan pyramid complex at Tikal, which extend a full 800 kilometres to the opposite side of the country. Investigators said it was possible to understand how half a million Mayans escaped the decimation of their culture. http://members.tripod.com/~Ravenwoods/index-55Giza.html # POPE JOHN PAUL II TO TRAVEL TO FATIMA - likelihood of alien abduction is rated "very high" - http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48696 @ Have you been abducted by aliens lately? http://www.visitations.com # END-TIMES TIMES: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/5951 Hurry!! # 2nd Giant Iceberg Amok: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9626569 : Have you terminated/hidden/discovered any civilizations lately? Will your civilization be terminated/hidden/discovered anytime soon? Are aliens busy abducting civilized folk while their cultures are being terminated? Why not? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Victims of Cult Fire Burned Alive. KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The 530 people whose charred bodies were recovered after a doomsday cult's fiery climax were still alive when their gasoline-soaked chapel exploded in flames, forensics tests showed today. The doors and windows of the chapel were bolted from the outside. http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9626995 # ABSTINENCE-ONLY BEST: http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48714 @ Society for the Attainment of Total Abstinence: http://totalabstinence.com # Crack Down On Body Piercing! http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9627047 # VATICAN MAGAZINE "CIVILTÀ CATTOLICA" WARNS ON RISKS OF ISLAMIC-CATHOLIC MIXED MARRIAGES: http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=48709 : Does y'r belief system grow mainly by: voluntary/forced conversion; births into your creed; mindcontrol/programming? Do you keep your membership count stable by: abstinence; immolation; sterilization; enslavement; harvesting? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Chinese begin cyber-mourning. (BBC) Thousands of Chinese are turning to the Net to continue the tradition of ancestor worship which dates back thousands of years. While past generations of Chinese would have turned to shrines or graves to pay their respects to dead relatives, modern urban Chinese are visiting virtual "memorial halls". A website devoted to the subject said it had 300,000 visits within days of its launch. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_701000/701459.stm # IT'S GOOD TO BE KING. There's no need to be disenfranchised. Just start your own nation. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.03/kingdoms.html @ ARMCHAIR ANTHROPOLOGY - don't miss the rituals: news:sci.anthropology : Have you studied many human rituals/customs/mores lately? Do human rituals doctrines continuously evolve? D'ya have a hard time keeping up? Have you automated your rituals/customs/mores/studies? Does death slow you down? How? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Church Logging Plan Opposed. A plan by the Catholic Church to log ancient redwood trees on 62 acres in rural Sonoma County tells environmentalists that nature is being sacrificed to solve cash woes. Church denies link to $16M sex-abuse-payoff debt: http://www.pressdemo.com/local/news/8238.html @ Santa Rosa Diocese: http://www.pressdemo.com/evergreen/diocese/index.html # CDF plans to cite loggers: http://www.pressdemo.com/local/news/48409.html # Mormons hold historic conference - Members told to avoid porn liquor, befriend non-members, pay tithes, drop extra spouses, wash behind ears: http://worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_bresnahan/2404_xex_mormons_hold.shtml # Mormon Conference - 'Miracle has been accomplished' - no beer: http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,155014831,00.html? : Have you worked any miracles lately? Are miracles required when opposing entrenched religious groups? Would you rather live without mates, churches, beer, cash, porn, redwoods? Have you prayed over a clear-cut lately? Where? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # New Chip Advance Mimics Human Eye. BOUYGES, France - Mimicking the human eye's neural networks and the brain, an electronic "eye" on a chip can now handle complex tasks ranging from reading sign language to avoiding collisions. http://www.techweb.com/wire/news/1997/09/0913vision.html # HACKERS CAN TURN YOUR PC INTO A BOMB! Blow you to
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-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- SkeptiNews 000328b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Yesterweek's bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/17_03_2000.html * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * NEW path to notices, excuses, sightings etc: http://skeptilog.pitas.com * No defrocked RC priests were ritually tortured to produce this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Visualize World Keanu! http://www.empirenet.com/~rdaeley/skc/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Space symphony: We are the worlds - Natural emissions cause Earth, planets to sing like canaries - any louder, and we'd all be deafened. Huh? Whadja say? Eh? http://space.com/science/planetearth/space_symphony_000323.html # Also - Listening to the Music of a Sphere: http://space.com/science/solarsystem/sounds_solarsystem_000131.html # Dynamics of Earth's Core Reveal Hurricanes Under Your Feet: http://space.com/science/planetearth/core_cyclones_991110.html : Have you heard any/many/all planet[oid]s lately? Do you prefer celestial body that sing, chant, grunt, flash, wiggle, burp, fart, meditate? Is your home planet[oid] artistic, musical, dormant? Does this affect your attitude? # Image Probe In Orbit, Ready To See The Invisible. Instruments on the IMAGE spacecraft will provide never-before-seen global images of Earths magnet- osphere an area of space around our planet that is controlled by Earth's mag.field. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/03/000328085849.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Canada: The Great Hacking North? A US intelligence agency has found that up to 80% of foreign attacks on US computers either originate or pass thru Canada. This follows suspicions that some recent hacker attacks were routed through Canadian computers. http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/nb/nb5.htm # Is the US stealing trade secrets from the EU? Are EU secrets worth theft? http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/03/27/industrial.theft/index.html # FBI:CyberCrimeWave! www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2486464,00.html # Melissa @ 1: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2474610,00.html : Have you hacked internationally lately? D'ya use cybertools for good/evil/ profit? When the world is totally cybernetized, will we all be susceptible to evil hacking? What nations/people/tools would you most like to hack? Why? # Giving computers a sense of touch - virtual tools doing our dirty work: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/doc/1047/1:COMP12/1:COMP120326100.html # SMARTER, SHARPER KNIVES - 'Smart scalpel' spots cancer cells (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_686000/686892.stm @ Relax, Alexander-style: http://www.alexandertechnique.com/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Alarmist London cops warn banks to watch for "cyberterrorists." LOOK OUT! There's a Cyberterrorist about! London police are warning banks to beware of cyber terrorists when recruiting staff. Anarchist sympathisers may try to infiltrate companies sabotage computer systems to help the anti-City protests expected in May: http://www.theregister.co.uk/000328-16.html # 1,000 Biotech Foes Protest in Boston - "Our genes are not for sale!" Oh, yes they are... http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/000327iBiotech.html # AntiBiotech Protest Draws Thousands: http://www.ainfos.ca/ainfos04336.html # A16's General Advice for Protesters: http://www.ainfos.ca/ainfos04334.html : Have you infiltrated a financial/biotech/internet/marketing firm lately? Should/can/will you subvert capitalism from the inside? Is capitalism bigger /stronger/smarter/better than you? Can anarchy ever beat organized greed?? # GeneMap Only BabyStep: www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34857,00.html @ GENETICS REVOLUTION: http://www.time.com/time/daily/special/genetics/ @ Temporary Autonomous Zone: http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/taz.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Cult deaths reach 700, more bodies found.(CBC) Another mass grave has been discovered at the home of an excommunicated Catholic priest, and doomsday cult leader, in Uganda. Police are also working at three more sites used by the Christian Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments. They are expecting to uncover more mass graves. Mass murder, not suicides: http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/03/28/ugandacult000328 # MASS GRAVES- CATHOLIC SECT: http://cbc.ca/cp/world/000328/w032880.html # More bodies from doomsday sect - Searchers stunned by overpowering stench: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Africa/2000-03/stench280300.shtml : What's your favorite doomsday cult? Have you organized any mass murders lately? D'ya prefer strangulation, poisoning, burning-at-stakes, breaking- on-wheels, impalement, fat-ingestion? Do McFooders burn better than Vegans? If Decalogues are posted in schools, will more school mass-murders result? @
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-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- Tuesday #1 had a site called demon---something. What was it? I really wanted to visit, but accidentally erased the message. Fortunately, the messages can be retrieved at http://skeptinews.pitas.com The site you're looking for is [I think] DEMONBUSTER - let's see, here's from the top of the page: # My Sasquatch/UFO Hunt: HOT EMF BEAMED INTO OUR HEADS! CRASHED UFO! COYOTE CORPSES! YOLLA BOLLY YETI! NO UFOs! NARROW ESCAPES! TROUBLE! UFO! BIGFOOT! ET TRACKS! HYDROIDS! CHEMTRAILS! WITCH! PETROGLYPHS! ALIEN FACE! FEY MINE! GUNNERS! SASQUATCH! BIRDS ATTACK! ALIENS ABDUCT! And I got most of it on videotape! Proof: http://web.pitas.com/skepticon/27_03_2000.html#000327a snip @ We've all seen born-agains of the overboard variety who display extreme obsession with demons... but http://www.demonbuster.com/ this guy is a shade beyond the garden-variety hellfire-and-brimstone wacko. snip Yup, it's DEMONBUSTER.COM -- and notice how I cleverly re-introduced my travel journal, pro-FUSE-ly illustrated, which NOBODY has yet commented upon. I feel so despondent, I may give myself to the Reptilioids... but before they take me, I want to remind subscribers [who haven't regularly visited the SkeptiLog site] that the SkeptiCon Empire has expanded, with: http://skeptinews.pitas.com for the latest bulletins; http://skeptilog.pitas.com for the latest "news views"; and http://skepticon.pitas.com for a pageful of connections [links] Archives of SkeptiChat/SkeptiLog/SkeptiNews can be gotten to by clicking on the navigation bar, located near the bottom of any of those pages. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #2
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- SkeptiNews 000314b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * Portal to notices, excuses, overflow, links: http://skepticon.pitas.com * Yesterday's bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/13_03_2000.html * No decanonized saints were sexually abused to produce this bulletin... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ The Force: http://www.ooze.com/finger/assets/images/jesus.gif _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # SIGHTING - Triangles, Helicopters Arrows: http://caus.org/ft031400.htm # NIDS Probes UFO: http://www.accessnv.com/nids/news/illinois_contents.html # Cylindrical UFOs: USA (Ariz) and Italy: http://www.caus.org/mu031400.htm # Mystery 'Crash' Near Little Rock? http://www.sightings.com/ufo6/lr.htm # UFO Filmed by Peruvian TV Cameraman: http://www.caus.org/mu031300.htm # Close Encounter of the Third Kind in Colonia Higueras. An image. Its size: approximately 8 centimeters. Color: brown; Eyes: large; Arms: long. Inert. The story told hereabouts is that it has a wound on its skull which possi- bly brought about what we Earthlings call "death". Not in the best shape: http://www.inexplicata.com/issue5/close_encounter_of_the_third_kin.htm : Have you ever experienced what mere Earthlings call 'death?' Is it bother- some, itchy, screechy? Is Earth a slum you'd rather be far from? How did you get stuck here? Are swarms of UFOlogists annoying? D'ya just want to scream? @ Chats with Ufologists - Ed Mitchell: http://www.caus.org/hk031300.htm @ Really Bizarre Science: http://www.newscientist.com/weird/weird.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Russian agents arrested at site of 'Chechen' bomb. LONDON - A bomb planted in a Russian apartment block a week after explosions killed more than 200 people in Moscow was defused after police detained Russian secret service agents who had planted the device, a bomb squad officer said. The claims by Yuri Tkachenko throw doubt on Moscow's insistence that Chechen terror- ists were responsible for the bombings of two apartment blocks in Moscow in September last year. The whole pretext for the Chechen war is a bloody charade: http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/0003/13/A5825-2000Mar13.shtml # Branch Davidians Seek To Drop Case. WASHINGTON (AP) - Branch Davidian sect members claiming wrongful death in the 1993 Waco TX siege asked a US judge to dismiss their case against an FBI sharpshooter. "No credible evidence"- see http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/2313/pl/waco_sharpshooter_2.html : Have you staged any attacks lately that have been used to justify massive atrocities? Has your agency/firm/cabal prepared many such provocations? Do you leave cities/societies/worlds in chaos? Do you count collateral damages? # Islamic sultanate in chaos - oil-rich Brunei is going to Hell in a hand- basket: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564937578-7e1 # Mongolian nomads run short of food - 300,000 face starvation - blizzards drought: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564937724-d9e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Echelon Spies EuroBribes: www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34932,00.html @ Society of Snoops? http://eagleforum.org/psr/2000/feb00/psrfeb00.html # Germany Mandates URL Filters: ftp://ftp.fitug.de/pub/eu/RPS02.PDF # DoJ CyberCrime Site - how to search, seize computers, find e-wrongdoing: www.apbnews.com/newscenter/internetcrime/2000/03/13/cybercrime0313_01.html # CyberCrime Education? http://wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34935,00.html # Click here and lose your rights. Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act threatens http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2455460,00.html : Have you committed any CyberCrime/CyberEspionage/CyberSex lately? Are you filtered? Have you lost your rights/virginity/mind/implants lately? Are you being offered bribes? Does anyone notice? Do the voices in your head insist? # Secret military eye in the sky - Officials insisted it would only be used for peaceful purposes: www.ottawacitizen.com/national/000312/3743549.html @ Satellite Harassment/Torture: http://morethanconquerors.simplenet.com/MCF @ REMOTE VIEWING - ESP of ESPionage: http://nexusmagazine.com/ESPionage.html @ HAARP: VANDALISM IN THE SKY? http://www.nexusmagazine.com/HAARP.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Corned beef OK'd for St. Patrick's. FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - A bishop has changed his mind and granted a dispensation to Catholics to eat meat St. Patrick's Day, a Friday during Lent when Catholics are normally encouraged to abstain from eating meat. Clop up those arteries and die sooner, eh? See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564945652-9dd @ "Know Your Patron Saint" will clue you in to the majesty of Catholicism, http://www.magna.com.au/~raymond/patrnsaints.htm so that you may know that St. Cyriacus
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #2
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- SkeptiNews 000307b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * Portal to notices, excuses, overflow, links: http://skepticon.pitas.com * No humanoid robots were flown to Albuquerque to produce this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Are You Demotivated Yet? http://www.demotivate.com/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Sky lights are flares, not UFOs. PHOENIX, AZ. Look to the sky, conspiracy buffs: See the spheres of light floating eerily in the night sky. It's ... the return of the fabled "Phoenix lights!" Well, it's a flare-lit night- training exercise, which the Arizona Air National Guard says will be held on the Barry Goldwater Range near Gila Bend. A similar scenario - almost exactly 3 years ago - sparked an ongoing run of UFO buzz over mysterious lights in the sky. Coverup?? http://www.azcentral.com/news/0307ufo.shtml # UFO POLITICS. "It's time that our presidential candidates woke up to the fact that a growing number of Americans take this subject seriously enough to consider it when casting their votes." UFOcity intends to make this a main course of business as we head into the presidential elections. Follow UFOcity.Com's Campaign Watch 2000: http://www.UFOcity.com/campaign2000.cfm : Do all political/military/govt institutions routinely coverup their alien links? Can public pressure force full disclosure? Would that be REAL disclo- sure, or more disinfo? How could you tell? Are you enslaved by ignorance?? # Army frees 'slave'; is 'indefinite re-enlistment' involuntary servitude? http://worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_bresnahan/2307_xex_army_release.shtml # Tough on alien criminals: http://insidedenver.com:80/news/0301rule2.shtml _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Good Pot, Bad Pot. (Wired) One study says pot could help patients with multiple sclerosis. Another says it can give you a heart attack. Is some- body stoned? http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34724,00.html # HAY-FEVER MEDICATION WORSE THAN ALCOHOL IN IMPAIRING DRIVER SKILLS - better drunk than dosed: http://CNN.com/2000/HEALTH/03/06/allergy.driving/ # HERBS MAY CAUSE UNEXPECTED BLEEDING AFTER SURGERY - ginseng, gingko biloba and other herbs: http://CNN.com/2000/HEALTH/03/06/anesthesia.herbs/index @ Which Saw Palmetto Ginko Biloba Stuff To Buy http://www.consumerlab.com/ # Prozac Pulls Stocks? http://slate.msn.com/Earthling/00-03-03/Earthling.asp : What's your favorite herbal product? Does it impair/injure/infect you? Do you care? Do contradictory test results just reveal the richness/complexity of observable reality? Does reality intrude on your health, or vice-versa?? # Rabies vs. HIV. (BBC) Scientists have uncovered a new weapon in the fight against HIV - the rabies virus. Virologists have developed a HIV vaccine using a weakened rabies virus to carry a piece of the HIV virus safely into the cells of laboratory mice. The cells responded by creating immune system antibodies to attack the fragment, fighting off the HIV virus. Zowie. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_667000/667971.stm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # The future of Humanoid Robots. (DSC) Owning your own mechanical servant may happen a lot sooner than you think, say our expert panelists. The big question is: Just how human should they be? And should they be allowed to drink, drive, vote? http://www.discover.com/mar_00/featfuture.html @ Panel Participants: Alan Schultz: www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/~schultz; @ Kazuhiko Kawamura: http://mot.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/ece/~kawamura.htm Center for Intelligent Systems http://shogun.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/CIS @ Joe Herkert: http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/j/jherkert/jrh.html; @ Sebastian Thrun, Robot Learning Lab: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rll @ Joe Engelberger: http://www.helpmaterobotics.com @ Marvin Minsky: http://www.media.mit.edu/~minsky @ John McCarthy: http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc. # Robots right for defense, health care, scientist says. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Within decades, simple robots could be defending America, monitoring its environment for poisons helping an elderly nation control - and perhaps reduce - its growing health care bill. But should we intermarry with'em? http://insidedenver.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=SPACEROBOTICS-03-01-00cat=AS : How many robots are enough? Will we need robot slaves to help us conquer the universe? When will robots outsmart/dominate us? Will they keep us as pets? Will they breed us into interesting new forms, like human Chihuahuas? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Godz'R'Us: # Spring has come to Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C. (Time) Wander by the bookstore see material on Catholicism under the heading "Cults." "The Pope isn't necessarily THE Antichrist. He is AN Antichrist." Is that clear?
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #2
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- SkeptiNews 000222b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * For announcements, disclaimers, excuses, see: http://skepticon.pitas.com * No Pokeman addicts were demonized during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Scammed? Who ya gonna call? http://www.scambusters.com/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Fingerprint Expert Tries To Debunk Bigfoot - Reaches Opposite Conclusion. CONROE, TX. (HoustonChron) Police fingerprint technician James Chilcutt's quest to squeeze more info out of fingerprints led him to develop a rare expertise in nonhuman primate prints.He tried to use his special knowledge to debunk alleged evidence of Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch. But his examination of alleged Bigfoot footprint castings didn't lead to the conclusion he had expected. He now believes that -- while some of them are fakes -- some are the genuine prints of a reclusive animal that has yet to be documented and studied. http://www.sightings.com/politics6/fing.htm # Underground Terrestrial Life Form. The preacher told us of being in the military prior to becoming a preacher. He was in a special military group that was ordered to go into the earth to encounter humanoid life forms that lived there. He believes that our present day UFOs are actually the offspring of this half human race. http://www.caus.org/mc022200.htm : D'ya prefer terrestrial,subsurface or extraterrestrial cryptozoology? Have you confronted any unknown lifeforms lately? Have you chased them? Have they chased you? Who are the superior trackers/hunters/killers? Who'll survive?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Solar Storms Peaking, Earth's in Line of Fire. Space: Blasts of X-rays, radioactive particles threaten satellites and power grids. We're doomed. (LATimes) http://www.latimes.com/news/science/science/lat_sun000221.htm # Interplanetary Shock Wave Passes Earth. (NASA) A wave of plasma magnetic fields from a 17 Feb coronal mass ejection passed by Earth on 20 Feb 2000. Geomagnetic activity is up, but this event may not cause significant aurora. http://earthchangestv.com/breaking/February2000/0221shock.htm : Are you prepared for the massive solar storm that'll sweep away Earth's biosphere? How have you prepared? Do your preparations consist mostly of prayer, sacrifice, purification, reaching out telepathically to alien?? # SPACEVIEWS - Issue 2000.08. Shuttle Wraps Up Mapping Mission; MirBiz Pact Inked; NEAR Reaches Eros; NASA Plans Added Shuttle Mission; Russ Not Only Cause of ISS Delays; NASA Ends Polar Lander Search (Again); X-33 Engine Passes Test, But Project Time Uncertain; Space Station Commercialization; Ariane Launches Japanese Communications Satellite; Galileo Ready for Third Io Flyby; The Promise of MIDAS: http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/0221/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Pokemon Is Attacked! MEXICO CITY (Reuters) The principal Roman Catholic archdiocese in Mexico attacked the hugely popular Pokemon cartoon series, saying the characters incited violence sexual perversity among children. Dirty little buggers: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000222/11/odd-pokemon # Pokemon 'laced with the occult' - NZ Christian school bans kids' craze. The co-principal said that what some parents considered to be harmless fun and innocent fantasy, if annoyingly addictive, was harming children. http://www.herald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=119713thesection=news : What's your favorite demonic/perverse/violent/addictive entertainment? Do you have power over those whose entertainment preferences differ from yours? Do you punish them? Is your belief systems considered perverse by others? Who's right? Have you executed any dissidents/heretics/troublemakers lately? # Principal: Demon book settlement is "a win-win situation" http://www.toledoblade.com/editorial/news/0b22dem.htm # Oz Cops injure prominent female professor over KKK remark: http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,2294,344991%5E1248,00.html # Three Baháí's In Iran Sentenced To Death For Their Beliefs: http://www.sightings.com/ufo6/bh.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Spys'R'Us: # Microsoft A 'Proprietary' Of NSA? http://www.sightings.com/ufo6/micro.htm # American Secret Agents Work At Microsoft Says French intelligence: http://www.sightings.com/politics6/agents.htm # Be A Net Spy! Really! (Maybe) If you have email, chances are you've been spammed with any number of offers to spy on anyone you want. Does it work? Pretty much. Is it a scam? Pretty much. Do you get what you pay for? See for yourself: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,34333,00.html # Endeavour completes mapping mission - space espionage database complete: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564479090-6d3 # Echelon under the
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[CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #2
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- SkeptiNews 000215b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * No mindcontrol beamers were harmed during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Mother Goose: http://www.designwest.com/Johanna/MotherGoose/TRMG1.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # THE WICCANS. Raleigh N.C.(U-WIRE) What do you do with a witch? That ques- tion, posed in the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," faced a local school board this month. "Burn her" said the movie. "Fire her" the school board all but said: http://news.excite.com/news/uw/000215/university-8 # WHY WOMEN DON'T COMPUTE - Building the Digital Systerhood. Despite much- touted celebrations of women geeks,the number of women in computer science is actually decreasing. http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,34175,00.html : Is any advanced technology indistinguishable from magic? Is any advanced magic indistinguishable from technology? Are Wicca Webmastering the same? Should Webmasters be prevented from teaching in public schools? Can you tell the difference between Wicca Witchcraft, Webmastering Wizardry? Why not? @ THE STRIPPER AS SEXUAL IDEAL: http://www.costumes.org/pages/stripper.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # MASTER FORGER: "He created some of the CIA's most elaborate, if little- known, productions - the ploys, skits, scams, masquerades and sleights of hand designed to dupe foreign agents and enemy surveillance teams." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/feed/a52015-2000feb15.htm # WHAT, ME STASI? East Germany Returns, Virtually. (Wired) A decade after the fall of the Wall dividing East West Germany, Internet sites abound that reflect 'Ostalgie,' the Eastern nostalgia that is rampant in Germany. The good old days: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,34041,00.html : What's your favorite intelligence production? Can you distinguish between Langley and Disney? Is it all just show-biz? Is Earth, fought over by rival ideologies - Communism vs Capitalism, Xianity vs Islam, Coke vs Pepsi - the ultimate theme-park? Is your life stage-managed? Who collects admissions?? # 2 Columbine students shot, killed - lethal mind-control experiment: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564262848-46d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Citizens Against Human Rights Abuse: Nonconsensual Brainwave Personality Studies by the U.S. Govt; Another Arms Race? What the Public Should Know About EMF Weapons; Hi-Tech Intelligence Tools: Yet Another Classified Intelligence Program, Similar to FBI Cointelpro; Timeline of Significant Event in the History of Electromagnetic and Mind Control Technology; US Human Rights Abuse Report: A Classified Arms Race Between the Superpowers to Control the Human Mind and Body with Electromagnetic Technologies; Nonlethal Weapons - A Global Issue: http://www.calweb.com/~welsh/ @ Sometimes, tin foil hats http://zoam.tripod.com/afdb.html aren't enough to protect you from the http://morethanconquerors.simplenet.com/MCF/ CIA mind beams. Sometimes you need http://berk.com/~lessemf/personal.html tin foil dress shirts. [ Via http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Gadgets/ ] : How do'ya protect yourself from mindcontrol rays? Is foil enough? Have you tracked the sources of any mindcontrol rays lately? Where do they originate? Is a good offense the best defense? Have you attacked the beam sources yet?? @ Someone please buy me a green laser pointer. http://lasermate.com/GLP.HTM _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # THE SPY WHO LOVED ME: Documentary cameras linger over everything these days. Have the little spy lenses made voyeurs of us all? Here's a history of "fly-on-the-wall" programming, from revolutionary Russia to "The Real World." BigBro watches U: http://www.feedmag.com/documentary/doc_dr.html # ABC Pays Psychic Over $900k In Hidden Camera Lawsuit. LOS ANGELES (AP) ABC paid more than $900,000 to a Psychic Services Network worker who claimed a secretly made videotape shown on "PrimeTime Live" ruined his reputation. http://news.excite.com/news/dj/000215/2215-007109 : Have you secretly filmed anyone lately? Has anyone secretly filmed you? Do you feel ruined? Are you psychic? Why didn't you notice the filming? How can your reputation be ruined? D'ya enjoy peering into lives via spycam? When?? # PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES: A Scot engineer says we're only just learning of glass as a building material. He envisions all-glass skyscrapers. Why are critics skeptical? http://www.metropolismag.com/new/feb_content/gla.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Goldfish in blenders spark outrage. COPENHAGEN (AP) The art display at the small museum in western Denmark features 10 goldfish, each swimming in its own blender. The
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-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- SkeptiNews 000208b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * No sexual enthusiasts orgasmed fatally to produce this bulletin. Durn... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # RIP Alla Rakha: http://www.tabla.com/articles/AllaRakha.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Airline amputee goes on TV - Woman lost leg due to cramped seats on over- seas flight: http://www.the-journal.co.uk/cfm/newsstory.cfm?StoryId=165223 # 'Healthy' amputee ran fetish website - closed after news became public: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/Health/2000-02/amputee070200.shtml # Amputee now feels 'whole' - 'Since I was 8, I knew I did not want my leg' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=001851641145319pg=/et/00/2/7/namp07.html @ Cyborgasms http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/ise.html "Cybersex Amongst Multiple-Selves Cyborgs in the Narrow-Bandwidth Space of America Online Chat Rooms" And see Cybersoc at http://www.cybersoc.com/ - all this via Bifurcated Rivets: http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Lindsay/weblog/latest.html : How much of yourself do you feel good about? Do voices in your head direct your self-consciousness, self-value? Do you have better orgasms after a good amputation? What would you like to have amputated next? Is it superfluous?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ HAS NASA MOONED AMERICA? Calling everyone a "UFO nut," who considers ET contact as real or at least a possibility, is a bit quaint provincial these days. Someday, the people who scoff at the idea may themselves be considered crackpots. A large number of people throughout the world are quite sure that we faked landing men on the moon 30 years ago. They cite substantial amounts of scientific evidence and have explanations for any and all supposed proof coming from NASA. Are these people normal or nuts? Do you believe men walked on the moon only because almost everybody else around you says it is so? http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/nasaindx.htm : Have you faked any Lunar landings lately? Are you working on faking land- ings on Mars, Venus, Mercury, Callisto, Ganymede, Io, Europa? Will you fake the NEAR rendezvous with 433 Eros? [see below] Are you well-paid for this? # Astronaut Ed Mitchell on ETs: http://www.cninews.com/Search/CNI.0845.html # Recent PCEs: What is Going On Here? http://www.caus.org/pc020800.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # NEAR Spacecraft Orbits Eros On Valentine's Day. In deep space, there are very few second chances. But one year later wiser, a team of researchers is readying for the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid, named 433 Eros, on Valentine's Day. http://unisci.com/stories/20001/0208001.htm # Mars lander listening/locating attempt inconclusive - still lost: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564015709-b10 : Have you lost/found any spacecraft/asteroids/aliens lately? Do ETs steal/ move/manipulate our spacecraft just to keep us on our toes, to obstruct us, for their own entertainment? Do you have any insights into alien psychology? # Confirmed reports: UFOS sighting. The Upcoming Futuristic Operating System http://wugnet.com/wininfo/display.asp?ID=2557 is Windows ME, scheduled to crash-land on May 26, 2000. Upgrade your Win98 Tshirts mousepads now. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Elizabeth Klarer: UFO Contactee Space Traveler. Living in South Africa, Elizabeth sez she was willingly taken by aliens from the planet Meton in the Alpha Centauri system. She stayed for 4 months where she gave birth to reared her "space" child. http://www.esotericworldnews.com/elizabet.htm # BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT ALTERNATIVE CARE FOR CHILDREN. A survey of alternative medicine practitioners revealed some scary issues about their care for children. Of course, most of them have very little real medical training - and many don't even know enough to refer a newborn with a fever to a doctor. http://healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=25959 : Have you borne a space-child lately? Did the ETs help you? What kind of medical care do they offer: allopathy, homeopathy, HMOs, magic, nanobots? Do they help with child-rearing, or do they fuck'n'run? Are they responsible?? @ Saucer Smear: http://www.martiansgohome.com/smear/v47/ss000115.htm @ Anti-gravity: http://www.cseti.org/bearden/ferdelance/slide32.htm @ Zero Point Energy: http://www.dnai.com/~zap/zpe-fly.htm @ University of Lawsonomy: http://www.lawsonomy.org/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # COMPUTER VS. GOOD WRITING: Nobel writer Gunter Grass says computers and the Internet are bad influences on good writing, and that pen and paper are an essential part of his life as a writer. " I mistrust this computer work,'' he says.
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-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- SkeptiNews 2b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * No injured tarantulas were revived during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Polytope: http://kojigen.gaia.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp/graphics/cone.jpeg _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Alien Abductions - Parallels in contemporary accounts of abductions by space aliens with European narratives of captivity by Indians and Abor- iginals in early America and Australia. Whether you're abducted by aliens or snatched by savages, your captivity story will likely echo current public anxieties. Victims become anti-nuke, or eco-freaks - see http://www.historytoday.com/article/article.cfm?article_id=1620 : Have you been abducted lately? Were you snatched by aliens, terrorists, savages, cops/troops, kidnappers, giant ants? Do you echo current public anxieties? Have your attitudes/politics/behaviours changed? Do you identify with your abductors? Are your abductors admirable role models? Was abduction a positive transformitive experience? Should everyone be abducted? How soon? # The Vallejo, California Carnival Coverup: http://www.caus.org/pn020100.htm @ Exploring African Other Abductions: http://peer-mack.org/africa95.html @ Why the Abduction Phenomenon Cannot Be Explained Psychiatrically - from MIT Abduction Study Conference: http://www.peer-mack.org/mit92.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # EU ethics committee seeks approach to human cloning. Human cloning represents an ethical line in the sand. Distasteful but necessary: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2000/0131/hom32.htm @ Why map a human? Will the new genetics really help us to get to grips with the world? THERE are some awkward questions that most of us never get round to asking. Who, for example, wants to appear naive by asking what exactly we are doing all this human genome mapping for? And who really benefits? http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opinion.jsp?id=ns2223104 : Have you mapped any genomes lately? Would you rather map genomes, mental spaces, the interior of subatomic particles, the universe as a whole? Will this mapping aid your cloning efforts? Would you rather clone mice, humans, minds, atoms, galaxies, universes, demons/gods, aliens, me? Is it ethical? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Cuba boy has divine status for some. CORAL GABLES, Fla.(AP) In "The Boy of the Dolphins" a Cuban painter depicts Elian Gonzalez swaddled (like baby Moses) in a blue blanket and nestled inside an inner tube. Three dolphins surround him as the hand of God manipulates puppet strings that lead the child away from a red background symbolizing communism. "I ... think that it has been a miracle from God that this boy was rescued alive and that dolphins, like Elian himself says, helped the situation," artist Alexis Blanco said. "Elian, for me, is like a messenger that announces the end of the communist dictatorship (in Cuba)." The Vatican had no comment on God's action: http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563782963-b2c : Did you witness/experience/illustrate any divine/demonic interventions in the past few days? Were messages issued? Were the messages clear? To whom? @ City Of God: http://ccel.wheaton.edu/fathers/NPNF1-02/ @ Bible: gopher://ftp.std.com/11/obi/book/Religion/Vulgate @ Enoch: http://id.mind.net/~wolfc/library/ancient/enoch/enindex.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # 8th graders use Super Glue, 'surgery' to save tarantula after brutal fall. SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (AP) -- Felicia Daniels wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up. She's off to a good start. When the pet tarantula in Felicia's 8th-grade classroom took a tumble and cracked its abdomen, the students reassembled its innards, sealed it with Super Glue apparently saved the creature's life. http://cnn.com/2000/US/01/31/spider.surgery.ap/ @ LIFE EXTENSION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. As we draw closer to the reality of genetic intervention and life extension, one of the key players in human genome research explores the mythologies and classical failures of those who have sought their own magical anti-aging elixirs. He also examines the anti-aging revolution to come. http://www.walford.com/coleart.htm : Have you saved/extended/rationalized any lives lately? Can souls/minds/ lives be saved with superglue/ducttape/elixers? Is your life worth saving? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Grave robbers executed in China. BEIJING (AP) China has executed 3 people for stealing 15 murals excavated from the tomb of an imperial concubine who lived 1,300 years ago. Only two of the murals, which were excavated from Wei Guifei's tomb in 1991, were recovered, "causing irredeemable losses to the nation." Wei
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-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- SkeptiNews 000125b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No televangelists were libeled to produce this bulletin. We had no need. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Money, Honey: http://www.bep.treas.gov/images/mainheader2.gif _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # PineBush UFO Caught With Conventional Red Laser Beam Technology. Something highly-unusual happened to my wife and me near Pine Bush on 15 Jan 2000. Yes, another encounter with Pine Bush Anomalistic Observational Phenomena (AOP), but this time whoever is behind this phenomenon may have tipped their hand by using a red laser tracking beam. Could we be closer to an answer regarding whether ETI or the covert military is behind these events? http://members.xoom.com/cornetbr1/laser_beam.htm : Are all real UFOs just military test-flights? Are any military test-pilots really aliens? Have you tracked any UFOs with red laser beams lately? Where? Did they notice, take counter-measures, take evasive/hostile action, kill?? # An Alleged Hoax A Possible Misidentification. I witnessed the famous Gulf Breeze UFO several times. But THIS! http://www.caus.org/mc012500.htm # The Dirty Old Rag UFO: http://www.caus.org/mu012500.htm @ Paranormal Research Primer: http://www.tje.net/para/main/ @ Inexplicata: Journal of Hispanic Ufology: http://www.inexplicata.com/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # World Pagan Leaders Call for Papal Apology. MONTGOMERY, Ala. /US Newswire/ Leaders of the international Pagan community have called on Pope John Paul II to include Pagans in the Vatican's upcoming Millennial Apology for the Inquisition. Leaders point to the two-millennia history of Roman Catholic oppression of Pagan (i.e.indigenous nature-worshipping) peoples, including forced conversions, desecration of sacred sites, perpetration of false propaganda concerning Pagan beliefs and practices, and collaboration with the state in persecuting and executing Pagans during the Inquisition. Say you're sorry: http://usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0124-139.htm : Has your church oppressed many opponents? Was this necessary? Do you deal harshly with all opponents, internal and external? Do all belief systems? Is this necessary for belief systems to survive? Should your church survive??? @ Catholic Encyclopedia: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/ @ à Kempis: http://ccel.wheaton.edu/kempis/imitation/imitation.html @ Loyala: http://ccel.wheaton.edu/i/ignatius/exercises/exercises.html @ John: http://ccel.wheaton.edu/john_of_the_cross/dark_night/dark_night.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR: Time Warner/EMI merger shrinks the major record-company field to four players. Can you say "oligopoly?" http://www.bostonherald.com/bostonherald/entr/katz01252000.htm # Huge internet music market was key to the deal. Greed fear too: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_616000/616259.stm @ THE SERIOUS SIDE OF POP CULTURE: Not all frivolous or violent or shallow. "The 'pop' in pop culture is its universality, its mass appeal, its acces- sibility. In its form its all-encompassing vastness, now magnified by the Internet as well as in its content, pop culture is mostly a force for good." If you say so: http://www.msnbc.com/news/351151.asp?cp1=1 : Is your cultural accessible/remote, exploited/devouring, assimilated? Are you wired into global culture? Do the tendrils extend into your brain, bank account, genitals, refrigerator? Do they tickle? Is your alien implant idle? # 21ST CENTURY GOLD RUSH: The digital age is turning TV film upside down. Will the cyber-revolution be "as radical as the shift from radio to TV"?? www.infoculture.cbc.ca/archives/newmedia/newmedia_01242000_partone.phtml _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Falwell sues White House, FBI. LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) Rev. Jerry Falwell has sued the White House FBI for denying a request for info about him that he contends is kept in a "secret" Justice Dept database about religious anti-abortion leaders. The lawsuit contends the database is used to keep info intended for use in smear tactics. Falwell contends that keeping info about him in the database is a violation of the Privacy Act, which makes it illegal for govt to keep a file on a person without a lawful reason. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563604748-9fe : Are you a govt agent? Have you smeared any 'religious' leaders lately? Do they invite smears by their words actions? Have you been smeared lately? Do you deserve it? Does anyone else? If info about you is true, how can its release be considered a 'smear?' Are you a sanctimonious hypocrite? Why not? # Anti-abortion protesters meet in D.C. -- reiterate
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-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- SkeptiNews 000118b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No reincarnated royals were harmed during production of this bulletin... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ The Clitoris Game: http://www.nauticom.net/www/ween/clitgame.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Nuns block West Bank church seizure. JERICHO, West Bank (AP) Two US nuns, including a sister of ex-Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos, stubbornly stood their ground in a monastery Palestinian police tried to seize over the weekend. At issue is a property dispute between the exiled Russian Orthodox Church and its more powerful rival based in Moscow. The Russian Jericho Garden Monastery had been in the hands of the exiled, or "White" church, but Palestinian police raiding it Saturday said they had documents showing it belonged to the "Red" church in Moscow. Not just sucking up: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563396867-8fc @ Hildegard of Bingen has become a golden calf for feminists, New Age healers, and even dress-code rebels. They're wrong: this nun was one tough sister: http://www.beliefnet.com/story/6/story_622.html : Do you admire tough, determined nuns? Are you a tough nun? Are you married to your deity? Is it a sensuous relationship? Are you at odds with nuns in other factions/denominations/faiths? Is sisterhood more potent than dogma? # Boys red-faced over condoms. (BBC) Young British men are too embarrassed, and often too excited, to use condoms. STDs will weed them out eventually. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_607000/607549.stm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Robots Are Evolving, Population Is Booming Worldwide. The population of robots nearly doubled over the last decade in North America alone, and they are becoming increasingly important in applications ranging from quality control to space exploration, surgery to the service industry. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/01/000117071805.htm : When will robots replace humans in all material endeavors? When will they surpass us intellectually, emotionally, spiritually? Will we be obsolescent, transcendent, phosphorescent? Will robots be our willing slaves forever? Eh? # Secret processor to be unveiled. SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - A top-secret computer chip designed funded by a powerful group of high-tech leaders is slated to roll out this Wednesday amid a flurry of high expectations and intrigue. Hoping to usher in a whole new world of electronics, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563387979-15d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Scientists foresee melding of man and machine. A few years ago, when his father died, Peter Cochrane dreamed up the Soul Catcher. The idea: Implant sensors to record every waking moment, cradle to grave, so that a person's essence might be shared with future generations -- perhaps interactively, using artificial intelligence to concoct likely responses during a "con- versation." Cochrane asked his mother and wife how they would feel about downloading dear old dad, if possible. "They were horrified." Are you? http://www.austin360.com/statesman/editions/today/business_17.html : Do you seek intellectual immortality, your mind living on after your body quits? Would you mind being monitored for-ever to gain such immortality? Is this effectively heaven, hell, purgatory? Would you be enslaved forever?? @ Is "reality" basically an encrypted code? http://caus.org/cz011800.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Ordinary Dutchman reincarnation of African king. AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - A middle-aged, paunchy, unemployed white man plops down on the sofa to watch TV with his kids. Meet King Togbe Korsi Ferdinand Gakpetor II of Ghana. In Holland, the king is Henk Otte, a Dutch construction worker on welfare. In West Africa, he rules part of the lush Volta Region, home to tens of thousands of Ewes who revere him as Togbe, or king. Otte, 43, is as Dutch as the Dutch come, born and raised in Amsterdam like his parents. He lives in an Amsterdam housing project with his wife and two children, and an ordinary life would have suited him just fine. But during a 1995 visit to the hometown of his Ghanaian-born wife, Mamaa Awo Mepeyo Kpui, Otte was identified as the reincarnation of the late chief, his wife's grandfather. http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563397387-544 : Are you reincarnated royalty? Are we all? Are you revered? Should we all be revered? Is there enough reverence around? Will reverence and US$1.98 buy you a Big Mac? Is McFood fit for royalty? Do your subjects feed you burgers? # TODAY'S FUN FOOD FACT: McDonald's new hefty Big Xtra! has the same amount of
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991207b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No aquatic merrymakers were harmed during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Compatibility Test: http://www.laughnet.net/archive/tests/dating2.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # WARNING: Y2K VIRUS WIELDS PORN. Experts warn of a destructive new computer virus that disguises itself as a year 2000 computer problem and, besides reformatting user hard drives, changes Internet Explorer home pages to an adult-content site. The e-mail worm, called Worm.Mypic or W32/Mypics.worm, arrives as a message without a subject line. The message body contains what seems to be an attachment called "Pics4You.exe" that is 34,304 bytes. http://cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/06/pornvirus.y2k.idg/index.html : D'ya want your homepage turned into a sex.site? Is it a sex.site already? Do you depict humans having sex with humans, aliens, animals, robots, me? Do the voices in your head insist on this? Is human consciousness a virus/worm? # Turkmenistan to consider legal polygamy. (BBC) The Central Asian state of Turkmenistan is to consider making polygamy legal - proposed by president. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_554000/554277.stm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ BRANDING. Branding is a process where you take something white hot (usu- ally some piece of metal in some particular shape) and press it into your flesh so that it makes a serious burn and (later) a permanent scar. Bran- ding is dangerous (all burns are prone to infection), but so is driving a car. Most branding falls into one of two categories: a) Rite of passage b) Punishment. ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/bodyart/alternative-faq : Does your belief system entail rites of passage with body alteration, mind alteration, environment alteration? Would you rather brand or be branded? Is white-hot metal fun, enticing, mesmerizing? What's your favorite method of body/mind/time/space alteration? Did you alter anything lately? Painfully? @ PIERCING: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/bodyart/piercing-faq/ @ TATTOOING: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/bodyart/tattoo-faq/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # NSA Says It Will Not Spy on Americans. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Security Agency, which uses spy satellites and foreign listening posts to monitor threats to U.S. security, denied that it intended to begin spying on Americans at home. "Hell, we started LONG ago - this ain't nothin' new" winkwink http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991206/pl/spying_nsa_1.html : Does the NSA only monitor, or are they operational too? Does it really matter which 'agencies' handle spying [foreign domestic], mindcontrol, socio-economic manipulation, climatic modification, forced evolution, etc? # Four wounded in Dutch school shooting - U.S. disease spreads: http://cnn.com/1999/WORLD/europe/12/07/dutch.shooting.02/ # Seattle police chief resigns following WTO disturbances: http://cnn.com/1999/US/12/07/seattle.police.chief.ap/ # WTO, Pet Agendas On The Ropes After Seattle Fiasco: http://www.sightings.com/politics5/pet.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Ship of Fools http://ship-of-fools.com/ is a Christian magazine that's well-written, funny, not the least bit afraid to engage in self-satire. From a fruitcake list http://ship-of-fools.com/Fruitcake/Fruitcake.html to debunking religious myths http://ship-of-fools.com/Myths/03Myth.html. It's also worth checking out for the Gadgets for God, which features such http://ship-of-fools.com/Gadgets/Gadgets.html wonders as vaginal mois- turizing cream http://ship-of-fools.com/Gadgets/Gadget34.html to a gi- gantic floating messiah http://ship-of-fools.com/Gadgets/Gadget50.html. Now, worship at the altar of: http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Religion/ : Does your belief system provoke/prescribe/proscribe self-mockery? Is it true that "one man's theology is another's belly-laugh?" [Robt.A.Heinlein] Would you rather laugh at yourself, have others laugh at you, laugh at them, be abducted/implanted/raped by aliens, crucify someone, or quietly despair? @ Bach the Jew: in his strict adherence to the musical laws of his time, J.S. Bach betrays a deeply Talmudic cast of mind, sez Norman Podhoretz: http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/highlights/was_bach_jewish/ # Judge: It's okay to declare Christmas a federal holiday: http://enquirer.com/editions/1999/12/07/loc_judge_invokes_santa.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y2K-au-go-go: # Y2K - Millennium Dome Sperm to Race to Drumbeats. LONDON (Reuters) Fertilization is to be recreated in a giant "womb room" at London's Millennium Dome against a drumbeat by a Senegalese musician who is father to 38 kids.
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991130b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No gryphons, sirenes or cyclopses were harmed to produce this bulletin. * Email recipients: My ISP claims a traffic jam. Sorry about any delays. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Centaur skeleton: http://web.utk.edu/~blyons/xcentaurfront.jpg _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Psychoanalysis dead from drugs? Has Freud been made irrelevant by pills that really treat mental illness, instead of blaming some hidden trauma? http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/highlights/pills_talk/index.html : Do you control your mental diseases with drugs? Are psychological traumas theological entities like angels, demons, deities, aliens? Does your brain need reformulating, rebuilding, washing? Is your brain replaceable? Really? @ Abuse, Memory, Science, Therapy, Ethics Malpractice - access to peer- reviewed research other articles: http://www.idealist.com/memories/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ $ SelfMindControl. The Peak Achievement Trainer(TM) plugs into a PC's serial port and allows you to view your brain activity. You find out instantly how well you are doing, and can use this information to improve your performance. It is much simpler to use than other brainwave biofeedback instruments, and far more accurate. http://neurotechno.com/whatitis.htm : Are you in control of y'r own mind? Is your mind out of control? Is a mind a terrible thing to control? Do you control any minds with devices? Where?? @ Neglected Cultures: The Aazudians: http://web.utk.edu/~blyons/aazudians.html The Apasht: http://web.utk.edu/~blyons/apasht.html The Arenot: http://web.utk.edu/~blyons/arenot.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Kazakhstan Faces Growing Locust Threat. ALMATY (Reuters) Locusts could represent a major threat to Kazakhstan's agricultural sector next year if the vast Central Asian state fails to take adequate measures to control them. http://news.excite.com/news/r/991130/06/science-kazakhstan-locusts : Are you concerned by plagues of locusts? Would you rather have a plague of boils? Is a biblical judgement being visited upon Kazakhstan? Why? By who? @ THE JAIN'S DEATH. "Nothing in the world is permanent. No one provides protection. All forms are changing" http://www.e-sheep.com/jain/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ DIVINATION FOR FUN AND PROFIT -- WELL, OK, FOR FUN MOSTLY. Calculators for Isopsephia http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/Isopsephia.html (Gematria) in Greek, Roman and Hebrew alphabets, and for the related Thesis http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/Thesis.html system. Also available: a Generalized Isopsephia calculator, which allows you to enter http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/Iso-gen.html whatever numerical values you like for the Greek or Roman alphabets. See also the accompany- ing Alphabet http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/Iso-values.html Charts. : What's your favorite method of divination? Have you read any bird/lizard/ hamster/goat/alien/human entrails lately? Have you forecasted with a spread- sheet lately? Do you make a good living selling crystal balls, tarot cards, astrology books, tachyon generators? Is the future an open book? By whom? @ Horoscopes: http://iafrica.com/lifestyle/daily/index.htm?src_id=tmp0347 @ The Pythagorean Tarot: http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/PT/PT.html @ Astro astro logy logy: http://www.spiritweb.org/Spirit/astrology.html # Predicting 2099: 21st century will finally meet George Jetson: http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/11/29/fp1s4-csm.shtml @ Ars Haruspicina (modernized Etruscan divination): http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/Har.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # TOFU ROTS YOUR BRAIN. A Hawaii study shows a significant statistical relationship between two or more servings of tofu a week and "accel- erated brain aging" and even an association with Alzheimer's disease. Uh, tofu? Huh? http://starbulletin.com/1999/11/19/news/story4.html : Do you eat lotsa tofu? Is y'r brain shot to shit? Would it be shot to shit anyway, no matter what you eat? If "you are what you eat", what are you??? # MID-LIFE CRISIS COULD BE A MYTH - SO FORGET THE SPORTS CAR: http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=14695 # SURPRISING RISK FACTOR FOR SUICIDE - you could be next: http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=14697 # MEDICAL ERRORS KILL TENS OF THOUSANDS ANNUALLY, PANEL SAYS: http://cnn.com/HEALTH/9911/29/medical.errors/index.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y2K-A-Go-Go: # Y2K - Aviation Risks Said On Ground, Not In Air: http://www.sightings.com/politics5/y2kground.htm # Y2K - Colorado Readies Underground Command Bunker: http://www.sightings.com/politics5/y2kcoloradobunker_p.htm # Y2K - FEDS RECEIVE 'ABOVE AVERAGE' GRADE ON
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# The Occidental Tourist. Are spiritual expeditions the next wave in travel?
"Certainly we plugged into the Buddhist Circuit to gain a new perspective
on the dharma, to 'deepen our practice.' But we were also outsiders, spir-
itual tourists. We sought insight, but we were also on a quest for the
tackiest dharma kitsch we could find,a quest that was satisfied by chintzy
holographic keychains ('shining Buddha' we were told) and a set of plastic
dinner plates smeared with fuzzy photo-transfers of Tibetan mandalas."
http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es268_master.html?alert
: Do you seek spiritual kitsch? Does it seek you? Did your karma run over my
dogma? Have you found a good religious circus? Are you a holy clown? Am I??
# Mr. Death: http://www.feedmag.com/daily/dy111999_master.html?alert
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# Art fans don't get to see condom-clad Jesus doll. (DN) The Guiliani-like
director of Detroit's Institute of Arts decided the public shouldn't see
artist Jef Bourgeau's works, including the Jesus doll, a urine exhibit,
and a menstruation-related video. Sez da artist: "The '90s is about shock.
What is disappointing is that there have been no complaints and they
closed it down." http://www.detnews.com/1999/metro/9911/22/11220078.htm
: Do your religious icons depict safe sex? If art doesn't shock, is it only
decoration? Do you know art when you see it? Does art know you? Do voices in
your head help you discern art from not-art? Are you a critic? Are you sane?
@ PATHWAY TO DARKNESS - Vampire culture: http://www.pathwaytodarkness.co
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# CHURCH RULES SAME-SEX WEDDINGS CAN'T BE CALLED 'MARRIAGES.' A Presbyterian
Church court ruled that New York's upstate churches can continue to hold
wedding-like blessings of same-sex couples as long as they are called
"unions" -- not marriages. Opponents vow to appeal to national church
court - see http://cnn.com/US/9911/22/gay.presbyterians/index.html
: If you want your same-sex or intra-species union blessed and recognized as
a wedding, why not come to The Church of the Otters now? http://tcoto.da.ru
# Drug-Running Priest Did It for the Kids? SAO PAULO (Reuters) A Brazilian
priest caught with 11 kilos of cocaine hidden beneath his cassock told
police he was trafficking the drugs to save a struggling day care center.
Ends and means: http://news.excite.com/news/r/991123/07/odd-drugs-brazil
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# Churches close in Holy Land. NAZARETH, Israel (AP) - The gates of churches
across the Holy Land swung shut in protest as church leaders made a final
attempt to block the building of a mosque in the heart of Nazareth, the
town of Jesus' boyhood. Increasingly volatile relations between Christians
and Muslims: http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562212873-7ea
# Vatican Says Israel Fomenting Religious Division. VATICAN CITY (Reuters)
The Vatican bluntly accused the Israeli government of fomenting religious
divisions by allowing a mosque to be built in Nazareth, the boyhood home
of Jesus. Moi? http://news.excite.com/news/r/991123/09/news-mideast-pope
: Does your govt like to foment religious divisions? Does your religion like
to foment political divisions? Do DIVIDE-AND-CONQUER strategies still work?
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Crash-A-Rama:
@ Air Crashes, Black Boxes Unsafety Boards: More of the Same? The National
Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, and its predecessor federal agencies,
have a long, sorry history of covering up foul play in aircraft disasters.
"Sabotage" a dirty word to them: http://www.sightings.com/ufo5/crsh.htm
# FBI AGENTS IN CAIRO CHECK EGYPTAIR PASSENGER BACKGROUNDS -diplomatic
hot potato: http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/22/egyptair.01/index.html
# Egypt official reports on jet crash - crew is not to blame:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562213816-5d3
# 50% Of Gringos Now Afraid To Fly. NEW YORK (PRNewswire) In the aftermath
of the EgyptAir 990 crash, 50% of Americans who have flown on a commercial
airline say they are frightened at least sometimes when they fly, sez a
poll. That's up from 43% in a poll taken in May 1996, after the ValueJet
crash in Florida. http://www.sightings.com/politics5/afraidtofly_p.htm
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# Group Unveils Annual 'Dangerous' Toy List - MindControl Games Not Listed.
BOSTON (Reuters) Parents beware: Although they may look like perfectly
harmless presents, "Dipsy" the Teletubby bucket and Rad
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991116b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No microscopic engineers were harmed during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Make stunning grafix: http://www.engr.mun.ca/~holden/png2html.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Black Triangle Blackout - UK Press Told Not to Report Black Triangle UFOs. A top BBC executive let slip recently that there is a UK govt D-Notice on media reporting of the so-called "Black Triangle." For this reason the BBC will not report on the enigmatic craft, no matter how many witness reports they receive. Complete suppression: http://www.caus.org/pn111599.htm : Have you reported any Black Triangles lately? Have you been ignored? Were you threatened to keep silent? Did the MiBs obliterate your memories? How? # Majestic UFO Docs - We Are Not Alone: http://www.majesticdocuments.com # UFO Sighting Reports From BC: http://sightings.com/ufo5/latestufobc.htm # Hovering UFO Caught on Video in Romania: http://www.caus.org/mu111699.htm # Florida Pilot's Daylight Sighting of UFO: http://www.caus.org/mu111599.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Rare Peek at Mercury. (WIRED) Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Mercury streaking across the sun. And well-equipped earthlings get a rare chance to observe the tiny planet. Cowabunga MF! http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,32532,00.html?tw=wn19991115 And: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_521000/521539.stm : Did you see Mercury? Did Mercury see you? Which is more interesting? Why? Have you been to Mercury lately? Does it suck? Because of heat or humidity? # UK Tiny Town Sends Message to Mars Thanks to NASA: http://news.excite.com/news/r/991116/10/odd-mars # Meteor shower spurs weather concern - comet rain? http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562094677-f3e # Agents Plot to Ship the Rich Into Outer Space: http://news.excite.com/news/r/991115/11/odd-leisure-space _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # The DNA construction kit. (BBC) German scientists have used DNA molecules like "Velcro" to stick together microscopically tiny stuff. Erection set: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_521000/521662.stm # ALSO - Scientists make molecular motor: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_441000/441670.stm # Bacteria make motor molecule: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_442000/442704.stm # DNA hides spy message: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_365000/365183.stm @ Links - Nanotechnology: http://www.zyvex.com/nano/ @ Angewandte Chemie: http://www.wiley-vch.de/vch/journals/2002/ : Do you like to erect very small stuff? Do you have very small erections? Is small beautiful? Are small construction projects cost-effective? Where? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ SCREEN SAVER from ESA (European Space Agency) lets you watch spectacular, almost real-time images of our Sun, courtesy of ESA's SOHO (Solar Helio- spheric Observatory). This program causes your CPU (Central Processing Unit) to send images to the CRT, (Cathode Ray Tube) allowing you to see the sun produce the CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) that is predicted to hit the earth soon, producing an ELE (Extinction Level Event) that will deep fry all living organisms. According to the prediction, unless you live in a VDH (Very Deep Hole), your BDM (Butt is Dead Meat) and cooked VWD (Very Well Done). Click on this URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to download: http://www.estec.esa.nl/spdwww/soho/SohoScreens.exe and do it ASAP (now). : Are you prepared for the deep-fat-frying of all terrestrial lifeforms? Do you have a plan? Have you just given up? Can I have your unnecessary stuff? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # ET Dating Service. I told this to my friend she gave me a look of shock then said a message was given to her also. We have decided so far not to have sex for the ETs. But have grown close to each other in so many ways my feelings have only got stronger and she now cares a lot for me as well. We are talking of living together in the new year. We have not seen much of ET lately. Love'em and leave'em: http://www.caus.org/pc111599.htm : Have you had sex for/with/without ETs lately? Do they just like to watch? Do you? Are you growing closer to your fellow mind-control subjects? Are you part of an alien breeding program? What will they do with your offspring?? @ Addicted to opium, drink, and many idealized/unattainable women, Coleridge was a man of extremes http://bookwire.bowker.com/bookinfo/review.aspx?6046 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # The home-made black hole. (BBC) A physicist has suggested that a peculiar type of black hole could be made in the laboratory. Next: dilithium xtals.
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991102b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. : No Egyptian pilots augered-in during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ How To Be Goth: http://home.talkcity.com/QuadCir/astaroth/goth.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Chronic strain linked to depression in women. NEW YORK (Reuters) - The chronic strain caused by daily stresses and lower social power may explain why women are more likely than men to experience depression, new research suggests. http://news.excite.com/news/r/991102/12/health-gen3 # SHADOWS FROM THE PAST: POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. She was desperate, fearful. She heard voices in her head, feared she was going crazy. "The world means to do me harm," she told her shrink. "Someone might want to kill me." The voice she heard: a family member who had abused her. Twice as many women as men have PTSD: http://cnn.com/HEALTH/9911/01/ptsd.wmd/ # Young breast cancer patients may be depressed. NEW YORK (Reuters) -- For several reasons, including the "unexpected psychologic/physical shock" of having cancer at a young age, younger women diagnosed with breast cancer are more likely to show signs of depression than their older counterparts. Surprise, surprise: http://news.excite.com/news/r/991101/17/health-you8 : Are you female, sick, stressed, depressed? Do biology culture conspire to depress you? Are you mind-controlled? Or are you a controller, inducing depression/despair in women? Do you enjoy your work? Are you well-paid??? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ BrainWave Generator. Want to relax? Meditate? Learn faster? Focus atten- tion? Sleep better? Alleviate headaches other pain? Prepare for stress- ful situations? Increase your awareness? Try self-hypnosis? Have better sex? Make more money? Enhance psychic capabilities? Dominate all others? Take total control? http://www.saunalahti.fi/~noromaas/bwgen/index.htm : Do you use devices/drugs/meditation to enhance your mental capabilities? Are you psychically potent? Are you making me ask these questions? Why??? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Positivity Gives Aged A Sturdy Gait. (Reuters) How you feel about aging may make the difference between doddering along or walking with grace and confidence: http://news.excite.com/news/r/991102/06/science-health-gait @ Slouching toward the Ouija Board: new Yeats bio proves that bad seances can make great poetry: http://thenation.com/issue/991115/1115kunkel.shtml : Do you dodder about, slouch along, walk gracefully, crawl on your belly like a reptile, sting like a butterfly, march forcefully, or just sit there? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Crash-a-Rama: # U.S. Coast Guard: No EgyptAir survivors, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561879493-7a9 # Also: EgyptAir passenger list, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561881299-8a9 # Also: EgyptAir path busy flight route, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561879229-ad9 # And: Counselors supportive in air crash, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561878447-c7f # Clues in EgyptAir crash sought, no shit: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561878607-699 # Also: High tech search for EgyptAir, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561879112-c67 # Also: NTSB stretched thin with EgyptAir, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561877701-ddd # Also: Students 1st on air crash scene, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561878914-6a5 # And: Boeing 767s popular with pilots, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561882340-3d6 # Egyptian military officers aboard Flight 990, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561878764-c5d # Also: EgyptAir crew members were to wed, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561882324-36d # And: EgyptAir co-pilot was soon to marry, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561880847-fab : What's your fave conspiracy theory re: EA 990? Was the crash caused by the Islamic Brotherhood, HAARP/Montauk broadcasts, suicical pilots, aliens, me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Baby bottles banned for pope mass. NEW DELHI, India (AP) - Police advised India's parents not to bring small children to a Mass that Pope John Paul II will celebrate Sunday, as authorities have banned milk bottles, water containers handbags for security reasons. With some Hindus opposing the pope's visit -- burning effigies staging protests at the Vatican Embassy -- police stepped up security. The Vatican rejected a police suggestion that the pope celebrate the Mass behind a bulletproof screen. Holy shit - see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561879007-52f : Have you engaged in ritual cannibalism lately? Do you
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990928b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No bulletins were harmed during production of this infinite expansion. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Barbie's New Friends: http://www.generationgirl.com/home.asp _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # IS THAT A MAGNET IN YOUR POCKET OR ... This might be the best-selling magnet gimmick yet - a magnet to improve male sexual performance. Another bogus health product pitched at America the gullible. http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=17642 : Is your virility potentiated, recharged, polarized by magnetism? Would you install an electromagnet in your crotch if it improved your sex life? Have you done so already? Does it work? Do ferrous objects fly at you? Do you find this sexually stimulating? What's your favorite erotic ferrous object? @ What pathetic, sad victims men are. Colorful male behavior simply masks hidden wounds. Nurse Faludi has you diagnosed, boys. Line up for your shots ... http://www.nymag.com/critics/view.asp?id=2409 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Lean mean gene machine. (BBC) A digital movie projector has been used to create a new cheaper gene chip to scan DNA for genes that cause disease. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_459000/459742.stm @ Links - Texas Instruments: http://www.ti.com/ @ Affymetrix GeneChip: http://www.affymetrix.com/ @ Nature Biotechnology: http://biotech.nature.com/ : Whose genes would you like to scan? Would you like your genes scanned? Is there anything to see? Would you rather have your genes remote-viewed? Would your genescan make for interesting cinema? Are your genes entertaining? How? # Sniffing out infections. An electronic nose which sniffs urine could dramatically cut diagnosis times for infections. Golden showers: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_458000/458836.stm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # BEEN STALKED LATELY? Studies show that 8% of women 2% of men will be stalked sometime in their lives. And stalkers are more intelligent than other crooks, sez a shrink. http://azcentral.com/news/0928domestic.shtml : Have you stalked anyone or been stalked lately? Does stalking take more brains than embezzlement, assault, abduction, fraud, carjacking, perjury? Who would you most like to stalk? Who would you prefer to stalk you? Why? @ FOUNTAINHEAD. Fans included Clark Gable, Hillary Clinton, and Alan Greenspan. But fans weren't enough for Ayn Rand. She longed for intellectual respectability: http://linguafranca.com/9909/rand.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Star wobbles under tug of planet. (BBC) For the first time astronomers have seen a star move in the sky under the influence of the gravity of a planetary companion. More than just interpersonal relationships: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_459000/459889.stm # Also: 'Earth-sized planet' in deep space: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_446000/446360.stm # Planet found orbiting two stars: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_424000/424001.stm # Planet discovered orbiting Sun-like star: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_407000/407772.stm : Does your planet influence your star? Do your planets and stars influence you? Do you influence your stars and planets? Do they require maintenance?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Skinheads killed pal for his cannibalism chatter. Cops say the two neo- Nazis bludgeoned Yohann Lee beyond recognition after he started talking about necrophilia and cannibalism. "Apparently, the two men found his comments disgusting," says the D.A. Thank goodness they never met Jeffrey Dahmer. http://www.phillynews.com/daily_news/99/Sep/28/local/SKIN28.htm : Do cannibals annoy you? Are you a cannibal? Are you annoying? Are you a necrophiliac? Have you ever robbed a grave? Has your grave been robbed?? # Everything you know about the Littleton killings is wrong. Blacks and Christians were not targeted. There was no Trench Coat Mafia. Nobody died: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/23/columbine/index.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Scientists unveil plastic plants. (BBC) Biotech giant Monsanto says it has created genetically-modified plants that can grow biodegradable plastic. The plastic produced in the plant factories is not only biodegradable, it is also suitable for widespread commercial use. It is being produced in special types of GM oilseed rape cress. Better living thru chemistry: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_459000/459126.stm @ Links - Monsanto: http://www.monsanto.com/ @ Nature Biotechnology: http://biotech.nature.com/ @ Greenpeace: http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/index.cfm : Would you rather make plastics from plants, petroleum or animal fat? When will intelligent plastics be developed? Are you still
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #2
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990921b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No superbugs were developed during production of this bulletin. I hope. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Nikola Tesla, 1856-1943: http://www.virtualtheater.com/tesla-bio.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # International Tesla Electric Company 1999 Technology Tour. Live Demonstra- tions of Free Energy. Please tell all your friends relatives across the USA about this show in their area of the country. The primary reason for this tour is to get the word out to people that this technology exists and that we plan SOON to come forth with a product that can set them free of the central power grid. In order to do that we need a grass roots mandate from the people. Come and see what this is all about and then get involved in spreading the word. http://www.teslaelectriccompany.com/free_look.htm : Do you have a free energy program? If it works, why do you need grassroots support? Is your program physical or virtual/political/religious/artistic?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Window Of Superbug Vulnerability Begins. (BBC) There will be a five-year window of vulnerability from 2002 in which people will be especially at risk from antibiotic-resistant "superbugs". "We're not going to see new antibiotics until at least 2007 in any significant numbers... So as more and more bugs become resistant to more and more antibiotics, we will have a definite window of vulnerability before the new antibiotics begin to be introduced." http://www.sightings.com/health3/superbug_h.htm : What's your favorite superbug? Have you developed any superbugs lately? Do they do a lot of damage? Do you enjoy breeding them? Are they a fun hobby?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Alcoholics to get addiction drug. (BBC) Alcoholics in the UK are to get access to a controversial drug treatment programme which aims to help them "unlearn" drinking habits. The programme, developed over 25 years, includes the drug naltrexone and one-to-one outpatient therapy. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_452000/452338.stm # And: Drug helps dry out alcoholics: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_444000/444134.stm # Eating disorders linked to addiction: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_434000/434559.stm : Have you invested a lot of time in learning your drug-abuse habits? Do you need other drugs to unlearn those habits? Would you prefer alien implants, CIA mind-control rays, religious ecstasy, electroshock, a miracle, fudge?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Accuracy for gene tests unregulated. WASHINGTON (AP) Gene tests promising to predict a person's future health are sold to Americans, for hundreds of dollars apiece, with an unmentioned caveat: No one regulates the accuracy of most of those tests, even though mistakes can be life-altering. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561237680-3ea : Do you develop/market gene tests? Are they accurate? Should they be? Are bogus gene tests part of your plan for world conquest/domination? What else? @ WITH THIS NIPPLE RING, I THEE WED. Ways to know when you've taken the latest body adornment fad a little too far - from www.topfive.com - see http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=17196 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Monsanto And GM Companies Losing BioTech Wars On The Net. WASHINGTON - Bank analysts came up with some grim conclusions this summer about the financial prospects for genetically modified crops, saying companies such as Monsanto were losing battle after battle. The Internet is enabling mobilization like never before and, in the process, giving biotechnology companies fits. http://www.sightings.com/health3/mosant.htm : Does perception trump reality? What's real about GM foods? Who's behind the conspiracies pro and con GM foods? Would you rather eat organic crap?? # Tyson to irradiate foods - biggest poultry producer doses consumers: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561243347-2aa # Toxin warning on oily fish. (BBC) Consumers face another food scare after the UK government reveals oily fish contains dangerous toxins. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_452000/452548.stm # Belgium admits waste in animal feed - filth in food chain: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561239154-2a7 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Pentagon Mulls Y2K Sneak Attack. WASHINGTON (Reuters) The Year 2000 compu- glitch could open the door to a sneak attack on the US, especially if many automated systems crash, the Defense Dept said in a contingency-planning memo. To deal with such a threat, the Pentagon is working out worldwide staffing and emergency procedures to cope with vulnerabilities that could be caused by computer mix-ups. Contingencies are also being
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-Caveat Lector- -- From: ric carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PsychoSpy [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Skeptics list [EMAIL PROTECTED]; SkeptiChat list [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ConspiracyTheory [EMAIL PROTECTED]; InTheShadows [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [InTheShadows] Skeptic News - Tuesday #2 Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 2:15 PM From: "ric carter" [EMAIL PROTECTED] SkeptiNews 990921b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question @ Nikola Tesla, 1856-1943: http://www.virtualtheater.com/tesla-bio.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # International Tesla Electric Company 1999 Technology Tour. Live Demonstra- tions of Free Energy. Please tell all your friends relatives across the USA about this show in their area of the country. The primary reason for this tour is to get the word out to people that this technology exists and that we plan SOON to come forth with a product that can set them free of the central power grid. In order to do that we need a grass roots mandate from the people. Come and see what this is all about and then get involved in spreading the word. http://www.teslaelectriccompany.com/free_look.htm Ric, What's your take on this device and Denis Lee? Hilary DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #2
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990914b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : Some cybergamers were punished during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Ars Technica - Love Is Hard(ware) - Not one typo, not one grammatically warped sentence, not one instance of the word "kewl" did I find at Ars Technica. Not even one "you suck" epithetical rant. Can it be? A tweak- geek haven that waxes intelligent? Hwy, some of us geeks is CIVILIZED, dewd!! http://www.techsightings.com/ts_review/390.html # China cracks down on computer game. BEIJING (AP) Chinese authorities have punished retailers selling computer games showing Taiwan's military defea- ting an invasion by mainland Chinese forces. The CD-ROM computer games, with titles like "Crush the Chinese Invasion" and "Defend Taiwan's territ- orial seas," were being sold openly in electronics markets. Reporters said they bought the games and, after discovering their "reactionary" content, informed the police. Authorities reacted swiftly, confiscating more than 10,000 of the games and "severely punishing those involved." Sore losers - see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561140408-f12 : Is y'r power structure threatened by software? Do you threaten hierarchies with warez? What computer games are crimes against the state and humanity?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Evangelical church members detained. IZMIR, Turkey (AP) Cops arrested 40 members of an evangelical church during Sunday prayers for holding a reli- gious service without prior government authorization. All were released for lack of any evidence. The group had several foreigners including two Americans. http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561139633-60f # Zimbabwe judge sentences US evangelicals. HARARE(AP) Citing evidence that 3 American missionaries were tortured, a judge gave them unusually light sentences for possessing weapons of war and trying to smuggle guns aboard a plane. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561139549-8ab : Do evangelical Xians tend to disrupt existing social/cultural patterns and structures? Are you evangelical? Do you like disrupting society, culture?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Man seeking heir considers a church. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A 79-year-old man seeking an heir for his US$375,000 estate said he'll give the money to a church, as long as he gets some answers to spiritual questions first. Clayton Goward is inviting clergy from all faiths and anyone else who is interested to a forum on the afterlife. "I'm hoping someone there will enlighten me and I can feel better about facing eternity." International media coverage has led to more than 34,000 replies. More are on the way, u-betcha. http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561144289-825 : How many spiritual questions should/could/would you answer for US$375,000? How much are y'r ideas worth? How many new questions/answers can you devise? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Darth Vader In The Pulpit. LONDON (Reuters) An English vicar eager to attract a bigger congregation gave his sermon extra zip by dressing up as "Star Wars" villain Darth Vader. May the Church be with you... http://news.excite.com/news/r/990914/10/odd-starwars : Do you worship The Dark Side? Is duct-tape The Force because it has a dark side and a light side and it holds the universe together? Are you taped up? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Rwandan bishop on trial. (BBC) State prosecutors in Rwanda are confident of a guilty verdict in the trial of a Catholic bishop accused of direct involvement in genocide. Took part in planning meetings, refused refuge: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_446000/446688.stm @ Links: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: http://www.ictr.org/ @ Rwanda Information Exchange: http://www.rwanda.net/ @ Amnesty International: Publications on Rwanda: http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/countries/indx147.htm : Does your belief system promote/perform genocide? Has it in the past? Will it in the future? Do all proselytizing faiths promote cultural genocide??? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Texas Race Murder Defendant Saw Himself As 'Hero'. BRYAN, Texas (Reuters) A white supremacist on trial for the dragging death of a black man in Jasper, Texas, bragged about being a hero and allegedly said the crime had given a him "rush" that left him "licking his lips" for more. Yummy. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990914/00/news-crime-race http://cnn.com/US/9909/14/dragging.death.trial.01/index.html http://news.excite.com/news/u/990913/18/news-draggingdeath # Wisconsin man believes God told him to kill a nine-year-old boy. Slit his throat: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990914/06/ca-state-news-1 # Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols loses
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-Caveat Lector- -- From: Tenorlove [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #2 Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 9:48 PM -Caveat Lector- # Run Away! Deadly Potatoes! OSLO (Reuters) Police have confiscated a potentially lethal home-made cannon capable of firing potatoes up to 50 yards. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990907/10/odd-potato When I was in college, a popular fraternity trick was to jam a potato into the exhaust pipe of a car when the car heated up, the potato would go flying. Once one of them went clear through a metal garage door! Yes, a potato and a college student can be an explosive combination! Hilary DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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-Caveat Lector- Tape two tennis ball cans together at the ends, after the top and bottom have been removed so you have a long cylinder. Tape a coke can to the bottom of that with the pour spout facing into this tube. Punch a small hole at the bottom outside rim of the coke can...get ya some rubbing alcohol and pour about a tablespoon down the tube into the coke can...shake vigorously...drop a t-ball into the tube and hold a match to the hole at the bottom of the coke can while pointing AWAY from you...boom...shoots that tennis ball a loong way...can be modified to suit the need... Potatoes have been known to have been used as impromptu silencers for handguns by...you guessed it...IRA operatives. The first bomb I learned about was from Ripleys believe it or not...it told of a guy who cheated the hangman by taking a pack of cellulose playing cards and shredding them and soaking them in water...after the mass dried he packed the stuff into a pipe from his bed crimping both ends wellon the day of his execution he built a small fire in his cell and dropped his little surprise into itit took him, and his cell OUT, and severely damaged 2 other cells, blew the walls out. Cheated the hangman. I was 12 when I read this I think. Believe it or not. BG Tenorlove wrote: -Caveat Lector- # Run Away! Deadly Potatoes! OSLO (Reuters) Police have confiscated a potentially lethal home-made cannon capable of firing potatoes up to 50 yards. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990907/10/odd-potato When I was in college, a popular fraternity trick was to jam a potato into the exhaust pipe of a car when the car heated up, the potato would go flying. Once one of them went clear through a metal garage door! __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990907b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No piezoelectric crystals were smashed during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Trading Superhighways For Superstitions. (U-WIRE) TOWSON, Md. - Researcher Roland Chattaway doesn't believe in trolls. But when he studies folklore in Iceland this year, he may be in the minority. Trolls, who according to legend inhabit the rocks hills of Iceland, still wield a considerable influence on the North Atlantic island, so much so that construction projects have often been canceled so the mythic creatures would not be disturbed. http://news.excite.com/news/uw/990902/odd-149 : Do you avoid disturbing supernatural entities? Do you build roads around sacred/cursed sites? Have you ever been attacked by trolls? Who prevailed? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ A UFO Visits Ohio In 1858 In 'The Ilustrated Silent Friend'. Three years after the publication of Walt Whitmans Leaves of Grass, a mysterious miniature book appeared in the bookstalls of New York City. Just large enough to fit in the palm, and easily hidden in a gentleman's pocket or a ladys knitting bag, 'The Illustrated Silent Friend,' by William Earl, M.D., of 12 White Street, offered an extraordinary variety of arcane information. http://www.sightings.com/ufo3/visits.htm : Have you been visited by aliens? Were/are they silent? Have you any silent friends? What planets are they from? Have you visited their homes? Have fun? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Only NSA can listen, so that's OK - Export version of Lotus Notes provides trapdoor for NSA. Giant US software manufacturer Lotus has been lowering the profile of information about how they have installed an NSA-only trap- door into e-mail and conference systems used by many European governments, including the German Ministry of Defence, the French Ministry of Education and Research and the Ministry of Education in Latvia. Spying on friends for fun profit: http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/2898/1.html : What agencies would you like to have spying on your sovereign govt? Do you mind that US agents surveill you? Should everybody spy on everybody else?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Gadhafi develops high-tech car. TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) Wondering what Libya's Moammar Gadhafi was up to during all those years of sanctions? He was busy inventing the world's safest car, called "the rocket," one that would make James Bond green with envy over its high-tech features. Gadhafi's "Saroukh el-Jamahiriya" or Libya's rocket is meant to highlight the Libyan leader's concern for humanity and human life. "The invention of the safest car in the world is proof that the Libyan revolution is built on the happiness of man." See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561045779-123 : What is the basis of your revolution? Have you designed any safe devices? Did aliens help you? Have you renounced terrorism? Are you bombed? Where?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Mafiocracy. The shadowy character of organized crime has already shifted into a phase that might be unrecognizable to a society saturated with sensational ethnic stereotypes and romances about gangsters and mafiosi. The new global world economy the technology that serves as its vehicle provide previously unimaginable opportunites for fraud, money laundering, and other forms of wrongdoing. As political realities change, those seeking to profit from power have also adjusted their methods. http://www.disinfo.com/disinfo?p=foldertitle=Mafiocracy : Are you a member of a criminal organization? Is your group governmental, private, religious, alien? How much power wealth have you accumulated?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiBriefs: # Run Away! Deadly Potatoes! OSLO (Reuters) Police have confiscated a potentially lethal home-made cannon capable of firing potatoes up to 50 yards. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990907/10/odd-potato # Nutritionist Backs Flatulence For Health. WELLINGTON (Reuters) It may not be socially acceptable, but passing gas is good for your health, according to Australian corporate nutrition consultant Matt O'Neill. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990907/10/odd-life-flatulence # Academics Down Scalpels To Demand More Corpses. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (Reuters) Anatomy professors at the medical school at Honduras's main university said Sunday they were on strike to demand administrators supply them with more cadavers from hospitals and morgues. Basta ya! http://news.excite.com/news/r/990907/10/odd-honduras-cadavers _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: # REPTILIOID 'CANDID CAMERA' FOUNDER DEAD - 'One of the inventors of reality television': http://cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9909/06/obit.funt/ @ Area 51 Random Link. Visit a random alien, Area 51, or UFO
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-Caveat Lector- # Run Away! Deadly Potatoes! OSLO (Reuters) Police have confiscated a potentially lethal home-made cannon capable of firing potatoes up to 50 yards. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990907/10/odd-potato When I was in college, a popular fraternity trick was to jam a potato into the exhaust pipe of a car when the car heated up, the potato would go flying. Once one of them went clear through a metal garage door! __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990831b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No suspected ET aliens were dissected during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Woodhenge found near Stonehenge. (BBC) UK archaeologists have uncovered evidence of what they believe to be a huge wooden cousin of Stonehenge, the famous stone circle in Wiltshire, UK. The discovery of deep holes thought to have supported large oak poles came near another stone circle at Avebury, just 20 miles from Stonehenge. The site has revealed human remains, suggesting a link with burials. No crop circles were evident. @ Link - UK National Trust: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ # Also: Seahenge removal starts again: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_38/380649.stm # And: Delays for Stonehenge tunnel: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_377000/377823.stm : What's your favorite ancient holy/ritual site? Do you perform human sacri- fices there? To who/what do you sacrifice? Do the voices in your head insist on fresh meat for the spirits? Do you sneak nibbles for yourself? Tasty??? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Thank the Stars for Carbon-Based Life. Astronomers have once again come up with evidence that suggests the universe may be more attuned to us than we are to the universe. In fact, we may owe our very existence to the stars. http://www.space.com/science/astronomy/redstar_carbon.html : D'ya thank the stars that you exist? D'ya blame the stars? Whose fault are you? Should stars be dissuaded from promoting human life? Are you worthy? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # 1999-08-10 Bacterial Agonizing. Emotions, thoughts, and diatribes oozed across the Internet in response to last month's Scientific Correctness Survey (#94). The question was: ARE STRICT VEGETARIANS ALLOWED TO EAT BACTERIA? We heard from vivacious, voracious carnivores, omnivores, and all varieties of vegetarians ranging from strict vegans to one woman who ranted about asparagus being "morally not a vegetable." Many unkind words were written, much moral high ground intestinal low ground was claimed. All told, the vote ended up at: 32% YES; 32% NO; 36% OTHER; thus settling the matter once and for all, as do all our surveys. ### : Are you vegan? Do you agonize over devouring bacteria, paramecia, pests, symbiotes, other animals that may reside in/on your fodder? Are you animal, vegetable or mineral? Would you mind being eaten? Are you better with salsa? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Scientists get into people's heads. (U-WIRE) COLUMBIA, Mo. - Imagine being able to look inside the human brain and see how outside stimuli affects us as it happens. Scientists here at U. Missouri have done just that. Using a modified motorcycle helmet woven with optical fibers placed on the scalp, the device uses light similar to infrared to tell when neurons in the brain have been activated. http://news.excite.com/news/uw/990830/odd-12 : Do you want people to look into your mind? Do you want to look into the minds of people, aliens, animals, robots, demons, deities, trumpeters, me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Mutant gene tied to brain diseases. NEW YORK (Reuters) A gene defect that impairs cell's ability to "houseclean" proteins can lead to degeneration of brain cells. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990831/12/health-pro2 # Mutant mice mimic human obesity. NEW YORK (Reuters) Injecting melanocortin hormone into a strain of obese mice led to rapid weight loss in the bloat- ed beasties. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990831/12/health-gene1 : What's your favorite mutation? Have you induced any mutations lately? Have you mutated lately yourself? Into what? Have you degenerated significantly? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Carl Sagan's Last Interview. (NPR) Dr. Sagan addressed the interwoven nature of science, democracy, and spiritualism. The skepticism taught in science is a necessary ingredient for a free society bent on finding meaning to the universe. Specifically, this interview was strongly related to his book The Demon-Haunted World. Some subtopics include Roswell, New Mexico, UFOs, critical thinking and religious beliefs. http://www.npr.org/programs/totn/archives/nf6M03.html : Are you skeptical, demon-haunted, rational, free, enslaved, remotely-cont- rolled, transcendent, omnipotent? Have you ever visited Roswell? Is is rad? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Hack-O-Rama: # Hackers hit Hotmail. (BBC) Software giant Microsoft launches an inquiry after hackers bypass security on Hotmail's 40 million e-mail accounts. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_434000/434120.stm # Web e-mail inherently weak. (BBC) Will users turn to encrypted Web e-mail services following the major break-in at Hotmail? Will they even notice?
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990824b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No creationist thought evolved during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Nothing can eclipse its beauty. (BBC) A Norfolk gardener is blaming the eclipse for the early opening of his stunning blooms. Ya, u-betcha: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_428000/428802.stm @ Links: Epiphyllum oxypetalum: http://www.epiuniverse.com/NightBloom.htm # Also: Wildlife fooled by double dawn: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_417000/417679.stm # And: Total eclipse. Total coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_415000/415227.stm : Will the eclipse stories never end? How long can I keep milking this? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Anti-gay site goes back to rightful owners. (CNN) As slowly as it came, the road to love veered back to hate on an anti-gay Web site run by Pastor Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/23/hack.folo/index.html @ SITES: MindSprung: http://www.mindsprung.com/ @ Godhatesfags.com: http://www.godhatesfags.com/ @ GodLovesFags.com: http://www.godlovesfags.com/ : Do you love/hate fags? Are you god? If god hates fags, why'd she make so many of'em? If god loves fags, why'd she make so many fag-haters? Why o why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # CARL SAGAN: HIS IDEAS WEREN'T ALL THAT WAS HIGH. In light of George Bush's problems with his past drug use, I know some folks will be shocked to hear that the astronomer Carl Sagan (a hero of mine) was an avid pot smoker. He even credited it with intellectual inspiration - which certainly goes against the belief that pot makes people less ambitious. Pass that joint - http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=15738 : Would you rather be inspired by herbs, aliens, mindcontrol rays, religious fantasies, neurotoxins, me? D'ya need to smoke pot to be indolent? Do hyper- alert folks need cannabis to cool their brains off enough to write it down?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # 'Scared mouse' joins medical models. Scientists added a "scared mouse" to the group of gene-altered rodents used to understand and treat human ills. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_428000/428219.stm # Making a pig's eye of it. (BBC) Vets have saved the sight of a German shepherd dog using material made from a pig's gut. But the simile fails: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_428000/428272.stm : Would you frighten a mouse in order to save yourself? D'ya wanna be saved by scared rats, eviscerated pigs, me? Would you rather dissect an ET alien?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # SPERM COUNTS DROPPING DRAMATICALLY. UK scientists are set to carry out the biggest-ever study of male reproductive health, including why sperm counts across the globe appear to be falling dramatically. Scottish men asked to volunteer - see: http://cnn.com/HEALTH/men/9908/23/sperm.britain.reut/ and: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_426000/426626.stm @ Link: Reproductive Health Study: http://www.med.ed.ac.uk/hew/repro/ : Would you volunteer to have your sperm counted? Are sperm being stolen by Reptilioids/Republicans, demons/deities, robots, me? Did yours go missing? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Lost childhood of the 'stolen generation'. (BBC) Aboriginal survivors of Australia's assimilation policy bear the scars of their childhood during which they were wrenched from their families and culture. Child abuse: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_416000/416226.stm @ Links: Aboriginal Reconciliation Council: http://www.austlii.edu.au/car/ @ Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Comm: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/ @ Commission's report on the stolen children: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/stolen_children/index.html : Would you rather have your children abducted by humans, extraterrestrials, robots, demons/deities, me? Have you taken any kids lately? For good reason? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ % MINISTRY WATCH @ Lambert Dolphin The Great Sphinx - The Edgar Cayce Connection: http://watch.pair.com/dolphin.html @ Methodists Worship God the Mother - The Shekhinah: http://watch.pair.com/shekhinah.html @ Southern Baptist Convention - Freemasons the Jesus Seminar: http://watch.pair.com/sbc.html @ Bible Study Fellowship - A Closer Look: http://watch.pair.com/bsf.html @ Contemporary Christian Music - Lambs to the Slaughter: http://watch.pair.com/ccm.html @ Youth With a Mission - Moral Government Theology: http://watch.pair.com/YWAM.html @ The Promise Keepers Movement: http://watch.pair.com/promise.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: # How not to handle a network outage: http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/23/network.nono.idg/index.html # Y2K fears
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990803b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No fuzzy-minded preconceptions survived the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Values leader, son accepted casino cash. ANAHEIM, Calif. (UPI) Gambling casinos secretly paid the son of Traditional Values Coalition founder Rev. Lou Sheldon at least $153,000 since 1993, according to a FPPC report. The money in part went to help stir up religious opposition to new card clubs. An additional $20,000 in casino industry donations went directly to Rev. Sheldon or his group. Sheldon: "Politics makes strange bedfellows" - see http://news.excite.com/news/u/990801/13/news-sheldoncasino : Have you bought a religious leader lately? Are they expensive? Would you crawl into bed with one? Would you rather fuck ministers, politicos, casino interests, me? Do mind-control rays or alien implants make you gamble? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # SERB ORTHODOX BISHOP CALLS FOR MILOSEVIC'S REMOVAL. More than 6,000 people attended an opposition-led rally near Belgrade to hear an Orthodox bishop other leaders call for the ouster of Yugoslav Pres. Slobodan Milosevic. "It's now or never" - http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9908/02/yugo.hardships/ : Which leaders do you trust most/least: religious, political, military, artistic? Are they better when in or out of power? Are you an entrenched leader? Has anyone ever called for your removal? Have you had them detained? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ $ Get Frank Peretti's new novel of the Second Coming, The Visitation, FREE from Crossings(R). This new novel from the bestselling author of The Oath and This Present Darkness will help you find what faith in Jesus really means. When it arrives, pick 3 more Christian titles of your choice for just 99¢ each, with membership. Once you join Crossings(R) you'll save up to 40% off publisher's prices on every book. Get the best Christian books at unbeatable prices. http://destinationsite.com/c?c=22780.17140.0.39.0 : What's your favorite religious fiction? Are all religious texts fictional? Which fiction is most literate: Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Adventist, Mormon, Sufi, Shi'ite, Sunni, Jewish [Orthodox/Conservative/Liberal], Hindu, Buddhist [Greater/Lesser/Zen], Hindu, Pagan, NewAge, Kerala, Subgenius? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Franciscan site reopens. ASSISI, Italy (AP) The 17th-century church on the site where St.Francis of Assisi died reopened two years after earthquakes crumbled it and other priceless structures across central Italy. One last repair before reopening St.Mary of the Angels: putting a gold-leaf-covered statue of the Madonna back atop the basilica. The church, on a plain below Assisi, surrounds a chapel dating to the 4th century; it was the 1st home of the Franciscan order, where St.Francis died in 1226. Not a moment too soon: http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560514576-dba : Do you prefer religious icons covered in gold, silver, titanium, radium, silicon? Are deities weaker than nature if they can't protect their sites? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # US cyber-security plan under attack. (BBC) White House officials confirm plans to create an extensive computer monitoring system to guard against cyber-attacks, raising civil liberties concerns. Git them thar goobers: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_406000/406527.stm # Data 'Star Wars' doomed to fail? (MSNBC) Administration's plan to increase network security likened to unwieldy 80s-era Star Wars plan - well-mean- ing, but far too complex to implement. http://msnbc.com/news/295550.asp # Also: Tough talk amid Web assaults: http://www.msnbc.com/news/273819.asp # Year-old hole exposed big Web sites: http://www.msnbc.com/news/290621.asp # 'Cult' gives hackers weapon vs. NT: http://www.msnbc.com/news/287542.asp # Cyberwar? The U.S. stands to lose: http://www.msnbc.com/news/274526.asp # Feds ignore security for sites/nets: http://www.msnbc.com/news/283837.asp # U.S. backs off private monitoring: http://www.msnbc.com/news/294532.asp : Are hackers part of a plot to extend gov't power, smash personal privacy? Are hacks a plot to overthrow gov't, wasting taxes on useless mechanisms?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Anti-virus company hacked. (BBC) A leading provider of net security and anti-virus software, Symantec, has had its website hacked. Red-faced: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_409000/409980.stm http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/21052.html # Beijing 'hacked sect Website' (BBC) Chinese cops have tried to hack into a US Website of the outlawed Falun Gong sect as they crack down on followers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_409000/409099.stm @ Links: Falusanet - US site: http://www.falunusa.net/
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990720b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Hey, SkeptiChat subscribers: let's see some responses, some discussion!! : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : A few frogs were slowly boiled during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Defcon live! Dildog, a member of the hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow, is lounging in his hotel suite, a smile smeared on his face. The unveiling of his latest software upgrade for Back Orifice-a not-so-subtle dig at Micro- soft's Back Office-was a success, a raucous party that had more in common with a heavy metal concert than a software release. A gaggle of groupies, most of them in their twenties and dressed in noir black, with tattoos, piercings and scraggly hair, wait for him. They sit cross-legged on the carpet, availing themselves to a well-stocked minibar piled high with bottles of vodka, bourbon, whiskey. Cult of the Dead kicked off the conference with a laser-light show, culminating in a deafening electronic moo sound. http://www.forbes.com/tool/html/99/jul/0716/feat2.htm : Are you a scene whore? Do you make loud moo sounds? Are you noir? Are ETs invisible in this crowd? Are your friends/enemies/children/parents/pets in this crowd? Do you hack? What's your latest virus/worm/trojan? Do you crack? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Y2K 'REPAIRS' COULD OPEN DOOR FOR BILLION-DOLLAR THEFTS. Don't be surpri- sed if crackers make off with at least one electronic heist in the US$1 billion range by taking advantage of the year 2000 problem. Contractors and programmers hired by companies to make Y2K fixes may have left "trap- doors" to move money between accounts. System crashes could lead to theft: see http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/19/theft.y2k.idg/index.html # And: FCC study says Net prospers without regulation, should keep hands-off policies: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560360324-0e3 : Would you rather be regulated, repaired, raped? Should hackers/crackers/ consultants be regulated?Is effective regulation/security possible? Why not? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # CALIFORNIA BROTHERS CHARGED IN GAY SLAYINGS. Two brothers with ties to a white supremacist group have been charged with the shooting deaths of a gay couple. Benjamin Matthew Williams, 31, and James Tyler Williams, 29, who also are suspects in June arson fires at three Sacramento synagogues that caused $1 million in damage may face the death penalty if convicted. Held without bail: http://cnn.com/US/9907/20/PM-GaysSlain-Arson.ap/ : Does your belief system promote violence against those with other beliefs/ sexuality/ethnicity? Would you mind being zapped for your beliefs/sexuality/ ethnicity? Is your faith/sexual/ethnic group supreme? Do Reptilioids agree? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Space capsule Liberty Bell 7 retrieved from Atlantic. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. After 38 years on the Atlantic Ocean floor, Gus Grissom's space capsule was brought to the surface Tuesday. The capsule Liberty Bell 7, which had lain in water 3 miles deep since 1961, was brought to the surface around 2:15 a.m. Coincidentally, the underwater salvage team's success came on the 30th anniversary of man's first walk on the moon. Screwed the pooch: http://nandotimes.com/nation/story/0,1038,72220-114196-810618-0,00.html : Do you want to own a soggy space capsule? Would it make a good party room? How much would you pay? Is this the real capsule, or was it planted by ETs, CIA/KGB, NASA,, IBM MicroSoft? Does Bill Gates have the original? Where?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # UN outer space confab opens. VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the peaceful use of outer space as the UN opened a conference [UniSpace III] on space technology exploration. "Above all we must guard against the misuse of outer space and ensure that the fruits of technical progress are made available to all people in all nations." Yeah, sure - see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560359938-0b3 : Who determines whether space is well- or badly-used? Will humans use space better than Reticulans, Reptilioids, Klingons? Who will rule the universe?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: @ Insurgents on the Net: A look at hacking: http://cnn.com/hackers # China Sees National Security Threat in Pentium III and Win98 - gov't P3's forbidden Net access: http://jya.com/cn-p3-peril.htm # SHUTTLE MISSION ABORTED SECONDS BEFORE LAUNCH - anti-abortion groups outraged: http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9907/20/shuttle.03/ # Two exposed to radiation at Chernobyl during safety checks: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560354584-425 # FDA Should Ban Cancer-Linked Bread Ingredient, Says Consumer Group: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990720/00/science-health-bread # Firm fined $8 mln for diet pill claims -
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990713b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Hey, SkeptiChat subscribers: let's see some responses, some discussion!! : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No help-desk consultants were harmed during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ BABYLONIAN BROTHERHOOD. As flood waters receded after the Venus cataclysm, the survivors came down from the mountains and up from within the Earth. They settled on the lowlands plains and began to rebuild. This was when Sumer, Egypt the civilization in the Indus Valley suddenly appeared at a very high level of technological advancement. Sumer began at the peak of development because of this sudden infusion of knowledge the wh-te A-yan race, originally from Mars, expanded out from the Caucasus Mountains and the Near East down into Sumer, Egypt and the Indus where, as even conven- tional history agrees, highly advanced societies spontaneously emerged. http://vvv.gh.wh.uni-dortmund.de/illuminati/The_Biggest_Secret.txt : Are your ancestors from Mars, Earth, Venus, elsewhere? Do you prefer to be within or atop Earth? Are humans too dumb to be civilized without ET help?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Fugitive known as solitary, religious. SAN ANTONIO (UPI) Suspected serial killer Rafael Resendez-Ramirez is known in his hometown in Mexico as a solitary, religious man who loves his newborn daughter 2 dogs. But he has exhibited quirky behavior. Neighbors say he has talked about killing in the Gulf War, he once burned a large mesquite tree without explanation, and he threw a car battery into the windshield of a truck that nearly hit one of his dogs. http://news.excite.com/news/u/990712/09/news-serialkiller : Are you a mass-murderer? Are you religious, solitary, quirky? Do you like to throw batteries, burn trees, kill people, pray a lot? Is prayer answered? Would you rather pray, kill people, carve crop circles, finger your implant? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # CLOZAPINE MAY CUT SUBSTANCE USE IN SCHIZOPHRENICS. Preliminary data suggest that clozapine may substantially reduce the burden of drug and alcohol use in patients with schizophrenia and active substance abuse. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/5322.rhtml # BEHAVIORAL DRUG TREATMENT EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING RISK FOR HIV INFECTION. Monetary incentives can reduce the use of methamphetamine, which is associated with changes in HIV risk behaviors. http://psychiatry.medscape.com/5257.rhtml : What's your favorite behavioral/medicinal treatment? Which drugs do you most often abuse? Do the voices in your head direct your drug abuse? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Zapruder film to get official price tag. DALLAS (UPI) An arbitration panel could decide this week on the historic value of Abraham Zapruder's famous 26-second film of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. The panel is weighing a price range of $1 million to $30 million as "just compensation" to the heirs of the deceased Dallas dressmaker as required by federal law. In recent hearings, the panel has received evidence that has compared the film to the nearly 500-year-old notebook by Leonardo da Vinci, an 1858 speech by Abraham Lincoln and a 1998 baseball smacked by home run champ Mark McGwire. http://news.excite.com/news/u/990712/11/news-zapruder : If the Zapruder film revealed anything vital, would The Conspiracy let it be seen? Has it already been edited? Is it as important as a baseball, Abe's speech, daVinci's notebook? Have they all been edited by The Conspiracy too? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -Superstitions- -Cornelius Vanderbilt had the legs of his bed placed in dishes of salt to ward off attacks from evil spirits. -Hitler favored the number 7 and planned major battles on the 7th of the month, and designed the Nazi swastika so that it resembled an ancient Buddhist system representing (among other things) the wheel of life. -Winston Churchill petted black cats for good luck. -Napoleon Bonaparte was afraid of cats and the number 13. -President Harry S Truman had a horseshoe over the door of his White House office. -Irish Nationalist Leader Charles Stewart Parnell never signed a legislative bill containing 13 clauses. He would not sign until a 14th was added. : What's your favorite superstition? Does it do you any good? Has it saved your ass yet? Does it enrich/impoverish your life? Does it fill your time? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: @ HNN - H a c k e r N e w s N e t w o r k: http://www.hackernews.com/ $ L0pht Announces AntiSniff at Black Hat Briefings. AntiSniff is a new class of proactive security monitoring tool. http://www.lopht.com/ @ Cryptology: Law Enforcement National Security vs. Privacy, Security The Future of Commerce: http://cryptome.org/crypto97-ne.htm # POLICE FIRE TEAR GAS AT DEMONSTRATORS IN IRAN - downfall
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990706b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No Bilderbergers were assassinated during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Suspect in shooting spree kills self, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560194809-a35 # Also: Thumbnails of shooting victims, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560191934-4e7 # Also: Reconstructing the shooting spree, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560192576-afd # And: Shooting suspect's church criticized, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560193097-bc3 # Motive sought in shooting spree, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560194464-371 # Also: Victim says gunman had 'predator' look, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560184791-19c # Also: Alleged gunman had racist bent, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560187444-367 # Also: Israel shocked by Chicago shooting, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560178506-a15 # And: Gunman linked to anti-minority group, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560184788-a1b : Does your belief system promote murder? Would you mind being killed your- self? If you're a Caucasian, should you go back to Caucasia? Soon, I hope? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Supremacist group's Web site closed. (AP) The official Web site of a white supremacist group linked to the weekend Midwest shootings has closed, but an associated site declares the attacks weren't hate crimes. The World Church of the Creator's Web site was accessible after Benjamin Nathaniel Smith committed suicide and included discussions of the drive-by shootings which left 2 dead and 8 wounded. Later attempts to access the site were met with a note that simply said, "Forbidden. You don't have permission to access on this server." An affiliated Web site that itself hosts Internet links to Church of the Creator sites from around the world has a message that sought to defend "White Racialism" "in light of what is going on in the news." http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560191952-bf7 : Do you promote racialism, murder, mayhem, because of deeply-held beliefs, or for fun, profit, madness, alien implants, CIA mind-control rays, disease? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Study: Internet feeds delusions. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) The Internet appears to have infiltrated yet another aspect of modern life - the delusions of the actively psychotic. Researchers cited evidence that fears of the Internet are replacing Communists, the CIA and the controlling power of radio waves as a frequent delusion of new psychiatric patients. Every case of Internet delusion documented by the researchers involved people who actually had little experience with computers. Clueless newbies run amok - see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560188540-cf2 : Does the Net control your mind? Does your mind control the Net? Is synergy at work? Does everything partially control everything else, while nothing/ nobody controls everything completely, successfully? Are you totally out of control? Are we all un-indicted co-conspirators? Does the Web enmesh you??? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ ELECTRONIC MIND WEAPONS - ABUSE PREVENTION. The first step toward preven- tion of illegal mind manipulation with these electronic weapons is to make their existence public knowledge and to document misuse wherever it occurs so that the public can be on guard for perpetrators and symptoms of abuse. Establishing the existence of the technology is step number one. Unfortu- nately, it is difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff, fact from fraud. This is one factor making the exposure of the conspiracy so diffi- cult, making it so easy for conspirators to succeed with their deceptions. http://x45.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=489253212.6CONTEXT=931283438.645202035 : Do you use electronic mind weapons for illegal manipulation? Are they fun? Whose minds are you controlling right now? Mine too? Why am I thinking this? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: # Branch Davidian suit will continue - charges US gov't responsible: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560160509-46a # Confederate heritage group rejects Ku Klux Klan support: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560194644-e6b # Pres. Clinton authorized CIA to overthrow Yugoslav Pres. Milosevic: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560185356-c37 # "Father of H-bomb" pans nuke lab spy probes - Congress blabs more: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560184718-154 @ The Sage's 10 Facts in Respect to Alien Abductions: http://x39.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=497193868CONTEXT=931207465.1060241415 @ How to be
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990629b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No mental patients were taunted during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Does 'Dark Energy' Pervade Empty Space? WASHINGTON It sounds more like "Star Wars" than real science, but astronomers are taking seriously new evidence that a mysterious "dark energy" pervades empty space. You can't see or feel it, but this strange force is so powerful that it counteracts gravity and makes stars and galaxies fly apart faster than scientists previously thought. Without it, the universe would have caved in ages ago. http://www.sltrib.com:80/1999/jun/06241999/nation_w/3573.htm : When do you expect the universe to collapse? If your energy is low, do you endanger the universe? Does dark energy brighten your day? Is the dark side more powerful? Is the universe held together with duct tape, photons, love? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # HACKERS ATTACK ARMY'S MAIN INTERNET SITE. Computer hackers defaced the US Army's main Web site in the latest digital attack on a federal system. Pentagon workers noticed it early Monday and repaired it. An Army flack said administrators said hackers altered the www.army.mil site between 8 p.m. Sunday and 5 a.m. Monday, but no damage was done. "There were no sec- urity breaches." http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9906/28/AM-ArmyHacked.ap/ : What federal/military/other sites would you like to attack? Do you prefer to target gov't, corporations, schools, charities, armies, hospitals, me?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Transplants could treat Parkinson's. NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists may have found a way to generate unlimited supplies of brain cells to transplant into Parkinson's disease patients. The source of those cells is for res- earch and treatment is problematic. Getting them from aborted fetuses is controversial; taking cells from animals raises fears of introducing new diseases into people. The new work focuses on brain cells called neural stem cells. These cells, which can be grown in batches in the lab, can give rise to a variety of specialized brain cell types. Customized produc- tion: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560105936-62f : How many brain cells would you like? Would you like to grow new areas on your brain? Would you rather use brain cells from animals, aliens, deities? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Silicon Valley full of single men. SAN JOSE, Calif.(AP) Silicon Valley has earned a dubious distinction: it is now home to more unattached men than any other major US metro area. High-tech professions have traditionally attracted more men than women and the study highlights the disparity in America's technology capital. Men here complain they outnumber women 3-to-1 in bars and restaurants some nights. Gay nerds are happy, though. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560105999-5fb : Is Silicon Valley a good place to run social experiments on massed males? Are such experiments currently under way? Do you mind being experimented on? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Shroud of Turin Other "Holy Relics". In its quest to create a religion to gain power and wealth, the Church forgery mill did not limit itself to mere writings but for centuries cranked out thousands of phony "relics" of its "Lord," "Apostles" and "Saints." There were at least 26 "authentic" burial shrouds scattered throughout the abbeys of Europe, of which the Shroud of Turin is just one. The Shroud of Turin is not consistent with Gospel accounts of Jesus' burial, which refer to multiple cloths and a separate napkin over his face. http://konformist.com/blasphemy/shroud.htm @ Information on international Shroud research: http://www.shroud.com/ @ The Shroud of Turin - An X-Ray? http://earthfiles.com/earth025.html @ The Shroud of Turin - Blood Tests: http://earthfiles.com/earth026.html @ Turin Shroud - Body Dematerialization? http://earthfiles.com/earth024.html @ The Cloth of Oviedo: http://earthfiles.com/earth042.html : What's your favorite holy relic? Is it real or faked? Have you made many holy relics? Do you try to carve at least one god out of wood each day? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiBriefs: @ Anomalies the Birth of New Theories. Here are some constructive insights on the value of anomalies in the search for deeper understanding of the world. http://www.xnewsnetwork.com/Headlines/Anomalies/anomalies.html # British breast milk 'highly contaminated' (BBC) As many as 350 pollutants, including many known poisons, have been found in breast milk given to UK babies: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_38/380948.stm # Seahenge removal on again. (BBC) Attempts to move a Bronze Age monument are due to resume following a deal between archaeologists and
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990622b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No telephones were disconnected during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # China working on cloning panda. BEIJING (AP) Scientists have taken a step toward cloning giant pandas by growing a embryo containing a dead animal's genes, which China hailed as a possible breakthrough in efforts to save the endangered species. Scientists grew the embryo by squirting cells from a dead female panda into egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. The embryo was nurtured over 10 months will be implanted in a host animal's uterus. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560017900-72e http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_374000/374616.stm @ Links: World Wildlife Fund: The threat to the panda: http://www.panda.org/resources/publications/species/threatened/index.htm @ Roslin Institute: http://www2.ri.bbsrc.ac.uk/library/research/cloning/ # And: Giant pandas follow Dolly - fewer than 1000 in wild: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_135000/135979.stm : Is the cloning of endangered species more convenient than preserving their habitats? Would you rather be free-range, or cloned and zoo-bound? Would you rather clone pandas, humans, aliens, condors, dinosaurs, pigeons, dogs, me? _ _ _ _ _ _ # Colombian shaman now 'fashionable'. BOGOTA (AP) Taxis honk on the avenue below and venetian blinds block the glare of street lamps in the midtown loft where urbanites gather for a ritual until recently practiced only in the Amazon jungle. Candles and incense are lit, and disciples take seats as an aging Indian medicine man starts hissing, spitting, chanting and stabbing at the air with a dried branch. One by one, jean-clad men and women kneel before the shaman. Each downs a cup of bitter brown tea, then awaits its psychedelic effects to set in. For decades, intrepid westerners trekked to the Amazon to find the reclusive men who made yage (ya-hey), a tea brewed from a jungle vine, Banisteriopsis Caapi. Beatnik writers Alan Ginsburg and William Burroughs published a book, The Yage Letters [City Lights Books, 1971.] Nearly a half-century later, the shamans are reaching out to the West, taking their healing rites to urban living rooms. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560019468-1ec : Do you favor belief systems that use hallucinogens? Is your belief system so psychotic that hallucinogens would be redundant? Are you psychedelic??? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # INSURERS COULD PAY UP TO $35 BILLION IN Y2K COSTS IF FORCED TO: http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9906/21/y2k.insurers.reut/index.html # U.S. says world better prepared for Y2K than it was 6 months ago: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560023874-d44 # Fearing Y2K Panic, Venezuela Hires Psychiatrists - feed your head: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990622/01/international-millennium-venezuela # UN tackles millennium bug - hopefully with better results than in Rwanda: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_374000/374872.stm : Who'll pay insurance claims after armageddon? Is Y2K panic justified, not insane? Are you prepared for obliteration? Are you insured against Rapture? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Colder climate may stifle volcanoes. WASHINGTON (AP) Do ice ages suppress volcanoes? Scientists have long known that the gases blasted into the air by volcanoes can cool the climate. This may be a 2-way street. A study of volcanoes in east California shows that over millions of years, eruptions occurred in between cycles of colder climate; researchers say that glacial conditions may have suppressed the volcanoes. "The correlation between volcanic outbursts and climate suggests that the two are linked;" see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560022389-2c6 # Philippine Volcano Spews Ash, Smoke - no immediate reports of casualties: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990622/06/international-philippines-volcano # Mexico Quake Rattles Nerves, Damages 700 Homes, Overturns Shrines: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990622/01/international-quake-mexico : Will global warming stimulate volcanic/tectonic activity, as well as raise sea-levels to drown coastal areas? Do aliens/deities control earthchanges? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Remote desert city takes the heat. LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) There is just no reason for this city to exist. It's you-must-be-kidding hot, it's in the middle of nowhere, yet it's booming. The main reason is Lake Havasu itself. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560019933-1e2 # Ultra-Orthodox platoon on patrol. NIRAN, West Bank (AP) In the blistering heat of the Jordan Valley, soldiers with black skullcaps and white fringes hanging out
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990615b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No atheists were evangelically proselytized to produce this bulletin. Yet. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # BUNGEE JUMPING - SAFER THAN IT LOOKS. Here's a report on the safety of bungee jumping - for any of you out there thinking about giving it a try. While nearly half of the people in this study suffered mild complaints, they resolved in about a week after the jump - except for the guy who changed his mind mid-leap and tried to grab for the platform; he got some lacerations. Once you leap, it is not the time to change your mind, folks. http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13253 : Have the voices in your head ever told you to jump off a bridge or from an airplane? Did you heed these instructions? Did you survive? Will you again? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # LUCASFILM TAKES EX-ARMY BASE. George Lucas gets the nod to move his film empire into one of America's premier urban park spaces, as part of the deal requiring the National Parks Service land to be financially self-sufficient. www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/business/story/20221.html : Would you prefer the SF Presidio be used for LucasFilm, StarFleet Academy, homeless housing, ET autopsies, AI research, spying, waste disposal, sex? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ 1989/90 Belgian Triangles Revealed As Secret Military Craft? "The pilot made a categorical statement that what, in fact, had happened was a cover- up ... He claimed that the REAL TRUTH OF THE MATTER was that a military delta-plat-form aircraft had been operating at the time of the sightings. He added that the Belgian Air Force wanted to divert attention AWAY from any suggestion that advanced military hardware had been seen." Then he beamed aboard the mothership: http://www.sightings.com/ufo3/tricraft.htm : What's your favorite secret advanced military hardware? From which aliens was the technology acquired, and how? Have you stolen alien secrets lately? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # WEB EMAIL FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. Want to send a very private email to a friend overseas? ZipLip.com uses the security already built into your browser to offer secure Web-based messaging. But can your trust Netscape? www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/technology/story/20228.html # EVERY WEB SITE A CHAT ROOM. When you land on a Web site, you're not alone. Gooey, a new hybrid chat-Web service, shows you who else is there so that you can strike up a chat. What if you don't want anyone to see you there? www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/technology/story/20200.html # DOUBLECLICK'S SINGLE FOCUS: YOU. DoubleClick plans to buy DB marketer Abacus Direct for US$1 billion. This could make DoubleClick the Net's top direct marketer, and a big headache for privacy advocates. Privacy? www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/business/story/20205.html : How much privacy security can you stand? Is privacy antisocial, deviant? Should you be treated? Can you trust anyone to protect your privacy? Who??? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ $ You are cordially invited to join us in the oasis-like town of Crestone in the mysterious San Luis Valley of Colorado for our in-depth consciousness and research training retreat. The many different spiritual persuasions that have made a home in Crestone have found, in their own unique way, that this enigmatic valley is conducive to the pursuit of higher consciousness. Histo- rically, it's also been a hot spot for UFO activity and unusual happenings. Complete details on the CSETI Website: www.cseti.org/programs/upcoming.htm : How much would you pay to tune-up your consciousness? Do you like to visit hot spots of UFO activity unusual happenings? Have you ever been abducted? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiBriefs: # Y2K TRADEMARK: PATENTLY ABSURD? Meet Jeff Buhl, the financial consultant who owns a trademark on the term "Y2K." He's trying to collect licensing fees from companies that use the acronym. Who holds the trademark on WEB? www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/20219.html # PUBLIC TV STATIONS AIR CONTROVERSIAL GAY AWARENESS DOCUMENTARY. "Kids are absorbing information" about gays, says filmmaker Debra Chasnoff. "Some of it's accurate and some of it's really off the wall." Her documentary, "It's Elementary," began airing on dozens of public TV stations this month despite having been turned down by the national PBS office. Conservative groups have long complained about the film, which has been shown at teacher-training seminars, PTA meetings, and churches and synagogues since 1996. Film eaves- drops on stereotypes: www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9906/14/gay.awareness.tv.ap/ # MCDONALD'S REALLY SPECIAL SAUCE. The granddaddy of the fast-food world imposes a
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990608b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No right-wing reactionaries were badly harmed to produce this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ A Brief History of JANET Facility, also known as Area 51. Known today as Johnson Airbase Nevada Experimental Test (JANET) Facility, A.K.A. "Area 51", this is simply the USAF's most supersecret War Craft development Test Flight Lab. The term "Johnson" commemorates the base's founder, which was formerly called "GLANET" (Groom Lake Airbase Nevada Experimental Test Facility). http://byamerican.com/cgi-bin/ast/config.cgi?read=14965 : What's your favorite disinformation campaign about Area 51, Roswell, ETs? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Most distant galaxy found. (BBC) Astronomers tracking radio waves have detected a galaxy 11 billion light years away - and it may contain a black hole. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_363000/363075.stm @ Links: What are Black Holes? http://design.lbl.gov/education/blackholes/ @ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: http://www.llnl.gov/ # The Moon's tail is spotted. (BBC) Astronomers have imaged the Moon's tail of sodium atoms, which stretches for half a million miles, flexing slowly. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_363000/363105.stm http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9906/07/lunar.sodium.trail/index.html http://byamerican.com/cgi-bin/ast/config.cgi?read=15213 : What's your favorite astronomical discovery? Have you discovered anything lately that we should know about? How about that comet that'll hit Earth? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # NEW YORK CITY'S ANTI-TERRORISM EFFORTS GO HIGH-TECH. The only U.S. city to be targeted in recent years by international terrorists has set up what it calls the nation's leading anti-terrorist response center. New York opened a $13 million Emergency Operations Center; the 50,000-square-foot facility is in lower Manhattan, in a building right across the street from the World Trade Center, which Islamic militants bombed in February 1993. Round the clock staffing: http://cnn.com/US/9906/07/terrorism.response/index.html : Will the EOC be a prime target for terrorists? Is it basically bait? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # UN weapons chief Butler reassigned. UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Richard Butler, chief U.N. weapons inspector for Iraq, will join the Council on Foreign Relations next month as a diplomat in residence. Butler said he will write a book. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559839845-df5 : Did Butler direct the CFR conspiracy against Iraq? Is he being rewarded? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ CASSINI. The danger of the Earth flyby is that Cassini will be traveling at about 43,000 miles per hour. A slight malfunction, miscalculation, or a random collision with any of billions of pieces of space debris could result in the probe, and its deadly plutonium, reentering earth's atmosphere and thereby incinerating its deadly cargo. NASA claims the chance of such an accident resulting in a plutonium release is one in one million. Many do not agree with that assessment. NASA in particular is ignoring the fact that ANY accident will leave the probe in an orbit around the solar system that might later intersect ours -- even after the flyby, we might still be "attacked" by this probe! http://www.animatedsoftware.com/cassini/index.htm : Is NASA waging war on mankind? Can/should/will NASA be stopped? By whom? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Stem cells may restore neurons. WASHINGTON (AP) - Injections of neural stem cells, a so-called master cell that can mature into any type of brain tissue, may be able to restore neurons killed by Alzheimer's and other diseases that affect the whole brain, laboratory studies with mice suggest. Rejuvenate: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559838609-0e6 # Mother Castrates Son For Medicine? JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) South African cops arrested a woman alleged to have castrated her son to make traditional medicine. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990608/08/odd-safrica-testicle : What are your favorite body parts for inclusion in medical prescriptions? Do testicles work better than ears, fingers, toes, belly flab, stem cells? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Archaeologists fight developers. VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) With a real estate development in the works, archaeologists are fighting for a chance to study a site they say could provide clues to the fate of a famed ancient culture along the Gulf of Mexico. Now just a cluster of dirt-covered mounds called El Dorado: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559842623-dae : Would you like to obliterate traces of ancient cultures for a profit? How much money would you require to demolish pyramids, raze the Great Wall, etc? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Two New Superheavy Elements Discovered. BERKELEY, CA. Discovery of two new
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990525b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No uppity wimmin were harassed during the production of this bulletin. * SKEPTINEWS CONTRIBUTORS/EDITORS WANTED NOW * KEEP THIS BULLETIN COMING * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Family tree site felled. (BBC) A new Website launched by the Mormon Church to help people trace their family history crashed after being overwhelmed by demand. On its first day, around 500 people a second were estimated to be trying to access the site. "It's triple, quadruple what they anticipated" - see http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_352000/352050.stm # Also: Burke's breaks taboo: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_35/350787.stm # Mormon site online family tree - biggest online genealogical database: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559653807-a9d http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,13428,00.html # Genealogy site is a hit - 7 million times a day: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,13045,00.html : Do you care that Mormon interest in genealogy is based on their baptizing the dead, converting them to Mormons posthumously? Would you mind being a dead Mormon? Do you want your ancestors converted, sent to other planets? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Ancient bones found. ELKO, Nev. (AP) Cheetah, camel llama bones sealed in a Nevada cave for tens of thousands of years are giving scientists a look at ecosystems of the West before the last Ice Age. The unusually well pres- erved cache from about 40,000 to 50,000 years ago includes bones from a wide variety of creatures now extinct - from the giant short-faced bear to huge deer and bison. "This cave is kind of a Noah's Ark collection of species." See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559660328-8a0 : If extraterrestrials visited Earth, would you expect to find their bones here? How well preserved would they be? What all is in this cave? Really? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # The Last Supper ready to go. (BBC) The restoration of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is finally complete after more than 20 years work. Whew. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_352000/352217.stm # Also: The Last Supper restored: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_352000/352265.stm # Take a peek at the Last Supper: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_335000/335403.stm @ Links: Exploring Leonardo: http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/ @ Web Museum: Leonardo da Vinci: http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/paint/auth/vinci/ @ Drawings of da Vinci: http://banzai.msi.umn.edu/leonardo/ : Are artistic renderings of religious entities themselves holy, magickal, sacred? Is it blasphemy to defile them? Are they defiled by restoration? Are all who worked on restoring the LAST SUPPER doomed to eternal torment? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiShorts: @ TANTRA: ANCIENT PRACTICES BRING NEW LIFE TO SEX LIFE. Many couples these days are trying some ancient practices to rejuvenate their sex lives - the Indian discipline of Tantra. According to Tantra, sexual satisfaction comes from achieving total "oneness" with your partner. Now, it may not be for everyone, but giving some priority to your sex life might not be such a bad thing. http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12606 # Israel students build candle cars. JERUSALEM (AP) - Forget natural gas, electricity or the sun. Israeli university students found a new alternative energy source to power their vehicles - two Sabbath candles. Holy light power: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559668690-c3d @ FOREVER LET US HOLD OUR BANNER HIGH. On June 5th, Disney World becomes a park with a real theme - a queer one. Now in its ninth fabulous year, Orlando GayDays has grown from a Magic Kingdom gathering on a single day into a 5-day city-wide celebration! Make the GayDays event the best yet! www.gaydays.com and www.planetout.com/travel/features/1999/04/disney.html *** Georgia foils coup plot. TBILISI (AP) Georgian cops foiled a plot by opponents of the president to kill him and take control of the country. Financed abroad: www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559667910-1fa # CIA PLOTTING CYBERWAR. Clinton OKs a super-secret plan to hack the Yugo- slav govt's technological infrastructure. Formerly super-secret, that is. www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/19836.html # Virtual doctor trains patients in 3D. (BBC) A web site will help women learn about correct self-examination techniques, using technology that could eventually be used to teach medical students. Next step: the HoloDoc? See http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_352000/352268.stm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: @ Mexican Government Violates Religious Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990511b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Makah Indians hunt for whale. SEATTLE (AP) 7 Makah Indians in a 32-foot cedar canoe began hunting for gray whales Monday, the tribe's first try this spring to go on a traditional whale hunt that had been banned for 70 years. The whalers had intended only to go on a practice run in the Pacific Ocean near Neah Bay. But protesters followed, so the tribe issued a 10-day hunting permit requiring other vessels to stay at least 500 yards away. As arranged with the Coast Guard, the Makah can declare the zone for safety reasons. "So now we've got a whaling permit, so we're going hunting." Kill, kill, kill for tradition: www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559500604-408 : Does your culture/faith/heritage promote killing endangered species? Would you mind if endangered species hunted, killed you instead? Would it be fair? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Devil in the details. "Five or ten years ago, I used to hear about grand conspiracies and smile. I was wrong. Very, very wrong. In the wake of years of study, interviews, and critical analysis, I have learned (and believe) that hardly anything happens by chance. Conspiracies DO exist, and to arrogantly discount their existence, intentions, and results, is myopic, pretentious, and stupid." Everything you thought you knew is wrong, too: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_metcalf/19990510_xcgme_devil_deta.shtml : What is your favorite conspiracy? Are you part of it? Would you admit it if you were? Do you control information about your conspiracy? Is that info true? Are well-known conspiracies real, or just diversions from the reality? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Trash From Crop-Processing Plant Harvested For Cures. Instead of traveling to Brazil's tropical rain forest or diving into the ocean, a team of scien- tists are looking for disease-fighting compounds closer to home, harvesting potential agents from the trash piles of byproducts at crop-processing plants. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/05/990510064003.htm # Understanding Earth's Subsea Forests: California Kelp Demography. They share many of the same qualities as old growth forests, but the only way to really appreciate these magnificent places is through the lens of a diving mask. Sometimes encompassing several miles of area with towering vegetation, thick canopies, and abundant wildlife, these underwater forests are exotic turf to the average weekend hiker. Exploring one of earth's largest kelp forests: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/05/990510064157.htm : Would you rather look for bioinfo in rubbish heaps or whilst skindiving? Which Grand Conspiracies will interfere with your searches? Will they kill? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Radiation on southern India coast found. AZEEKKAL, India (AP) More than 100,000 poor villagers live in a small coastal region of southern India that is unusually rich in naturally occurring radioactive materials. The result: a constant bombardment that bathes them with up to 30 times more radiation than most people on Earth receive. Most residents of the 77-square-mile area are only vaguely aware of the situation. They spend their days eking out a living oblivious to a war of words and statistics between environmentalists who say the radiation is killing them and gov't scientists who say there is nothing to fear. www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559502358-fa7 : If Earth irradiates you, would you blame Terra, Gaia, your deities, fate? Would you sue? Would you cherish your mutations? Would you promote tourism? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Star-Studded Photo Album Delivered To Internet. A colossal assortment of star-studded, galaxy-filled pictures and information - enough to fill the hard disks on hundreds of home computers - is contained in the first major data release from a telescope sky survey sponsored by NASA and the National Science Foundation. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/05/990510064654.htm : Is this: real information; Reptilioid-doctored disinformation; a flashy distraction from NASA/NSF/CIA mind-control/HAARP projects; a trippy show? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: @ The NSA Bot: http://jya.com/nsa-bot.htm" @ Illuminati News: http://surf.to/illuminati_news/ @ Continuity of Consciousness: http://members.home.net/tcocp/ @ Crypto: A5/1 Pedagogical Implementation: http://jya.com/a51-pi.htm @ Does science kill soul? http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge53.html # Modern-day martyrs - Many are killed daily throughout the world for believing in God: www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,85001827,00.html # Ministers want white supremacist group to move - it's not really a religion: http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,85001763,00.html # Stolen Cross Turns Up - 13th-cent gold
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990504b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Early volcano victims discovered - Whole populations may have been wiped out simultaneously. (BBC) An erupting volcano may have claimed the lives of human ancestors living about 18 million years ago in East Africa. A new study of deposits, in which fossils of the human forerunner Proconsul have been found, have shown that they lived in a semi-arid environment close to a volcano - Kisingiri - which was active at the time. Killed by a pyroclastic flow: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_334000/334476.stm @ Links: Volcano World: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/ @ Natural History Museum: Human Evolution http://www.naturalpartners.org/VirtualTour/Tour/First/Human/index.html @ Information on pyroclastic flows http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/geoQuerry33.html @ Images of pyroclastic flows http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Photo/PyroFlows/images.html @ Guided tour of early ancestors http://info.gla.ac.uk/Museum/guided/Hominid/Sect1/guid01.html : Are these remains real, or were they 'planted' by mischievous deities or devious extraterrestials? Do you want to be immortalized in lava deposits? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # TREPANATION - THE HOLE STORY. Drilling your skull: Is it the way to bliss or just extremely dangerous? (SALON) Feeling depressed? Lethargic? Shell- shocked by life's little bombardments? You could try meditation. Or yoga. Or color therapy. Or herbal remedies. Or, if you prefer drastic measures, you could drill a hole in your head. It's been around since the Stone Age - see http://www.salon1999.com/health/feature/1999/04/29/trepanation/index.html : What size drill do you use for relief? Whose head would you like to drill holes in? Would you be better off with a sieve skull? Or just a view port? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Was it the Devil's Work? Youths Say Exorcism Freed Them From Terror (ABC) NEW YORK - Something terrifying happened to two young people. Skeptics say their childhood ordeals might have been caused by mental illness, trauma, organic brain disorders or psychosomatic dysfunction. But they and their families, as well as clergymen and doctors, believe they survived demonic possession. http://more.abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/demons980422.html : Would you rather be possessed by demons, angels, aliens, CIA ops, weevils? Would you rather be treated with exorcism, trepanation, chemicals, implants? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SansComment: # Snake Charmer's Luck Runs Out. BANGKOK (Reuters) A Thai snake charmer died when a python he'd captured from a neighbor's home coiled itself around his neck and strangled him. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990504/08/odd-snake # British Inventor Eyes Linux. Sir Clive Sinclair single-handedly launched the UK's home PC market in the early 80's. Now, Britain's most famous high- tech inventor has a new project: a cheap, portable Linux machine, to cost less than half the price of a comparable Wintel box. Wait two years - see www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/technology/story/19462.html # Amway Spread Satan Rumors, PG Claims In Court. HOUSTON (Reuters) Along with soap and vitamins, those friendly Amway salesmen have been pushing something else for years false rumors that rival Procter Gamble Co. is in league with the devil, attorneys charged in opening arguments of a lawsuit. Devil made'em do it: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990504/08/odd-satan and http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/Reuters19990503_2369.html # Monk's Gold Donations Top One Ton. BANGKOK (Reuters) A Buddhist monk achieved his dream of collecting more than one tonne of gold to help cash-strapped Thailand. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990504/08/odd-gold _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: @ New Face On Mars?: http://users.flnet.com/%7Eksamurai/newface.html @ Making Star Trek Real: http://qedcorp.com/book/bigtest.html @ Remembering Waco - When is a sect a cult? What really happened? Why? http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/chat_990419waco.html @ End-Time Religious Cults - How many doomsday groups are in the US? http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/chat_990211abanes.html # Apocalypse Really Soon - Is it the End of the World as We Know It? http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/cults980105.html # SCENT OF A LOVER - the chemicals of attraction: http://www.salon.com/health/log/1999/05/04/pheromones/index.html @ UNSINKABLE, THE FULL STORY OF RMS TITANIC: http://www.stackpolebooks.com/unsinkable.htm # Peer Sexual Harassment Rampant in US Schools - parents striking back: http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/sexharassment_990430.html @ Clone wars: Who gets the money if Bill Gates decides to reproduce himself?
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990427b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** New dinosaur species identified. CLEVELAND (AP) - Bones found over the past two years have led to the identification of two new species of heavily armored dinosaurs larger than elephants. The species, both 30-feet long, are of an ankylosaur, or club-tailed armored dinosaur, and a clubless armored dinosaur or nodosaur. They were identified as new species because the bones differ from those of known dinosaurs. The bones include two partial skulls, limb bones, a handful of armor and some backbones of the ankylosaur and a shoulder blade and several dozen smaller bones of the nodosaur. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559322370-034 : How do you distinguish between fossils of Earthly and extraterrestrial lifeforms? Are ancient Reptilioids mistakenly identified as carnosaurs? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # HEALTH NUTS. For those of us who swear by Nyquil, this is divine justice indeed: A Seattle researcher has determined that echinacea, hailed by the roots-and-berries crowd as a magic herb for warding off colds and viruses, not only fails to prevent respiratory illnesses but may actually increase your chance of getting sick. A six-month study found that those receiving echinacea developed sore throats and runny noses 20 percent more often than those who received placebos. The researcher said he wasn't surprised to find echinacea did nothing to prevent illness. But he was at a loss to explain the herb's negative effects, suggesting that perhaps it somehow weakens the immune system. By the way, Nyquil comes in a nifty cherry flavor. http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/story/19354.html : Do you prefer natural herbs, like hemlock, nightshade, poison oak, datura? Is gravity organic? Is river water homeopathic? Do you prefer cherry Nyquil? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ I'd like to invite you to a meeting which will take place on August 19, 1999 at the exact geographical center of the continental United States. The center lies slightly ouside the city of Castle Rock, South Dakota. There, the future of humanity will be discussed, and plans will be made. This meeting may be as significant as antigravity, or perhaps more so. http://www.freez.com/joshua/gathering.html : Do you ever do anything as significant as antigravity, if not more so? If an asteroid fell onto the meeting site, would the world gain or lose? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Buddhist monks accused of greed. TOKYO (AP) You get what you pay for in life. But even in the afterlife? Japan's Buddhist establishment is increas- ingly under attack over the practice of charging bereaved and vulnerable relatives huge fees for afterlife names given to the dead at their funerals. The tradition is ancient, and began with names conferred only on Buddhist priests. When temples began according afterlife names to lay people, the names became something akin to a ranking system reflecting the deceased's noble actions during life. Now, however, the decision is based almost exclusively on money. And lots of it. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559332677-7ff : Can you buy your way into your belief-system's paradise? Is it expensive? Is it worth it? Would you convert to a belief-system with a cheaper heaven? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Short Takes: # SATELLITE ZOOMING IN. Feeling watched? Maybe it's the new hi-res cameras that will soon be storing and selling pictures of cars, crosswalks, and people. www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/technology/story/19352.html # Magnet therapy helps severe depression. A magnetic coil used to stimulate the brain appears to ease some patients' severe depression with few side effects, and may eventually replace electroconvulsive treatment. Zap. See http://www.anomalous-images.com/news/news418.html # Congress: The Net Must Pay. Whenever a new form of evil extrudes into US society, demands for Internet regulation seem to arrive faster than a greyhound on crack. www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/19359.html # IS THE SPECTRUM A TRIBAL RIGHT? New Zealand says it has tried to be fair with the aboriginal Maoris, especially when it comes to sharing natural resources. But how do you share the islands' radio spectrum? Beam right over: http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/business/story/19345.html # Chernobyl virus causes Asian meltdown. The West was prepared for the mali- cious Chernobyl computer virus, but it wreaked havoc in Asia and the Middle East. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_329000/329688.stm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: # Chinese cult draws many followers - Falun Gong is a formidable social network: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559322847-16a # China tries to soothe protesters - cult
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990330b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Lava threatens Cameroon rain forest. YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) - A plodding river of lava seared rain forests and threatened small farms in western Cam- eroon and new tremors forced hundreds to evacuate. Many villagers who fled their homes when Mount Cameroon erupted near the Atlantic coast have retur- ned, but lava will continue to flow into the coastal rain forest for days or weeks. The 13,400-foot volcano, also known as Mount Faka or "Chariot of the Gods," began erupting over the weekend in this West African nation. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558995127-b48 : Can you evolve to live in volcanic environments? Would you need help from ETs to do so? Is Mt. Cameroon a desirable eco-tourism destination now? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # MELISSA SPAWNED BY SPAM. Frankenvirus is accidentally created when a spam emailer is crossed with a new computer virus. But that's not the scariest part. http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/story/18827.html # MELISSA, SPAWNED BY SPAM. Melissa trackers are nearing the source. They suspect a mix of spam-gone-bad and evil intent from a famed virus author. www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/technology/story/18819.html *** 'Melissa' clogs e-mail systems - written by "VicodinES" - see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558996748-a60 : As virii continue to evolve, will only the fittest systems survive? Does Windows deserve extinction? Would the ideal computer virus infect the user's mind as well as the computer? Is such a virus called, 'belief', 'faith'? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** New forms of China medicines sought. BEIJING (AP) - Chinese doctors for centuries have prescribed herbal mixes to be boiled up at home to help cure or prevent illnesses, a time-tested but time-consuming method. But in the modern Chinese world of long work days, fast food and widely available West- ern-style drugs, herbal companies are scrambling to find new forms for trad- itional medicines that are more convenient. The traditional method of brew- ing herbal cures takes time and smells terrible. "Kids won't touch it" - see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558991912-2ed : Will development and production of Chinese medicinals be dominated by Western pharmaceutical giants? Is this a form of global homogenization? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # KNOW YOUR (CUSTOMER) RIGHTS. The defeat of far-reaching bank monitoring regulations won't protect individual accounts from surveillance. Privacy advocates of all political stripes mount protests online. Know your banker too - http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/story/18828.html # BOOSTING BIOMETRIC PRIVACY. An industry association releases a set of biometric guidelines designed to protect the privacy of retina scans, voice prints, and other personal data. Critics see holes. http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/story/18829.html # GETTING TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE KNOW. Keeping an inventory of nuts and bolts is a cinch. But it's not so easy to track the knowledge in people's heads. That's where Niku comes in. Peering into your head for fun and profit - see www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/business/story/18798.html : How much in the way of privacy/rights/security can you rationally expect in the new world of universal surveillance and globalized data-sharing? Huh? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Alabama sex toy ban is overturned. MONTGOMERY (AP) - A state law banning the sale of vibrators and other sexual aids was dumped by a federal judge because it bears no "rational relation to a legitimate state interest." U.S. District Judge Lynwood Smith ruled that the state's 1998 law is "overly broad" and said people who used the devices would be "denied therapy for, among other things, sexual dysfunction." 6 women, who either sell sex toys or say the devices are necessary for sexual gratification they cannot get otherwise, challenged a part of the law that banned the devices. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558992984-e5d $ Clinton, Lewinsky, Paula Jones, Linda Tripp, Kathleen Willey Dolls Still Available. Yup, I still have several of these hand-painted Russian nesting dolls available. Readers claim they're the ultimate souvenir of this most memorable of presidential administrations. If you too want a "piece" of history, send a check for $65 (which includes the postage and packaging" to Mad Dog Mildon at 9337-B Katy Freeway #262, Houston, TX 77024 * Mad Dog Mildon © 1999: http://maddog.buster.com : Are nesting Clinton dolls "sex toys"? Is an artificial banana? Is an alien implant? Are you? Is sex too complex to be legislated, programmed, ignored? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990223b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Bigger brains help hunt for mates. (BBC) Men have bigger brains to help them in the search for sexual partners. The theory emerged following new research into why men have larger brains than women. Researchers now plan to test their working hypothesis - that the extra brain mass is used for visuospatial skills. They cite evidence that men can read maps better than women and have a better awareness of their surroundings. These essential tools in the search for sexual partners would mean that large-brained men would be more likely to make it through the perils of natural selection. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_302000/302152.stm @ Links: Albany University: http://www.albany.edu/ @ Human Brain Project: http://www-hbp.scripps.edu/ @ Primate Conservation: http://www.primate.org/ : Are women who read maps better than men better-adapted for survival? Is your brain big or small, lean or fat, augmented or diminished, implanted? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Marijuana-scented cigarettes tested in '70s. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Brown Williamson Tobacco Corp., seeking ways to cash in on the popularity of pot in the 1970s, developed a cigarette that mimicked the drug's smell, according to industry documents. A company chemist noted in a 1974, memo that mixing Virginia and Turkish tobaccos, pekoe teas, alfalfa and oregano produced "a foreign taste, liked by some, with a sidestream aroma easily mistaken for marijuana." "Since the aroma of marijuana is easily recognized and difficult to cover up, a marketable product of similar aroma should have great appeal to marijuana smokers," the chemist wrote. "Alternate uses might include a curiosity item, research placebo or educational tool." See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558908285-7c7 : Do you get off on placebo cannabis? Does it give you headaches? Does it mess with your ET implant? Was this part of any CIA mind-control programs? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Mrs. Clinton calls for tolerance. CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - In a country where Islam is the state religion, Hillary Rodham Clinton has tiptoed a thin dip- lomatic line, staging a symbolic push for religious tolerance in the hushed, hallowed chambers of Egypt's oldest Jewish, Christian and Muslim landmarks. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558911240-321 and http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/23/clintons.trip/index.html Also: First lady and daughter visit Egyptian monuments: http://cnn.com/US/9903/21/hillary.africa.02/ : If your belief-system is correct, can you tolerate the existence of other, competing, incorrect belief-systems? Shouldn't everyone believe as you do? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ DISSECTING THE NEW AGE. "Modern social movements follow the same rocket- like trajectory: following years of stage-setting and isolated activity, they arise relatively suddenly as numbers of people recognize their own shared interests; they reach an apogee of relevance - often marked by a key gathering and subsequent explosion; fragmentation then sets in and a variety of factions shoot forth, each purporting to represent the movement. As the trajectory nears its end, saturation is reached in the public eye, and what remains of the movement tends toward self-caricature. In the final phase, the most accessible assumptions that fueled the movement are absorbed into mainstream culture and the movement itself - as a cohesive movement at any rate - is largely dissolved, except for a few lingering institutions and career "spokespeople." This pattern can be seen in the civil rights, women's, and peace movements, as well as the New Right, and it certainly seems true of the New Age movement as well." http://www.gnosismagazine.com/intros/intro49.html : Has your belief-system reached fragmentation, saturation, self-caricature? Have various self-mocking factions started devouring each other? Violently? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # MISSION ABORTED: Following in the footsteps of a tradition at least three generations old, a 7th grader at Desert Sky Middle School in Glendale AZ built a rocket as a science project. Inspired by the movie October Sky, David Silverstein built himself a nifty little one-stage projectile, using an empty potato-chip can for the fuselage. Target: An A in science. Instead, his rocket never made it to the pad. School officials took one look at young David's project sitting in his locker and suspended him for the rest of the year. For "carrying a firearm," dontcha know. Didn't know you could fit multiple warheads onto a Pringle's can. But it may all end well. The forces of good, including Homer Hickam, the subject of the movie, are rallying to David's cause. Expect school administrators to fold at the knees.
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990209b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # School Sued Over Witchcraft Ban. DETROIT (Reuters) - A suburban Michigan high school could be in for toil and trouble after it was sued for blocking a honor student from practicing her religion - witchcraft. Lincoln Park High School, located in a blue-collar community south of Detroit, was sued in US District Court in Detroit by the ACLU for not allowing 17-year-old senior and witch Crystal Siefferly to wear a pentacle, a symbol important to her Wicca religion. http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990209/17/odd-witchcraft : What's your favorite religious/mystical symbol? Is it worth suing over? Would you rather call down supernatural punishment on those slighting you? Can mainstream news orgs distinguish between witchcraft and Wicca? Why not? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # DEBUNKING INTERNET HEALTH ALARMS. An e-mail campaign attacking an arti- ficial sweetener has been spreading fear fast. The scare du jour is over claims that aspartame, sold under such brand names as NutraSweet, causes MS or another disease, lupus. The Food and Drug Administration says this is false information, and Internet health information experts have been trying to track the author of the email hoax. Lies, damned lies, and Net postings - http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=9072 # ASPARTAME HOAX, CONTINUED. TIME magazine debunks the e-mail attack on aspartame by using good old investigative journalism. The e-mail barrage against aspartame makes various negative claims and the Time writer checked each one out. What she discovered was they were indeed unsubstantiated or downright bogus. SO: If you get e-mail that either debunks or promotes various drugs or food supplements, dont take them seriously. Go to reputable sources and research the substance. See http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=9272 : How do you evaluate information? Do you listen to experts, debunkers, the voices in your head, divine messengers, everything on TV, your mother, me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Tourists offered a peek at nuclear labs, planes. BEIJING (Reuters) China is to allow tours of the military research base which developed its first atomic and hydrogen bombs. Two defense research centers in southwestern Sichuan province are to be opened to guided tourist visits. The Engineering Physical Research Institute will give tourists a look at "the real thing, atomic bombs minus their detonators, and videotaped explosions of the devices". Boom boom - http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990208/16/odd-nuclear : Would you like to tour nuke labs? Are these real thing, or disinformation? Would you visit a nuclear theme park? Would you send relatives? Which ones? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Hubble Images Suggest Planet Origins In Stardust. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Murky disks of dust that block out strips of light from six baby stars could indicate embryonic planets within solar systems far larger than our own, Hubble Space Telescope scientists said. The HST snapped images of the half- dozen newborn stars and their accompanying disks of dust in the constella- tion Taurus, giving astronomers specific data about these putative planet- breeding phenomena. http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990209/13/news-hubble @ And: Windows to the Universe: http://www.windows.umich.edu/ # Vast stellar disks set stage for planet birth in new Hubble images: http://www.flatoday.com/space/today/020999f.htm # Stardust to Planets - Latest Photographs from Hubble: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/protoplanet990209.html # Rings Are Evidence of Far-Flung Planets: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/circumstellar990108.html # Planet Forming Out in the Dust: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/dustcloud980909.html # Star With Planet Has Disk, Too: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/stardisk981021.html # Star Gives Birth to Planet: http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/newplanet0108/index.html : Would races in bigger solar systems build bigger Dyson spheres? Why not? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Health NewsShorts: Nature vs. Nurture # UNFOCUSED PERSONALITY TIED TO EARLY DRUG USE. Children who have difficul- ties focusing on long-term goals are at higher risk for illicit drug use during early adolescence than other youngsters, a multinational team says. See http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=9360 # SOCIAL FORCES PLAY LARGE ROLE IN HEALTH. Although gene discoveries and new infections receive more attention, social forces "remain the most important determinants of health," according to a report published this week in The Lancet. Now that many physical ailments are treatable or preventable, the research team believes that "an assault must be
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-Caveat Lector- 1) Intro 2) Forwarded Skeptic News Item. 3) Forwarded - Reposted item about MSG and Aspartame w/ other misc links. 1) Intro This is a line of %$#*@! Read the links that I have after this. NutraSweet is not safe. NutraSweet "seems" to do about the same number on the brain that MSG does. I am still looking for something that I read that says MSG has aspartate in it - and conformation of the same. I believe anyone that says Aspartame is safe either has not done their homework, works for Monsanto, uses research put out by Monsanto, or is under government sanctions not to tell the truth because it is research on civilian populations. I do not like being a reseach subject - how about the rest of you? So, if you do not like being a research subject then read on and do some reseach of your own! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2) Forwarded Skeptic News Item. # DEBUNKING INTERNET HEALTH ALARMS. An e-mail campaign attacking an arti- ficial sweetener has been spreading fear fast. The scare du jour is over claims that aspartame, sold under such brand names as NutraSweet, causes MS or another disease, lupus. The Food and Drug Administration says this is false information, and Internet health information experts have been trying to track the author of the email hoax. Lies, damned lies, and Net postings - http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=9072 # ASPARTAME HOAX, CONTINUED. TIME magazine debunks the e-mail attack on aspartame by using good old investigative journalism. The e-mail barrage against aspartame makes various negative claims and the Time writer checked each one out. What she discovered was they were indeed unsubstantiated or downright bogus. SO: If you get e-mail that either debunks or promotes various drugs or food supplements, dont take them seriously. Go to reputable sources and research the substance. See http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=9272 : How do you evaluate information? Do you listen to experts, debunkers, the voices in your head, divine messengers, everything on TV, your mother, me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3) Forwarded - Reposted item about MSG and Aspartame w/ other misc links. -Original Message- From: L. Shipton [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, January 30, 1999 9:42 AM Subject: Research Links >For those of you that might consider this weighty, I am back to doing my >web page and will add it to my site and then (most times just) post the URL >in the future. > >I need to find where the FDA has approved the spraying of MSG on crops, >someone sent that to me months ago and I have upgraded since that time. >Knowing this and putting together with the following that I am compiling you >will see more problems, with children as well. >SPECULATION: Aspartame was approved during the Regan administration, more >things seem to have been added during the Bush administration, and Clinton >has allowed even more. Instead of hearing about MSG like we used to do - it >and more things like Canola are being approved every day. Let me add this >for educators - would be hard to educate a child even with Ritalin or some >other help is they are getting this in their food - expressly the school >lunches, and when I can find Canola oil as a ingredient in a major brand of >frozen crinkle cut potatoes, Yes I do believe it and MSG will be in school >lunches. Will add this to my site and redo my site soon. > >They think that they can just watch what they eat and that this might blow >over. That is not the case, and I am not going into dramatics. This is not >complete, I have to take time to learn other things too - for those of you >that are skeptical, please check these out. > >Will be following through by checking out how these things (proteins >expressly) work through Mitochondria and Lysosomes. > >==Summary of some articles == >(1) MSG and Aspartame >Summary done on http://www.annapolis.net/members/holland/food.txt > >Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) derived from Glutamic acid, which is an >excitotoxic amino acid that has been known to excite, brain cells sometimes to the point of killing them. MSG is a neurotropic drug (neurotropic means >that it effects the nervous system) and when it effects a person the effects >may not show up for up to 48 hours. Glutamic acid (an amino acid), and one >of its salts is glutamate. Glutamate is one of the substances that make up >protein. Different proteins are made up of different amino acids. MSG is >manufactured through a process of protein hydrolysis. When glutamate is >separated from protein and the product has 99% free glutamate then it is >called "monosodium glutamate." >When Protein Hydrolysate has less than 99% free glutamate, usually within >the range of 8 to 40 per cent, then the product might have one of these >names - "sodium caseinate," "calcium caseinate," "autolyzed yeast," >"textured protein," "yeast food," "hydrolyzed vegetable protein," and >"hydrolyzed protein." >Hydrolyzed
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-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990125b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with : are editorial comments to provoke discussion. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Are workers 'intellectual property'? OTTAWA - The outcome of a legal dispute between two Ottawa technology companies might significantly change aspects of high-tech recruiting, and could raise the question of whether workers are the intellectual property of their employers. Tote dem barge -http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/990126/2215511.html : Is chattel slavery legal in Canada now? Where else? Are you enslaved? By whom? To what end? Can you buy your way free? Did God ordain slavery? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # FEDS PLAN Y2K SPIN CONTROL. The US gov't preps a public-relations campaign to calm those jittery Americans who might be looking nervously toward Y2K. www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/17527.html *** U.S. responds to Russia's Y2K concerns - fears accidental nuclear alert. *** Also: Poor countries unprepared for Y2K, [as if they could afford it], see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558206396-e45 : Can a good PR campaign neutralize an accidental nuclear launch? Really? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # TUNED OUT. Can we wake up now? An ostrich-eye view of the year. www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/culture/story/17528.html *** Clinton reflects on millennium. "People... can make a difference." See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558198711-bf5 *** Dec. 31, 1999, may be a holiday. "Only once in our lifetimes," see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558205770-d5d : Which is worse, last year or the next one? Is 'now' a good or bad time? What difference do you make? Do you need help from deities, aliens, or me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ROUTE COLD WAR. What happens to Cold War weaponry now that the Cold War is over? At the U.S. Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) in Tucson, relics of the Cold War -- thousands of retired aircraft, including hundreds of venerable B-52 bombers -- are being reduced to scrap metal. Take an interactive tour of one of the Cold War's biggest junkyards. http://CNN.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/experience/the.bomb/route/06.amarc/ : What would you do with old military hardware - scrap it, recycle it, sell it to 3rd-world nation, to backward ETs, to collectors, to private armies? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Brits monitored Mata Hari. LONDON (AP) British intelligence interrogated sultry spy Mata Hari twice during World War I, but couldn't force her to ad- mit she was working for the Germans, according to secret government papers just published. Although she later confessed to the French and was executed, the files from MI5 note that there was no evidence Mata Hari ever passed on anything of military importance. The British domestic intelligence service is releasing files dating from World War I, considered too old to be a sec- urity risk. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558205842-3ce : Would you believe old intelligence reports? ANY intelligence reports? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # VATICAN RAG. While the US Senate wrestles with his fate, Pres. Clinton is in St. Louis to greet Pope John Paul II, fresh from a visit to Mexico where he nudged his straying flock back into the Catholic herd. Clinton won't be going to confession, but the president can still expect to get an earful. http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/story/17535.html : What would you confess to the Pope? What penance would you expect? Why? # Archbishop arrested over sex. (BBC) The most senior Catholic churchman in Wales has been arrested by police investigating serious sexual allegations. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_263000/263542.stm : Who does an archbishop confess to? What penance should he expect? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Pope Says U.S. Faces Test Of 'National Character' on abortion and assisted suicide. http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990126/18/news-pope : Does your political jurisdiction have a character, a soul, a mind? Does your town, parish, district, nation require salvation? Can it be tested? # Vatican Issues First New Exorcism Ritual Since 1614. VATICAN CITY - The Vatican issued its first updated ritual for exorcism since 1614 and warned that the devil is still at work. Introducing the 84-page Latin-language text known as the Roman Ritual, it told Catholics they had no choice but to beli- eve in Satan's existence. http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990126/17/odd-exorcism : Are your problems caused by a devil, demons, malignant entities? Does the ritual exorcise Reptilioids, Zeta Reticulans, Draco-Borgs, CIA/KGB agents? If not, what use is the ritual? Are you more bedeviled by spirits, aliens, gov't operatives, Internet writers, religious representatives, or bedbugs? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Conspiracy Stories: @ The Proliferator-In-Chief - Radiation Hardened Chips/Lasers For PLA:
