-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990317a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for merit, accuracy or meaning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Santa Claus Meets the Martians. PALO ALTO, California - NASA and the Mars Society are joining forces to build a Mars simulation expedition in a deep impact crater on Canada's Devon Island. The crater, the size of West Virginia, is in Polar Bear country, near the Arctic Circle, and its harsh environment is the closest thing to Mars scientists have found on Earth. http://www.wired.com/news/news/explode-infobeat/technology/story/18489.html # Best site for Moonbase revealed. (BBC) The most detailed analysis ever of the Moon's mysterious polar regions has pinpointed the place best suited for a future human base. The site is on the rim of a crater called Shackleton and meets two essential requirements. There is plenty of sunlight around to generate solar energy and it is very close to a permanently-shaded region, where ice is likely to be stored in deep freeze. Home away from home - see http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_297000/297783.stm : Would you rather live on Devon Island or at Shackleton Crater? Which has higher property values, better skiing? Where would you rather vacation? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Police Investigate Child Body Part Sales. CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian society supposedly raising abandoned illegitimate children is under investi- gation after a parliamentary complaint that it had been killing them to sell body parts to hospitals. http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990316/17/odd-bodyparts # Judge Dismisses Human Organs Case. NEW YORK (Reuters) - The absence of a key witness caused a federal judge Monday to throw out an indictment of two men accused of trafficking in human organs taken from executed Chinese prisoners. http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990315/16/odd-organs : Could/would you make a good living in the organ trade? Should we have a organ exchange, like a stock exchange? Would futures trading be murder? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Wall Street goes 3-D. (BBC) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the world's largest share market, has gone live with the first ever three- dimensional virtual trading floor. Last week, with the flick of a switch, a real-time computer-generated model of all the business currently taking place in the market was projected onto a seven foot square video wall. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_297000/297341.stm @ And see: New York Stock Exchange: http://www.nyse.com/ : What activities would you like to see modeled in 3D? Politics, economics, sex, alien abductions, conspiracies, cultural evolution, or something else? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Lost in Space and Red Tape. NASA should lead, follow, or get out of the way of private space exploration. That's the consensus at a conference on the future of space. www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/18522.html # Feds Pay to Push Genome Project. The Human Genome race pits a government- funded consortium that aims to keep gene data public against a private res- earch company that wants to own the findings. The future of medical research is at stake. http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/18520.html : Can/should/will the exploration of outer and inner spaces be dominated by gov't or corporate entities? Who do you trust? Will the ETs let us proceed? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WHEN TO START WORRYING ABOUT THE QUALITY OF YOUR PSYCHIC: Keeps shaking black "crystal ball," then saying, "Ask again later." Every time you draw the Death card, she yells "Go Fish!" Looks suspiciously like that guy who fixed your muffler last week. His idea of an "out of body experience" involves whipped cream and women's clothing. His spoon bending requires two pliers. Sign in window: "As Seen on '60 Minutes.'" During card-reading, asks if you want to "hit" or "stand." Insists that your astrological sign is "The Armadillo." Psychics Magazine rates her just below fortune cookies, just above your mom. Repeatedly attempts to read your palm with his genitalia. Shakes her crystal ball, then predicts a large snowstorm. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: # Irish Ghosts: http://www.blather.net/archives2/issue2no39.html # FOX "OPENING THE LOST TOMBS: Live from Egypt" PROMOTES LEGEND AND MYTH: http://www.csicop.org/cmi/reviews/opening-live-tombs.html $ Fourth Turning: Bold Prophesies of America in the Next Millennium: http://www.fourthturning.com/html/fourth_turning.html $ Prince Charles as the AntiChrist of prophesy [ya, sure]: http://www.bookmasters.com/marktplc/00240.htm @ Freebie newsletter: http://members.tripod.com/~JMcCall/join.html @ Million Marijuana March: http://www.cures-not-wars.org/mmm and see http://www.hempishep.org and http://www.hempmuseum.org # HOW THE NARCS CREATED CRACK by Richard C. Cowan http://www.marijuananews.com/how_the_narcs_created_crack_by_r.htm # Aliens in America: Conspiracy Cultures from Outerspace to Cyberspace: http://www.reasonmag.com/9903/bk.mg.learned.html @ ALIEN ABDUCTIONS INCORPORATED: www.alienabductions.com/index2.html @ AFTER DEATH COMMUNICATION: http://www.after-death.com/ @ THE STARCHILD PROJECT: http://starchildproject.com/ @ THE STARSEED QUIZ: Find out how well prepared you are for the Quest. http://home.earthlink.net/~pleiadesx/starquiz.htm @ COLD WAR: FIND THE SPY: Do you have the know-how to identify a "security risk"? http://CNN.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/21/interactive/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "'What is this sad world but an infinitesimal dust bunny in the unimaginably vast broom closet that we call the universe?' 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