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# Clerics close sacred compound. JERUSALEM (AP) Muslim clerics indefinitely
closed the Al Aqsa Mosque compound to tourists to protest what they said
were attempts by Jewish extremists to pray at Islam's third holiest site.
The holy sites have been closed to visitors in the past over similar rows.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559850782-854
: Does your belief system provoke you to practice rituals at sites esteemed
by competing belief systems? Is this worship or sacrilege? Is this much fun?
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*** Russia to abandon Mir. MOSCOW (AP) Russia's space agency confirmed that
the Mir space station would be left unmanned following its crew's departure
in August, the first step toward discarding it early next year. By leaving
it empty instead of abandoning it immediately, Russian space officials are
putting off the painful moment of scuttling Mir, the last symbol of Russia's
space glory. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559850899-a41
: Do you want to: vandalize Mir; salvage it; use it as a base to beam mind-
control rays at Earth, or for dropping bombs; use it as a movie set; other?
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*** Computer export rules may be eased. WASHINGTON (AP) The US gov't is con-
sidering making it easier for U.S. companies to sell high-powered computers
to other countries by easing export restrictions on them. China is drooling;
see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559852475-ccb
: Do you want to buy a supercomputer? Do you need it for your nuclear devel-
opment program? Could you tie together a bunch of Pentiums to achieve that?
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*** 'Choose Life' license plates to appear in Fla. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP)
"Choose Life," two words carrying an emotionally charged message about
abortion, will be on some Florida license plates under a new law. Money
raised by sales of the $20 specialty plate, which bears a crayon drawing of
children, will go to support organizations that serve pregnant women who
plan to put their babies up for adoption. But opponents argue it bears a
divisive political message, one some feel so strongly about it could even
spark road rage. www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559854064-b7d
: Would you kill someone because of their auto licence plate? Do you need an
excuse? Does road rage run your life? Do you drive with a gun? Is it loaded?
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@ SHOULD WE BAN MULLING WHILE DRIVING? Studies have shown that driving with
two hands isn't necessarily safer than driving with one - and more accidents
occur after a cell phone call and not during it. So maybe it's the "mulling
it over" that is dangerous - so should we outlaw mulling? Or outlaw driving?
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13058
@ WHAT, BESIDES CELL PHONES, DISTRACTS DRIVERS? Clearly, cell phones are not
the only distractions - there are also passengers, children, eating, putting
on makeup. If we really wanted to make everyone super safe, we would require
everyone in a car to wear a helmet. So all those do-gooders out there who
want to help - that's what will help. Or wrap all car passengers in cotton.
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=13060
: Do you mull hazardously? Does an alien implant interfere with your driving
or does it focus you, make you a better driver? If The Rapture occurs while
you're talking on your cellphone, would you notice? Who'll get your car?
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*** Cross dressing day riles parents. FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) A middle school
scheduled a cross-dressing day as part of fun-themed week, but when some
parents failed to see the humor the principal admitted the event was poorly
named. "My son said he wanted me to take him to Wal-Mart to buy him a dress
or he wouldn't go to school. I think it's the wrong direction to morally
steer the students." To celebrate results of state achievement tests, eighth
graders decided to have a week of theme days, including pajama day, school
spirit day and clash day when students wear outfits that don't match.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559852852-473
: Do you like to cross-dress? Would you rather dress as a member of another
sex, race, class, species? Would you rather go naked and remove all doubts?
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SkeptiLinks:
@ The Trekkie Affliction: www.feedmag.com/daily/dy060499_master.html
@ RE - Election screenplay, protest politics, and good sex:
http://www.feedmag.com/re/re222_master.html?alert
@ Battlespaces. The Kosovo conflict signals a new kind of war -- and a
new kind of risk: http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es224_master.html?alert
# Eternal Conflict - The KLA's Threat to Peace in Kosovo:
http://www.feedmag.com/daily/dy060799_master.html?alert
@ What will the future of combat look like?
www.feedmag.com/cgi-bin/loop/loop.cgi?function=areaview&document=es224.shtml
@ The Web serf's rebellion: www.feedmag.com/daily/dy060399_master.html
@ The Third Wave - the latest revolution in web community software:
http://www.feedmag.com/column/interface/ci223_master.html
@ Does Third Voice redefine how we share ideas on the internet?
www.feedmag.com/cgi-bin/loop/loop.cgi?function=areaview&document=ci223.shtml
The Science Fiction Book Club: www.sfbc.com/?src=036_01_c_07_089_0111
Doubleday Book Club: www.doubledaybookclub.com/?src=036_01_b_07_089_0111
The Military Book Club: www.militarybookclub.com/?src=036_01_f_07_089_0111
Mystery Guild: http://www.mysteryguild.com/?src=036_01_e_07_089_0111
Stage & Screen Book Club: www.stagenscreen.com/?src=036_01_g_07_089_0111
Doubleday Large Print: www.doubledaylargeprint.com/?src=036_01_h_07_089_0111
@ BLACKCOATS DOMAIN - UFO's & Gov't conspiracies:
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/blackcoat/
@ DREAMSCAPE - Where SciFi & SciFact Become One:
http://www.angelfire.com/va/dreamscape/
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fted uneasily on the couch, both of them caught up in the tiresome, tedious
task of offering some sort of distraction to their guests. Rosemary McGuffin
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