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# Study links crime drop, legal abortion. CHICAGO (AP) An unpublished study
circulating among economists & criminal-law experts claims the legaliza-
tion of abortion in the early 1970s has contributed to a drop in crime.
The researchers argue that many women whose children would have been most
likely to commit crimes as young adults instead chose to abort their preg-
nancies. Because of that, a disproportionate number of would-be criminals
in the 1990s were not born in the 1970s, the professors conclude. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560626057-77b
: Is crime best prevented by preventing criminals? Is political/religious
corruption best prevented by preventing politicos/preachers? Do anti-abor-
tionists have a secret pro-crime agenda? What's their conspiracy all about?
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# Who Are Those Guys? The secretive DeMoss Foundation is behind those Power
for Living ads, and a lot more. The Rebirth of America, a 1986 book pub-
lished by the foundation and edited by DeMoss daughter Nancy Leigh DeMoss,
lists the gay-rights movement, abortion & "our humanistic, secular public
school system" as proof that "Americans have lost their way... because
they do not know their own Christian heritage." [The Demosses] "ARE the
religious right." Ex-bookie's fortune funnels hundreds of millions of
dollars to media campaigns, and to Gingrich, Robertson, Colson, others:
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,28859,00.html
: Did public schools destroy your religious heritage? Should rich believers
be encouraged to spend their money on propaganda? Would you buy a religion?
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# 100,000 In London Suffer As Y2K Upgrade Goes 'Horribly Wrong'. Thousands
of London Electricity's customers have been left without hot water, light,
or cooked food for days, as a plan to save them from the millennium bug
goes awry. They dare not even sleep for fear they miss a knock at the door
from engineers sent to fix the problem with their Powerkey meters, because
they have been warned that if they do it could be 24 hours before help
arrives again. Yow. http://www.sightings.com/politics4/y2klondon.htm
: What's your favorite Y2K blunder? Have you blundered mightily re: Y2K? Did
you discomfit thousands, millions? How many lives have you ruined? Any more?
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# Gov't unit to control flow of US news. WASHINGTON (AP) The Clinton admini-
stration, dismayed by the success of anti-American propaganda worldwide,
is striking back with an information offensive of its own: a State Dept.
unit that will control the flow of gov't news overseas, especially during
crises. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560624646-a96
: What news would you like to control? Who controls the news now? Have you
spoofed much news? Do you file bogus reports, disinfo, agit-prop? Any good?
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# Hormone-Mimicking Chemicals Causing Havoc In Human Body. WASHINGTON (ENS)
Too little is known about effects of exposure to low doses of chemicals
that change the balance of hormones in the human body. These chemicals
include polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and the pesticide DDT. In high
doses they are known to have harmful effects. Called endocrine disrupters,
these chemicals may affect reproduction & development, the nervous system,
the immune system, the incidence of cancer, & other aspects of the biology
of humans and wildlife. http://www.sightings.com/politics4/mimic.htm
: What hormones would you like to mimic? What aspects of biology would you
like to muck around with? Do your alien masters lend you any assistance??
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SkeptiBriefs:
# Vicar In Argument Over 'Virgin's Diary'. LONDON (Reuters) Critics call it
nauseating but UK vicar David Wilbourne sez there's nothing sick about his
"flesh and blood" account of the Virgin Mary and her life of pizzas and
pregnancy in Palestine. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990809/07/odd-virgin
# If At First You Don't Secede, Try, Try... FLAT ROCK, N.C. (Reuters) A
fledgling group of about 200 Southern nationalists gathered at a Civil
War-era inn in the North Carolina mountains Saturday to launch a political
party seeking to revitalize the secessionist movement in the South. Round
up some slaves too: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990809/07/odd-southern
# Location, Location, Location. How About Mars? (Reuters) Ever dreamed of
getting away from the hustle and bustle of earthly life and buying a plot
on Mars? When? http://news.excite.com/news/r/990809/07/odd-australia-mars
# Fanatics Travel World Seeking Perfect Eclipse. LAND'S END, England
(Reuters) Jim Brightwell has seen 10 total eclipses of the sun around
the globe and he reckons it's better than sex. With him, anyway:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/990809/02/science-eclipse-fanatics
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SkeptiLinks:
@ Genetic Revolution: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/daily/special/genetics/
@ The Papacy in 2000: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/daily/special/papacy/
@ Space, The Final Frontier: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/reports/space/
@ Guns/Violence: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/daily/special/denvershooting
@ Russia Adrift: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/daily/special/russia/
@ China Amok: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/daily/special/newschina/
# Illustrated ChemTrail Overview And Analysis:
http://home.att.net/~malrm/CT01.html
# Spraying Update From Houston - Part 1:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/spray1.htm
# Spraying Update From Houston - Part 2:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/spray2.htm
@ The Seventh Foreskin Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology:
http://www.foresight.org/Conferences/MNT7/index.html
@ Undue Significance attached to the Orbs and the beings using them is
"Worship": http://byamerican.com/cgi-bin/ast/config.cgi?read=15945
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