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@ A Magnetic Oracle: http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/oracle.htm
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# Earth unmoved by millennium babies. (BBC) Only couples in Australia and
China are racing to have the first baby of the new millennium - for the
rest of the world it's a Y2K turn-off. But the sex part is probably fun.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_546000/546403.stm
: Is millennial reproduction important to you? Did voices in your head impel
you to breed for 2000? Will the first Y2K kids be harvested by Reptilioids?
# China bans condom advert. (BBC) Chinese authorities have banned the
country's first television advertisement promoting the use of condoms
to prevent the spread of the HIV virus. Let the fuckers die, eh?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_546000/546420.stm
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Seattle-Battle-Rama:
# Crunch time for WTO as worldwide demos continue against globalisation:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_548000/548144.stm
# Also: Eyewitness: The Battle of Seattle: gas'em all:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_547000/547581.stm
# In pictures: Day two of Seattle clashes - see the blood:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_545000/545985.stm
# US press advises WTO to heed protests - learn the lessons:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_547000/547087.stm
# SEATTLE PROTESTS WIND DOWN, WEARY MINISTERS NEGOTIATE FINAL WTO DEALS
Military & terrorism experts abound: http://cnn.com/1999/US/12/03/wto.01/
: Who orchestrated the tumult? Who benefits, who loses, who doesn't care?
# WTO protests calm down - "festival of resistance," see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562384601-13e
# Also: Local officials offer aid, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562386696-beb
# Also: Seattle police actions defended, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562377572-a2c
# Also: Seattle merchants plan to celebrate, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562386768-a59
# And: WTO protesters refuse to give names, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562381867-13d
: Can nonviolent resistance be safely ignored by power structures? Why not?
# Mass Abuses Alleged By Seattle Law Enforcement:
http://www.sightings.com/politics5/abuses.htm
# 'Paid Demonstrator' Claims From Seattle:
http://www.sightings.com/politics5/paid.htm
# Provocateurs Noted In Seattle Riots - Millions In Damage:
http://www.sightings.com/politics5/gasm.htm
# Instant Net Coverage Of Seattle Events:
http://www.sightings.com/politics5/seat.htm
# Corporate America Under Siege: Undeclared State of Emergency:
http://www.sightings.com/politics5/stateemerg.htm
: Do you prefer global order or anarchy? Who imposes the order? Who benefits
from the anarchy? Who selects the negotiators? Which conspirators dominate?
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# Indians move to guard traditional know-how. (BBC) Developing countries
are watching the world trade talks in Seattle with concern, in particular
the handling of intellectual property rights, or ownership of knowledge.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_544000/544861.stm
: Who owns your traditional knowledge? How much data is encoded in your DNA,
your brain, your culture? How much data was revealed by deities/demons/ETs?
Who owns info? CAN info be owned? Is info worthless unless it's given away?
# EU makes biotech concessions - bring on the clones:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_546000/546384.stm
# Clinton drive on labour rights - child-labor treaty:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_546000/546313.stm
# WTO 'running out of time' - labour issues divide poor & rich states:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_547000/547403.stm
# Other Issues: http://www.konformist.com/1999/wto/wto-oped.htm
# Other Reports: http://www.konformist.com/1999/wto/wtoreports.htm
# Official News: http://www.konformist.com/1999/wto/wto-news.htm
# Did Army Train Seattle Cops? http://www.brasscheck.com/seattle/
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# Iranian clerics back jailed dissident. (BBC) Reformist clerics in Iran
question the authority of the religious court which jailed former Interior
Minister Abdullah Nouri. Hardliners vow to squash all heathens, heretics:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_546000/546869.stm
# Nigerian Muslims to consider more Sharia. (BBC) Nigeria's Muslim leaders
have agreed to hold a national seminar on Islamic law (sharia) following
its introduction in the northern state of Zamfara in October. Submit!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_547000/547430.stm
# Uzbekistan arrests leading Islamist. (BBC) Uzbek cops busted the leader of
the clandestine Hezb ut-Tahrir force, which aims to set up an Islamic state.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_547000/547264.stm
: How much Islamic law is enough? What's your favorite theocracy? Would you
rather be ruled by Islamists, Fundy Jeezoids, Monopolists, Reptilioids, me?
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SkeptiLinks:
# SatPix: Major Global Events http://jimfl.yi.org:88/links/99891/displayLink
# Enc. of Object Orientation http://jimfl.yi.org:88/links/99889/displayLink
# Towards the Sensor Revolution http://jimfl.yi.org/links/99949/displayLink
# LifeMusic: ProteinSonification http://jimfl.yi.org/links/99909/displayLink
# The Fight Over Analogy http://jimfl.yi.org:88/links/99904/displayLink
# Chernobyl leaks, closed again - only reopened days after lengthy repairs:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_547000/547469.stm
# Bhopal's 15th anniversary - corporate mass manslaughter still rankles:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_547000/547780.stm
# Football's Spacemen - extraterrestrials take over world soccer match:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sport/football/newsid_545000/545371.stm
# Bees Finding Landmines http://jimfl.yi.org:88/links/99951/displayLink
# Find ToxicWaste in Yr Backyard http://jimfl.yi.org/links/99905/displayLink
# Worst Mistakes of Web Design http://jimfl.yi.org/links/99969/displayLink
# Quantum Computing Landmark http://jimfl.yi.org:88/links/99945/displayLink
# Fluorescent Molecular Switch http://jimfl.yi.org/links/99895/displayLink
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