SkeptiNews 000611a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Yesterday's bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/10_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 misbegotten royalty evolved during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Japanese Pizzas: http://www2.gol.com/users/erdoboy/pizza/pizzaDS.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # ALIENS DIED IN UFO WRECK -- BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T WEARING SEAT BELTS! ROSWELL, N.M. -- The famous UFO crash that took place here in 1947 didn't have to be fatal, government accident investigators have concluded. The 4 alien astronauts aboard the flying saucer died 'cause they weren't wearing seat belts! INVESTIGATORS CONCLUDED from autopsy reports that the cause of death was concussion. http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1981.html # Destination Mars: Is anybody ready to go? http://www.alienzoo.com/news/a/200006090007.cfm # Exploring Mars: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/specials/mars/ # Wanted: One Unbiased Scientist - http://www.caus.org/mc052600.htm # Garbled moonwalk memories: http://www.alienzoo.com/news/a/200006090010.cfm : Are you ready to travel to/from space? D'ya always wear a seat belt? What physical/mental/spiritual/virtual protective measures d'ya regularly employ? Do your biases drive your life/death/other? D'ya know where you're going?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # RELIGIOUS INVOLVEMENT MAY BE A FACTOR IN LIVING A LONG LIFE. Regular attendance at church, synagogue, mosque, or Buddhist monastery is related to longer life, according to a meta-analysis of 42 studies that examined 125,826 people. Pray for me: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22513.rhtml # SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY EXPLOITS THE PLUSES. What would happen if you could ask for a miracle? http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22586.rhtml # HARNESS THE POWER OF YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL for luck in health, money & love! Guardian Angels are key to long life, glowing health, romantic bliss and untold wealth,an explosive new Vatican report reveals. A preliminary draft of the document has circulated through the highest levels of the Holy See; the Pope himself has personally approved the report. "There is clear evidence that the power of angels is playing an increasingly large role in the affairs of men." http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1970.html : Does y'r belief system offer you any material benefits? D'ya fully exploit your faith? Does constant prayer make you healthy, wealthy & wise? 2 out of 3, maybe? Do angels/aliens/deities/demons/robots guide your fortune? Really? @ The clearing of its own skirts lends to the Vatican's apologies a kind of self-praise that does not comport with true remorse. Not better, just saved? http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/WWWfeatdisplay.cgi?20000525019R#top _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Prince Charles has doubts about genetic engineering. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/reith_2000/lecture6.stm # Richard Dawkins has doubts about Prince Charles. http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/prince/prince_index.html # Alfred Russel Wallace, that most unlucky of naturalists, was once thought to be one of the two most important figures in the 19th century. And the other one was... http://www.lrb.co.uk/v22/n10/berr2210.htm # Einstein versus Bohr: their passionate debate about the fundamental meaning of quantum physics is one of the greatest stories in all of intellectual history. http://www.prometheus.demon.co.uk/02/02kumar.htm : Who's your favorite scientific personality? Would you rather learn about science from scientists, priests/mages, royals, aliens, entertainers, me? How much science/engineering/technology/knowledge can you stand? No more? # The Visual Ray - Or, How Trevor Taught Me Cloud-Busting. Orgone energy for weather control: http://www.sightings.com/general2/tev.htm [splash] # VALUE OF PSYCHOSIS http://surfingtheapocalypse.com/apocult.html#psychotic _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # One Head, Two Faces, But Still Just Nine Lives. PHILADELPHIA. Two kittens were born on Wednesday to a Bensalem cat, but there were three faces in the litter. One of the tiny creatures arrived with one head, two ears - but four eyes, two noses and two mouths. The rare, double-faced feline has reasonably good chances for survival, area veterinarians say. Worship it now: http://web.philly.com/content/inquirer/2000/06/10/city/SCAT10.htm # VAMPIRE SNAKES HEADING FOR U.S. MEXICO CITY -- Worried international health authorities have ordered the extermination of a fast-breeding, deadly rain forest snake that attacks animals & humans while they sleep - and sucks their blood like a vampire! The serpents are expected to reach the U.S. by 2002. http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1972.html : What're your favorite animals? Have you engineered any new animals lately? Should animals/humans be rebuilt with more eyes/noses/ears/mouths/assholes? Should animals/humans be engineered to drink blood? Would anybody notice?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # CIA, FBI SAY IRAN DEFECTOR IS IMPOSTOR. An Iranian defector who said he could prove Iran was responsible for the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing has been exposed by the CIA and FBI as an impostor. It's one damn thing after another: http://CNN.com/2000/US/06/11/lockerbie.iran.reut/index.html # Egyptian Pilots Condemn US Probe Into EgyptAir Crash. The Egyptian Pilots Assn has condemned a US probe into last year's crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 following a report saying American investigators are more certain than ever that a pilot deliberately plunged the plane into the Atlantic. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/egypt_us-air-accidents_17286.html # OIL MEETING NEXT TARGET OF ANTI-TRADE ACTIVISTS. CALGARY (AP) Anti-trade protesters who targeted the World Trade Organization and the Organization of American States in recent months were preparing to disrupt a World Pet- roleum Congress meeting that begins here on Sunday, police & activists said. http://www.CNN.com/2000/WORLD/americas/06/11/canada.petroleum.ap/ : What's your favorite international conspiracy? D'ya prefer private/public/ corporate/military/religious/random conspiracies? Does your conspiracy push disinformation for reasoned/insane/random/directed/no reasons? Who listens? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # TEEN BRAINS HAVE LESS FRONTAL CORTEX FUNCTION. Adolescent brains really do differ from adult brains, which may explain the impulsiveness & aggression exhibited by many teens: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22602.rhtml # GIRLS ARE HEALTHIER WHEN ANGER IS NOT A TABOO EMOTION. Girls need strategies on how to manage their anger so that they can make it work for them. Don't we all? http://psychiatry.medscape.com/22587.rhtml # SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE ... BY BEATING THE HELL OUT OF YOUR MATE! LOS ANGELES - Women's rights organizations and church groups are are up in arms over a new class taught in some community-education schools here - a course that teaches couples to vent their rage by beating each other silly! WIFFLE BAT MAKES A GREAT WEAPON: http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1984.html : D'ya deal with your anger well,making it work for you? 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