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@ Watch For Dykes: http://www.washblade.com/forum/cartoons/dykes/000616a.htm
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# Oviparous Chupacabras. The possibility that dreaded Chupacabras could be
oviparous (egg-laying) has caused consternation among believers & skeptix
alike. The fact that it's reappeared in northern Chile's formerly nitrate-
rich north has added more fuel to the speculative bonfire. Are we indeed
dealing with a hybrid of a simian entity and a South American flightless
bird(the �andu)? http://www.ufomind.com/ufo/updates/2000/jun/m18-006.shtml
# SCIENTISTS FIND LONG-SOUGHT MISSING LINK -- ALIVE & WELL! PORT MORESBY,
Papua New Guinea -- In what excited anthropologists are hailing as "the
greatest scientific discovery in 100 years," researchers have found a
half-man, half-ape creature that could be the long-sought Missing Link!
The hairy man-beast, which stands about 5-foot-8, is covered from head to
toe in thickly matted hair like a gorilla, but aspects of the hands and
feet, the shape of the skull and the facial features are more human than
ape-like, experts say. http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1990.html
: What's your favorite cryptozoological entity? Are you cryptozoological? Do
you hide? Where? Do you lay eggs? Have you been laid lately? Are you hairy?
Is there a correlation? Are you flightless, missing, speculative, tedious??
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# Their spiders have horns. MONTREAL. A firm describes its quest to develop
transgenic goats that produce spider silk as 'the holy grail of the mater-
ials industry' - http://nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=000617/320353
# Chinese Clone Goat From Ear. Scientists in China have announced the birth
of the first goat cloned from adult ear cells. Silk purses to be produced
soon: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newslink/weekly/newsnat-17jun2000-39.htm
# Canadians support cloning, conditionally. TORONTO - Most Canadians support
use of genetic engineering & cloning �under certain medical circumstances:
http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/06/16/cloning000616
# GENETICALLY ENGINEERED 'LOVE BEES' - VERACRUZ, Mexico - Scientists working
to control killer bees have accidentally unleashed a new menace: Love bees
whose sting turns humans into out-of-control sex machines! MUTANT insect's
sting causes men and women to experience a sexual frenzy. Insect lust goes
extreme: http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1991.html
: Have you re-engineered any genes lately? Have you put eucalyptus-oil genes
into canines so dogs will repel fleas? Have you made any terrible blunders?
Is life on Earth doomed because of your arrogant meddling? Is that the plan?
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# Whether computers & robots help or hurt mankind is in our hands - for now.
SAN JOSE. In an era in which intelligent computers soon may be able to zap
Earth, ethics will be more important than ever. Adherence to the Golden
Rule ("Do to others as you would have them do to you") will be essential
for human survival. http://modbee.com/living/story/0,1155,168820,00.html
# Is Technology Moving Too Fast? Self-accelerating technologies - computers
that make faster computers, for example - may have a destabilizing effect
on society. http://time.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,47122,00.html
# Sewer robot learns to do our dirty work. CHECKING sewers for leaks, cracks
& blockages is a task most of us wouldn't touch with a bargepole. But soon
we won't need to, as a team of scientists has come up with a way to teach
robots how to do it. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news_224342.html
: What's your favorite technological advance? Has it destabilized a society?
Are stable societies desirable/viable? Do robots hurt y'r species? Does y'r
kind hurt robots? Why can't we stop hurting each other? Is it foolish pride?
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# ACOUSTIC STARTLE TEST DISTINGUISHES EARLY- FROM LATE-ONSET SCHIZOPHRENIA.
A simple test measuring response to a sudden loud noise can distinguish
between early- and late-onset schizophrenia and could ultimately lead to
radical changes in treatment: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/23275.rhtml
# PSYCHIATRIST GETS BRAINS BASHED IN -- BY HER OWN DAUGHTER! She specialized
in criminal psychology and was acclaimed for her ability to spot dangerous
nuts and anticipate their behavior. But she didn't predict her daughter
would crush her skull! http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1988.html
# HOLLYWOOD PUTS THE 'PSYCHO' IN PSYCHOLOGIST. Would you like fava beans and
a nice Chianti with that therapy session? According to a new study, Dr.
Hannibal Lecter has lots of company when it comes to Hollywood's portrayal
of unethical, demented and downright murderous psychologists in popular
films. http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=35841&src=n3
: Have you startled any shrinks/schizos/aliens lately? Did they startle you?
Do fava beans drive you crazy? Is it a long drive? Are you cinematic? Where?
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# Canada Faces Threat From Islamic Groups. OTTAWA (Reuters) - Sunni Muslim
extremists, including supporters of Saudi terrorism guru Osama bin Laden,
now appear to be using Canada as a base to launch attacks in the United
States, the Canadian counterintelligence agency said. So who's threatened?
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000616/wl/canada_terrorism_dc_1.html
@ The FUNdamentalist Humanifesto: How to Become Fooly Aware, By Swami
Beyondananda. I have long been a supporter of the human potential move-
ment. No matter what I see on the 6:00 news, I still feel we have the
potential to be human. But how do we actually actualize our humanity? How
do we humanifest our full potential? http://www.beyondananda.com/FUNd.htm
# N. Korea would welcome pope visit - "he would be very yummy, yes."
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2567385646-355
# Members of banned sect die - Falung Gongers succumb in custody:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2567387135-844
: Is your belief system dangerous/foolish/ruthless/odious/lonely? Have you
attacked/seduced/devoured anyone lately? Are you fully actualized? Why not?
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# Chechen policemen found beheaded. NAZRAN, Russia (AP) - A Muslim cleric
was gunned down in Chechnya on Friday, hours after urging peace, and two
Chechen police officers working for Russian authorities were found be-
headed. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2567386629-b77
# 6 beheaded in Saudi Arabia. RIYADH (AP) - 4 Pakistanis and 2 Bangladeshis
were beheaded Friday in Saudi Arabia for crimes including murder and drug
smuggling. At least 59 people have been beheaded in Saudi Arabia this
year. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2567387802-27a
# SPEEDING METEORITE KILLS SIX -- AT ATHEISTS' PICNIC! COPENHAGEN, Denmark -
Six people were killed when a meteorite fell from the sky and crashed down
onto the table where they sat -- during the annual picnic of the Danish
Atheist Society! The mind-boggling tragedy is being hailed by Christian
groups as "an act of God's vengeance" -- a warning to all who flaunt
their defiance of Him. http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1992.html
: Have your deities killed anyone lately? Do they act directly or via human
proxies? Is beheading the most sacred form of execution? Do you eat brains??
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