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@ THE MODIFIED LIBRARIAN: http://www.bmeworld.com/gailcat/ [for Treighsea]
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# Irish Press On France's COMETA UFO Report. UFOs, once the preserve of the
purely paranoid, are now being taken seriously. Astronauts, Generals and
a number of influential scientists are hammering away at the crust of
international skepticism. http://www.independent.ie/2000/178/d14c.shtml
# Amazing '3-Dimensional' Crop Circles Appear In England - lawnmowers
work overtime: http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2000/june2000.html
# AZTEC SONGS AND POETRY FOR ALIEN VISITORS - all together now:
http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com/forbidden.html#aztecaliensongs
# THE LEGENDARY SOUNDS OF HELL - AS FEATURED ON THE ART BELL SHOW:
http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com/unexplained.html#hellsounds
@ Sleep Paralysis Vs Abduction. It's often said that "absence of evidence is
not evidence of absence," but if you are alleging that thousands, or even
millions, of people are physically abducted from their homes repeatedly,
are you sure it isn't? www.ufomind.com/ufo/updates/2000/jun/m29-001.shtml
: What is evidence? What is proof?What is convincing? How much skepticism is
too much? What is (un)knowable, (un)provable, (un)fathomable? What patterns
d'ya perceive that are(n't) there? Which senses/instruments/tales to trust?
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# Scientists Urge Caution In Mars Water View. While water MAY be responsible
for the striking gully-like features seen in recent pictures from the Mars
Global Surveyor spacecraft, there are other explanations. Spoilsports:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/water_caution_000629.html
# Mars 2001 Lander Might Yet Fly: www.spacedaily.com/news/mars2001-00a.html
# NASA: 2 for 2003: http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-general-00h.html
# Mars Camp Gets Underway in Arctic: www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?10034867
# SETTING SAIL FOR THE STARS - latest developments in solar sail technology.
The Interstellar Probe mission could journey beyond the edge of the solar
system by 2018. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast28jun_1m.htm
# Versace may redesign Russian cosmonauts' uniforms - NASA consulting with
Karl Lagerfeld, Kostas Murkudis: http://www.cnn.com/2000/STYLE/ELLE/06/26/
: When preparing for interplanetary missions, are you mostly concerned about
logistics, intelligence, entertainment, practice,fashion, propulsion,sanity,
alien intervention, political manipulation, commercial exploitation? Why??
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# CyberDome in Kansas. Visitors to the new Boeing CyberDome Theater opening
today in Wichita KS can travel from Earth to Mars, working collectively to
deter the craft from crashing. If they make it safely to the ground, they
can then roam about Mars, seeing its sights. Or, they can voyage through
a human body. http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?10034869
# '98 Russian Imagery Of Area 51 Available - Barewalls.com Unveils Elusive
'Area 51' Collection. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Kept under wraps for the last
two years, aerial imagery of Nevada's notorious "Area 51" is now available
to the public. http://www.ufomind.com/ufo/updates/2000/jun/m29-004.shtml
# NEW IMAGES - FAST SERVER. Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) - Mars Orbiter
Camera (MOC) http://www.marsdaily.com/spacedaily-image-server.html
# New Wave Of Colour Video: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?10033963
: Have you flown any virtual-reality missions to Mars/Area51/Luna/Graceland
lately? Did you encounter Reptilioids/Elvis/R2D2/RuPaul/me? D'ya prefer real
/virtual/divine/gritty imagery? What's your favorite image? Does it flicker?
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# AFTER DARWIN: "Nature? Nurture? Neither?" Is it time to retire the age-old
debate about biodeterminism? A more-nuanced look at our genes, how we're
reared, what makes us tick - moving away from the ideologically charged
center of the argument. http://www.feedmag.com/feature/fr352_master.html
# SKEPTICS ATTACK GENOME WORK: http://cosmiverse.com/paranormal062801.html
# DNA Vaccine Zaps Measles: http://unisci.com/stories/20002/0629001.htm
# Transgenic Lamb Clones Could Herald New Transplant Techniques - chimerae
for human immortality? http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?10037373
# Major advance in altering sheep DNA.(AP) - Scientists have developed a way
to alter genes in sheep & insert new ones with unprecedented precision, a
step toward creating healthier livestock and using animals as organ banks.
Holy Grail: http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2567714681-23a
: Have you gone transgenic/transgender/transdimensional lately? What's your
favorite genus/gender/game/goddess? Would you rather interbreed with sheep
the old-fashioned natural way; by genetic manipulation in the lab; mentally?
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# France's Cogema To Take Greenpeace To Court. French nuclear fuels group
Cogema has filed a lawsuit against Greenpeace for allegedly damaging its
property while filming radioactive discharges from the French coast. You
wanks: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000628/15/net-nuclear-greenpeace-dc
# GREENPEACE: Live Webcam Of Radioactive Dumping Into The Sea - France's
Nuclear Discharge Pipe: http://www.greenpeace.org/~nuclear/ospar2000/
# Particulates Kill www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2567716671-ab4
# DISEASES PREVENTABLE: http://cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/06/28/uk.disasters/
# Food unfilling for fatties: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?10037335
# Smoking Sickens: www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2567714854-cb9
# E.coli - death grip on guts: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?10037336
: Have you exposed/suppressed/manipulated any medical/environmental/mental
devastation lately? What's your favorite preventable ailment? Does your gang
of plotters work hard to exacerbate the effects? Are you well paid? By whom?
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# Davidians testify about conditions. WACO, Texas (AP) - Branch Davidians
believed sect leader David Koresh was a manifestation of "God,made flesh,"
and if God asked someone do to something,it would not be considered a sin,
a survivor of the 1993 siege testified. "We gave ourselves, totally, to
God." http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2567719979-7f6
# Education of a Holy Warrior. In a Pakistani religious school called the
Haqqania madrasa, Osama bin Laden is a hero, Taliban leaders are famous
alums and the next generation of mujahedeen is being militantly groomed.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000625mag-taliban.html
# SHIP WITH 270 REFUGEES FLEEING RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE SINKS IN EASTERN INDON-
ESIA. http://CNN.com/2000/ASIANOW/southeast/06/29/indonesia.sinking.01.ap/
# TEXAS ARCHBISHOP FREED: http://www.CNN.com/2000/US/06/29/archbishop.freed/
: Has y'r belief system indoctrinated you carefully/sloppily/virtually? D'ya
accept responsibility for the consequences of everything your belief system
perpetrates? Are y'r leaders deities incarnate; ascended masters; hucksters?
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