-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991202c - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * Little international trade was involved in production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ The World Is Bound With Secret Knots: http://mjt.org/exhibits/magnes.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # UK ESTABLISHES PANEL TO INVESTIGATE ASTEROID THREAT. In an effort to begin collaboration to protect the Earth from the threat of asteroid impact, the UK Govt has set up a special panel. Science Minister Lord Sainsbury wants to establish the govt's stance on the issue, and has organized a team to give him the answers he needs. It's estimate that an asteroid large enough to end humanity hits once every 100,000 to million years. Any time now: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_541000/541376.stm : Would you like to join the Society For The Prevention Of Earthquakes? Can your committee influence subplanetary motions? Where'd you get that power?? @ Ancient History of UFOs. -- UFO reports date back to the early Egyptians; see paintings & statues of alien-like craft & occupants. http://www.xprojectmagazine.com/archives/ufo/ufoancient.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # IS THE US CONGRESS ANTI-CATHOLIC? Controversy is no stranger to the poli- tically divided House, but even by recent standards, the latest flare-up is unusual - a battle over the selection of a new chaplain to minister to lawmakers and their families. And they aren't even *considering* Mormons: http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Dec1999/120299/anticatholic120299.htm : What religions would you like to establish in your legislative assemblies? Should all religions be so established? Should lawmakers be ministered by Discordians, Anabaptists, Satanists, preachers of Daniel Christ, Moonies?? @ The Exposed Plan of The Freemasons - FOR ALL TO SEE AGAIN - Concerning the Catholic Church - http://www.iol.ie/~magnific/magnific/fr_mason.html#top _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ In the rain forest of the Cameroon in West Central Africa lives the floor dwelling ant Megaloponera foetens, the stink ant. This large ant - one of the very few to produce a cry audible to the human ear - forages for food among fallen leaves & undergrowth of the extraordinarily rich rain forest floor. On occasion one of these ants, while looking for food is infected by inhaling a microscopic spore from a fungus of the genus Tomentella. After being inhaled, the spore seats in the ant's tiny brain and begins to grow, causing changes in the ant's patterns of behavior. The Ant appears troubled and confused; for the first time in its life the ant leaves the forest floor and begins to climb. Driven on by the growth of the fungus, the ant embarks on a long & exhaustive climb. Completely spent and having reached a prescribed height, the ant impales the plant with its mandibles. Thus affixed, the ant waits to die. Ants that have met their ends in this fashion are quite common in some areas of the forest. The fungus continues to consume first the nerve cells & finally all soft tissues of the ant. After approximately 2 weeks a spike appears from what had been the head of the ant. This spike is about an 1.5 inches long and has a bright orange tip heavy with spores which rain down onto the rain forest floor for other unsuspecting ants to inhale. http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/stinkant.htm : Have you consumed any spores lately? Is a fungus growing in your brain? Are you part of a symbiotic human-fungal cycle? Are alien implants really biotech spores that alter our mental behaviour? Do they evolve further?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Timothy McVeigh's mom: Hey, I didn't do it! The bomber's mom says it's time to move on and she has no words for victims' families in Oklahoma. "What can I say? I didn't do it. I didn't blow the building up." What's the big deal? -- more people die in plane crashes, she says. "Everybody thought it was the crime of the century. Well, it's not." Just ordinary everyday terrorism: http://www.denverpost.com/bomb/bomb120299.htm # Fears of a fascist revival in Europe are unfounded. Our fixation with the Nazis prevents a grasp of a new kind of right wing. Seig heil: http://www.thenewrepublic.com/magazines/tnr/121399/trb121399.html # Hungry hamster invades Shoney's salad bar - teenaged skinhead loosed the beast in the broccoli bin: http://dailymail.com/news/News/1999120122/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # John Travolta's Alien Notion. MONTREAL (WPost) Something otherworldly is happening inside Hangar 12, something they're trying to keep secret. But we can tell you this: John Travolta is involved, and so are space aliens. Soldiers have secured the perimeter. "Warning: This establishment is under permanent surveillance by the military police," a sign says. Absolutely no trespassing, by order of Canada's minister of national defense. Achtung: http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/arts/feed/a54196-1999nov28.htm : Does Scientologist Travolta reveal linkages between the Canadian govt, the Church of Scientology, galaxy-ruling aliens, and Hollywood? Is Canada ruled by ETs? Is their National Health system implanting humans with MC devices? @ Rubik's cubes made into <http://eblong.com/zarf/custom-cubes.html> art; art made out of <http://wunderland.com/WTS/Jake/CubeArt/> Rubik's cubes; and more <http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Art/> art art art... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # BRAIN IMAGING SUGGESTS ACUPUNCTURE WORKS. Western medicine has been skep- tical of the benefits of acupuncture, but researchers in wasteland New Jersey say that evidence derived from brain imaging shows the treatment helps to relieve pain. During the ritual treatment, very fine needles are inserted slightly into the skin at certain prescribed points to relieve pain or other ailments. Brain 'lights up' when a person experiences pain: http://cnn.com/1999/HEALTH/alternative/12/01/brain.acupuncture/ [flash] : What's your favorite healing ritual? What's your favorite placebo effect? If I stick fine needles into your brain, will your pain be relieved? Do EMF pulses in your nervous system affect your alien implants? Do you feel woozy? @ Alternative Paranormal Explanations -- An accurate and alternative look at the UFO phenomena. Is it all just a bio-chemical illusion? http://www.xprojectmagazine.com/archives/skeptic/altpara.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "No vegetables were harmed while shooting this film We burnt some iguanas and stomped a chihuahua We shot a couple gypsies and chopped down an elm But no vegetables were harmed while shooting this film" http://www.sonic.net/~ric/music/mysongs4c.htm#nove * Rev. 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