-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991207a - - - - - - - - - - - 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? * Very few desert rats were harmed during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Reptoid: www.cs.uoregon.edu/~kent/images/apatosaurus/CM3018_discover.jpg _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Affidavit Tells of Bomb Plot. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -A man hoped his bombing of several California targets would prompt a declaration of martial law, then civic unrest and, ultimately, a popular revolution and a militia takeover of the federal government. InsurrectionS'R'Us: http://lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/1999/dec/07/120700423.html : Have you overthrown a govt lately? Did you employ terrorist tactics, piss- off the populace, provoke a popular uprising? Is wielding power as easy as grabbing it? Is your revolution successful/moribund/disastrous? D'ya care? # China blasts US for stance on banned sect - "mind your own damn business" www.nando.net/noframes/story/0,2107,500139305-500163939-500588832-0,00.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Genetic Engineering: the Hazards. If we change the fundamental make-up of food, it could cause new diseases, or extreme mutations of known diseases, just as herbicides & pesticides have done recently. GM plants designed to be germicide-resistant will mean that higher concentrations of toxic agro- chemicals will have to be sprayed on crops. Agricultural run-off further pollutes our streams, rivers, oceans and drinking water reservoirs. Many modern industrial diseases such as heart disease, arthritis, Alzheimer's, attention deficit disorder, and others have been linked to toxicity in the diet. http://www.sudval.org/users/spamfire/essays/genfood/genfood.htm : Is environmental pollution the major stimulus of human evolution, now that we have no competitors to cull the unfit? Is ecocide the major stimulus for humanity to expand into the universe, get off-planet before we kill Earth? Would you rather evolve or stagnate, expand or collapse, grow or decay? Eh? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Missing Mars Spacecraft for Sale on Internet. PASADENA, Calif. (Reuters) - The Mars Polar Lander may be lost in outer space -- but in cyberspace it is already sitting pretty and up for sale. As beleaguered U.S. scientists vainly attempt to contact the wayward $165 million craft, cyberpranksters have put it up for sale on the eBay auction site for a fire sale price of $1 million. "Authentic Mars Polar Lander: Actual Mars Polar Lander NASA has lost. Good condition, clean, sharp runs good," the eBay offering read. Such a deal: http://news.excite.com/news/r/991207/06/net-space-mars : Have you stolen/fenced/bought any 'lost' spacecraft lately? Do you like to buy satellites that "fell off a truck?" Are interplanetary probes difficult to hijack? Is security lax? Is there a hot market for hot spacecraft? Where? # NASA declares Mars mission lost - "We're, like, rilly rilly bummed" - see http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/space/12/07/mars.lander.02 # Mars 2, Earth 0 - Is NASA the agency that can't shoot straight? http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_553000/553039.stm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ THE VORTEX - Is this our doorway to the 4th Density/Dimension? "The Shift Of Ages" - An ancient belief that rooted in many cultures throughout many lands. The thought grows as awareness takes hold of our passed knowledge, long forgotten, but finding avenues of remembrance though New Age & Modern thought as well as the ancient wisdom of native cultures. It is of my mind to bring a perspective of where 'Mankind' will be going when the merging and passing through onto the next level of higher consciousness comes to pass. And no more airline food: http://www.mirrorsedge.com/attop.htm : Has your consciousness shifted lately? Did anyone notice? Would you rather shift consciousness, space/time, decimal places? Are paradigm/consciousness shifts just sloppy bookkeeping, creative accounting, adaptation to events?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # IBM to unveil cutting-edge chip design. (CNN) IBM says it will introduce a new chip design combining two cutting-edge semiconductor technologies in a single product. The result, according to IBM, will be a versatile, high-performance chip for use in next-generation wireless telephones and other advanced communications products. The design uses copper wires and a silicon germanium process to improve speed, performance - Aiming at wireless phones - http://cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/03/ibm.chip.idg/ And http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_553000/553690.stm : Have you ever worked with germanium chips? D'ya remember the CK722? Wasn't germanium a pain? Has tech changed beyond all recognition? Are you addled?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Antarctica's icy origins. (BBC) Scientists calculate when Antarctica's vast ice sheets were formed and warn that global warming might melt them. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_553000/553664.stm @ LINKS - Virtual Antarctica: http://www.terraquest.com/va/ @ British Antarctic Survey: http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/ : Is Virtual Antarctica more appealing/survivable than the real thing? Are the Nazi Antarctic UFO bases imperiled by the impending meltdown? Are they causing it? Have you melted any icecaps lately? Is it fun, tedious, tiring? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ SPECIAL MESSAGE 2 U. This is a point in the evolution of the planet that brings to the forefront of each individuals thoughts the question of why me, why now and what is really going on in the reality that is right now in the time we are experiencing. What really is going on behind-the-scenes we are looking at through the five senses? Why is there this feeling that there is more to the story than just appearances. Who indeed has set this up and is pulling the strings. Is it really just a group of somebodies that is in charge? http://www.nohoax.com/nohoax/html/specmessage.html : Are your strings being pulled? Is your planet evolving? How many senses do you have? Are they all working? How can you tell? Has your brain turned into oatmeal yet? Are ya sure? Will it soon? D'ya prefer apple or banana oatmeal? # New Ways To Expand Minds - Re-Powering The Human Brain Using Machines The Size Of Blood Cells. (CBS) New mental architecture for a new millennium: http://db.cbs.com/prd1/now/template.display?p_story=207791&p_who=network _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If we turn a blind eye to the pain and suffering of others, we may suffer not but we learn nothing and lose our humanity in the process. But if we can face their agony and actually learn to enjoy it... well, that's just a bonus." http://www.SleazyTabloid.com * Rev. Ric Carter, ULC * http://skepticon.da.ru * FAX: 603-415-3736 * Fringe * Science * Faith * Sex/Drugs * UFO/PSI/Y2K * Conspiracy * * email INFO or SUBSCRIBE SKEPTICHAT to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * (sorry, I can't answer all email - but thanks for your feedback) * SkeptiChat/News archives: http://www.sonic.net/~ric/sc/files.htm * THE OFFICIAL MAILING LIST OF THE *SEVENTY*SEVENTH* MILLENNIUM!! 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