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Thursday, March 9, 2000 09:45 p.m. SkeptiNews 000309c - - - - - - - - - - - All
The News That's Fit To Question
* Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * Portal to notices, excuses, overflow, links: http://skepticon.pitas.com * No archangels were mischanneled during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ ETs Beware: http://www.watchingyou.com/autopsy.jpg [thanks HypCube4D!] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # MONKEY BUSINESS. TOKYO -- There's a new ordinance before the town assembly of Nikko: "Don't feed the monkeys." Tourist attractions include a 318-ft waterfall, a shrine that is the burial place of a 16th century shogun and troops of wild monkeys. Problem is the monkeys, while scavenging for food, have stolen bags & bitten people. Govt blames it on the tourists' feeding habits. http://cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/east/03/06/bc.japan.wildmonkeys.ap/ : Are your holy shrines infested with monkeys, tourists, fleas, Reptilioids, Illuminati, secular humanists, robots, snakes, burros, hot peppers, ghosts, vendors, camcorders? Are monkeys, apes, lemurs, other primates, worshipful? # Hello kitties. In a country that favors group-feeling to individualism, two fashion-based subcultures, "egg girls" and "little gals," cause a big stir. http://salon.com/people/feature/2000/03/08/kogaru/index.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ BAKER BOYS CHANNEL ARCHANGEL GABRIEL. We are now in an unprecedented time in the evolution of our planet, experiencing a great deal of change and challenge. However, the good news is that the shifts that are taking place are ultimately opening us to more powerful opportunities to heal our lives than ever before. Listen up: http://www.childrenoflight.com/welcome.htm # Pope Prepares For Something Big, Perhaps Fatima, Perhaps Armageddon, or assimilation: http://earthchangestv.com/breaking/March2000/0307pope.htm @ Writing Signs: The Fatimid Public Text and the Sign of Isma‘ilism: www-ucpress.berkeley.edu:3030/dynaweb/public/books/middle_east/bierman/ : Have'ya channeled any extraterrestrial/extradimensional/extrareal entities lately? Did they tell you to write a book? Has it sold many copies? Why not? # LORD OF THE RIP-OFF: In post-World War popular lit, Generic Fantasy became the be-all & end-all escape device. It was so easy to write. No bothering with grounding your book in reality, with all its annoying demands. Just place your story in a "Secondary World", and you can write anything you want. Behold: http://www.spark-online.com/march00/miscing/yngve.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Judge bans Greek best-selling book. ATHENS (AP) A judge has banned a best- selling book that was condemned by the Greek Orthodox Church because of passages about the possible sexual longings of Jesus Christ. To prevent violence: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564848682-1ea # 'Anti-gay' billboards papered over - Homosexuality condemnations blasted by activists: http://www.msnbc.com/local/WNBC/714903.asp # San Luis Obispo pulls newspaper ads over company policy on gay, abortion coverage: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9501316 : Does your belief-system / deity-cluster / cultural-elite promote/prohibit specific sexual activities/thoughts/feelings? Do they encourage/discourage violence [physical/vocal/mental]? Do you like brutal sex? Are you normal?? # Media Frenzy - Christian author sets off chain reaction of condemnation: http://worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_dougherty/20000309_xnjdo_scholars_c.shtml # Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Episcopal leaders usher in Lent together - Mormons, Baptists ignored: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9502033 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Runaway donkey stumbles into treasure. (BBC) When a donkey fell into a hole in the Egyptian desert, it stumbled across one the biggest archaeo- logical finds in the country. The ancient temple of Alexander the Great: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_670000/670149.stm # Also - Mummy cemetery discovered in Egypt - duddys not found yet: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_366000/366977.stm # Museum admits 'scandal' of Elgin Marbles - we were only following orders: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_543000/543077.stm # Archaeologists want anti-looting organisation - keep loot for ourselves, bubba: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education/newsid_482000/482611.stm : Have you uncovered many ancient treasures lately? Are you an ancient trea- sure? If you're buried long enough, will you be worth something? Does your conspiracy bury/excavate/fabricate ancient artifacts? What do they prove? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Spies'R'Us: # FBI says Chinese, Russian spies busier than ever in U.S. http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/03/08/spy.threats/index.html # CIA: China boosts U.S. spy presence - foreign students used as intelligence agents http://208.246.212.80/national/news5-030900.htm # China ups missiles facing Taiwan - but Pentagon downplays coming attack: http://usdefense.com/mar2000/mar9/china_increasing_missiles_facing_tai.htm # Clinton seeks China 'quickie' - Wants Congress to vote on trade relations A.S.A.P. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000308/pl/wto_china_15.html # Russians smuggling nuke materials through 9 border crossings to Iran, thence to North Korea. http://www.worldtribune.com/index-one-text.html : What are China-Western conflicts really about? Whats being hidden from us? Where are nuclear/biological/chemical/digital wars being waged? Who pays?? # U.N. peacekeepers 'spreading AIDS' - Holbrooke: "disease unintentionally proliferating" - yow: http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=69903 # CDC detects West Nile virus in mosquitoes wintering in New York - massive plague imminent - US doomed: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9502354 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiBriefs: # MEDITATING MAY BE GOOD FOR THE HEART. A special type of meditation may do more than provide inner peace. In a new study, signs of atherosclerosis -- the accumulation of fatty plaques on artery walls -- diminished in people who meditated. http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=28774 TM now! http://healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=29072 # Make Way for Frankenfish! What Happens To These Ordinary Salmon If The Genetically Modified Lunkers Ever Get Loose? [Nothing - GM fish aren't survivors] http://time.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,39961,00.html # Nightlight-nearsightedness link nixed. (AP) - Two new studies suggest that parents who leave the night light on won't make their children nearsighted after all. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564826036-2d9 # Mars Photos Show Major Differences In Polar Caps. LONDON (Reuters) - High resolution images from the Mars Global Surveyor satellite have shown that the Red Planet is much more varied & complex than scientists had expected. Lost civilizations revealed: http://www.sightings.com/politics6/polar.htm # Martian poles like cheese: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9499280 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "I will not teach others to fly." --Bart Simpson * Rev.R.Carter, ULC * http://skepticon.pitas.com * FAX: 603-415-3736 * SkeptiNews bulletins now *ONLINE* at: http://skeptinews.pitas.com/ * Fringes of: Science, Faith, Paranormal, Conspiracy, Sex, Dope, Art Thursday, March 9, 2000 01:56 p.m. SkeptiNews 000309b - - - - - - - - - - - All
The News That's Fit To Question
* Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * Portal to notices, excuses, overflow, links: http://skepticon.pitas.com * No Bilderbergers were assassinated during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Alternative Medicine: http://www.sonic.net/~ric/arts/altmed.jpg _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # DNA CHIPS to reveal innermost secrets - Nowhere to hide. WILL "DNA chips" that reveal your genetic makeup within minutes prove to be awesome medical tools or the means of genetic discrimination? We may find out soon. A UK biotech firm has filed for a patent on a device that can detect variants of over 2500 genes--including genes that affect behaviour & intelligence. See http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns222927 @ More at: http://www.derwent.com/resource/interest.html and http://www.newscientistjobs.com/real/frame_real_lives.html # Identity Theft Thrives in Cyberspace - Names, Numbers Easy to Find Online: http://apbnews.com/newscenter/internetcrime/2000/03/08/idtheft0308_01.html # Anon E-mail Pumps Protest - Petrol Boycott a Prank or Consumer Movement? http://apbnews.com/safetycenter/business/2000/03/08/gasprotest0308_01.html # Censorware Exposed Again - most 'filtered' sites are listed erroneously: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34842,00.html?tw=wn20000309 : Do you have anything to hide? Where can you hide it? Who can you hide it from? Can it be hidden from you? Can you hide from it? Can you/it/anyone be found by anyone with enough resources? Can/must/will you leave the planet?? # Janet Reno would curb press freedom on line. Constitutional protections of the press are getting in the way of cyber-crime prosecutions and may have to be reconsidered, a White House committee chaired by US Attorney General Janet Reno believes. Yow. http://www.theregister.co.uk/000309-000011.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ The Bilderberg Group <http://www.bilderberg.org/> is an organisation of 120 businessmen & politicians which meets once per year to obtain a global consensus on the issues of the day and the future of the world. This year they meet somewhere in Switzerland. The group was founded 44 years ago by the Nazi sympathiser, King Bernhard of the Netherlands, with the express vision of a single global government. That much is real. Any connection to the <http://vvv.gh.wh.uni-dortmund.de/illuminati/Illuminati-Quotes.txt> Bavarian Illuminati, or <http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/masindx.htm> Freemasonry, or the Wise Men of Zion, or Grey aliens are, of course, com- pletely false. See more at http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Conspiracy/ # Inflation rate 'doctored'? Slick figuring may have kept soaring gas from consumer price index: http://www.nypostonline.com/business/25545.htm # Gas prices fuel drilling, tax debates: http://msnbc.com/news/379901.asp # Oil prices dive - 9% drop on markets steepest plunge in nearly a decade: www.marketwatch.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=ComxEudict2LSuhjPy2vZ&FQ : Does your conspiracy control all politics/economics/religion/culture/power on Earth? Will it soon? Once you've achieved total global domination, will your fellow-conspirators stab you in the back? Will you do them first? Yea? # Econ Bubble Bursts in 2002. (Wired) A top economic forecaster says the Fed has already sown the seeds of a pending recession. The day of reckoning is in 2002. RUN! RUN! http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,34859,00.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # BELL'S ‘SUPERSTORM' TO BE MINISERIES? TURNER Broadcasting is closing a deal to turn spooky radio man Art Bell's best-selling book about a looming weather crisis, "The Coming Global Superstorm," into a miniseries. "Super- storm," which Bell co-wrote with UFO expert Whitley Strieber, warns that global warming will have potentially catastrophic effects -- plunging the world into a cataclysmic ice age that will wipe out life as we know it. Is that so bad? http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/1267.htm # ART BELL'S SPOOKY BOOK: HOW TO SURVIVE END OF THE WORLD - but just why would you want to? To do what? http://208.248.87.252/043099/7050.htm # Experts At A Loss To Explain Winter's Weather - divine/demonic ploy? http://earthchangestv.com/breaking/March2000/0308experts.htm # 'Chemtrail Plane' Mystery Solved - A Navy TACAMO Plane... Not A 135: http://www.sightings.com/politics6/chemrl.htm : Have you survived any universal/cosmic/global/local disasters lately? Why do we blame bad things on bad stars [dis=bad aster=star]?? Have stars done anything bad to you lately? D'ya like wind/fire/star/shit-storms? Why not? # Scientists 'look through' the Sun. (BBC) A new technique allows scientists to 'look through' the Sun at dangerously active regions on its far side. Hot: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_671000/671874.stm # Also - Leaky Sun threatens disruption - must be patched immediately, or else: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_655000/655082.stm # Major flare erupts on Sun - Earth will be singed any moment now - prepare for it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_633000/633913.stm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Aetna weighs apology, payment over slavery charges. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aetna Inc. , the No. 1 U.S. life and health insurer, is considering making an unprecedented public apology and restitution payment over profits it made from insuring slaves in America 150 years ago. Sorry. Back to work. www.marketwatch.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=ComxEub8ZtJa4nJm0mdiW&FQ # Woman describes abuse minister, wife inflicted. BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Esther Combs trembled yesterday as she described how she was beaten, cut, burned and choked by a Baptist minister and his wife who she said kept her as a slave. http://www.tennessean.com/sii/00/03/08/orphan08.shtml : Have you enslaved/insured/abused anyone lately? D'ya need to be monotheist to have a good excuse? Does it help? Have you ever apologized for mistreat- ment? Have you ever paid reparations? Do you intend to start now? Why not? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Buddy-gunman bushwhacks firemen. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Firefighters respon- ding to a house fire were ambushed by an off-duty Memphis firefighter who stepped out of the garage & began shooting. Two firefighters & a sheriff's deputy were killed and a woman was found dead in the garage. The suspected gunman, Fred Williams, was wounded and was in critical condition after undergoing hasty surgery to remove all traces of his alien implants. Not disgruntled: http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564839419-9b2 @ IS THERE A HIDDEN AGENDA BEHIND MEMPHIS KILLINGS? http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/config.pl?read=2020 @ SIX SHOT THREE DEAD -- REMEMBER THE STRANGE RADAR: http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/config.pl?read=2007 : Have you ambushed any cow-orkers lately? Did implants/microwaves/telepathy force you to do it? Do you prefer to target public-safety workers, politicos or postal workers? Are you trying to crumble the foundations of society? Eh? # Bush 'Refuses To Dignify' Mass-Murder Allegations - 'That's Not What This Election Is About' - http://www.theonion.com/onion3608/bush_refuses.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "A skeptical anthropologist was cataloging South American folk remedies with the assistance of a tribal brujo who indicated that the leaves of a particular fern were a sure cure for any case of constipation. When the anthropologist expressed his doubts, the brujo looked him in the eye and said, 'Let me tell you, with fronds like these, who needs enemas?'" * Rev.R.Carter, ULC * http://skepticon.pitas.com * FAX: 603-415-3736 * SkeptiNews bulletins now *ONLINE* at: http://skeptinews.pitas.com/ * Fringes of: Science, Faith, Paranormal, Conspiracy, Sex, Dope, Art Thursday, March 9, 2000 06:44 a.m. SkeptiNews 000309a - - - - - - - - - - - All
The News That's Fit To Question
* Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * Portal to notices, excuses, overflow, links: http://skepticon.pitas.com * No panic buttons were pushed during production of this bulletin. Aiiee!! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ http://www.tiger-tiger.com/catalog/categories/dharma/ritualitems/ts102.jpg _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Iran buys kamikaze dolphins. (BBC) Dolphins trained to kill for the Soviet navy have been sold to Iran - but what they will do in the Persian Gulf is a mystery. Trained to attack warships and frogmen, and entertain tourists: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_670000/670551.stm # Dolphin charity 'hacked by the Pentagon' - trying to trace trained killers: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_88000/88362.stm @ Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society http://www.wdcs.org/ @ The Dolphin Institute http://www.dolphin-institute.com/ : Have you attack-trained any dolphins lately? Do they resent/enjoy/worship to purposes to which they're being put? Do dolphins make good spies? Do you communicate clearly with them? Have they told you many secrets? Like what?? # Russia doesn't expect to join NATO - was just fooling, ha ha: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564808318-415 # Nato spy leaked Kosovo bombing secrets to Yugoslav military command: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_671000/671126.stm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Export of PlayStation 2 prohibited because of high-powered encryption technology used in the system. And it was designed according to Japanese safety standards and may not function properly elsewhere. Suffer, western scum: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564812326-f3b # Coming soon: Pupil panic buttons - Hand-held student alarms being tested in Oz: http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/0003/08/A61586-2000Mar8.shtml # PORTABLE NET RADIO COMING: www.CNN.com/2000/TECH/computing/03/08/myradio/ # LAPD HACKED: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1567595.html?dtn.head : Is your favorite electronic game suitable for military/terrorist/criminal uses? Does it frighten you? Does everything frighten you? D'ya need a panic button? Does everyone? If everyone panics at once, will civilization fall? # Alternative Net Protects Pirates. (Wired) Open-source advos are creating an anonymous network to enable free speech. But Freenet can also be used for Napster-like file exchanges. And this a problem for who? Shut up and communicate: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34768,00.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Extinction recovery takes 10 mln years. (AP) - For all practical purposes, when a species is gone, it's gone. Scientists analyzed fossils and calcu- lated it takes about 10 million years after a plant or animal becomes extinct before anything resembling it reappears. The analysis confirms the fears of many scientists worried about the increasing loss of plant and animal life. Biologists estimate that up to half of the known animal and plant species in the world could be wiped out within a century. Scrub the biosphere: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564837998-704 # Scientist Says Earth's Petroleum Supply Is Replenishing Itself. Depleted oil pools seem to be renewing themselves inexplicably. Is petroleum a ren- ewable resource? According to renowned scientist Thomas Gold that's just about right! Forget all you thought you knew about fossil fuels & dinosaur remains.In an article published recently by the Washington Post, Gold says hydrocarbons exist abundantly deep inside the earth's core & interact bio- logically with other life substances to continuously produce self renewing springs of petroleum. http://www.sightings.com/politics6/replent.htm : Have you wasted any resources/species/biospheres lately? Is humanity being directed to kill of "superfluous" species to make room for Reptoids? Do you work hard to promote global warming, habitat destruction, toxic dumping?? # Earth's Ice Cover Melting: http://www.worldwatch.org/alerts/000306.html # Threat to Sharks: www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564826943-30f # Elk Stampede: http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564833417-f68 @ Hopi Prophecy, The Great Purification - all part of the natural order: http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/March2000/0307hopi.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # McCain, Bradley utterly crushed - announce mutual suicide pact: http://cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/03/08/day.after/index.html # McCain, Bradley ending it all - party leaderships vastly relieved: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_671000/671151.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_670000/670961.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_670000/670148.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_669000/669532.stm # McCain: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564839024-4af # Bradley: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564838955-f07 @ Toward A New World Order - How It Is Being Done - insider reveals all the dirty secrets - or does he? Is he? How does he know all this for sure? What's his angle? Huh? http://educate-yourself.org/nwoessaybyrickm.html : What's your favorite political conspiracy? Are you engaged in subversion? What political/economic/cultural system(s) do you want to subvert? Are all political/cultural/religious power-plays just shows to divert the public?? # Effects of Calif. gay marriage ban unknown - bashings expected: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564829388-633 # Also: Mormon leader "happy as a pig in shit" with Calif. vote: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564828415-cc8 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ChinaRama: # Cyberforce threatens Taiwan - Chinese 'ready to hack' commo/control: http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/03/08/timfgnfar01001.html # Chinese Army Asked To Prepare For Taiwan War, As Leaders Talk Peace - Invasion imminent: http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=141017 @ America's 'war' with China - two battle scenarios in Pacific: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_smith/20000308_xcsof_americas_w.shtml # China executes senior official - scapegoat for widespread corruption: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564814994-76e http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_669000/669917.stm # Trial 'soon' for Uighur businesswoman - China suspects US collaboration: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_670000/670435.stm # GOP senator accuses Reno on espionage probe - "she's a Chinese spy too!" http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564835607-28e # Tibetan chants go online. (BBC) Rock legend Peter Gabriel puts Tibetan prayer chants on the internet to promote the spirtualism of Tibetan music. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_670000/670232.stm # Vatican 'recognizing' Beijing - Switch from Taiwan expected 'very soon' - abject Papal submission: http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=140708 # Pope Cops Out: http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,155008539,00.html : Do you feel threatened by China? Do you threaten China? Can/should/will China disintegrate into autonomous regions? Would you like to conquer Tibet, Xinjiang, Hunan? Would you exchange diplomats with the Vatican? How soon? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "I will not bring sheep to class." --Bart Simpson * Rev.R.Carter, ULC * http://skepticon.pitas.com * FAX: 603-415-3736 * SkeptiNews bulletins now *ONLINE* at: http://skeptinews.pitas.com/ * Fringes of: Science, Faith, Paranormal, Conspiracy, Sex, Dope, Art | |
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