SkeptiNews 000317c - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Omit

EDITOR'S NOTE: If you'd been following SkeptiLog [see SkeptiCon URL
below] you'd know that Your Humble Editor is taking a few days off.
If you haven't read the SkeptiLog page recently, well, now you know.
I'm heading for the Yolla Bolly wilderness with a neutrino gun, some
Yeti bait, and a hankering to bag me a Sasquatch.  Wish me luck.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

  "Today is the end of the prologue -- tomorrow it gets real."

* Rev.R.Carter, ULC * http://skepticon.pitas.com * FAX: 603-415-3736

 

 

SkeptiNews 000317b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question

* Yesterday's bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/16_03_2000.html
* 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 greenhouse gases were sexually abused to produce this bulletin. Much.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

@ BATHE YOUR SOUL: http://www.soulbath.com/
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# NEW DEVICES THAT 'TALK' TO MINDS NEED DEBATE, CONTROLS. HAMILTON, ON. --
  The recent flap over invasive "X-ray" devices that can invasively scan the
  human body is just the tip of a technological iceberg that's been growing
  ever since WWII, now yielding devices literally capable of "broadcasting"
  directly to the human mind. http://www.american-reporter.com/1290/6.html
@ AI and A-Life: http://www.newscientist.com/nsplus/insight/ai/ai.html

@ Take a virtual peek into the future: http://www.cnn.com/future
@ All about 2000: From parties to predictions: http://www.cnn.com/2000
@ 21st Century Scenarios: www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/at2000/index.html#poll
@ OverUnity Devices - Clean Power: http://www2.murray.net.au/users/egel/

: Is the Brave New World crawling into your head/guts/senses/soul/home/bank?
Can/should/must technologies be controlled? How d'ya define technology, you,
soul, control? Do machines broadcast/narrowcast/whisper into your mind yet?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# ECHELON - Why We Spy on Our Allies - James Woolsey: "Most European
  technology just isn't worth our stealing... Get serious, Europeans.
  Stop blaming us and reform your own statist economic policies. Then
  your companies can become more efficient and innovative, and they
  won't need to resort to bribery to compete. And then we won't need to
  spy on you." http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB95326824311657269.htm.

# Can Hackers Kill Credit Cards? http://www.msnbc.com/news/382141.asp
NetTaxWar http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_678000/678720.stm
# FBI Web Site Hacked: http://www.theregister.co.uk/000316-000007.html

: Have you waged economic/cyber/virtual war lately? Would you rather change/
fix/attack yourself or others? Do you and/or your opponents/partners/victims
need fixes/changes/destruction? Who fixes the fixers? Are you fixable? How?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# MUSLIM PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA WINDS DOWN. Symbolic stoning of the devil cont-
  inued as zillions of Muslim pilgrims from around the globe prepared for
  the closing day of the Hajj. http://CNN.com/2000/WORLD/meast/03/17/hajj/

# Chechen rebels allege betrayals by Islamic fundamentalist Wahhabis. ALKHA-
  ZUROVO, Russia (AP) Instead of aiding the retreating units, the Wahhabi
  fighters fled, leaving the retreating rebels as prey for Russian jets and
  artillery. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565010054-353

# Excommunicate Da Judge! LA PAZ,Bolivia (AP) A judge who ordered doctors to
  give a 12-year-old girl an abortion after she was raped and impregnated by
  her stepdad should be excommunicated, local Roman Catholic Church leaders
  said. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565010923-d8d

: Does your belief system promote unity among members? D'ya narrowly define
acceptable personhood/behaviour/thought? Is violence acceptable/necessary to
your creed's operation? Have you stoned/bombed/raped/purged members lately?

@ "Is the BIBLE CODE a Holographic Road Map?" Why do we get the same results
  with Moby Dick and the NYC phone book? http://www.caus.org/cz031700.htm
@ Numerology - Determine you personality, strengths, talents, and ways of
  dealing with others - or just gamble: http://www.caus.org/numerology.html
@ Hare Krishnas Hit The Web, Smile, Sell Flowers: http://www.krsna.com/
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# LITERARY E-VASION: Authors & readers in censored nations are finding ways
  around the Internet filters installed by their govts. They now can obtain
  information on topics that would never be available in their local book-
  stores, including religion, govt and sexual topics considered taboo. And
  they can distribute their information to the masses through electronic
  publishing." http://intellectualcapital.com/issues/issue355/item8801.asp

# Govt fights inhalant abuse: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9545669
# Kid-Proof Net: http://dallasnews.com/technology/49350_childproof_16p.html
# Gnutella Nips AOL: www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles2000/000316-7.shtml
# Faux Napster Bogus: www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2468802,00.html

: Have you evaded any organizational filters lately? Are filters a joke? Do
you prefer to abuse yourself, others, organizations, aliens, robots, me? Do
you distribute information about your abuses/proclivities/activities/ideas?

@ The least <www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Stonewall/7789/> politically-
  correct fetish EVER. And slide into http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Sex/
# 66 in trial over child-sex videos - 5 suspects already committed suicide:
  http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000313/wl/france_paedophiles_1.html
# Romania: Pedophilia on the rise - homeless kids are easy prey:
  http://www.centraleurope.com/romaniatoday/news.php3?id=143377
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# What's New At NASA: Yukon meteorite update - IMAGE launch March 25 - HST
  studies stellar dance - interstellar bow shock seen! - coronal holes chill
  Earth? - 2nd GLAST instrument chosen - amateurs image gamma ray burst -
  Mars landslides, dust devils - one month of NEAR results - NEAR renamed -
  2 study reports released: http://spacescience.nasa.gov/whatsnew.html

# Congress grills NASA over Russia - Sacrificing mission safety to keep
  Moscow involved? http://space.com/space/business/iss_hearing_000316.html
# Nasa pulls back from Mars - BBC: http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9546666
# Nasa: Lost in space? - BBC: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9546667
# Mars 'wake up call' for Nasa - BBC: www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9546668
# Mars: Mission impossible? BBC http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9546669

: Has NASA lost its touch? Is it due to insufficient funding? How much d'ya
want to spend to conquer the known universe? Are Reptoid-backed legislators/
administrators/technicians sabotaging NASA so humans will be stuck on Earth?

# Cosmonauts touch down in Wales: http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9546670
# Actor’s Mir Scene Cut - ABC: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9542674
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# Study Points To US As Generator Of Greenhouse Gases - The massive amounts
  of atmospheric CO2 generated by fossil fuel use in the US are not totally
  "offset" by the storage of carbon in growing forests & other vegetation of
  North America, http://sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/03/000317051135.htm
# Land Use And CO2 Storage: http://unisci.com/stories/20001/0317001.htm

# Mainstream Scientists Confirm Climate Change Due To Sun - so THERE!
  http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/March2000/0316mainstream.htm
# Holes In Sun's Corona Linked To Climate Change - gosh, Sun causes weather!
  http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/March2000/0316holes.htm
# Volcano blast in Yemen - 1st-of-its-kind eruption in living memory:
  http://news.excite.com/news/r/000316/16/international-yemen-volcano

: Have you manipulated any climates lately? D'ya prefer to use volcanic gas/
particle emissions; solar changes; fossil-fuel burning; comets/asteroids; a
wing and a prayer? Does Gaia maintain homeostasis despite your efforts? How?

# Winters really are getting wetter http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9544658
# Europe's climate forecast is hot http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9544660
# Climate change warning: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9544659
@ Earth-Changes Survival: Master Key: http://kenwelch.com/survive.htm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

  "I will not fake seizures." --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 Thought, Experience, Behavior, Knowledge, Foreboding...

 

 

SkeptiNews 000317a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question

* Yesterday's bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/16_03_2000.html
* 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 interplanetary probes were sexually abused to produce this bulletin.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

@ Desert Triangle: http://www.sightings.com/splashscreens/trides.html
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# TRIANGLE SIGHTING - Blackfoot, Idaho. I was spending a moonless night
  'urban camping' in the back yard of my only friend in this town, and we
  had our sleeping bags out in the back yard, under the stars. As we fin-
  ally settled down to try to sleep, my friend became excited and exclai-
  med that I should look quickly, that there was a UFO in the sky. I was
  skeptical and refused to be fooled. http://transsexual.org/OBJECT.html

# (Arizona sighting of aircraft that may or may not have been UFOs, ten
  days before) The Ides Of March: http://www.caus.org/mu031700.htm
@ The Pine Bush Landings: http://members.xoom.com/cornetbr1/landing.htm

: Have many UFOs crashed/landed/appeared in your neighborhood lately? Do the
pesky nuisances interfere with air/ground/sea traffic, sleep/work/sex, radio
/TV reception? Do you wish they'd go away? Have you shot down any lately??

# Arkansas Mystery Crash/Fire: http://sightings.com/politics6/mystfire.htm
# Arkansas Mystery - A Bolide? http://www.sightings.com/politics6/bol.htm
# Latest Pix From Crash/Fire: http://freetime.netfirms.com/fireball2.html
# Mysterious Fire Near Little Rock: http://www.sightings.com/ufo6/myst.htm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# The Red Planet Goes Hollywood. THROWING hundreds of millions of dollars at
  the planet Mars without any certainty of a return on the investment is
  something the US space agency NASA has been doing for decades. Now Holly-
  wood is getting in on the act as well. http://www.caus.org/pn031700.htm
# The Disney/NASA Connection: http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/sf/disney.html

@ The Mars Egypt Connection (and NASA says there is no life on Mars) - Face
  On Mars & Face of Sphinx - with Measurements - Pyramids on Mars & Pyramids
  in Egypt - coincidence? http://www.earthchangestv.com/facemars/overlay.htm
@ Ancient Egypt Gives Up Secrets That May Change The World - but only if
  we obey The Masters: http://www.sightings.com/politics6/ancient.htm

: Did you learn everything y'need to know in life on Mars; in old Egypt; in
a sandbox elsewhere; in a Bible; at Disneyland? Would you rather throw money
at Mars, Egypt, Hollywood, me? Have you built any pyramids/sphinxes lately?

# Life On Mars? Ask Volcanoes: http://unisci.com/stories/20001/0317003.htm
# One Of 'Rods' Flying On Mars? http://www.netside.net/~tbeech/d1.html
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# Meteorite Fragments In Northwest Called 'Cosmic Bonanza' For Scientists.
  VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A meteorite that dazzled viewers when it exploded
  in the atmosphere over the wilderness of the Canada-Alaska border may
  soon provide scientists with a glimpse into life before the Earth was
  created. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000316/sc/space_canada_1.html

# Huge Asteroid Collision With Earth Could Kill Off Humans. CORVALLIS, Or.
  (AFP) If a giant asteroid slammed into the Earth, the devastation could be
  so great that humans would die in an extinction similar the one that wiped
  out the dinosaurs: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/mar2000/2000L-03-15-07.html

: Are meteorites/asteroids/stars our friends? Do cosmic forces focus on you/
me/Earth/Sol? Do deities toss planetary fragments at Earth for a giggle? Do
humans deserve to be wiped out by cosmic forces/debris? Will you be missed?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# NASA Probes Impact Of Magnetic Storms. NASA will soon launch the first
  spacecraft dedicated to imaging the Earth's magnetosphere -- an invisible
  magnetic field surrounding the planet that is strongly influenced by the
  solar wind. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/03/000317051617.htm

# Big Bangs For Northern Lights Fans - Earth to be thoroughly irradiated:
  http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/March2000/0316bigbangs.htm
# Aurarae: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DyeHard/dye81.html
@ Sky Paintings: http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/
@ Aurora: http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/photo.html

: What's your favorite solar storm? Should we build a shield around Earth to
protect us from cosmic storms? Do solar magnetics make your dental fillings
hurt? Does the sun send you coded messages in its magnetic pulses? Say what?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# WHITES GET OUT - ALA. The Aztlan Liberation Army (ALA), known in the US as
  La Raza, is a Communist Army funded by the Communist Chinese & Cuba. They
  are trained in Mexico by Cubans and Chinese, with a few expatriot Russians
  & Sandenistas thrown in for flavor. Their purpose is to wage war on the US
  to take back the lands that the US stole from Mexico in 1848. The ALA has
  millions of sympathetic supporters and/or soldiers in the United States,
  willing, ready and waiting to assist the Aztlan Liberation Army (ALA) in
  killing the white pigs & reclaiming what is rightfully theirs: CALIFORNIA,
  NEVADA, ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO. http://www.sightings.com/politics6/az.htm

: Have you stolen/subverted/bankrupted any nations lately? Was it fun? Was/
is retribution justified/expected/inevitable? Will enraged masses swarm over
the entrenched powers, wiping them from the map? Is retribution affordable?

# Negative Currency Creates Problems. Toronto, ON - The Canadian dollar
  reached another record low today, closing at -15.43¢ US. The negative-
  valued dollar is causing a number of logistical problems for Canadian
  businesses. http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/defenestrate/dollar.html
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

# Virtual Elements Have Chemistry. The Periodic Table is a panoramic land-
  scape. Hydrogen & helium: sharp peaks rise from a quiet metal sea. A mag-
  nesium valley extends to a sodium gorge. New 3-D models help us understand
  the eye-glazing data of atomic properties, by transforming data into a
  visual wonderland. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,34903,00.html

# We Live In The Past - If you think you’re living in the past, you’re
  right — and science can tell you just how far behind the times you are.
  It’s at least 80 milliseconds, just slightly longer than the blink of
  an eye: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/03/000317051503.htm

: Do you see the world around you as it is; as it was; as it will/can/should
be? Do you see the dynamics of atomic/molecular interractions? D'ya see the
flow of energies between nodes? Can'ya see what I'm pointing at you? Really?

# Retinal Stem Cells In Adult Eye: Regeneration Possible? How many new eye-
  balls would you like to have? http://unisci.com/stories/20001/0317005.htm
# New treatment may reverse memory loss due to schizophrenia, Parkinson's,
  other disorders: http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/aaas-ntm031600.html
# Bitter taste receptors identified: http://www.hhmi.org/news/zuker.htm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

  "I posted a rant about homeopathy to alt.support.sleep-disorders
   in response to a quack ad for some snakeoil that's supposed to
   cure snoring. Someone emailed me and said the way people should
   pay for homeopathic crap is by soaking a dollar bill in water
   overnight and giving them the water." --Mike Cummings

* Rev.R.Carter, ULC * http://skepticon.pitas.com * FAX: 603-415-3736
* SkeptiNews bulletins now *ONLINE* at: http://skeptinews.pitas.com/
* Fringes of Thought, Experience, Behavior, Knowledge, Foreboding...