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Tuesday, April 18, 2000 11:34 a.m. P.D.T. SkeptiNews 000418b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To
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* Yesterday's bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/17_04_2000.html * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * Site of latest notices, excuses, news/views: http://skeptilog.pitas.com * No crocodilians were worshipped during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ BadAttitude.Com: http://www.blowthedotoutyourass.com/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # EARTH IS ON THE BRINK OF A DEVASTATING FLOOD! PARIS -- The world is on the verge of a great flood that will be almost as devastating as the one that covered the Earth in the days of Noah! That's the terrifying conclusion of French, US and UK researchers -- the deluge could kill 200 million people within the next 50 years. http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1841.html # Record Rains Snarl Southern California...04/18/00 http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/April2000/0418record.htm # 3 Die During Cloud-Seeding Mission...04/18/00 http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/April2000/0418cloudseeding.htm # Californians May Soon Drink Recycled Toilet Water...04/18/00 http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/April2000/0418californians.htm # Mexico Declares Drought Emergency...04/18/00 http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/April2000/0418mexico.htm : Have you worked/prayed/hoped for any climate catastrophes lately? Are you prepared for the upcoming devastation? D'ya prefer droughts, floods, hurri- canes, tornadoes, ice-ages, global warming, me? Does weather stimulate you? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Universal Festival Calendar for May, 2000. The Grand Planetary Alignment of May 2-5 is the most momentous astral event since the Grand Cross form- ations of August, 1999. It is also the moment of cosmic birth at the end of the gestation period that began last summer. The moment of fruition is at hand. Rejoice!! http://www.spiritweb.org/News/2000/14/955291358.html # Planetary Alignment - World Healing Day. The night of May 4, 2000, will be the eve of one of the most exciting, powerful and transformative celestial events of our millennium. http://www.thewildrose.net/planetary_lineup.html # Enlightenment, Working in Trust - channeled message from Ascended Master Tai Ling: http://www.spiritweb.org/Spirit/mirrors-eternity3-belsey.html # COPS ACCUSE TWO OF ILLEGAL HEAD SURGERY- drilling holes without a license: http://apbnews.com/newscenter/breakingnews/2000/04/14/holehead0414_01.html @ INTERNATIONAL TREPANATION ADVOCACY GROUP: http://www.trepan.com/ [accused] : Have you had your head drilled lately? Should you? If you don't have help, will you do it yourself? Will you achieve harmony with the cosmos? Will all the galactic vibes flow freely in and out of your cerebellum? Not too messy? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Crocodile Temple Uncovered. (Discovery) New light has been shed on the ancient Egyptian town of Crocodilopolis, where the crocodile god Sobek was worshipped. http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9698442 # Ancient Dirty Pottery Key To Iroquoian Origin. The last thing most people want is food-encrusted pots, but burnt-on, crusty old food may be a key to the origins of the Iroquois. http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9697644 # Museum to unveil hidden treasures. (BBC) The Natural History Museum in London is to show millions of rare and gruesome-looking specimens for the first time. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_717000/717674.stm : What's your favorite specimen? D'ya worship crocodiles, pottery, museums, aliens, robots, me? Does crocodile worship show mankind's long-term subju- gation by the Reptilioids? When will we ever break free of their domination? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Tribal whale hunt begins in Washington - but fail to kill whale in rituals: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565793109-f16 # Church anger at 'callous' web sale: www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9698976 # Never on Monday? Sports vs. church - Monday night sports interfere with Mormon ritual: http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,160008443,00.html # NO FOREIGNERS TO BE CRUCIFIED. Cutud, San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines. Foreigners are no longer welcome as participants in the Good Friday cruci- fixion reenactment this year in this lahar ravaged southwestern Pampanga village. But they are still most welcome as guests and onlookers. http://www.manilatimes.net/2000/apr/16/provincial/20000416pro2.html : What's your favorite religious ritual? Have you hunted/sold/crucified any- one lately? Do voices in your head guide your religious activities? Loudly? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Tetris takes over tower block http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9697749 video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/715000/video/_718009_tetris_vi.ram @ Delft Tetris: http://etv.et.tudelft.nl/commissies/lustrum/english.html @ Tech House Tetris: http://bastilleweb.techhouse.org/ @ Tetris corporate homepage: http://www.tetris.com/ # Military fears over PlayStation2 - wargames of mass destruction: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_716000/716237.stm http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/20000418/A9984-2000Apr17.html # Nintendo to hand out gaming gloves - next: total body envelopment: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_671000/671601.stm # Pamela takes on Lara - Pam Anderson reconstructed as cyberbabe: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_667000/667484.stm : What are your favorite videogames, wargames, cyberbabes, simulations? Are you a simulation/cyberbabe/robot? How can we tell? Have you ever been chal- lenged to prove your humanity? Can you pass the Turing Test? Have you tried? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # PHEROMONES MIGHT ACCELERATE GIRLS' PUBERTY. Pheromones -- odors that men and women send out -- may be powerful sexual attractants. Here is a study that seems to point out another effect -- girls living with an unrelated adult male might mature earlier than girls living with their biological father. http://healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=31902 # Bowie's Wife Iman Conceived in Most Peculiar Way. LONDON (Reuters) Like the lyrics of his smash hit Space Oddity, veteran rock star David Bowie & his wife Iman have turned to most peculiar ways this time to conceive their unborn child. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000418/11/odd-bowie # An Elephant Birth on the Internet. ZURICH (Reuters) Zurich's zoo will broadcast an elephant birth live on the Net when Ceyla-Himali calves next month: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000418/11/odd-elephant : Do you conceive/reproduce in manners usual for humans/aliens/elephants/me? Have you chemically/surgically/electronically/spiritually/socially altered your reproductive processes lately? Do you reproduce in public? On the Net? # MEN'S & WOMEN'S SEX CLOCKS DON'T KEEP THE SAME TIME! http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1843.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "A man can either spend his entire life trying to live up to the expectations of a demanding father or maybe the old man has himself a little accident, ya know?" -- http://www.SleazyTabloid.com * 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...
Tuesday, April 18, 2000 09:55 a.m. P.D.T. SkeptiNews 000418a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To
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* Yesterday's bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/17_04_2000.html * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * Site of latest notices, excuses, news/views: http://skeptilog.pitas.com * No conspirators were trephinated during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Geek Erotica: http://www.geekculture.com/culture/erotica/eroticamain.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Top-Secret Access - UFO Buffs Flock to Satellite Images of Area 51 on Internet. RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Buildings. Roadways. Buses. A swimming pool. No little green men. The first detailed satellite images of Area 51, the top-secret Air Force test site in Nevada, apparently reveal nothing out of the ordinary. Then again, UFO buffs might just think it’s another trick. http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/area51000418.html @ What Is A UFO? - A Beginners Guide To UFO Spotting - details of conducting a scientific investigation of UFO- related phenomena - everything except the scientific method: http://www.sightings.com/general/whatis.htm : Have you manipulated any images of Area51/UFOs/ETs/robots/me lately? D'ya know what the scientific method is?Are conspiracy theories, paranormalities, UFOs, religious beliefs, susceptible to investigation by that method? How? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Latest UFO Sightings: Triangles, Boomerangs, Cigars, Discs Seen By Dozens: NEW JERSEY - PUERTO RICO - PENNSYLVANIA - INDIANA - WEST VIRGINIA - MISS- OURI - NORTHEAST US - ARKANSAS - TEXAS - MONTANA - CALIFORNIA - NEW ZEAL- AND - LIFE BEYOND EARTH - WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB - ROSWELL EVIDENCE - HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH UFOs: http://www.sightings.com/general/filers41800.htm # China Boldly Moving Forward Into The Paranormal World" http://augustachronicle.com/stories/041800/tec_UX5102-7.shtml # KIDNAPPED BY UFOs? Exploring the Alien Abduction Phenomenon. This feature contains disturbing material. (Nova) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/aliens/ : Are you disturbed by UFOs? Do you control UFOs? D'ya like to disturb folk? D'ya show yourself here and there, teasingly, tauntingly, arrogantly, just to whip up human emotions, so we'll foam and froth and act entertaining? Eh? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # SPACEVIEWS 2000.16 - Shuttle Repairs Done - Congress Flays NASA re: Mars - Satellite Problem Delays Ariane 5 Launch - Thruster Problem Could Shake Up Launch Schedules - NASA Report on X-33 Problems & Future Plans Due Soon - Russian President Pledges Support for Mir and ISS - Astronomers Push the Limits of Observable Universe - Could Life Exist Near Europa's Surface? The Future of Mars Exploration: http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/0417/ # WHAT'S NEW AT NASA: Cassini survives asteroids - paint-stripping robots - NEAR in 100 km orbit - space drill with Earth uses - Hubble turns ten! - MGS does Mars' South Pole - protoplanet suspect cleared? Ulysses hits comet tail - MGS Cydonia images compiled - Cluster II shipment delayed - astrobiology conference : http://spacescience.nasa.gov/whatsnew.html # Better Space Weather Forecasting: http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9697636 : What's your favorite space news? Should off-Earth news have its own 24-hr TV channel? D'ya prefer Earth news, Space news, Real news, Imaginary news? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Tetris takes over tower block. (BBC) The world's largest game of Tetris is currently dropping its frustrating electronic blocks down 12 storeys of a university building in the US. Source: hallucination from excessive video gaming. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_718000/718009.stm # BATTLE FOR SPECTRUM - Are you on my wavelength? (BBC) The trend for wireless everything is causing chronic congestion on the airwaves. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_716000/716445.stm # Computer chips by the yard - junior scientist improves organic semiconductors - prospect for acres of organic solar cells: http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/dfg-ccb041800.html : How much electronics is enough? Is your body/mind/soul been overgrown with electronic devices yet? When will you be fully implanted with organic chips? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Biblical Museum Full of Dinosaurs - Creationism Lives. FLORENCE,Ky.(AP) A fundamentalist ministry is raising money for a museum based on the premise that dinosaurs roamed the earth within the past few thousand years, that all people are descended from Adam and Eve and that the Bible is a literal account of creation. http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9691898 # Stones From Darwin Estate Displayed. LONDON (ap) - Stones from the country estate where scientist Charles Darwin developed his theories on evolution were placed Tuesday on the roof of a new building at the Natural History Museum that will bear his name. http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9698026 : Do you feel sorry for people who haven't evolved? Did you evolve or were you made like that? Why do you so imperfectly designed/constructed? Were you made in the image of your deities? Do your deities fart, belch, itch, drool? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Islamic Organization Calls for Death Penalty for Putin - punishment for Chechnya war atrocities: http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=152240 # Saudi Arabia government shuts down women's Internet cafe, no explanation: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_716000/716424.stm # Osama Bin Laden, reportedly near death, is under siege with arrests in Pakistan: http://www.worldtribune.com/Archive-2000/me-binladen-04-17.html # World's most hunted terrorist calls for Muslim youth to fight US. ISLAMA- BAD (AP) On fences and car windows throughout northwestern Pakistan, small posters are popping up carrying a message to Muslim youth from suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden: Join a holy war to the death against the U.S. http://sun-sentinel.com/news/daily/detail/0,1136,30000000000116680,00.html : What's your favorite holy war? Would you rather wage jihad against Russia, U.S., Xian/Jews/Muslims/Hindus/Atheists in general, women, men, MicroSoft? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # The Skulls, the Bell, and Skull & Bones. The Order of Skull & Bones, and the Establishment of which it is a part, offers an inviting target for Hollywood, but the makers of The Skulls miss the mark. The Brotherhood of the Bell, on the other hand, credibly illustrates both how actual conspir- acies operate and the moral responsibility to combat such entrenched evil. http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/2000/05-08-2000/vo16no10_skulls.htm * See the April 17 entry on http://skeptilog.pitas.com/ for the link to Cafe Underground - create your own conspiracy theory, menu-driven, easy, fast. # PAT BUCHANAN SAYS BUSH LEADS GOP INTO CULTURAL SURRENDER - "Those wusses have gone soft" http://cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/04/17/buchanan.ap/ @ Pacifica Update: http://www.thenation.com/issue/000501/0501dinges.shtml : What are your favorite conspiracy theories; secret societies; conspiracy cover-ups by secret societies? Are such entities necessarily evil, whether entrenched or not? Are all humans evil, immoral, compromised, unworthy?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "We are all un-indicted co-conspirators." --anon * 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... |
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