> GENETIC ENHANCEMENTS MAY BE ON HORIZON FOR ATHLETES -- Doping scandals
  have become an almost routine part of modern sporting competitions,
  including the Olympics. But many sports scientists warn that performance-
  enhancing drugs may be a thing of the past when it comes to illicit ways
  to win. Scientists on the forefront of genetic manipulation predict that
  in as little as 5 to 15 years, athletes may be using genetic engineering
  to get the edge over their opponents. And who is your favorite cyborg?
  http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/02/20/engineered.athletes/

> 'Designer' baby decision due. A couple whose child who has a potentially
fatal genetic disorder wantto use IVF to create a sibling whose cells could
cure him http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1833000/1833990.stm
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> R-RATED FILMS LINKED TO TEEN SMOKING, DRINKING -- Children exposed to R-
  rated films are 3 times more likely to smoke or drink alcohol than those
  who aren't: http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/02/21/Consumers/movieskids_020221

> RESEARCHERS: LINK BETWEEN SMOKING, CRIB DEATHS - Researchers have found
  evidence of a link between second-hand smoke and a higher risk of sudden
  infant death syndrome. http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/02/21/sids_smoke020221

> Fish reduces premature birth risk.(BBC) Eating fish in pregnancy reduces
  the risk of having a premature birth,scientists have found. Eat more hot
  tuna: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1831000/1831519.stm
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> AID GROUPS SAY 4 MILLION AT RISK IN AFGHANISTAN -- Relief groups working
  in Afghanistan say as many as 4 million people are in desperate need of
  food in the southern part of the country alone. Maybe farmers shouldn't
  have grown opium poppies. http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/02/21/afghan020221

* The message on the T-shirt that got her in trouble read: "When I saw the
  dead and dying Afghani children on TV, I felt a newly recovered sense of
  national security. God Bless America." http://redbrick.dcu.ie/~slack/

> 'Waste' of 11 September blood donations. (BBC) -- A US medical journal
  studies the 11 September terror attacks and concludes that appeals for
  donations after major disasters are misguided. But I'll take whatever.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1833000/1833276.stm
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* Beware! The groundwork is quickly being laid for use of the "War on
  Terrorism" against domestic political radicals, anarchists, and environ-
  mentalists. Can't run or hide: http://www.ainfos.ca/en/ainfos08535.html

* A US tradition: the local police log, a quirky, ugly, sad, hilarious
  account of what really goes on in a community. www.arcataeye.com/police/
  As they were logged in Amherst, Mass: http://www.poems.com/checkeri.htm

* Marx is still a thinker of stunning insight, a prophet whose larger vision
is continually being proved correct. The geriatric left has trouble ditching
its illusions... http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/20/feb02/holland.htm
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  "He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island
   are the laws of nature."  --GB Shaw

GO! http://www.royaljournal.com/features/enron_starwars_figures/index.html
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* Pope has Performed 3 Exorcisms of the Devil - George W. Bush scheduled
  next. http://in.news.yahoo.com/020218/64/1gqy2.html [thanks, Deb!]
* China To Execute Xians: http://www.rense.com/general20/chinaprepAL.htm
* How I Realized God (and vice-versa) http://www.godrealized.com/

* Creationists, like the Taliban, are washed up. Their only hope is to flee
  to the hills, get shaved, and come back as spry philosophers in pinstripe
  suits. If they can evolve that far, yup. http://slate.msn.com/?id=2062009
* More UFO sightings over Tartagal http://www.rense.com/general20/tarta.htm

* UFO ROUNDUP: UFOs OR EARTHQUAKE LIGHTS? DEBATE RAGES IN TURKEY -- RED UFO
  PLUNGES INTO LAKE ERIE NEAR CLEVELAND -- CHUPACABRA RAIDS A FAMILY HOME
  IN CENTRAL CHILE -- MYSTERIOUS LIGHT FLASH ILLUMINATES THE SKY OVER ARICA,
  CHILE -- WOMAN VIDEOTAPES A UFO NEAR SALTA, ARGENTINA -- TRAPEZOIDAL UFO
  SIGHTED IN MAGSTADT, GERMANY -- FILM IN A DIGITAL CAMERA!? -- 1863: THE
  PRESIDENT'S PSYCHIC -- http://ufoinfo.com/roundup/
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* Cyberbabes and Orgasmatrons heat up the future - brave new world in the
  next 10 years: http://asia.news.yahoo.com/020217/reuters/asia-89781.html
* Point-'n'-Shoot Sound Makes Waves: Those voices in your head may be real.
  Obey them. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,50483,00.html
* The Blur Building - an inhabitable cloud whirling above a lake.
  http://www.arcspace.com/architects/DillerScofidio/blur_building/

* Nibiru Is Coming! Run! Run! http://www.enterprisemission.com/zeta.htm
* Evolve, or die: http://www.lightworker.com/beacons/021502Children.shtml
* WhitePower gamez: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50523,00.html
* Maintain those cultural stereotypes: http://www.zompist.com/phrases.html

* Teleporting Larger Objects Becomes Reality -- Beam Me Up, Scottish:
  http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2002/feb/m21-012.shtml
* Area 51 - Who cares any more? http://www.aliensonearth.com/area51/
* BioTerror Boondoggle: http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,45056,00.html
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* Cargo cults. Melanesia still harbors some of the most bizarre, and yet
  oddly familiar, rites of spirit and magic on the face of the globe,
  like the SuperBowl. http://www.themightyorgan.com/travel_cargo.html

* THE WALK-IN. My mother is Pleiadian and my father is from Sirius B.
  Part I: http://www.walk-ins.com/stories/kele_1.htm
  Part II: http://www.walk-ins.com/stories/kele_2.htm
  Part III: http://www.walk-ins.com/stories/kele_3.htm
* And More: http://www.walk-ins.com/stories/stories.htm

* The US Is Like The Bull In aliens' Bullring. We humans get the knowledge
  of genetic engineering by which we will be able to attain immortal gene
  in the near future. It's the fruit of the civilization of only several
  thousand years. After we succeed in getting the knowledge of immortal
  gene, we will be able to live for ever. In fact there are countless
  lives who enjoy the immortal longevity in the vast universe. Groovy.
  http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2002/feb/m20-011.shtml
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  "I hate victims who respect their executioners." --JP Sartre

> CELLPHONE SHIELDS ARE USELESS - American authorities say cellphone
  shields that claim to protect consumers against radiation don't work
  and some actually cause the phone to emit more energy than usual.
  http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/02/20/Consumers/cellphoneshields_020220

* Limits on Media Ownership Voided -
  Court Throws Out FCC Ban, Paving Way for Cable-Broadcast TV Mergers:
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35724-2002Feb19.html
* MEDIA MERGER MANIA: http://cnn.com/cnnfn/2002/02/20/investing/q_media/
* Losing Signal: http://www.motherjones.com/magazine/SO01/fcc.html

* The WWII victories of North Africa and Midway depended on cracking enemy
  code. Alas, the humble PC is ending the glory days of code breakers.
  No more fun. http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/02/budiansky.htm
_ _ _ _ _

"In little more than a year we have gone from enjoying peace and the most
 prosperous economy in our history, to a nation plunged into war, recession
 and fear. This is a nation being transformed before our very eyes."  Now
 ask yourself:  Who benefits?  Who loses?  When?  http://www.truthout.com

* Defense Dept. Divided Over Propaganda Plan:
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35664-2002Feb19.html
* "Controlled America" conference: http://controlledamerica.itgo.com/
* Terrorism Reality Show: http://www.rense.com/general20/ABCAL.htm

* THE PENTAGON'S BLACK ARTS. "In wartime, truth is so important that it
  must be accompanied by a bodyguard of lies." --W.Churchill   "Every
  government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1832000/1832200.stm

* No More Mr. Scrupulous Guy
  How one of the two brains behind the Iran-Contra scandal this week became
  one of America's most powerful men. John M. Poindexter, TruthMaster:
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4358017,00.html
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"It is well known that the best way of picking out terrorists is to fly
 30,000ft above the capital city of any state that harbours them and drop
 bombs - preferably cluster bombs." Don't forget the nerve gas.
 http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,651594,00.html

* Private Warriors - The Modern Military-Industrial Complex:
  http://www.cephasministry.com/nwo_private_warriors.html
* The Strange Case of Frank Carlucci:
  http://www.counterpunch.org/schorcarlucci.html
* "Shallow Throat": A Pre-9/11 Bush & Co. Scenario:
  http://www.truthout.com/02.20E.Shallow.Throat.htm

* Coming Soon: Flying Fascism on Your Doorstep. New high-tech surveillance
  equipment revealed at the Redstone Arsenal's Weekly Arms Bazaar promises
  a dismal future for freedom-loving people of the world. As if you thought
  things couldn't get any worse: http://www.almartinraw.com/column48.html
_ _ _ _ _

> Nader Crashes Party: www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/books/02/20/review.nader/
> MicroSux: http://cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/02/20/microsoft.states.reut
> MicroSpyFest: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50567,00.html
> Disney RoboShrub: http://boingboing.net/2002_02_01_archive.html#9923526

* Collaborative derogation -- The SlurDB is an extensive database of racial
  and cultural slurs, and it invites user contributions -- that's you -- as
  a means of increasing its comprehensiveness. Slurs are a part of common
  usage that are typically neglected in lexigraphic efforts, though they
  offer fantastic insights into the cultures that create them. And the
  dorks who utter them. http://www.hatesville.com/slurdb/index.php?

* A U-235 nuclear bomb does not need to be tested to work. Hiroshima was
  leveled by such an untested device. Saddam Hussein knows this. Bother.
  Duck and cover. http://www.techreview.com/articles/muller020702.asp
_ _ _ _ _

> NORTH POLE COULD MIGRATE TO RUSSIA - Scientists studying the earth's
  magnetic field say the North Pole could be in Russia within 50 years.
  Then Earth will pop. http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/02/20/pole_drift020220

Who/what else would be interested in migrating to Russia? Why?

> DOLLY'S 'DAD' NOT INTERESTED IN CLONING PEOPLE -  The scientist who cloned
  Dolly the sheep says he's not interested in making a human copy because
  such a person wouldn't feel free to live however he or she wished.
  http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/02/20/sheep.cloner.ap/index.html

How many non-cloned humans can live however they wish? Anybody?

* Survival via kidnap: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?11185698
* DOPE WIZARD: http://www.drugs.com/page.cfm?s=430,444,100000350&pid=1
* Hens Eat GM Pigs: http://www.rense.com/general20/canadianpigsAL.htm
* Newsletter Worm Bites: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?11185823

BLOODTHIRSTY SHEEP http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002080998,00.html
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* The Dark Star is the missing piece of the solar system puzzle.  Its
  existence can be derived from enigmatic references within ancient myths
  and esoteric traditions.  Its presence in the outer solar system allows
  us to explain many scientific mysteries. http://www.darkstar1.co.uk/

* Something Is Perturbing Comet Orbits in the Oort Cloud Surrounding Our
  Solar System. We're DOOMED! Oy. http://www.earthfiles.com/earth317.htm
* Who will determine your need to know about Planet X (Nibiru) and why?
  http://www.yowusa.com/Archive/February2002/xkbo4/xkbo4.htm  [via willw]
* Search: http://www.google.com/search?num=100&safe=off&q=nibiru+wormwood

Has your planet been threatened/destroyed/ignored by any careless wandering
planets/moons/suns/deities/blackholes/wormholes/assholes lately? D'ya care?
_ _ _ _ _

* Vampire attacks increase in Colombian capital. (Ananova) Police say up to
  50 groups of human vampires are operating in the Colombian capital Bogota.
  Garlic, crucifix useless http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_523290.html

* SEX FOR PEACEMAKING- You Can’t Very Well Fight a War While You’re Having
  an Orgasm: http://www.konformist.com/kongirl/2001/August/08-2001.htm
* DELIVERANCE AND DOMINATION - The History of the Charismatic Movement:
  http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/char/more/hist.htm

* Energy From The Vacuum: http://www.cheniere.org/techpapers/bearden5.pdf
* Unanswered Questions: www.angelfire.com/retro/malcontentx/questions.html
* BE CREATIVE! The Alphabet Synthesis Machine: http://alphabet.tmema.org/

D'ya worry more about vampires, police, orgasms, deliverance, domination,
energy, uncertainty, alphabets, me? Are charismatics vampiric? How often?
_ _ _ _ _

* "HYPNOSIS COMES OF AGE" - This psychologist reminisces about his long
  career as a hypnotist: how he "programmed" businessmen and students and
  US spies with hypnosis: http://www.mindspring.com/~txporter/scidig.htm
* Synthetic Telepathy And The Early Mind Wars - Embryonic Holography and
  mindcontrol etc: http://geocities.com/nwbotanicals1/oak/synthtele.html

* Part I: Motives for Mind Control
  http://www.datafilter.com/mc/mindControlMotives.html
* Part II: Resisting the Mind Control State
  http://www.datafilter.com/mc/protestResist.html
* Part III: Mental Firewalls
  http://www.datafilter.com/mc/mentalFirewalls.html
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  "Monarchy is like a splendid ship, with all sails set; it moves
   majestically on, then it hits a rock and sinks forever.  Democracy
   is like a raft.  It never sinks, but, damn it, your feet are always
   in the water." --Fisher Ames

Graphing Human Lifelines: http://www.robotwisdom.com/science/lifelines.html
_ _ _ _ _

* THE MISSYPLICITY PROJECT aims to clone a dog for the first time in
  history - a specific dog named Missy. Missy is a beloved pet, getting
  on in years, whose wealthy owners wish to reproduce her - or at least
  create a genetic duplicate (which we all know is not the same thing).
  http://www.missyplicity.com and see http://www.savingsandclone.com/

* Humans for dummies: http://www.idlefish.com/article1046.html
* Russify your computer: http://www.mit.edu/activities/dom/russify/
* Seduction 4 dummies: www.nerve.com/Dispatches/Bowe/seductionforDummies/
$ Cheap WiFi: http://www.dealsontheweb.com/deal-detail.shtml?dealid=481

Would you rather clone dogs, cats, people, aliens, angels, robots, squids,
computers, Reptilioids, Republicans, orangutans, tofuburgers, Xians, me?
_ _ _ _ _

* Jehovah used to have 69 siblings - are they now all Holy Ghosts?
  http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/MSmith_BiblicalMonotheism.htm
* Historical Jesus FAQ: http://www.robotwisdom.com/science/jesus.html
  and also see http://www.sonic.net/~ric/go/church/Xianhist.htm
  and especially http://www.holysmoke.org/hs00/xianity.htm

* FREETHINKERS! Freedom From Religion Foundation: http://www.ffrf.org/
* Stupid Xian Rants: http://www.satan2000.com/stupid-xian-rants-main.htm
* Bring me the head of Jesus de Christo. Here's the most popular, and
  prettiest, portrait of JC ever. http://memepool.com/Subject/Religion/

How many deities/demons/angels/aliens is precisely enough? Have you counted
them to see if there are too many, too few, an adequate supply? Accurately?
_ _ _ _ _

from http://www.aldaily.com/

* Science wars are not simply a battle between the left and the right.
  They are also about who gets to define reality, truth, and rationality.
* Adopting religious maxims, rather than individual trial and error, may
  have had survival value in the Pleistocene. So we're hardwired for God.
* Using science in order to see how religion can benefit our lives may
  seem a good strategy to find allies for God. But it can backfire...
* Sociobiology is winning: logic, evidence, and the weight of empirical
  success is turning the tide in favor of the genetic revolution.  Wow.
* We demand that science give us a risk-free world. Rotsa ruck, kiddos.

Would you rather be hardwired for god, sex, tofu, truth, risk, logic, rum,
war, chess, fantasy, me? Have you evolved enough to tolerate bad realities?
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  "Sally said I was a sacrilegious atheist. I probably am. The thing
   Jesus *really* would've liked would be the guy that plays the
   kettle drums in the orchestra." --JD Salinger

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