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# Metal Dogbone Asteroid: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/pictures/kleopatra/
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# GORE 'SURE AS HELL' HE DIDN'T KNOW OF TEMPLE FUND-RAISER - Buddhist bucks
  beautiful: http://CNN.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/06/23/gore.finance/
# BUCHANAN COURTS MUSLIM VOTE - Catholicism and Islam share so many vital
  values: http://CNN.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/06/23/buchanan.muslim/
# Hindu man accused of killing missionary to seek public office in India:
  http://www.worthynews.com/news-features/newsroom-india-missionary.html
# Singing candidate: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000623/08/odd-singer-dc

@ So, maybe you've heard of <http://www.bigidea.com/> Veggie Tales, the
  adorable, computer rendered, Christian vegetables. And maybe you've even
  seen some of the <http://www.bigidea.com/products/videos/> videos. But
  have you played the shockwave games? I'll bet that you haven't helped
  super-hero cucumber <http://www.larry-boy.com/> Larry-Boy complete his
  <http://www.larry-boy.com/mission/default.htm> mission, or helped Josh
  <http://www.bigidea.com/kids/games/josh/> and his Israelite vegetable
  army overcome the slushee throwing guardians of Jericho, or played their
  frighteningly cute <http://www.bigidea.com/kids/games/pile_up/> tetris
  knock-off. Now worship me at http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Religion/
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# Recombinant DNA For The Home Hobbyist. How to amplify and isolate DNA
  chains in your kitchen, using the tried-and-true Polymerase Chain Reaction
  technique. Use it for massively parallel computing experiments; to ID
  friends, pets, and favorite houseplants; or to help eliminate epidemics.
  But what'll happen when enterprising teenagers start playing with plasmids
  and recombinant DNA? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/06/18/1316258

# New Theory Proposes Strong Gravity and a Universe at Your Fingertips. How
  much of the universe can you pinch between your thumb and finger? Maybe a
  lot more than you think. Far reaches of the cosmos may lie less than a
  millimeter away. Whole other universes may be within your grasp. Be here
  now: http://enews.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/multi-d-universe.html

# The Amazing Bend-o-Nanotubes. A new discovery in the nature of carbon na-
  notubes may be a key contribution to the realization of nanotechnological
  dreams. Revolution: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/06/20/1343204
# Dowsing thrives into 21st Century. A professional well-driller says he has
  found water by dowsing maybe 200 times over 33 years, with a 90% success
  rate. http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/06/22/water.dowsers.ap/index.html

: Have you done any home gene-splicing lately? D'ya use nanobots to rebuild
y'r genes/brain/cat/phone/planet? Have you doused any universes lately? Are
they gooshy? Do you feel God-like? Are you divine? Has anyone noticed? How?
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# ANCIENT UNDERGROUND TUNNEL MAZE FOUND IN IRELAND. The discovery of an
  ancient maze of underground passages in south Armagh has solved a vast
  centuries-old mystery: http://www.farshore.force9.co.uk/tunnel00.htm
# Suffolk site throws up new treasures. (BBC) An Anglo Saxon cemetery has
  been uncovered at Sutton Hoo. Coroners seek cause of death of Galahad:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_802000/802819.stm

# SUBMERGED EGYPTIAN CITIES. An underwater archaeological survey of the Med-
  iterranean off Egypt's north coast has revealed the remains of two 2,500-
  yr-old cities (Menouthis & Herakleion?), which served as trading hubs in
  the Late Dynastic Period. http://archaeology.org/online/news/negypt.html

# Ancient Contacts in the Americas. Maya had memories of white gods... Roman
  coins found in Venezuela & Maine... Roman pottery in Mexico... an ancient
  Sicilian coin in Alabama... http://www.farshore.force9.co.uk/evidence.htm
# Ancient Egyptians in the New World? 2 statuettes found in Mayan ruins that
  depict the Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris! How did Egyptian artifacts get
  to the New World? http://www.knowledge.co.uk/frontiers/sf098/sf098a01.htm

: Have you uncovered any ancient mysteries lately? D'ya prefer mazes, sunken
cities, anomalous artifacts, blasted heaths/plains/deserts/hills, forbidden
knowledge, me? Do the voices in your head guide your explorations? Why not?
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# How many people does it take to change the world? With six billion people
  and counting, Planet Earth faces crossroads on coming to terms with popu-
  lation growth. Cutbacks: http://www.alienzoo.com/news/n/200006220002.cfm
# THOUSANDS OF DEMONS INFEST EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE - EPA report reveals cosmic
  pollution source: http://www.biblestudents.org/absco/subjects/emat005.htm

# French Assembly OKs Legislation to Control Sects - Scientology targeted:
  http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000622/wl/france_sects_dc_1.html
@ CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTER (UFO/ALIEN): UFO's & The Antichrist - Christianity vs
  UFOology - The Word - Ufo's & The Bible -  Cydonia - Satan & Fallen Angels
  - Space, Aliens, & GOD: http://www.intercom.net/user/davids/ch-en-ufo.html

# Is Ritalin Raising Kids To Be Drug Addicts? Now that 3-4 million U.S.
  schoolchildren are using the controversial stimulant Ritalin, its illicit
  use is providing a powerful kick to college students, too. "The study
  rooms are as good as some of the local pharmacies" at the University
  of Wisconsin. http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2000/june00/00-06-21.html

: If Planetary Transformation is a game,what are the rules? Would you rather
transform mindsets, biospheres, dimensions, cultures? D'ya prefer using sex,
drugs, music, demons, laws, pollution, me? Are you allowed to disintegrate?
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# More Funding for FBI Snooping. (Wired) A House panel gives the FBI all it
  asked for, and more. Also: More money on the way for the Justice Dept's
  antitrust unit.... DOJ told to redouble efforts on fighting child porn....
  and much more. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37183,00.html

# Uncle Sam Is Monitoring Your Online Activities in a Big Way - anything
  you say will be used against you: http://chblue.com/Article.asp?ID=344
# Net privacy? http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2567585929-413

# MICROSOFT, GE ANNOUNCE UNIFIED HOME NETWORKING STANDARD - monopolies to
  share world: http://CNN.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/23/home.network.idg/
# MIT BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO COMPUTERS. Project Oxygen - ambitious human-
  centered project: http://CNN.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/23/mit.oxygen.idg/

# Hackers Just Do It to Nike.com Again - put offline for several hours - 2nd
  time this week: http://news.excite.com/news/tis/000622/14/hackers-just-do
# Pentagon: China is preparing for high-tech war with U.S. - their computers
  against ours: http://www.washtimes.com/national/default-2000623222038.htm

: If cyberwar is a game, what are the rules? Will the future devolve into an
infinite maze of competing cyberwarriors devastating the Infobahn?Is it here
now? Against whom do you wage cyberwar? Who's cyberwarring on you? For what?
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  "I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough." --M.C.Escher

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SkeptiNews 000624a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question

* Yesterday's bulletins: http://web.pitas.com/skeptinews/23_06_2000.html
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@ Snowballs In Summer: http://www.eyestorm.com/events/goldsworthy/
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@ UFOs, Aliens & Antichrist: The Angelic Conspiracy & End Times Deception.
  Satan: Prince of the Power of the Air,Lord of those that Fly, Intelligence
  behind UFO manifestations and alien encounters http://www.mt.net/~watcher/

# THEY'RE BACK! UFO'S: PRELUDE TO INVASION BY NEW AGE DEITY? Earth is ripe
  for Satanic plucking: http://worthynews.com/ufo-invasion-new-age.html
@ ASHTAR - GOD, MAN, OR MACHINE? www.angelfire.com/ut/branton/ashtar.html
@ Aliens: ETs or demons? Watch your ass: http://eth.faithweb.com/alien1.html

# Journal of Alternative Realities 7/1. The Oz Factor - Technology Update -
  Tracking UFOs by Satellite - Alien Base - Preamble to the Ultimate Debate.
  From Atlantis to the Sphinx - Spirit Possession - Alien Dawn - Uri Geller.
  Cult Encounter - My ET Experiences - Robot Warriors - Flying Saucers &
  Sonic Booms - Legacy from the Stars - Western Australian Sightings - Und-
  erground Bases & Tunnels: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~amilani/jour7.html

: Who's y'r favorite demonic alien? Are UFOlogists dupes/devils/devout/dead?
Has your planet been invaded by demons/angels/sprites/faeries lately? Where
do they nest? Have you taken TV cameras into their underground bases? When?
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# What Now For Mars? A manned landing is the ultimate goal. (BBC) The
  possibility of water on Mars will revitalise our efforts to explore
  our neighbouring world, on which life could have started and may still
  exist today. http://www.ufomind.com/ufo/updates/2000/jun/m24-003.shtml

# Mars Water Speculation Began In The 1870s - That's when Italian astronomer
  Giovanni Schiaparelli spotted what he described as "canali" on the red
  planet's surface. The word means channels but was interpreted as canals,
  and that's when speculation about a civilization on Mars first arose.
  http://www.floridatoday.com/news/local/stories/2000/jun/loc062200j.htm

# Martian Water Comes In Bursts: http://sightings.com/general2/bursts.htm
# Water, Water Everywhere.  Where there is life there is water. Is there
  life where there is water?  http://www.sightings.com/general2/wat.htm
# LIFE ON MARS? NASA Myth Rebuffed: http://www.nccg.org/016Art-Mars.html

: If Martian exploration is a game, what are the rules? Are you allowed to
find life? Is Mars life allowed to find you? Are you allowed to obliterate
any life you find? Is it allowed to obliterate you? Who judges the contest?
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# Mind-Control: Canadian/US Survivors Seek Justice. Covert CIA involvement
  is real and is not contested. http://webcom.com/ctka/pr300-mkultra.html
# THE ANNIHILATION FOUNTAIN: THE DEAD MEDIA PROJECT; THE CIA TORTURE MANUAL:
  http://www.disobey.com/low/archives/annihilation_fountain/1997/taf04.txt
@ Montauk: http://www.mysteries-megasite.com/main/bigsearch/montauk.html
@ NameBase - Database of the Conspiracy: http://www.pir.org/nbhome.html

@ CIA & VATICAN, HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTION TECHNOLOGY - Montauk & Mind Control.
  Massive doses of electronic mind control programming, thought intrusion &
  brain/biogenetic manipulations will commence. These projects are no longer
  experimental - fully operational. http://www.mt.net/~watcher/conholo.html

@ PHOENIX UNDEAD - THE MONTAUK PROJECT & CAMP HERO TODAY. The covert govt's
  secret electromagnetic/radio frequency mind control project based at a
  documented subterranean facility beneath the derelict Montauk Air Force
  Station, Long Island: http://www.geocities.com/psychicspy_2000/monew.htm

: If mindcontrol is a game, what are the rules? Where is the game played?Who
moves first? Are side bets allowed? What are permissible forms of cheating?
Is the game suitable to computer simulation? Is there an UNDO key? Why not?
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# UNITED RELIGIONS: THE NEW WORLD RELIGION? Powerful people with a One World
  agenda are trying to meld all the religions into a One World Religion. A
  group in Australia call themselves United Religions. The organization is
  envisioned to serve the same purpose for all religions that the UN serves
  for all nations. http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/config.pl?read=3762

@ The Secret History of America: The Greatest Conspiracy On Earth. This May
  Be The Most Important Document You Ever Read In Your Life! Caution: may be
  triggering for survivors: http://www.freedomdomain.com/Catalog/catalog.htm

@ This Overshadowed Planet. "The name of the game is 'Find Your Adversary'.
  Your adversary's game plan is to convince you that he does not exist."
  Critical thinking, Occult, conspiracies: http://lkwdpl.org/ttm/planet.htm

# Beyond Liberation - Transcending the Pattern of the Curse. "We have exten-
  ded parts of ourselves into our channels to bring forth the next wave in
  the ascension movement and to offer a clear voice of communication that
  stands outside the distortion of the Earth plane." Transmute yourself now,
  or miss the bus: http://www.newage.com.au/library/beyond.liberation.html

: Has your belief system devoured all other belief systems and conquered the
planet yet? Are you working on it? Is your conspiracy transformative? Where
do you put the unresponding and/or dissident and/or troublemaking entities??
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# U.S. Destroying World Security With Its NMD Plans - missile defense
  or Armageddon? http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=171465&text
# N. Koreans helping Pakistan's missile program - economic necessity
  or war? http://www.worldtribune.com/Archive-2000/ea-nkorea-06-23.html

# NASA developing new rocket technology - the 'Variable Specific Impulse
  Magnetoplasma Rocket' (the dude who thought that name up has watched a few
  too many Star Trek episodes perhaps?). [ via http://www.dailygrail.com/ ]
  See it at: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/mars/technology/propulsion/aspl/

# NASA and ISIS - NASA Continues Ritual Pattern as Discovery Docks with
  IS(I)S. The plot sickens: http://www.enterprisemission.com/isis.htm
# SOHO - The connection between SOHO and Masonic rituals. Keep Angkor and
  Draco in mind here. http://www.enterprisemission.com/oh_my_god.htm

: If missile/rocket/defense development is a game, what are the rules? Would
you rather destroy your opponents with missiles, suitcase nukes, virus-laden
balloons, cyber-attacks,paranoia, economic decay, demonic intervention? Why?
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  "L'amour, la mort," Jean-Paul said, pausing to flick the ash off the half-
   smoked Gauloise into the heavy, reeking ashtray, which overflowed angrily
   onto the yellow-lit plastic of the cafe tabletop, "it's all the same, all
   equally meaningless, all invalid as a response to... comment le dire? ...
   empty questions." --Christopher J. Hickey

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