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@ Cheap Travel Hint: http://www3.sympatico.ca/donna.mcsherry/airports.htm
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# SOHO CATCHES COMET CROSSING SUN? If it intercepts Earth, we may be smashed
  to wee bits: http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/June2000/0625soho.htm
# OBJECT PHOTOGRAPHED BREAKING UP NEAR SUN? Where did the pieces go then?
  Where are they now? http://members.aol.com/rubie2zday/index.html#object
# THE SUNCRUISER - What Is This Strange Object Orbiting Our Sun? Where
  is it from? http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com/space.html#suncruiser

@ Dr. Alexander Abian <http://orion.math.iastate.edu/abian/homepage.html>,
  respected Professor of Mathematics and Usenet kook par excellance, died
  <http://www.amestrib.com/news.cfm?num=143> a year ago today. We should
  mourn his passing by BLOWING UP THE MOON AND REBORBITING VENUS TO MAKE A
  BORN-AGAIN EARTH. <http://www.student.nada.kth.se/~nv91-asa/madsci/abian>
  And see more of his ilk over at http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Wackos/

: Have you captured/crushed/confused any comets/planets/galaxies/UFOlogists
lately? Is your world born-again? Are you? Has your world/mind/controller/me
been born over and over again? Got any photos? Are they blurry? Are you sad?
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# THE VISION THING. The young activists who went to Seattle to shut down the
  WTO and to Washington DC, to protest the World Bank and IMF were hammered
  in the press as tree-wearing, lamb-costumed, drumbeating bubble brains.
  Our mission was to whip that chaos on the streets into some kind of struc-
  tured, media-friendly shape. http://www.ainfos.ca/en/ainfos04549.html

@ Mayday wasn't the end of modern protest.Not even the beginning of the end.
  But it was the sad end of the beginning www.lrb.co.uk/v22/n12/grif2212.htm
# Upside Down World: http://www.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=1638

# Americans Rule the Web -- for Now. U.S. influence is inevitably waning:
  http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/2000/jun/24/062400616.html
# In historic 'Webside chat,' Clinton unveils era of U.S. 'e-government' --
  BigBro: http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/06/24/clinton.webcast/
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_804000/804601.stm

: Do US firms control all global/national/local economic/political/religious
institutions? Is protest possible/sufficient/laughable? Do you have a vision
of a better world? Is your vision achievable/viable/virtual/mindcontrolled??
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# PRESBYTERIANS TO DEBATE CHURCH'S ROLE IN SAME-SEX UNIONS. Presbyterian
  leaders gathering here this week will debate whether to ban blessings
  of same-sex unions even if the ceremonies stop short of marriage, the
  latest ecclesiastical conflict over recognition for gay and lesbian
  couples. http://CNN.com/2000/US/06/25/presbyterians.gays.ap/index.html

# Muslim 'porn site' changed. (Ananova) Strict muslims in Pakistan were
  shocked to find pornographic links on a government web site. But Mohammad
  had HOW many wives then? http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_8042.html
# Happy Hookers: Sexy Outfits OK: www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?10015863

# Iran forges links with China's Xinjiang Muslims - revolt against Beijing:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_805000/805065.stm
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_804000/804004.stm
# Demon China? www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37070-2000Jun21.html

# Civil war in Moluccas? (BBC) Fighting between Christians, Muslims & army:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_805000/805209.stm
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_803000/803916.stm

: Is your belief system more violent about land/sex/diet/govt/dress/spiders?
Would you rather make love/war/other with a heretic/prophet/alien/spider/me?
When you make love/war/other, are you blessed? Does anyone see? Do they pay?
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# "SKIN EQUIVALENT" HELPS ULCERS HEAL. A human skin equivalent, layering new
  skin cells over wounds, can quickly heal ulcers. Made of circumcised fore-
  skins: http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=36296&src=n3

# Farmer jailed for BSE scam. An Irish farmer has been jailed for deliber-
  ately introducing the cattle disease BSE, better known as mad cow disease,
  into his herd in order to collect compensation. Could have ruined Ireland:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_803000/803629.stm

# Modified HIV may be effective for delivering and regulating gene therapy.
  HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, may be adapted for use in gene therapy
  to treat genetic diseases and disorders of the immune system, even inclu-
  ding AIDS. http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/uncs-mhm062000.html

# Pig virus found in bats. (BBC) A deadly virus previously thought to mainly
  affect pigs, has been found in Malaysian bats. Southeast Asia is doomed!!!
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_804000/804111.stm

: Have you cured/modified/spread any ailments lately? Do you like to afflict
humans/cows/pigs/bats/aliens/robots/genes/lawyers/me? Have you ruined Asia/
Ireland/Antarctica/me lately? Did Dracula have a pig disease? Do you? Why??
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SkeptiBriefs:

# On Volcanoes, Gases, And Seeing Is Believing. "Why should I believe
  something I can't see, especially since I already don't believe so many
  things that I can see?" http://unisci.com/stories/20002/0613005.htm
@ Insect Radar: http://www.ph.adfa.oz.au/a-drake/trews/ww_re_hp.htm

# A new world of truth: http://www.civmag.com/articles/C0006F03.html
# Home Alone, With Bear. A US couple left their kids home alone with a
  black bear as babysitter. http://ananova.com/news/story/sm_8274.html

# Latest viruses target human frailties - sex, drugs, mind-control, etc.
  Masked: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2593514,00.html
# Web privacy technology not so private - P3P not a shield, but a door to
  your data: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2591856,00.html

@ Before the first <http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/notes.html>
  analog recordings, music was stored in a universal digital format
  <http://www.ozemail.com.au/~pianola/rollhist.htm> and played back
  by steampunk robots <http://www.amica.org/examples.htm> -- really!!
  Love those machines at http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Gadgets/

# PanAm blaster's Stasi link. (BBC) East German secret police paid for the
  services of the man who supplied the Lockerbie bomb's timer. Communist
  dupe? http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/newsid_803000/803155.stm

# Spy Letters of the US Revolution: http://www.clements.umich.edu/spies/
# SEDITION, DRUGS, AND VINTAGE JEWELRY - the conspiracy is far-reaching -
  his intelligence isn't: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/9039/
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  "The best way to a man's heart is to saw his breast plate open." --anon

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SkeptiNews 000625a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question

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@ Constructor: http://sodaplay.com/index.htm
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# Russian crop circles spark UFO alert. Villagers in southern Russia have
  been baffled by the appearance of a series of crop circles in a field,
  with some witnesses saying they saw a UFO.  No traces of radiation or
  chemicals have been found. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_8328.html

# Crop circles mystify Russian farmers - Locals say these circles are UFO
  landing sites. (BBC) The farmers are still wondering why aliens needed
  their earth. http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?10016768

@ Links - Circle Makers: http://www.circlemakers.org/
@ Crop Circle Connector: http://cropcircleconnector.com/
# Also - Crop circle fans caught by the Net - tours organized:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_218000/218748.stm

: Have you found/made/suppressed any crop circles lately?
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# 'MSNBC Investigates the Search for UFOs' - UFO videos pose mysteries - But
  do they provide evidence of aliens? http://www.msnbc.com/news/424837.asp
  [ via http://www.ufomind.com/ufo/updates/2000/jun/m24-006.shtml ]

# The HalfHuman Project. Remember Fairy? Most Hybrids on this planet have
  now one or more of their aspects that are of the frequency that is Fairy.
  Each and every one of you as Hybrids have had an existence in the realm of
  Fairy. Remember? http://spiritweb.org/Spirit/remember-fairy-alloya.html

# LOOKIN' FOR LOVE -- YETI WITH A YEN FOR MEN ATTACKS NATIVES! MAKALU, Tibet
  -- Horrified Himalayan mountain men are barricading themselves in their
  homes night after night in a desperate effort to defend their virtue --
  against a love-hungry female Bigfoot! The lusty, busty yeti has tried to
  climb into bed with at least half a dozen terrified guys over the past
  six months. Call me: http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/2017.html

: Have you sighted/lost/escaped any aliens/humans/yetis/faeries/hybrids/ants
lately? Are you often sexually assaulted by any of the above? Have you been
investigated by TV networks? Do you remember? Who's your favorite halfhuman?
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# Dolphin Sex Breakthrough. (Reuters) Scientists in Hong Kong have scored
  a world first by inseminating a dolphin artificially, paving the way to
  preserve endangered dolphin species & eliminate inbreeding in captivity.
  Hot: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000624/05/science-hongkong-dolphins-dc
# Few Netizens Switch Genders: http://unisci.com/stories/20002/0623006.htm

@ Warrior to Goddess - How to Transform the Feminine. There are many types
  of women in our society, but the one that cries out for the healing the
  loudest is the Female Warrior. She longs to transform herself into the
  Goddess and yet doesn't even know it. Nor does she know how. Who is the
  Warrior? http://www.spiritweb.org/Spirit/warrior-goddess-kennedy.html

# 65 years of women's menstrual cycles detailed. An in-depth databank about
  the menstrual cycles of more than 6,000 American women over the past 65
  years is now available to women's health researchers globally. "So many
  women today are taking hormones... that doing this type of study again may
  never be possible." http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/psu-yow062100.html

: What's your favorite species/gender? Have you changed your species/gender
lately? Did you use drugs/surgery/hypnosis? Is enough known about your basic
species/gender? Will enough ever be known? Is your species/gender evolving??
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# Research at the National Archives. The USAF Intelligence, Data Reference
  Branch, Intelligence Report Card Index, 1942-1962 -- these 214 boxes with
  at least 1000 cards each are now available at the National Archives. With
  UFO reports: http://www.ufomind.com/ufo/updates/2000/jun/m24-001.shtml

# Religious Web site develops faithful following. For up-to-date info on an
  obscure religious sect or cult, logon to http://www.religiousmovements.org
  "It's the best out there in terms of being like an online encyclopedia."
  http://www.pioneerplanet.com:80/seven-days/1/living/docs/019077.htm

@ The "Witches" of Burkittsville: http://www.burkittsville.org/
@ Salem: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm
@ Deep Cold - Space Race & Cold War: http://www.deepcold.com/index.html
@ Encyclopedia Astronautica http://friends-partners.org/~mwade/spaceflt.htm
@ Create your own spies, set them loose on the Web: http://www.spyonit.com/

: Would you rather research UFOs, cults,witches, space, robots, me? How much
metanormal stuff is worth researching? D'ya have spies/researchers/flunkies
gathering information?Are they human/alien/real/virtual? Are they well-paid?
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# SPYING SCIENTISTS. WASHINGTON -- The Dept of Energy has identified over
  75 incidents of foreign spies targeting U.S. nuclear scientists traveling
  abroad by bugging their hotel rooms, rifling their personal belongings and
  offering them sexual favors. http://www.msnbc.com/news/425225.asp?cp1=1

# NYTimes Site Exposes CIA Agents. A freedom of information activist plans
  to publish online a classified CIA document that exposes the identities
  of Iranians involved in the 1953 US/UK-backed coup that overthrew Iran's
  elected officials. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37205,00.html

# CIA Censors Ex-Spy. The Central Intelligence Agency is refusing to allow a
  flamboyant former operative to publish portions of a manuscript about his
  14-year spy career, saying much of the book contains classified infor-
  mation. http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52568-2000Jun23.html
# ExSpy's Cuba site: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,175014566,00.html

: Have you spied on anyone lately? Have they spied on you? Have they compro-
mised you? Would you rather be compromised by military/govt/corporate/church
spies, blackmailers, anarchists, aliens, me? Has your spying been exposed??
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 "I accessed the vehicle by upending the barrier that prevailed across
  the front of the facility, thus providing a way, approach-wise, to the
  automobile from two sides, one available to me, as I usually prevailed
  driver-wise, whereas my companion, in the case in point my spouse, pre-
  ferred to occupy the seat adjacent to the driver's, where she was in an
  approximate position to provide instructions as to route, destination,
  speed of passage, and to make such comments on my proficiency performance-
  wise as she deemed necessary and to prioritize most emphatically the
  most obvious deficiencies in my operation of our newly acquired automatic-
  shift four-wheel-drive vehicular facility, recently procured by us from
  a dealer in such automotive vehicles who gained access to such means of
  transportation from an importer with direct connections, procurement-
  wise, to a manufacturing facility located on the far shore of the
  Pacific Ocean, in the Empire of Japan." --Elbridge

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