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@ Zippy Of The Day: http://www.sfgate.com/sf/zippy/
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# BACK TO BIMINI - Multi-pronged probe into the many archeological mysteries
  of a bombed-out atoll. Did the US nuke Bimini because of hideous aliens/
  artifacts found there? http://atlantisrising.com/issue14/ar14bimini.html

# Conspiracy Journal - Crashed UFOs in Maylasia [sic] and Yowie hunters
  in Australia: http://www.members.tripod.com/uforeview/contents.html
# From Russia with UFOs - THEY'RE REAL! http://www.caus.org/pn031300.htm
# Huge UFO: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/9959/Articles/Tracy.html

: What's your favorite alien conspiracy? Did old-time aliens leave many odd
archeological sites for us to explore? Are they all suppressed? Will ancient
computer factories look like alien digs in 1000 years? Is BillGates an ET?

# Frankenstein PC roars to life - no worse than the first one I soldered
  together: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564937753-82b
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# China busts 16 sect members. BEIJING (AP) - Chinese police were holding 16
  members of a Christian sect banned in a govt crackdown on cults and were
  expected to send some of'em to labor camps. China Evangelistic Fellowship
  targeted: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564937705-083

# Iran Reformer Not Dead Yet. TEHRAN (AP) - A leading reformist reviled by
  militant hard-liners was in stable condition after being shot in the face
  in an assassination attempt. And insurrectionists fired mortars at a govt
  military base. http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564939106-672

: Can fundys only retain power thru terror? Are you more frightened by fundy
Jeezoids, Mohamoids, Mosoids, Krishnoids, others? Have they shot you lately?
Have govt agents raided your belief system? Have you retaliated? With what?

# Catholics embrace papal apology - non-Catholics worldwide don't care:
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564937574-8bf
# Forgive us our trespasses - Jewish leaders say pope's apology not enough:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_675000/675361.stm
# Pope eulogizes Cardinal Kung - setback to Vatican-Beijing relations?
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564940355-3de
# Pope's childhood home to get plague - populace will be decimated:
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564940648-480
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# The Prophets Conference~Santa Fe is now Sold-Out. We got more suckers, er,
  takers, than we know what to do with. You can spend even more money at our
  next Yucatan NewAge confab http://www.greatmystery.org/mayaconference.html

@ BEYOND THE BARRIERS OF TIME AND SPACE - ascend to a higher... whatever...
  with our proprietary method: http://www.kenpage.com/articles/barriers.html

: Has your belief system developed any proprietary techniques for achieving
transcendence? Are they patented/copyrighted/trademarked? Do you negotiate?

@ Trans-Human Psychology: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~boyne/transhuman.html
@ Transhumanism For Dummies: http://www.aleph.se/Trans/Cultural/index.html
@ 100 Humanist Events That Changed the World - the pick of the last millen-
  ium: http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/100_humanist_20.2.htm
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# DOTCOZA: Watch the progress live. Now you can share the day-to-day exper-
  iences of South Africa's first cyber guinea pig, dotcoza, live via webcam.
  For the next three months the 23-year-old man will be dependent only on
  the Internet for all his needs. http://www.dotcoza.co.za/?src_id=tmp04010

# Mass genetic testing of pregnant women on way. A NATIONAL genetic testing
  programme for pregnant women is being set up in a move that could lead to
  mass screening of the UK population. All sorted out for alien harvesting:
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000140326706927&pg=/et/00/3/11/ngen11.html

: D'ya prefer to monitor people individually or in groups? Should everybody
live in small cubicles with Net-ordered supplies hauled in? Isn't that how
egg-laying chicken factories are structured? Is this the New World Order??

@ Perhaps You've Heard About The "Haunted" Painting That Was Sold On Ebay.
  SURFING THE APOCALYPSE Has Obtained An Exclusive Interview With The Proud
  New Owner. Is The Painting Really Haunted? And What About The Unpleasant
  Reactions That People Have Had When Viewing The Photos? And Why Is Every
  Word In This Paragraph Capitalized? http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com
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# Next step, a bionic man? DACCA -- The news that scientists have developed
  a bionic chip that blends human cells with silicon, will perhaps remind
  many readers of the popular western TV serial of the late seventies, The
  Bionic Man, which became a big hit in Bangladesh as well. Not to mention
  the Borg: http://independent-bangladesh.com/news/feb/28/28022000ed.htm#A3

# Future children may be a splice above. (AP) Suppose parents-to-be could
  guarantee their children will grow up to be unusually healthy. Or extra
  smart. Or maybe just a little better looking than mom and dad. Sound good?
 http://orlandosentinel.com/automagic/news/2000-03-12/NWSDESIGN12031200.html

# Slowing the birth of a nation - China tries to bring pop under 1.4 bln by
  2010: http://chinadaily.com.cn.net/cover/storydb/2000/03/13/mn-jiang.html

: Have you engineered any better humans lately? How many are enough? What to
do with less-than-better humans; with unwanted humans? Are/were you wanted?
In which jurisdictions? If you were normal, would anyone want you? Really?

# Drop-off stations for cast-off babies - Upsurge in child abandonment
  spurs changing laws worldwide - alternative: dump'em all in the garbage?
  www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_fosterj_news/20000313_xnfoj_dropoff_st.shtml
# Children having children - Sex-ed controversy as 11-year-olds become UK's
  youngest mothers - ignores fact that sex-ed reduces teen pregnancy rates -
  bother: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/today/mar11/News/afront.ncml
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# Hispanic influence grows in Calif. - restoring pre-1849 status quo:
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564942248-3bb
# NRA: Clinton uses violence for gain - Clinton: NRA sick, sick, sick:
  http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000312/pl/clinton_guns_10.html
# Serb goes on trial for genocide - "I was only following orders" -
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564937699-68e
# Hate crimes drop in Germany, but violent crimes rose - balanced:
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564941518-b25

: What's your favorite anti-personnel action? D'ya prefer mental/physical/
virtual violence? Against individuals or groups? Have you committed genocide
lately? Is genocide more efficient than retail murder? More cost-effective?

@ ANTIFA INFO-BULLETIN (AFIB)  news:pol.right.antifa
  Via the Web --> http://burn.ucsd.edu/~aff/afib.html
  Archive --> http://burn.ucsd.edu/~aff/afib-bulletins.html
@ ANTI-FASCIST FORUM (AFF)  http://burn.ucsd.edu/~aff
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SkeptiNews 000313b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question

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@ Alferd Packer Lives: http://www.gleeson0.demon.co.uk/cannibal.gif
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# Laser Holes in Heart Ease Chest Pain. (AP) Burning holes in the heart with
  a laser threaded into the main pumping chamber, appears to dramatically
  relieve chest pain, although doctors cannot explain why it works. Another
  of life's mysteries: http://news.excite.com/news/ap/000312/18/heart-laser
# Flu Shot May Cut Heart-Attack Risk: www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9514761

# New Approach to Cybersex. 'Sex' may be the most popular search word on the
  Web, but when real facts are sought instead of kinky pictures, it turns a
  blank. One nonprofit wants to make info about sex as easy & accessible as
  email. About time: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,34908,00.html
@ Do It By The Numbers [does it count?] http://www.caus.org/numerology.html

: Do you need help? Does your heart hurt? Does it need holes burnt thru it?
Does your heart burn already? Did you eat too much hot salsa? Is there such
a thing as too much hot salsa; too much hot sex; too much sex info; spirit??

@ Seek spiritual help <http://www.silcom.com/~peterj/katprice/intro.htm> for
  your constipation, sufferer. Finding your way to natural, fantastic bowel
  movements. And get healthy at http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Health/
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# NSA Blackout Reveals Downside of Secrecy. (LATimes) Intelligence: New
  technology has outpaced the spooks. Experts blame woes on cutbacks and
  red tape. http://www.latimes.com/news/front/20000313/t000024064.html

# US firm sells German police Net-surveillance products: Solution for Lawful
  Data Network Interception in Germany. Initial contracts were signed to
  supply up to 350 systems. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000309/nj_radcom__1.html

# German Net Stolen & Found. Germany's attempts to reconcile its Communist
  past includes using the Web to display property recovered from the Stasi,
  E.Germany's police force. www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34771,00.html

: Have you penetrated any security systems lately?Is y'r security technology
flakey/faulty/fucked/forced? Do you use security technologies for good/evil/
play/work? Is it better to give or to receive? Does your conspiracy take??

# Trail Goes Cool On Hacker Case - pranksterism or cyberwar?
  http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2440563,00.html
# The internet age takes off - transformations of economies, lives:
  http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/00/03/12/stifocnws02001.html
# X-BOX SEES SHADOW, HIDES FOR 9 MONTHS: http://cnn.com/2000/US/03/12/x.box/
@ US Govt Can Manipulate/Disable/Track Your Electronic Equipment:
  http://www.house.gov/jec/hearings/radio/schriner.htm
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# Net Dad Sees A Dark Side Of Technology. (WashPost) A respected creator of
  the Information Age has written an extraordinary critique of accelerating
  technological change; he suggests that new technologies could cause "some-
  thing like extinction" of humankind within the next two generations. But
  is that so bad? http://www.bergen.com/morenews/tinct13200003135.htm

# "Thought-controlled" Neuroprosthesis. ROSSLYN, Va. Biomedical engineers
  have developed a prototype neuroprosthesis that a quadriplegic can use to
  grasp and manipulate objects just by thinking about it. Combining muscle-
  stimulating electrodes implanted under the skin with a computer sensitive
  to brain waves, brain signals activate the electrodes that cause the hand
  muscles to contract. http://www.whitaker.org/news/peckham.html

: Have you developed/augmented/manipulated any technologies lately? Do they
offer to extend/transform/obliviate human life as we know it? When our minds
and bodies are all perfectly controlled, will we become gods? Can you wait?

@ MindControl - Project Superman: http://www1.50megs.com/control/menu.html
@ Icky Dave: "David Icke, Mind Control, etc" - http://www.davidicke.com
@ The maestro of "mind-control" continues to haunt America (Scientology vs
  Psychiatry) http://www.freedommag.org/english/la/issue02/page12.htm
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# Scores Hurt in Church Brawl. NAIROBI (Reuters) Scores of worshippers
  were hurt in a brawl over church leadership during Sunday prayers at
  a Kenyan Church: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000313/11/odd-church

@ BALNEAE. The Relationship Between the Small, Privately-owned Public
  Baths buildings of the Roman Imperial Period and the Early Christian
  Church. http://www.axford.com/gb/unicorn/balneae/b1.htm

: Does y'r flock worship in bathhouses? D'ya love that intimate experience?
Are holy bathhouses quieter, more peaceful than ordinary churches? Have you
ever experienced a religious riot in a bathhouse?Was it rilly rilly awesome?

# Busted For Cohabitation - charges pressed to support Baptist
  morals: http://www.abqjournal.com/news/1cohab03-13-00.htm
# U.S. Census steers clear of religion - spooked by Fundys?
  http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/rne/0,1565,1,00.html
@ Revolution in Judea: Jesus and the Jewish Resistance:
  http://www.aracnet.com/~atheism/hist/maccoby.htm
# Ethnic Russian Religious Sect Seeks Swedish Asylum:
  http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=140973
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# Cloned calf born in Thailand. BANGKOK (UPI)  Thailand has become the first
  country in Southeast Asia to clone cows with the birth of a 60-pound black
  calf. Next - people: http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=70486

# Japanese scientists plan to clone cat. Japanese scientists plan to produce
  the world's first cloned cat in an effort to help preserve Bengal tigers &
  other endangered felines. Excited at prospect of getting a little pussy:
  www.excite.co.uk/news/news_story/technology/pa_tech_20000311111000_1.txt

# Human embryo clones to be used for research. A GOVERNMENT inquiry into the
  use of cloned human embryos for research is expected to recommend that it
  is allowed to go ahead. UK govt is excited at prospect of more taxpayers:
 http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/03/12/stinwenws01027.html

: Do you do your cloning work all by yourself, or are you helped by aliens/
angels, demons/deities, robots, ancient knowledge? Would you rather clone
people that eat plants or plants that eat people? Have you cloned any giant
carnivorous plants to help solve the human over-population problem? Trouble?

@ Blazing a Genetic Trail: http://www.hhmi.org/GeneticTrail/
@ Carnivorous Plant Web Ring: http://www.tbcpc.org/webring
$ California Carnivores: http://www.californiacarnivores.com/
@ Carnivorous Plant FAQ: http://www.sarracenia.com/faq.html
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  "Watching the wanton whale frolicking in the azure-blue sea off the coast
   of Mendocino, Dorrick ruminated on the incredible year past, not without
   some amusement, and then, hesitating only a moment before turning to his
   wife, Griselda, waiting fretful as a fiddler beside him, he murmured,
  'Don't they remind you of us, dear?'" --Terry O'Neal

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