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Tuesday, April 25, 2000 02:32 p.m. P.D.T.

 
SkeptiNews 000425c - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question

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* No nearly complete apemen were sexually abused to produce this bulletin.
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@ Underground Bases: http://www.visitations.com/ufofiles/basemaps/map3.htm
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# Planets will join, but don't look. Attention, Earthling! The end of the
  world is nigh. Again. From May 5-16, all of the naked-eye planets --
  Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn -- and the sun will appear to be
  relatively close to one another. In fact, on May 4, the moon will join the
  tableau. If the world is going to end,May 4 is the day,not May 5. Schedule
  your party a day early. http://www.alienzoo.com/news/y/200004240004.cfm

@ Gray Anatomy: http://www.aliens.net-hed.co.uk/greyanatomy.htm
@ The Man In The Moon: http://www.alienzoo.com/news/y/200004230002.cfm
@ Lotsa UFO stuff: http://www.aliens.net-hed.co.uk/framset10downloads.htm
@ Lotsa UFO texts: http://www.aliens.net-hed.co.uk/framset10downloads2.htm
@ Lotsa FOIA released stuff. Military, UFO, etc: http://www.blackvault.com/

@ The typical American's problem with authority has helped make the US the
  world leader in science. It's also spawned the noxious creation science
  movement: http://www.newscientist.com/features/features.jsp?id=ns22352

: Who are your favorite authority figures? D'ya believe scientific reports,
govt statements, religious pronouncements, daytime talkshows, channeled ent-
ities, leaked documents, voices in your head, the Internet, rumours, me??
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# Children Obsessed With Pokemon Cards? LONDON (Reuters) British teachers
  have accused the makers of Pokemon "fantasy monster" cards of fuelling
  an obsession among children which has turned to violence. Satanic mind-
  control products: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000425/07/odd-pokemon

# 'Scream' Film Mask Worn in Stabbing. PARIS (Reuters) A teen-ager wearing
  the ghoulish mask used in the "Scream" horror films stabbed his father and
  stepmother the day after the third movie in the series opened in France,
  media reported Monday. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000425/07/odd-scream

# Through the cosmic looking-glass. There's only one way Alice could have
  left our world for another hidden behind a household mirror -- a wormhole.
  That is, there must have been a miniature Black Hole on the surface of the
  looking-glass that sucked her in and then a White Hole on the other side
  that spewed her out. http://www.alienzoo.com/features/j/200004190001.cfm

: Have you traveled to (m)any parallel/mirror/fantasy worlds lately? Do your
icons transport you there in safety and comfort? Are you transported by mir-
rors/cards/masks/wormholes/UFOs/angels/trucks? Is violence/spewing needed??
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# Archaeology underfoot and in the way. In China's Yangzi Valley, at least
  1,000 archaeological sites may soon be lost when engineers begin filling
  the reservoir of the $24.5 billion Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest
  hydroelectric project. http://www.alienzoo.com/news/n/200004230004.cfm

# Apeman Find Has Real Teeth. "An amazing set of choppers" in what's thought
  to be the most complete apeman skull ever. More clues about human origins
  on the way. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35886,00.html
# Filmmaker Plays Indiana Jones to Find Lost Tribes of Israel - audacity:
  http://news.excite.com/news/r/000425/10/entertainment-canada-losttribes

# UFO Lawyer meets Ogopogo. "The creature that has been sighted in Canada's
  Lake Okanagan is known to the locals as Ogopogo. This creature is consid-
  ered the Nessie of North America. The numerous sightings date back to 1850
  and still continue..." http://www.alienzoo.com/features/g/200004220001.cfm

: D'ya prefer archeology/anthropology dead or alive? Have you sighted (m)any
tribes/apemen/filmmakers/lawyers/cryptocreatures lately? Which most deserve
to be lost under the Three Gorges Dam? Which will use the dam as an excuse?
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# Religious Group Probed in Child's Disappearance - Possible Starvation.
  ATTLEBORO, Mass. (APBnews.com) -- It was once a weekly Bible meeting,
  where family and friends gathered at Roland Robidoux's feet to hear his
  prophecies. Those benign beginnings allegedly led to a familial cult,
  and the mysterious disappearance of two of its youngest members. Holy:
  http://apbnews.com/newscenter/breakingnews/2000/04/24/masskids0424_01.html

# Christianity: Why do so many blindly believe? People, pagan as always
  in everyday life: http://www.smh.com.au/news/0004/22/text/review14.html
# A faith-based alternative to Earth Day sanctimony. Holiday dedicated to
  pagan socialism. http://insidedenver.com/seebach/0423seeba.shtml
# A slide into the creepy mind of Pat Buchanan (whoosh!)
  http://news.excite.com/news/uw/000420/university-188

@ Was Jesus Christ Put To Death At The Beginning Of The World?
  Part 1: http://www.sightings.com/general/jesus.htm
  Part 2: http://www.sightings.com/general/christp2.htm
  Part 3: http://www.sightings.com/general/christp3.htm

: Is nutrition/survival/rationality irrelevant to your belief system; to all
belief systems; to everything? Can/do/should humans live on myths alone? Do
you create many orthodox/heterodox/paradox myths? Do they nourish your soul?
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Info-Rama:

# Brit spy-shop file posted on Web. UK govt says top-secret file posted on a
  US Web site could endanger agents' lives. Suppression efforts have so far
  proved futile. http://zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2555003,00.html
# Blair e-hoax exposes asskissers: www.theregister.co.uk/000425-000019.html

# US Navy To Combine Sats And UAVs For UFO Follow-On. The Navy will explore
  a hybrid next-generation satellite system that will combine both DoD and
  commercial systems, that will most likely include satellites and unmanned
  aerial vehicles (UAVs). http://www.alienzoo.com/news/t/200004240003.cfm

# I WANNA JAM IT  Surf the Net for cheap and easy ways to block satellite
  signals. But do I need a tinfoil helmet to keep the mindcontrol rays out
  of my brain? http://www.newscientist.com/news/news_223528.html

@ Identity thieves: your life got easier. http://anybirthday.com/ lets you
  find out anyone's date of birth based on their name and zip code. Do you
  know who you are? Now see http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Internet/

# Handy DNA Analysis. (Wired) A biochip company says its new handheld
  technology will make analyzing patient's DNA in the doctor's office
  fast and affordable. Others claim to have already done it. Who d'ya
  believe? http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35861,00.html

: Have you stolen/extracted/promulgated/suppressed any information lately?
Is your genetic info equivalent to corporate/national/religious secrets? Do
you have adequate protection? Does anyone? D'ya wrap your DNA in tinfoil??
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  "The warm tropical sun caressed the golden Bermuda sand where Kimberley
   lay slathered in cocoa butter, welcoming its embrace and wallowing in
   the reverie while pounds of care melted away from the thighs of her
   psyche." --Geoffrey Eisen

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Tuesday, April 25, 2000 08:22 a.m. P.D.T.

 
SkeptiNews 000425b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question

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@ Love or Only Lust? http://www.nerve.com/photoday/100.jpg
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# AIDS-ET Connection. The AIDS-ET Connection Hypothesis is a new, unifying
  scientific concept which explains diverse phenomena relating to HIV/AIDS
  and Ufology in terms of each other. http://www.caus.org/pn042500.htm
# HIV Puzzle - Survives 15 years: http://sightings.com/general/HIVPUZ.HTM

@ From <gerardo.arceri@informationsys.com> THINGS PEOPLE PUT UP THEIR BUTTS:
  "This one is REALLY fun to read. Strange thing they never found an anal
  probe from Zeta reticuli." http://www.well.com/user/cynsa/newbutt.html

# X-ray Of Govt Microchip Implant In Woman's Head 20 Years Ago. Altho this
  lady was aware her chip implant was part of a govt project, many people
  speak of chips being implanted by aliens.Whether these alien chip implants
  are part of another govt project or are actually implanted by aliens is a
  whole discussion in itself. http://www.sightings.com/general/chip.htm

: Have aliens/agents/angels/animals implanted diseases/chips/ideas/parasites
in you lately? Where/how/when/why were they implanted? Have you devised any
hypotheses to explain this lately? Is y'r hypothesis real or disinformation?
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# SPACEVIEWS #2000.17. Shuttle Countdown Proceeds Smoothly - Mir Air Leak
  Said Fixed - Ariane Launches CommSat - Proton Launches European CommSat -
  Delta Launch Scrubbed Again - US & Brazil Sign Launch Accord - Commercial
  Practices May Be Misapplied to Aerospace - General: U.S. Military Doesn't
  Need Separate Space Force - Terra Spacecraft "Open for Business" - Astro-
  nomers Unveil Prototype of New SETI Telescope - TIROS: The First Weather
  Satellite: http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/0424 [are we spaced enough yet?]

# Extraterrestrial Car Crash Victim. Who or what was hit by a car just out-
  side of Dublin in late October? According to witnesses, whatever it was,
  it didn't look human. The "man" was a strange dark green creature standing
  over seven feet (203 cm) in height. http://www.jpb.com/cyberstar/0108.html
# Car designer to the stars... and planets. NASA asks George Barris about
  lunar/planetary rovers: http://www.alienzoo.com/news/t/200004220004.cfm

: Are you an ET? What's your favorite automobile/airplane/spacecraft/boat?
Are earthling vehicles adequate/pathetic/ingenious/primitive/deadly/flawed?
Have you been hurt/killed/annoyed by human vehicles lately? Are we fixable?
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# Gadgets Drive New Jersey Man. He loves gadgetry and technology, and has
  customized his car with a Net connection and email. But his obsession is
  not understood by everyone. Just ask his girlfriend, er ... ex-girlfriend.
  http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35832,00.html?tw=wn20000424

# Robo-shopper kills supermarket trips. LOVE it or not, going to the super-
  market may soon be a thing of the past. Japanese scientists are developing
  a humanoid robot able to walk up and down the aisles, helping itself to
  anything from coffee to baked beans and loading it into its basket. Whew.
 http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/04/23/stifgnfar01001.html

: What's your favorite advanced gadget? Have you been replaced by gadgets
yet? Soon, now? Would you rather build/buy/control/be a robo-shopper? Do
humanoid robots get all the jobs/fun/sex/jolts? D'ya have robot envy? Eh?

@ Tired of running your model railroad <http://www.nmra.org/> as a series of
  electrical blocks instead of as a number of trains? Build your own digital
  command control <http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7706/> setup! This
  is based on a similar <http://web.syr.edu/~mobrandt/dcc-mb/dccmbhom.htm>
  system. Or use a PC running <http://www.der-moba.de/~vogt/DDL/> Linux. And
  now get your gadget fix over at http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Gadgets/
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# The role of the media in the politics of disclosure – part two. The role
  the news media plays in U.S. culture entails much more than just writing
  articles. Programmed: http://www.alienzoo.com/features/b/200004190002.cfm

# Boylan Bites Again: http://www.cosmiverse.com/paranormal042102.html
# Streiber! http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/5604/dreamland.html
# UFO Superstore: http://www.alienzoo.com/features/t/200004230001.cfm

@ Raven: CIVILIAN POPULATIONS NOW A VIRTUAL PLAYGROUND FOR UNETHICAL MILI-
  TARY AND INTELLIGENCE CONTRACTORS, THANKS TO ADVANCED ELECTRONICS! How
  the mindcontrollers' technology works: http://www.bestnet.org/~raven1/

: Have you controlled anybody's mind(s) lately? Are you military, corporate,
religious, artistic, random, alien, divine? What mindcontrol techniques work
best? Are you controlling my mind at this very moment? Is it hard/soft/gone?

# The CIA's ivy-league spooks did in the Cold War what no spy agency has
  ever done before or since: they bankrolled the avant-garde. Mindcontrol?
  http://partners.nytimes.com/books/00/04/23/reviews/000423.23joffet.html
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# Hitler's skull on display in Moscow - fragment has bullet hole thru it -
  kept in a secret archive for decades - jaw too fragile to put on display -
  authenticity doubted: http://www.canoe.com/TopStories/hitler_apr24.html
# Falun Gong denies fascist/Nazi links, but just look at this photo:
  http://news.excite.com/photo/img/ap/hong/kong/banned/20000425/hk103

@ How To Be A Revisionist Scholar. 1. Creamed Mush with Fog Sauce. 2. Heads-
  I-Win-Tails-You-Lose. 3. Hello, I'm a Cremation Expert. 4. And I'm a Chem-
  ist too! 5. Sticks and Stones. 6. Oh Sorry, I Ate the Last One. 7. The
  "What's It Mean?" Spiral of Infinity. 8. Now You See It, Now You Don't.
  9. Kafka Was Here. 10. Fun With Math. 11. The Great Leap. 12. But I'm Not
  Anti-Semitic. 13. Grab Bag of Idiocy. 14-18. [come look] [And thanks much,
  Gerardo!] http://www.netbistro.com/electriczen/revisionism.html

: Have you revised/denied/destroyed any past/present/future history lately?
What are your favorite reality-manipulation techniques? D'ya give classes in
reality-manipulation, or just try to set a good example? Got any skulls??
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# Gene warfare against superbugs. (BBC) Superbugs may have a genetic weak-
  ness which could lead to effective drugs to fight them. Not so super, eh?
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_725000/725452.stm
# Dog Shoots Cat: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000425/07/odd-dog

# U.N. HEAD ANNAN SAYS NUCLEAR WAR REMAINS A 'TERRIFYING POSSIBILITY' - more
  now than ever: http://CNN.com/2000/WORLD/europe/04/24/un.nuke.conference/
# Russia Threatens With Nukes: http://www.sightings.com/general/nuke.htm
# France girding for world economic war - them against everybody else -
  may the best escargot win: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9709655

: What's your favorite form of warfare? What are your weapons of choice? If
you wage war against superbugs/Russians/snails/hunger, will they fight back?
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  "There is always more brass than brains in the aristocracy." --Oscar Wilde

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Tuesday, April 25, 2000 05:18 a.m. P.D.T.

 
SkeptiNews 000425a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question

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* No reptoid relationships were harmed during production of this bulletin.
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@ On The Road: http://www.vvcs.com/a51/photos/etsign.jpg
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@ Today in UFO History: 1994 UK Ministry of Defense holds a public forum
  admitting that most UFO cases cannot be explained. - 1952 Two scientists,
  formerly skeptical of UFO reports, saw a small metallic-appearing disc
  rotating & wobbling on its axis. [ via http://www.alienzoo.com/home.cfm ]
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# Double sighting reports ET and UFO - a "reptoid" entity appeared in his
  bedroom between 1-2 a.m. - a bright square object in the sky just four
  hours earlier - yow. http://www.cosmiverse.com/paranormal042101.html
# May is E.Coast phenomena month: www.cosmiverse.com/paranormal042002.html

# Elvis Spots Heaven's Gaters on the Face on Mars - little folk (aka
  aliens) will supply the details: http://www.jpb.com/cyberstar/0117.html
# Furious - Heaven's Gate Presumptious: http://jpb.com/cyberstar/0116.html

# What are the young learning about ETs? Exhibit "Aliens ... Are We Alone?"
  entertains idea of otherworldly life, but scoffs at Grays. Tender young
  minds being misled: http://www.alienzoo.com/features/w/200004180001.cfm

: What have your learnt about UFOs/ETs/me lately? Have you seen/felt/tasted/
seduced/hidden/terminated any UFOs/ETs/me lately? D'ya spread disinfo? Why?
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# Astronomers Baffled by Mysterious New Object - Looks like black hole but
  acts weird - signal sent from this object is a mathematical code - tied to
  Hale-Bopp and the companion - object is a massive dead comet being guided
  toward earth: http://www.millenngroup.com/repository/galactic/baffled.html

# New Jupiter moon images released - innermost moons are oddly shaped worlds
  battered by meteorites and bathed in intense radiation, just like Rachel,
  Nevada: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565979203-7f2

# The greatest UFO of them all: the Moon. Apparently there is water and
  an atmosphere on the Moon. Why is this a secret? What realities are
  They concealing? http://www.alienzoo.com/features/m/200004200001.cfm

: What's your favorite orbital object? Is it being guided? To where? By who?
For what purpose? Is it misshapen, irradiated, battered, forlorn? Are great
secrets about it concealed? Do gawkers gather around it, pointing, laughing?
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# Physicist Classifies Galactic Civilizations. A physics theoretician, edu-
  cator & NASA propulsion systems advisor believes Earth's solar system has
  already been visited by beings from other universes. And, Dr. Michio Kaku
  says civilizations can be classified as three types, relative to their
  mastery of technology. http://www.cosmiverse.com/paranormal042401.html

# Alien Orchestrated Human Bonding Dramas."The Love Bite: Alien Interference
  in Human Love Relationships" emphasizes the aspect of "alien manipulation"
  within human (abductee) love relationships and of spiritual warfare. Total
  genetic, mental, spiritual hybridizing: http://www.caus.org/pc042500.htm
# Perhaps we are, indeed, alone: http://alienzoo.com/news/u/200004240006.cfm

: Are you alone/lonely/hermitic/masturbatory/sequestered? Or not? Have your
relationships [or lack thereof] been orchestrated by paranormal/extraterres-
trial entities? Is their technology advanced, magical, transcendent, rusty?
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# Cousteau's Son Hunts Sea Monster. SINCE the days of the ancient Greeks,the
  kraken has been spoken of with awe - but never tracked to its lair. Now a
  team led by Jean-Michel Cousteau is preparing an expedition to search for
  the legendary giant squid more than 2,000 feet below the ocean waves. Urg.
  http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/Sunday-Times/stifgnusa01001.html

# How Insects Lost Extra, Clumsy Legs. WASHINGTON (Reuters) Genes helped
  insects evolve from leggy millipedes and boring worms into flies, beetles
  & fleas and probably helped them become among the most numerous creatures
  on the Earth: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000424/17/science-science-legs

# Spaceship Wiped Out The Dinosaurs: http://www.jpb.com/cyberstar/0114.html
# A walk with monsters. TERRIFYING mutant beasts will rule the Earth long
  after humans are extinct: http://www.alienzoo.com/news/e/200004220001.cfm

: Have you tracked/found/devoured any monsters lately? Were they yummy? Are
they extinct now? Is y'r species successful/extinct/imaginary? How long were
you around? Were you extincted by insects/humans/aliens/deities/robots/me?
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# College course focus on hate groups. BOSTON (AP) - One shows an image of a
  slain gay man burning in hell. Another claims the FBI has declared war on
  white Christians. A third pretends to pay homage to Rev.M.L.King Jr., then
  sez the civil rights leader was a sex fiend,a communist & a "plastic god."
  They are radical, hate-driven Internet sites & they're increasing rapidly.
  Prof uses the sites to show how radical groups use the Net to recruit new
  members: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565964100-ecd

# German police detain neo-Nazi - linked to synagogue arson attempt:
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565973871-6d6
# Armenian genocide to be studied with Holocaust in Israeli schools:
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565980829-f3c
# More dead in Maluku religious violence - Xian vs Muslim holy war:
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565977835-931

: Do you use advanced/normal/regressive technology to teach love/hate/greed?
Have you recruited many followers lately? Are you/they becoming adept with
firearms, arson, propaganda, rocks? Are your alien/Illuminati masters happy?
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# Drenchers Out in Force on Easter Monday. WARSAW (Reuters) Polish youths
  marked Drenching Monday by hurling water at unsuspecting passers-by and
  tourists in an exuberant reenactment of a rural custom. Does involuntary
  baptism save souls? http://news.excite.com/news/r/000424/07/odd-drenching

# Chinese police arrest, beat Falun Gong members in Tiananmen Square again.
  Endless: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565983427-093
# Church decries Colombian extortion - rebels "taking up collection"
  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2565977218-94d
# Making Divine Revelation easily accessible to everyone:
  http://www.alienzoo.com/features/r/200004240001.cfm

: What's your favorite divine message/revelation/punishment/repayment? Have
you bribed/extorted/drenched/arrested/enlightened anyone lately? Do divine
phenomena recur endlessly? Is there no escape from the Wheel of Karma? How?
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  "It was spring, the season of resurrection, and the lilies broke
   free from the entombment of the oppressive earthern clods, then
   rose skyward like a host of Bantu spears in obeisance to aeons
   of genetic morphism." --Steven N. Spertz

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