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SkeptiNews 990206a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question
: Passages starting with : are editorial comments to provoke discussion.
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> FERTILITY CLINIC COULD BE AFRICAN ELEPHANTS' LAST CHANCE. Keepers at the
Indianapolis Zoo are treating two pregnant African elephants -- Kubwa and
Ivory -- as if they were their species' last hope. They almost could be.
Fewer than 500,000 of the creatures remain in the wild, and fewer than 300
are in zoos worldwide, according to the International Species Information
System. http://cnn.com/TECH/science/9902/05/saving.elephants.ap/index.html
Also see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558336026-89c
: Will fertility clinics ever be humanity's last chance? What'll replace us?
@ CLONES-R-US: Unbeatable Prices: Quality Guaranteed: Fast Delivery. Dream
Technologies International is the first and largest reproductive cloning
provider. We maintain fully-owned labs in Costa Rica, Liberia, and Vanuatu,
as well as an extensive roster of qualified surrogate birthing candidates.
No wonder we have hundreds of satisfied clients. http://www.d-b.net/dti/
: How fast do you want your clone delivered? Would a clone be your dream
come true? How many clones of yourself are enough? D'ya wanna live forever?
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# Cannibal Arrested Under Bridge. LAGOS - A Nigerian man was arrested under
a bridge in Lagos in possession of roasted human limbs and the bones of for-
mer victims he had eaten. http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990205/11/odd-cannibal
: Was he just keeping up with the Reticulans? How do you prefer "long pork"?
# New way to reattach head to neck. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UPI) Unlike Dr. Fran-
kenstein, reconnecting the head and neck has always been a major challenge
for neurosurgeons. But an Arkansas surgeon, taking inspiration from wood-
working and the old-fashioned skeleton keyhole, has devised a more stable
and secure way for reattaching the head. The "Inside-Outside" technique,
see http://nt.excite.com/news/u/990204/15/health-headneck
: To what should heads be connected to be the most fun? Leave the implants?
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> NASA REARRANGES FLIGHTS BECAUSE OF TELESCOPE, RUSSIAN TROUBLE. NASA was
forced to revise its entire shuttle flight schedule because of trouble with
an X-ray telescope and Russia's inability to get a crucial piece of the int-
ernational space station into orbit. That means 5 shuttle flights in 1999
instead of 6, and a gap of nearly 6 months between shuttle launches, the
longest gap since the 2 1/2-year hiatus following the 1986 Challenger
disaster. http://cnn.com/US/9902/05/AM-SpaceShuttle.ap/index.html
: Is Russia conspiring with the Zeta Reticulans to impede our space program?
# Spain Joins NASA's Search For Life Beyond Earth:
http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990205/19/odd-nasa
: Will a US-led coalition establish hegemony over the known universe? When?
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# Comet-chaser mission postponed. The launch of the Stardust space probe,
which aims to collect debris from a distant comet, has been delayed for 24
hours. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_272000/272322.stm
@ Links: Stardust homepage: http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/
@ NASA Comet observation page: http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov/
# Also: Closing in on a comet:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_181000/181972.stm
# Cosmic clouds threaten Earth:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_102000/102431.stm
# Clues to Bronze Age comet strike:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_100000/100101.stm
# NASA's Stardust Part Of Bargain Space Mission Era:
http://nt.excite.com/news/r/990205/19/odd-space
: What would you do with a comet if you had one? How far would you ride one?
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*** Romanian church invites pope. BUCHAREST (AP) - The Romanian Orthodox
Church has invited Pope John Paul II to visit the predominantly Orthodox
country in May. The invitation announcement came as a surprise, since the
Orthodox Church has been mired in a bitter dispute with Eastern Rite Cath-
olics over some 2,500 Catholic churches seized by the Communists in 1948
and given to the Orthodox. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558341555-723 ***
Also: Church: No sex before marriage, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558341734-ca3
: How many rites does your religion have? How many rongs? How many sexes?
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*** ISP shuts down anti-abortion site. (CNET) - MindSpring has shut down the
controversial anti-abortion Nuremberg Files Web site after a federal jury
ruled the site threatened the lives of about 200 abortion providers. Neal
Horsley, the owner of the site, said MindSpring shut it down without prior
notice. "This is business as usual," said Harry Smoak, a MindSpring spokes-
man. "The site was in violation of our appropriate use policy and we have
no plans to restore it." Horsley says he is searching for a new ISP. In the
meantime, he announced plans to use the site to publicly identify women who
seek abortions by setting up Web cams at visit abortion clinics around the
United States, Europe, and Japan. ###
: Should anti-abortion activists be similarly targeted and publicized? Why?
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HotLinks:
# News focusing on environment and development: http://www.earthtimes.org/
# Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR): http://www.fair.org/
@ Masonic Knights Templar - Great Priory: http://www.grandlodgescotland.com
@ Cloning FAQ: http://www.d-b.net/dti/faq.html
# Microchip Implants Said to Foil VIP Kidnappers:
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~alb/ugly/microchipTelegraphOct98.html
@ Hysteria about vaccines: http://www.gval.com/facvac.htm
# Your Tax Dollars At Work: U.S. Developing Fungi to Kill Drug Plants:
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/076.html#fungi
@ Video evidence of alien presence and advanced man-made aircraft:
http://www.ufovideo.com
http://www.multimedialibrary.connect-2.co.uk/unexplained/default.htm
http://wkweb5.cableinet.co.uk.dledger/video.htm
@ 'Strychnine' in psychedelics:
http://www.erowid.org/entheogens/lsd/lsd_myth2.shtml
www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/drugs/rec-drugs-FAQ/faq.html
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/4198/strychnine.txt
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"'No! No! A thousand times no!' poor Penelope squealed as her pixyish frame
disappeared beneath the lust-engorged loins of Hector the hulk, mindful all
the while that she still had 997 'NOs' to go." --Brian D. Smith
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