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# Craft to carry DNA into deep space from Kourou. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A
starship destined for deep space soon will be boarding at a South American
spaceport, and anyone with $60 can hitch a ride. Genetically speaking, that
is. In a bizarre but potentially lucrative business venture, a spacecraft
carrying the DNA of up to 4.5 million people will be launched in 2001 on
a mission aimed at making contact with an alien civilization. All aboard -
http://www.flatoday.com:80/space/today/050399i.htm
: Would you like your DNA spread across the galaxy? Is this a good way to
contact alien cultures? What if they cloned you and enslaved or ate you?
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# Falun Dafa: Followers say meditative discipline cures many ills; others
call it a cult. As the Zhang family of Plum peacefully practiced Falun Dafa
on a recent weekend in Schenley Park, about 10,000 Chinese protesters perf-
ormed the same yoga-like movements on sidewalks near Tiananmen Square in
Beijing. The throngs were part of a huge demonstration seeking legal prot-
ection from the Chinese government to practice Falun Dafa, an offshoot of
Buddhism that involves achieving enlightenment through a series of exercises
and performing good deeds in what they see as an increasingly wicked age.
http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/19990504falundafa1.asp
: Does your belief system cure many ills, exacerbate many ills, result in
good and/or evil deeds, have any connexion with reality, pay taxes, kill?
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# Women Kidnap Priest To Block His Transfer. AREQUIPA, Peru (Reuters) -
Women who kidnapped a priest to force religious authorities to keep him in
their village had their prayers answered. The Roman Catholic Church agreed
that the popular priest -- nabbed at the altar while celebrating his last
Mass before a planned transfer to another diocese -- could serve his flock
for another month. http://news.excite.com/news/r/990505/08/odd-priest
: Which religious figures would you like to kidnap? Does your belief system
promote kidnapping? Would you mind being kidnapped for religious reasons?
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*** Tigers maul 2 at Spain animal park. EL VERGEL, Spain (AP) Tigers mauled
to death an elderly German couple at a game park in eastern Spain. The
Germ-ans ignored posted warnings written in several languages, including
German, saying they were in a dangerous area and should remain in their car
with the windows rolled up, said an employee at the Safari El Vergel. They
got out of their car, and 3 tigers pounced on them, causing fatal neck
wounds. "It is costly to be careless with this kind of animal." Think of it
as evolution
in action - see http://news.excite.com/news/r/990505/08/odd-tigers
: Would you rather be devoured by tigers, wolverines, bacteria, Reptilioids,
your own misgivings? Are humans just part of the Food Chain? Are you tasty?
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# Tornadoes Kill 44 in US Plains States. (ABC) Even residents of "Tornado
Alley" say they can't remember such devastating storms. The twisters killed
at least 44 people and destroyed hundreds of homes. Terrible act of God:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/tornadoes990505.html
# Also: Ingredients for Tornadoes. (ABC) The weather served up all the right
ingredients for the tornadoes that whipped through Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/tornadocause990504.html
: Why does God go on these murderous rampages? What motivates Him to inflict
such carnage? Does God play violent videogames, watch MTV, listen to Rap?
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# Vanishing Technology. (ABC) A paradox of the Info Revolution is that all
this newly available information is being stored in highly perishable forms.
As computer systems become increasingly obsolete, what happens to data
stored on them? http://play.rbn.com/?swave/abc/demand/990504lostinfo.rm
: Should all old data be saved? What information would you rather be lost?
Can old data be retrieved by govt's, aliens, MicroSoft? Who'll use the data?
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SkeptiLinks:
@ Conspiracy Journal web site: www.members.tripod.com/uforeview
@ UFO Gov't documents etc: http://members.tripod.com/~thetonezone/ufo/
@ Almost more conspiracies than you can stand: http://www.conspire.com/
# Jordan's new king discusses death, duty and destiny:
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9905/03/abdullah.interview/index.html
* Plot recent school shootings on a map and what do you get?
ftp://ftp.anomalous-images.com/pub/anomalou/xMarksTheSpot.jpg
# DOD OVERHAULS NETWORK TO THWART HACKERS - or so they hope:
http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/04/overhaul.idg/index.html
# New Boeing rocket malfunctions - another billion-dollar failure:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559428880-1d4
# NATO Uses New Type OF Bomb - Carbon filaments short-out generators:
http://play.rbn.com/?swave/abc/demand/990503mcwethy.rm
@ Competition for control of America's weather with the purpose of
world domination: http://www.esotericworldnews.com/weather.htm
# Russian EMF generator and mind-control:
http://www.sightings.com/earthchanges/emfmind.htm
@ Secret Weapons Technology:
http://www.sightings.com/political/weapons/weapons.htm
# U.S., Russia in nuclear stalemate - "arms control is finished":
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559430862-26f
@ The Mysterious Origins of Man:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/mom/mom-review.html
@ Mysterious Origins of Man: South African Grooved Sphere Controversy:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/mom/spheres.html
@ Creationism: The Hindu View:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/mom/groves.html
@ Hidden History, Hidden Agenda:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/mom/lepper.html
@ Forbidden Archeology: Antievolutionism Outside the Christian Arena:
http://www.ramtops.demon.co.uk/tarzia.html
@ URBAN LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/
@ ANTIVIRUS RESEARCH CENTER: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
@ STILLER RESEARCH - Virus protection: http://www.stiller.com/
@ McAFREE VIRUS INFORMATION CENTER: http://vil.mcafee.com
@ HOUSECALL Online Virus Scan: http://housecall.antivirus.com/explorer.html
@ COMPUTER VIRUS MYTHS: http://www.kumite.com/myths/
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"Wexel Goughball was a dedicated, Class A agent for the Company, which
meant he would wire a Rhode Island Red for sound and plastique; maim a
guy at 30 feet with six-inch raw macaroni and a spitball; manufacture
a passport from recycled W-2 forms;qualify in 36 different weapons,
including putty knife, lethal swizzlestick, and the Joker from a deck
of cards; and, in fact, had decapitated a false East German nuclear
scientist in the lobby of the UN building." --William D. Cox
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