-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990517a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. * SKEPTINEWS CONTRIBUTORS/EDITORS WANTED NOW * KEEP THIS BULLETIN ALIVE * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Supremacist gets death penalty. LITTLE ROCK Ark (AP) Despite sparing the life of his codefendant, a federal jury recommended that a white supremacist be executed for murdering an Arkansas family. The defense will appeal. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559552124-58c : Does your belief system make you superior to other humans? Are they worth killing? Are you? Are some alleged 'humans' just animals? Are you? How can you tell? Do animals have rights, obligations? Do you? Do ETs? Do I? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Saudis warmly greet Iranian leader. JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) Iranian Pres. Mohammad Khatami was greeted with warm embraces and kisses in Saudi Arabia, a far cry from the insults and frosty exchanges that previously marked relations between the former foes. "A new era" for the two Muslim heavyweights: www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559568009-d9a : Does your religious/political/economic/artistic sect undergo violent mood swings re: other sects? Is an enemy of your enemy your friend? For how long? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** NASA prepares to repair telescope. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Anxiety is high as NASA prepares for a rush repair job on its beloved Hubble Space Tel- escope. Hubble's pointing system could die any day, halting all astronomical observations. So NASA is sending astronauts to the rescue in October, eight months earlier than they were supposed to go. The spacewalkers will not only install new gyroscopes for precision pointing, they will replace Hubble's main computer and patch Hubble's peeling skin. And save their own asses - see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559565945-268 : Who has more to gain by sabotaging Hubble: Reptilioids, Zeta Reticulans, Draco-Borgs, the Vatican, Bilderbergers, MicroSoft, Toshiba, Madonna, me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Kid indicted for hacking computer. WASHINGTON (AP) A teenager identified as a computer hacker whose name appeared on the Internet site for the White House after vandals altered it this week has been indicted on charges he broke into another government computer. Known on the Internet as "Zyklon," see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559549458-8fb : Is hacking gov't systems too dangerous for amateurs? Should hackers get gov't jobs first, so they can hack legally? Should Zyklon have joined NSA? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Hurricane forecaster out of funds. FORT COLLINS, Colo (AP) William Gray, the researcher whose hurricane forecasts are relied on from the Caribbean to the Gulf Coast, may be out of the prediction business. "My project is nearly broke. I'm having to terminate staff or find other funding." Dropped by NOAA and FEMA: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559551152-462 : Do you care if a tropical storm stomps you? Can you get better forecasts from Bilderbergers, Reptilioids, Republicans, the voices in your head? When? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *** Brokaw: Technology let people down. SANTA FE, NM (AP) Tom Brokaw thinks technology has let people down, saying it has left an "ugly scar on the face of history." "An ideology designed to empower the masses became one of the most ruthless instruments of oppression," Brokaw told College of Santa Fe graduates. "It is not enough to wire the world if you short-circuit the soul. Technology without heart is not enough." He didn't mention pacemakers. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559566965-8dc : Which technology is most soulless: agriculture, reading, flint-knapping, gene-splicing, ironmaking, microelectronics, weaving, broadcasting, brewing? Do you prefer human, alien, divine technologies? Would you rather eat bugs? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiShorts: # CAN SHARK CARTILAGE SLOW CANCER GROWTH? Shark cartilage may not help you, but if it doesn't interfere with chemotherapy, it probably won't hurt you either. http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12324 *** U.S. won't cut Yugoslavia Web access - Yugo citizens "need the worldwide computer network for reliable news coverage." Freedom, propaganda, or what? See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559547007-c3b # ARECA: A DANGEROUS NUT. Most nuts are good for us - they contain vitamin E and beneficial oils - but one isn't. It's a drug used by about a tenth of the world's population. It's the areca nut - sometimes called the betel nut. Get a strong a strong buzz but risk oral cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12301 *** Pollsters face threat from Internet: Net-polls are cheaper than phoning target samples, but public disinterest and nonresponse threatens accuracy. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559572762-97f # DIETITIANS FED UP WITH HIGH-PROTEIN DIET. In a new article, some highly regarded dietitians speak out against the high-protein diet fad. They point out that these diets are hard on the kidneys, are based on flawed theories and are unbalanced. But worst of all - diets don't work. People who go on these diets generally regain any weight they lose. 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