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# US billionaire funds crop circle research. (BBC) US billionaire Laurance
Rockefeller has agreed to finance the largest survey ever of crop circles
in the UK. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_347000/347439.stm
@ Links: Circlemakers: http://www.head-space.com/circlemakers/
@ B.Taylor's crop circle page: www.aviation-uk.com/cropper/98busty2.htm
@ Crop circle database: http://cropcircleconnector.com/anasazi/connect.html
# And: Round in circles:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_138000/138718.stm
# Crop circle fans caught by the Net:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_218000/218748.stm
# Unravelling crop circles:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_134000/134862.stm
: Do you trust research funded by a Rockefeller? Is the result more disinf-
ormation? What agenda is he REALLY pushing? How can you tell? Do you care?
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# 'ANDRO' HITS NO HOMERS. An article in a men's fitness magazine starts out
enumerating side effects and risks of taking "andro" - androstenedione - and
then touts it as an aphrodisiac. There is no evidence that it augments sex
drive, but we do know it has side effects - such as stimulating the growth
of breasts in men, and hair loss. It won't turn you into an athlete - sexual
or otherwise. www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12414
: Do chemicals have stronger aphrodisiac effects than alien implants? Does
your misfiring implant cause sexual dysfunction? Did you complain? To who?
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# MAD COW USA: BSE fears over US blood imports. (BBC) Reports that young
Americans are now dying of new variant CJD prompt a rethink about how the
disease infects people. CJD is not a notifiable disease in the USA, so there
are no accurate figures on the number of cases or the ages of patients.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_347000/347137.stm
# And: CJD death toll rises:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_319000/319746.stm
# CJD warning over surgery:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_286000/286407.stm
# BSE 'may never have posed human danger':
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_345000/345990.stm
: Is CJD/BSE another CIA lab export, like AIDS? Would you rather have your
brain eaten by prions, Reptilioids, demons, Papuans, computers, MTV, or me?
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@ ANOTHER GIZA. The Giza-Cydonia comparison is quite impressive. But this
newly discovered area and Giza are even more similar. 3 pyramids & a sphinx.
Get the story: www.fortunecity.com/roswell/rune/249/moc/sphinx_canyon.html
Then take the poll: www.fortunecity.com/roswell/rune/249/picturemain.html
: How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a pyramid? Have aliens
built architectural structures as beacons in your back yard yet? Why not?
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# Porpoises 'under threat'. (BBC) An environmental pressure group has
released film of Japanese whalers killing porpoises, in what it says
is the largest kill of whales or dolphins in the world. Mass murder:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_343000/343868.stm
@ Links: Japan Whaling Association: http://www.jp-whaling-assn.com/
@ Environmental Investigation Agency: http://www3.pair.com/eia/index.htm
@ Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society: http://www.wdcs.org/
: What intelligent species do you like to slaughter and devour? Do you mind
if an intelligent species slaughters and devours you? Are you tasty? How?
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SkeptiShorts:
# STOPPING CENSORSHIP DOWN UNDER. A series of nationwide protests tries to
raise awareness of proposed Australian legislation that would criminalize
adult content on the Internet. No bestiality with 'roos or platypi either:
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/19732.html
# CANADA WON'T REGULATE NET. The Canadian Internet industry breathes a sigh
of relief as the government says that it won't ask Canadian Web sites to
adhere to Canadian content policies. Not now, not ever. Well, probably not:
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/19726.html
# Green mice boost genetic engineering. (BBC) Scientists have created green-
glowing mice to prove the worth of a new genetic-engineering technique that
uses sperm to insert the new DNA. Major changes in their genetic make-up:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_343000/343929.stm
# READERS SPEAK WITH THIRD VOICE. Why create a newsgroup to talk about news
coverage when you can put your two cents right on the story itself? A new
browser utility allows you to chime in while you surf. Will anyone listen?
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/technology/story/19722.html
# Controlling the YK2 bug. (BBC) Although the technology-dependent world at
large is no longer in millennium bug denial, organisations that have the
problem well and truly licked are pretty thin on the ground. Are you ready?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_346000/346691.stm
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SkeptiLinks:
# China takes on dissidents - NATO embassy bombing is the pretext:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559587929-0d5
# Child pornography banned in Japan - still available nearby however:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559587988-198
@ Organic Psychoactives: http://www.lycaeum.org/drugs/plants/
@ UFO Roundup: http://www.parascope.com/nb/uforoundup/index.htm
@ Manna: http://www.lycaeum.org/drugs/plants/mushrooms/manna.shtml
@ UFO Tales: http://www.parascope.com/nb/cautionarytales/index.htm
@ Various Alien Races: http://www.tje.net/para/alien_races/
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As he felt his final breath being crushed from him by the closing fronds of
the genetically engineered giant Venus's fly-trap, its digestive enzymes now
oozing down his arms and legs, Bif "Green Thumb" Radetsky, ace detective and
part-time florist, heard the evil botanist, Dr.I.M.A.Weed, laugh menacingly,
"You see, Mr. Radetsky, Matilda's bite is worse than her bark!" --C.Ochikubo
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