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# ITCHY NOSE? IT'S ALLERGY SEASON - OR YOU'RE TELLING A LIE. A Chicago neur-
ologist and psychiatrist has given us a modern-day version of the Pinocchio
legend. He says, when someone is telling a lie, the erectile tissue in their
nose expands and the nose starts to itch. He says the could tell that Pres.
Clinton was lying during his taped deposition about Monica Lewinksy - he
touched his nose 20 times per minute. This doctor says he has identified 23
signs of lying. This ain't science folks - they may give hints, but these
signs don't definitely pinpoint a liar. Neither does voice stress analysis.
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12504
: Can nasal erectile activity be monitored? Do alien implants interfere with
nasal reactions? Should you be convicted because of your nose? Is it ugly?
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# AMAZON DROPS CONTROVERSIAL BOOK. Amazon.com de-lists a book criticizing
the Church of Scientology and founder L. Ron Hubbard. Newsgroups cry foul.
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/business/story/19787.html
# SEX SITES GETTING SCREWED. It's conventional wisdom that the online
porn biz sets trends for e-commerce. Given the rate of canceled credit-
card charges, online merchants hope that wisdom will falter.
www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/business/story/19777.html
: Online, would you rather be cleared or screwed or tattooed or sued? Why?
Is it dangerous to cancel Scientology credit-card orders? Would you rather
contend with the Church of Scientology or Mafia-linked online sex merchants?
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# DON'T LIKE ABORTIONS? THEN PROVIDE CONTRACEPTIVES. The WHO says almost 20
million unsafe abortions are performed each year, resulting in 70,000 deaths
annually. How to solve this serious health problem? Provide safe, reliable
contraception to women. It's nutz that people who are opposed to abortion,
are also opposed to making contraceptives available. These figures show that
when women want to get abortions, they will, legal or illegal, safe or not.
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12508
: Can you think of anyone who should have been aborted? Do alien implants
interfere with making good decisions? How is your reproduction controlled?
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# PERFECT BIRTH CONTROL? COULD BE... A test of a new birth control injection
yielded perfect results: NO pregnancies in the more than 700 women who got
the shots. While it might be a downside that women have to go to a doctor's
office for the shots, it does release women from daily pill use, and fertil-
ity returns within a month of a skipped shot. It's currently awaiting FDA
approval. www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12510
: Does perfect birth control support or conflict with populace-control plots
by Reptilioids, Republicans, Bilderbergers, Beelzebub, Bill Gates, Toshiba?
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# EUROPE HALTS GENETIC CORN TRADE. Amidst transatlantic trade woes, the
European Commission halts approval of a genetically engineered crop that
could prove lethal to Monarch butterflies. But it's OK to use on lawyers:
http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/technology/story/19794.html
# GM food 'no risk' to health. (BBC) A UK Gov't report on genetically-
modified foods is expected to show they are safe for humans, as plans to
regulate the GM industry are outlined. Hazardous to butterflies however:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_349000/349160.stm
: Do you trust GM foods? Have you performed any GM experiments yourself? Do
you want your own genes modified? What's your favorite gene-splicing? Why?
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SkeptiShorts
# PATIENTS, HEAL THYSELVES. New personal medical gadgets will let patients
monitor their own health and run simple tests at home. But will they make
your doctor hang up his stethoscope? Can you get dental surgery online?
http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/technology/story/19776.html
# LOST IN SPACE. LONDON (Reuters) - British entrepreneur Richard Branson
is planning a hotel in space and has registered a company called "Virgin
Galactic Airways" to ferry guests into orbit. Beam me up, Richard:
http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=3745993
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SkeptiLinks:
@ Spacecraft Status reports and other NASA publications are available at:
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm .
@ Information about Space Shuttle countdowns and missions are at:
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/ and http://shuttle.nasa.gov/
@ The Origins of Compulsory Education:
http://www2.flatlandbooks.com/flatland/Gatto.html
@ Mind control, black helicopters, etc:
http://www.members.tripod.com/uforeview/articles.html
@ Michael Aquino, Mind-Control, Satanic Child Abuse:
http://www.konformist.com/mkkafe/mkkafe.htm
http://www.konformist.com/mkkafe/aquino/aquino.htm
# SEX IN THE LAND OF NOD. Sleepsex, having sex while you are asleep:
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12503
# SECRETARY SHALALA STANDS BY SMALLPOX DECISION - keeping disease alive:
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=12506
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Remorselessly, Big Betty bellowed into the CB microphone, "EAT MY DUST, GOOD
BUDDIES!" laughing derangedly as she peeled out of the chicken-shack truck
stop, scowling ear to ear, popping gizzards into her fat face and leaving
behind a trail of poultry carcasses (as gray foreboding clouds spewed frozen
raindrops in her cautionless path, whetting her appetite for her favorite
bedtime snack - pearl onions in clam sauce). --James Coffey
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