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Hmmmmnnn.... Caveat Lector? Any relation to Hannibal Lector?
ric carter wrote:
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> : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion.
> : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning.
> : No hallucinogenic toads were sucked during production of this bulletin.
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> # Pope admits Earth orbits Sun. LICHEN, Poland (AP) Nearly four centuries
> after the Vatican condemned Nicholas Copernicus' discovery that the Earth
> revolved around the sun, another Pole - Pope John Paul II - visited the
> astronomer's birthplace and praised his scientific achievements. But the
> pope noted that science and religion are still grappling to find common
> ground in the "service of truth." Then he retreated into fantasy again.
> See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559836807-7cd
>
> : Does your belief system work "in the service of truth?" Is truth relevant
> to your faith? Would you rather sing with Copernicus or JP2? Who's cooler?
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> # COOKING WITHOUT THINKING. A smart microwave oven will read cooking instr-
> uctions and alert consumers to hazardous ingredients. Now those sumptuous
> TV dinners can be automatically cooked to perfection. Nuking for nerds:
> www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/technology/story/20040.html
>
> # RENAISSANCE STUDENTS. Are they scientific artists or artistic scientists?
> The University of Florida requires painters and coders to cross-pollinate.
> www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/culture/story/20044.html
>
> : Are the links between science, art & technology created by humans or ETs?
> Will robots cook creatively? Will TVs decide your viewing habits? D'ya care?
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> # Sick tarantula gets top-notch care. CATONSVILLE, Md. (AP) - When tarantula
> No. 79011 gets angry, she rears up, shows her fangs and shoots barbed hairs
> from her rump. It's a good thing she's been a perfect patient so far. The
> Goliath tarantula, the largest spider species in the world, underwent a
> second CAT scan in hopes of saving her from a nasty infection oozing from
> her side. Giving a CAT scan to a spider is not a regular event, but this
> spider is worthy of saving, say those who know her. "She has a robust, loose
> personality." The prognosis wasn't good. Doctors are planning to perform a
> lifesaving operation next week to try to save the eight-legged creature.
> See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559810111-a8d
>
> : Do you operate on insects? Do insects operate on you? Earthly or ET? Why?
> Could you make a profit running an HMO for insects, for ETs, for robotniks?
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>
> # EUROPEAN NET STRIKERS DIG IN. Organizers of Sunday's pan-European telecom
> strike said that close to a million people left their phones on the hook to
> protest metered Internet access. Fortunately they had soccer on TV to watch.
> www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/20059.html
>
> # STRIKING FOR CHEAPER PHONE RATES. AOL and a Web founder drive a European
> protest seeking flat-rate local phone fees to spur wider use of the Net.
> www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/20055.html
>
> # NET HOOKUPS DOUBLE IN EUROPE. Online connexions still lag behind US rates,
> but a new study shows the Net is making deeper inroads in Western Europe.
> www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/business/story/20056.html
>
> : If Europe and the rest of humanity go online, will humans have a chance to
> resist the Reptilioids and Republicans, or are we more vulnerable to them?
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> # How to get people to exercise? WASHINGTON (AP) Getting nonexercisers off
> their couches begins with getting them to put exercise on their minds. How
> to do this still puzzles researchers. But they do know it is not easy. See
> http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559823313-5f9
>
> # And: 1,100-pound man returns to hospital, fat pig forklifted out of bed:
> http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559836496-119
>
> : Is human obesity encouraged by Reptilioids to fatten their harvests? Who
> are the tastiest humans? What's the best sauce to put on humans? Al dente?
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> SkeptiLinks:
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> # China flood threat forces 2 mln to move; Yangtze River to overflow:
> http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559834897-b0c
> # Tropical storm shuts down Hong Kong and southern China - crops blasted:
> http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559834529-c1a
> http://cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9906/07/PM-TropicalStormMaggie.ap/
>
> # Vietnam clamps down on free speech by Communist party members:
> http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559834748-321
> # China aerospace co. denies spying, says it bought secrets fairly:
> http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559835460-a48
>
> @ Oops, Guess I Wasn't Rapture Ready! http://www.novia.net/~todd/rap49.html
> @ The Judgments of the Tribulation: http://www.novia.net/~todd/rap51.html
> @ Seven Major Approaches to Prophecy: http://www.novia.net/~todd/rap57.html
> @ Are You Ready for the Rapture? http://www.novia.net/~todd/rap9.html
>
> # Two-fifths of installed software worldwide pirated - huge increase:
> http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559834272-16c
> # Transvestite Boxer Wants Bra For Next Bout to protect his newly-grown
> breasts: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990607/16/odd-thailand-boxer
>
> # Ex-mob lawyer to become Las Vegas mayor, denies hit attempt on Area51:
> http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559831741-fc7
> # If Elected, She'll Pose Nude - former Miss Belgium seeks Euro Parliament
> seat: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990607/08/odd-vandermeersch
>
> @ "UFO Abductions" Thru the Ages: www.brotherblue.org/brethren/little.htm
> @ The Elements & Their Inhabitants: www.brotherblue.org/libers/elements.htm
> @ On Angels, Aliens and Jinn: http://www.brotherblue.org/libers/jinn.htm
> @ "Space Alien" Daemonialitas: www.brotherblue.org/brethren/magonia.htm
> @ Enoch and the Nephilim: http://www.brotherblue.org/libers/enoch0.htm
>
> # YUGOSLAV GENERALS BALK, NATO BOMBING CONTINUES:
> http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/story/20057.html
> search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WAPO/19990606/V000405-060699-idx.html
> # Milosevic says he'll carry out deal, but won't say when or how:
> http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559837270-a0e
> # And: Collapse of Kosovo talks may be ploy, see
> http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559835673-cd0
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> "Glamorous, gutsy Genevieve slid effortlessly down the pole as slobbering
> dogs with masks of men circled stealthily, looking up her dress, making low
> gurgling noises from the bottom of their throats, licking their inner lips
> and the sides of their teeth." --Jeffrey Scott Brown
>
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