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# Xian biker clubs duke it out over Jesus logo & name. DAYTON, Oh.(AP) Two
bands of bikers are duking it out in court - over Jesus. The self-proclai-
med Christian bikers are fighting over the name "Sons of God" & a Christ-
head logo. http://customnews.cnn.com/cnews/pna.show_story?p_art_id=3868873
: Have you copyrighted any symbols of your belief system? Do heretics try to
infringe on your commercial/religious turf? Are they damned to hell forever?
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# Hasidic movement split over Messiah. KFAR CHABAD, Israel (AP) - When the
leader of the Orthodox Chabad movement told followers that the Messiah was
coming soon, Michael Moyad slept with his best clothes laid out by the bed
to be ready. Moyad & many others thought Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
was hinting that he himself was the redeemer. On the 5th anniversary of
Schneerson's death, many are still clinging to the belief that he'll be
resurrected any day now, despite official Chabad teaching to the contrary.
Anticipation: www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559974752-8f5
: Do you have/expect/need one or more messiahs? Can messiahs be trusted? Are
messiahs human, divine, alien, unknowable? Do messiahs need charisma? Why??
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# Flesh Eating Bacteria Hits Drug Users. (SAN FRANCISCO) The San Francisco
Health Dept. is warning I-V drug users they could fall victim to flesh-
eating bacteria. In the past 2 weeks, 3 people have been diagnosed with
the disease... and one of them has died. Two of the patients had injected
black tar heroin and shared needles. The third injected meth or speed.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/local/state/california/story.html?s=v/r
s/19990617/ca/index_2.html#18
# UPDATE: At least one other patient has died of the disease.
# Scientists discover bacteria that destroys toxic explosives. JERUSALEM - A
bacteria capable of "eating" explosive material has been discovered by an
Israeli research team. The bacteria, belonging to the Rhodococcus strain,
destroys a common but highly toxic form of military explosive called RDX.
http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/18.Jun.1999/News/Article-9.html
: Who's mixing these microbes into illegal drugs? Will all drug supplies be
infected soon? Will gun-control freaks develop gunpowder-eating bacteria to
devour your ammunition? Will microbes be developed to eat criminals fast?
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# Global warming disease warning. (BBC) The World Health Organisation says
global warming could cause a major increase in insect-borne diseases such
as malaria throughout Britain and Europe. It has called for urgent gov't
action to prepare for the spread of diseases like malaria & encephalitis.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_372000/372219.stm
# Bacteria Thrives In Simulated Mars Conditions. An exotic Earth bacteria
that thrives in a lab mimicking the environment of Mars shows that planet
may have once harbored life. A methane-making, oxygen-hating microbe
"grows just fine and dandy" in a simulated Martian environment that could
not support most forms of life on Earth. www.jeffrense.com/ufo4/bac.htm
: Do your prefer Terran or Martian microorganisms? Can we spread microbes in
space to colonize the galaxy? Can we fine-tune planets to aid their growth?
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# Lava Tubes May Make Lunar And Martian Homes. Giant lava tubes on the moon
and Mars could provide low cost, ready-built enclosures for future lunar
bases, say NASA researchers: http://www.jeffrense.com/ufo4/tubes.htm
: Do your alien masters have bases set up inside Terran lava tubes? Have you
looked? Do lava tubes make good condos? What's the rental market like here?
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# First pictures from Gemini. (BBC) The first picture taken by the new
Gemini telescope in Hawaii is of the distant planet Pluto. The quality
of the image is as good as that obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_372000/372276.stm
@ Link: The Gemini telescopes: http://www.gemini.edu/
# Looking for the 'relics' of the Big Bang. (BBC) A new satellite to study
the 'relics' of the Big Bang is about to be launched. NASA's Far Ultra-
violet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) spacecraft will observe nearby
planets as well as the farthest reaches of the universe. Maps energy:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_372000/372363.stm
@ Link: FUSE homepage: http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/
# HUBBLE COMPLETES MAJESTIC GALAXY PORTRAIT. (CNN) NASA this week released a
portrait of a majestic spiral galaxy begun by the Hubble Space Telescope
four years ago but left incomplete until now. Astronomers revisited the
NGC 4414 galaxy and completed the image by looking at its other half with
the same filters used to "paint" its first half in 1995. 60 million light
years away: http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9906/17/galaxy.portrait/index.html
: Can the Mothership and all the alien bases in and around the solar system
hope to remain hidden? Do ETs control/misdirect these observation efforts?
If we saw an alien artifact or civilization, would we recognize it? How???
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# Space station avoids near collision - NASA botches command to move station
away from debris. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Flight controllers botched an
attempt to move the new international space station out of the way of a
speeding piece of space junk, but the rocket debris ended up passing at
a safe distance. http://www.msnbc.com/news/281202.asp and
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559975699-d34
# New Mir mission announced. (BBC) An extra crew will visit Mir in December
to prepare the space station for its destruction. Despite the Kremlin's
failure to find funds to keep Mir in orbit, they still have not given up
hope. But their delaying tactics may put people's lives in danger.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_371000/371637.stm
: Who has the most incompetent space agency? Are they klutzy; distracted by
alien implants or HAARP or hypnosis; drunk/drugged;
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