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# YOSEMITE MURDERS GIVE BAD NAME TO BIGFOOT RESEARCH? PORTLAND, Maine -- A
cryptozoologist in Portland ME thinks Bigfoot researchers may be able to
help the FBI solve the mystery behind the Yosemite murders. Prof. Loren
Coleman says news reports suggest the alleged murderer, Cary Stayner, was
an amateur Bigfoot researcher who spent countless hours looking for the
hairy creature in Yosemite. http://egroups.com/group/konformist/607.html
: Do you look/kill for hairy creatures? Are all amateur cryptozoologists
homicidal maniacs? Has Yeti instructed you to kill? Is Bigfoot an ET? My
shoe size is 18(US) - am I Bigfoot? Am I dangerous? Would you kill for me?
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# Man sentenced for AntiChrist murder. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) A former
newspaper carrier who gunned down an executive at his old paper because he
thought the latter was the AntiChrist apologized to his victim's family
before a judge sentenced him to life in prison. Killed with two shotgun
blasts: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560567183-2be
# Colombian nuns cleared of murder. BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Two nuns who
made headlines when they shot a convent intruder with a revolver were
cleared of murder charges. "The nuns acted in legitimate self-defense."
Oh Mary: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560575995-b40
: Would you rather kill Christs, AntiChrists, BridesOfChrist, me? What kinds
of believers are most dangerous? Are you a believer? Are you dangerous? Why?
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# Ban Lifted On Western Musical Instruments. TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) Iran
has lifted a two-decade ban on the import of Western musical instruments,
which it has long seen as decadent and corrupt. Play that funky ��mb�s
(JOOM-bush), white boy: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990805/07/odd-iran
# World champion fire dancer to headline BYU festival. (U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah
The Spencer W. Kimball Tower quad at Brigham Young University will be the
hottest place to be Friday night. The former World Fire Knife Dance Champ-
ion, Chief Sielu Avea, will be performing an hour-long fire dance routine
as part of Summerfest. http://news.excite.com/news/uw/990804/odd-40
: Is fire/knife dancing more dangerous/decadent/fun than playing Western in-
struments? What special mental disciplines are required for either? Do alien
implants help? What are the most decadent instruments, dances, musics? Why?
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# SPACE SCAVENGER PULLS DATA FROM 'LOST' SATELLITE. UC Berkeley astronomer
Derek Buzasi is turning space trash into scientific treasure, salvaging a
trove of scientific data from a NASA satellite that was once considered a
total loss. When the NASA space telescope called Wide Field Infrared Expl-
orer (WIRE) was launched last March, the main telescope's cover came off
early, damaging it and rendering it useless. The amazing star camera - see
http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9908/04/space.salvage/index.html
: Why have the Reptilioids allowed us to regain use of this instrument? Are
they feeding us disinformative data? Who is Buzasi really working for? Why?
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# The Falun Gong crackdown: Crisis in China's corridors of power. The crack-
down initiated July 19 against the quasi-religious Falun Gong sect is the
most serious act of state repression in China since the Tiananmen Square
massacre in June 1989. Some 5,000 adherents have been arrested over the
last fortnight. Falun Gong videos and literature are being collected and
destroyed across the country. Around 200,000 books were reportedly burnt
in the city of Wuhan alone. Its web-sites have been shut down or firewal-
led from Chinese viewers and any practice of its beliefs made a criminal
offence. http://www.egroups.com/group/konformist/606.html
: What quasi-religious sects would you like to crack down on? What sects are
likely to crack down on you? Do you like to crack down? Do the voices in y'r
head tell you to crack down? Are crackdowns necessary for self-preservation?
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SkeptiLinks:
# Ebola virus outbreak fear hit Europe; Germany on virus alert:
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_08_4&item=#933823828
# PA claims Israeli mess in Bethlehem will deter millennium tourists:
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_08_3&item=#933731847
# Astronomers to observe solar eclipse in Iran on Aug. 11
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_08_3&item=#933710347
# Arab states take preventive measures to protect citizens during eclipse:
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_08_2&item=#933633707
@ Guns Under Fire: http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/guns/
@ NetInsurgency: A look at hacking: http://www.cnn.com/hackers
@ The 20th Century: 100 years of history: http://cnn.com/100
# Y2K - US ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY SAYS IT'S PREPARED:
http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/04/electric.y2k.ap/
# Y2K - US Power Companies Deceive FEMA - Hide Troubles:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/y2kcoverup.htm
# Y2K - Enormous Chicago Preparedness Expo Due - Largest In US:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/y2kprep.htm
# Y2K - UN Says Half World's Nations Have No Y2K Preparation Websites:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/y2kun.htm
CORRECTION: The following items from the last bulletin (SkeptiNews 990804c)
had incorrect links. I blame mind-control rays. Here are the correct URLs:
# Confirmed - Flying Economy Causes Blood Clots:
http://www.sightings.com/health3/clots.htm
# Germany Refuses To Lift UK Beef Ban:
http://www.sightings.com/politics4/beefban.htm
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dress, stared with unremitting astonishment and peculiar passion at his
disheveled and sudden appearance and pondered the flotsam of their
cruise ship romance, a lust lingering like a salsa stain on a white
shirt." --Randall Heeres ** http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/99win.htm
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