-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991206d - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No millennia materialized during the production of this bulletin. Ratz. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ The Vision of St. Eustace: http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/eustace.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Church offers 'drive-thru' Xmas. LITTLE ROCK, Ark.(AP) In a nation of fast food restaurants, cash machines and even drive-through liquor stores, the First Church of the Nazarene is finding people like their religion quick & convenient as well. This week, the church is closing its parking lot to set up a drive-through Nativity scene for those who want to experience the "true meaning of Christmas," but don't want to leave their cars. Too busy: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562433402-8c2 : Do you often worship in your car? Do you worship your car? Does your car worship you? Should all churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, pagodas etc have drive-thru facilities? Do you prefer to worship in person, by drive-up, online, in your imagination? Should all religious facilities be wired? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # BETHLEHEM KICKS OFF CELEBRATIONS (AP) - Yasser Arafat lit a Christmas tree to kick off the millennial year in Bethlehem, the town of Jesus' birth, capping a day of festivities that Palestinians also used to press their political cause. The Palestinian leader waved to the crowd but made no remarks as he pressed a switch to light the white-and-gold bulbs adorning a 35-foot-tall pine tree. Then he went home and got blind, staggering drunk. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562416654-52e : Do Palestinians gladly exploit visiting Xians in a festival that commemor- ates killing a Jew? Do you like to exploit Xians too? Which believers are the easiest & most profitable to exploit? Is Xianity a "cash-cow?" Where? # Arafat gives poet wry pledge - "Shoot me if I betray you!" Poet checks bullets: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562437192-6b2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # NHS euthanasia claims 'nonsense'. (BBC) A senior consultant's claim that elderly patients are being left to starve to death in (UK) NHS hospitals has been dismissed by the government as "nonsense". They prefer to use poison: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_552000/552326.stm : Would you mind much if your govt euthenized you? Would you rather be euth- enized by your own govt, another govt, private business, aliens, robots, me? # Also: UK doctors allowed to let patients die - conserve resources: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_375000/375583.stm # BMA [British Medical Assn] stands by end-of-life guidance: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_389000/389034.stm # BMA guidance: The main points. 1) Don't get caught. 2) Deny all: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_375000/375981.stm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # THE END IS NIGH. (Times) Heavyweight scientists have been taking out full- page adverts in newspapers across America warning of the end of the world. They believe that the world faces a spontaneous nuclear holocaust. Boom. http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/99/12/06/timintint01033.html?999 : Do you have plans for next year? Have you put the future on hold? Are you enjoying your last few days of existence with all the energy you can muster? # New play about historical Los Alamos nuke accident: http://www.laweekly.com/ink/00/02/theater-morris.shtml @ THE END OF TIME - A Talk With Physicist Julian Barbour: http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/barbour/barbour_index.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y2K-Y2K-Y2K-Y2K: # WHATEVER HAPPENED TO Y2K? Disappeared as an issue of serious public concern: http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Dec1999/120699/y2k120699.htm # Y2K - College preparing for worst from Y2K - planning shelter for 500: http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/dec99/shelter04120399a.asp # Y2K - U.S. Y2K READINESS CHIEF PREDICTS NO MAJOR COMPUTER BREAKDOWNS: http://cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/05/koskinen.y2k.ap/index.html # Y2K - Czech Republic Says Nuclear Plants Y2K-Proof: http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/techwr/19991206/tCB00V0542.html # Consumers picky about Y2K stuff. (AP) Millennium merchandisers hoping to profit on the novelty of the calendar's turn are finding that consumers are choosy about their mementos. Splashing "2000" on a ballcap or T-shirt doesn't guarantee a sale. Surprise! Shoppers aren't all total air-headed suckers: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562441079-e4d # Israel bank doubles Y2K cash supply, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562430610-7ca # Also: Japan premier urges Y2K stockpile, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562400349-afb # Also: India-Pakistan fight hurts Y2K plan, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562406157-c08 # Also: Russia lags on Y2K flight readiness, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562397180-c65 # And: S. Africans prepare for 2000 problems, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562432339-178 # TIME TO REFLECT: It's the end of the century, the millennium. Time to reflect. But who has time to keep up with the information of the past month, let alone 100 or 1000 years? Overload in the Age of Information. http://www.nationalpost.com/artslife.asp?f=991204/141637 # NEW YEAR'S EVE TICKETS GO UNSOLD - big shows canceled, nobody's coming: http://cnn.com/1999/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/03/unsold.new.years/index.html # FAILURE ON ALL POSSIBLE TERMS: Updated "Messiah for the Millennium" sux: http://www.ireland.com/scripts/dublin/find/continuereview.cfm?EventID=2866 # U.S. Y2K head confident of no problems - BUT DON'T PANIC!!!! http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562433855-07e # Also: Y2K focus shifts to people, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562416652-ecc # Also: Home PC not immune to Y2K bugs, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562416647-b72 # Also: Guide to Y2K computer trouble, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562416694-b8a # Also: Some airports lagging on Y2K fixes, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562416617-d7e # And: Travelers grounded by Y2K jitters, see http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562416615-c02 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "What they need's a damn good whacking!" --J.L. & P.M. * Rev. 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