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@ SURF'S UP! http://mooneyesusa.com/RE015.GIF
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# Mars probe canyon crash theory. (BBC) The Mars Polar Lander lost a month
ago may have met its end in a catastrophic tumble down the sides of a deep
canyon. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_593000/593264.stm
# Also: Nasa to scan Mars for lost probe:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_564000/564613.stm
# Mars probe silence signals failure:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_553000/553861.stm
# Mars: Mission impossible?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_552000/552574.stm
: Have you lost any space probes lately? Do you blame geography, bad math,
bad vibes, communist saboteurs, demonic possession, aliens, robots, me???
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# Refugees claim Spice Islands deaths. AMBON, Indonesia (AP) -- Refugees
fleeing violence between Christian and Muslim militias in Indonesia's
eastern islands said hundreds of people were killed in fighting Tuesday &
Wednesday. http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563067790-ff3
# Egypt to arrest violence culprits. CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The government will
arrest the "real culprits" behind three days of Muslim-Christian clashes
that left 20 dead in southern Egypt, a bishop from the region said Wednes-
day. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563068892-af2
: Would you rather kill Xians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, pagans, atheists, Zen
Buddhists, capitalists, communists, UFOlogists, urologists, Reptilioids, me?
Does your belief system promote killing? Is it mandatory, optional, scored?
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@ A United Nations Approach for UFOlogy. It is difficult to believe we have
arrived at a new century without solving the UFO mystery. I tend to belive
this is because of the division in the ranks of the people working on this
problem. We need a unified, "U.N." approach: http://caus.org/mc010400.htm
: How would you solve the UFO mystery? Would you establish an international
bureaucracy? Do international bureaucracies solve many problems? Do you have
other models that may work better? Have you solved any UFO mysteries lately?
# A Century Of UFOs: http://www.caus.org/pn010300.htm
# Top 10 UFO News Stories of 1999: http://www.caus.org/pn010500.htm
# Fireball Under Intelligent Control: http://www.caus.org/mu010300.htm
# Flying Triangle & Wings Sighted: http://www.caus.org/ft010600.htm
# Little Silent Flying Things: http://www.caus.org/mu010500.htm
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# Scary thought: Engineering ultimate athlete. (LADN) With each passing
day, science comes closer to identifying the full mysteries of DNA and
the genetic code. When it does, and it will soon, the possibility becomes
very real that genes could be altered to produce the super athlete. And?
http://www.spokane.net/news-story-body.asp?Date=010100&ID=s726993&cat=
: Have you engineered any athletes lately? Would you rather engineer jocks,
lawyers, rock stars, troops, engineers, telemarketers, pilots, babes, me??
# Scientist Envisages Tiny Computers in Human Cells (Reuters)
http://news.excite.com/news/r/000105/14/science-science-computer
# Each Nostril Smells the World Differently - Report (Reuters)
http://news.excite.com/news/r/000105/14/science-science-nostrils
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# YELTSIN GETS STATESMAN'S WELCOME IN HOLY LAND. Boris Yeltsin said he felt
"like a saint" after arriving in the Holy Land on a Christmas pilgrimage
that afforded the pomp & security befitting the head of state he was until
last week. The former Russian leader is on a private visit. Yeltsin making
frequent rest stops: www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/01/05/yeltsin.trip.02.ap
: Have you felt like a saint lately? Would you rather feel like a saint, a
sinner, an angel, a demon, an alien, a robot, a sheep, an octopus, a loo??
# Accused ex-pastor's defense: I was giving sex-ed lessons!
http://www.sjmercury.com/premium/local/docs/deporte06.htm
# Littleton cop busted for ordering "date rape" drugs:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/0106net2.shtml
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@ To prevent another year of <http://philkon.tripod.com/millennium.html>
stuffy know-it-alls <http://users.tminet.com/bruce/century/savant.htm>
going on <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1638/millennium.html>
ad nauseum <http://www.georgian.net/rally/madness.html> about when
<http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/faq/docs/millennium.html> the new millennium
<http://www.astronomyboy.com/millennium/index.html> will really begin,
<http://www.enigmar.com/2001/> I say we all immediately adopt the
Jusanotoron <http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/jusanotoron.html>
calendar, in which it is currently the year CUK. And see a load of other
cultural artifacts at http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Culture/
: Have you developed any calendars lately? What are your start/end points?
Do you begin at the beginning of time, or sometime later? Why? Do you count?
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SkeptiWinks:
# POSH SPICE: MY HUBBY WEARS MY UNDERWEAR:
www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/01/05/timnwsnws03010.html?999
# Y2K - Man fires nail into his head during New Year's bash:
http://www.cleveland.com/news/pdnews/metro/o05nail.ssf
# Seattle's WTO bill hits $9 mln - cheaper than a SuperBowl ad:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563072449-ea0
# Mice Hold Clue to Male Contraceptive Pill - Demanding Higher Payoff:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/000106/05/science-health-contraceptive
# INDIA HIJACK-SWAP MILITANT CALLS FOR HOLY WAR - destroy India, US:
http://cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/south/01/05/pakistan.kashmir.reut/
# Algerian held on immigration charges - suspected of US bomb plot:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563073756-8aa
# Bar owner uses swastika to protest smoking ban:
http://www.sjmercury.com/premium/local/docs/smoking05a.htm
# Prankster denigrates principal with dancing baboon e-mail:
http://www.injersey.com/news/app/story/0,2110,239162,00.html
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