-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- SkeptiNews 000113f - - - - - - - - - - - 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 inland oceans evaporated during the production of this bulletin. Whew. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Psychic horse: http://www.flipaloft.com/bluepsychichorse.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Embryos split to clone monkeys. (AP) Researchers using a technique called embryo splitting hope to grow genetically identical rhesus moneys in the lab - a breakthrough that would enable experiments such as growing new organs from stem cells to be tested on monkeys rather than mice. Monkeys are closer to human biology, even more so than some lawyers and politicos. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563254685-46c : What primates would you most like to clone, to experiment on, to have sex with? Would you split up with your clone? Do you seek a deeper relationship? # Scientists map viruses to atoms. (AP) Scientists have discovered that two different but related viruses latch onto and infect human cells in similar ways, an insight that may help develop drugs to disarm viruses before they strike. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563241563-181 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Some See U.S. as Terrorists' Next Big Target. PARIS -- Six years after a fed-up France launched a vigorous crackdown on Islamic extremism, the campaign's success is posing new dangers for the U.S., which must cope with the potentially lethal spillover. "Terrorism is like the weather: There are zones of high pressure and low pressure, and they change with time." See http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20000113/t000004042.html : Is terrorism season opening up in your area? Are you planning for a heavy outbreak? Does your conspiracy finance/plan/execute terrorist acts? Are you proud to be a terrorist? Who do you most like to terrorize? Anyone else?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Rev. King may be declared martyr. BOSTON (AP) The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Baptist who led the civil rights movement, is a candidate to be recognized by the Vatican as a martyr for the Christian faith. Klan: "Glad we helped" -- http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563252019-6ce : Have you martyred anyone lately? Was it fun? Who would you like to martyr next? Do you think that, "The more martyrs, the better" ?? Would you mind being martyred yourself? Even if it's for a good cause? Can I do it? Now? # Bigoted Virginia mayor insults blacks, Jews, cripples, just about every- body: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563254412-d5b # 7 die in Indonesia religion clashes - Xians vs Muslims, town incinerated: See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563244708-ce6 # Tibetan lama wants to stay. NEW DELHI, India (AP) - The teen-age Tibetan leader who fled his Chinese-ruled homeland last week says he wants to stay in India. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563247837-877 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Participatory Economics. "Oh sure, Socialism sounds great in theory, but who is going to take out the garbage?" has two answers. One is the very appealing "You will, smart-ass!" & the other is the egalitarian "I will." According to the principles of Participatory Economics, both answers are right. http://disinfo.com/disinfo?p=folder&title=Participatory+Economics : Can socialism work? If it *can* work, why doesn't it? Have you voluntarily chosen a low-prosperity life-style for the common good? Who benefited? How? # She says ETs are real, and she wants to be President of the U.S.: http://ufonetwork.com/private/claudes-commentary/posts/43.html # Americans ignorant of their implants - ET aliens much too clever: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563226777-cdc _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Astronomers End Year With A Bang: NASA Uses Teamwork To Learn About One Of The Most Powerful Explosions In The Universe. (SD) Scientists from around the world have taken advantage of NASA teamwork to quickly locate and ob- serve a gamma ray burst -- one of the most violent events in the universe. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/01/000112200800.htm : Do you like big explosions? Have you set off any big explosions? Have you exploded any stars, clusters, galaxies? Was this a childish bid for notice?? # FUSE Spacecraft Observes Interstellar Lifeblood Of Galaxies: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/01/000113081631.htm # Star Cluster Baby Pictures Leave Astronomers Beaming: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/01/000113080636.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Experts discuss Salton Sea's future. DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) - Depending on the season, the Salton Sea can resemble pea soup or burnt coffee. With high evaporation and no natural way to flush itself, Cali- fornia's largest lake is essentially a salty, agriculture waste water pit. Even aliens won't drink the stuff, and water skiers have sometimes dissolved. http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2563239662-6b8 : Have you smelled the Salton Sea lately? Were you revolted, knocked uncon- scious, stimulated, dissolved? How many alien spacecraft hide within it?? # They Came from Outer Space. Researchers say 2 bacteria may have hitched a ride on a meteorite from Mars during a warm, wet cycle in the Red Planet's history. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33621,00.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Tourist returns 'bad luck' souvenir to Scotland. EDINBURGH. A Belgian tourist has returned a two pound stone he took from a mysterious burial site in Scotland's northern Highlands region, claiming it has brought him nothing but bad luck. The tourist said that after he took the stone from the site of several large burial cairns his daughter broke her leg, he lost his job and his wife fell ill. Then his dog bit his balls off. http://cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/01/08/bc.life.britain.stone.reut/ : Have you ever incurred divine wrath? Have you been deservedly punished? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Website has more nuke images. A day after a US non-profit group published top-secret spy satellite photos of suspected long-range missile sites in North Korea on its website, it says it will post nuclear and missile site images of India & Pakistan. http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/jan/13nuke.htm : What nuclear sites d'ya want to see pictures of? Would you rather look at nuclear sites, abduction zones, nude beaches, race tracks, your back yard?? # DNA as Computer Building Blocks. A gram of DNA can store more information than a trillion CDs. 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