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@ Pily y Mily! http://members.xoom.com/pilymilyweb/comision.html
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# U.S. Eugenics Paralleled Nazi Germany. PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -- U.S.
doctors who once believed that sterilization could help rid society
of mental illness and crime launched a 20th century eugenics movement
that in some ways paralleled the policies of Nazi Germany, researchers
said: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000214/sc/science_eugenics_1.html
@ Eugenics Scope Note: http://guweb.georgetown.edu/nrcbl/scopenotes/sn28.htm
@ Policy: http://english-www.hss.cmu.edu/ctheory/r-public_policy_eug.html
: Should we improve humanity via eugenics, gene.mods, prayer/alien meddling,
viral infections? Can/should/will humanity be improved? Compared to what??
D'ya prefer eugenics practiced by Nazis, Commies, Republicrats, Taoists, the
Illuminati, aliens, robots, me? Have you sterilized anyone lately? Why not?
@ Embracing Change with All 4 Arms: A Post-Humanist <http://aleph.se/Trans/>
Defense of Genetic Engineering: http://changesurfer.com/Hlth/Genetech.html
@ Genetics and Philosophy http://www.med.upenn.edu/~bioethic/genetics.html
@ Genethics Literature http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/brynw/genlit.html
@ Genomics http://www.phrma.org/genomics/index.html
@ Ethics and Human Genetics http://guweb.georgetown.edu/nrcbl/nirehg.htm
@ Biotech & GenEngineering http://aleph.se/Trans/Individual/Body/genes.html
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# NEAR Spacecraft Orbits Asteroid. LAUREL, MD - Jubilant space scientists
waved thumbs-ups from behind their mission control computers as NASA's
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft plopped itself into orbit
around asteroid 433 Eros. Asteroid inhabitants report multiple UFO sight-
ings: http://www.space.com/science/solarsystem/near_eros_orbit_000214.html
# Latest News from NASA - http://www.caus.org/pn021600.htm
# Flying Triangle in 1967: http://www.caus.org/mu021600.htm
@ NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET! "Could it be, a contagion factor, or a proxiemty
factor...if one person is being contacted, "you" could be somehow involved
also??? It has also been proven it can be "generational" at least there
are those possibilities, as I believe one of my family members may be
involved also. It is the fear, the intrusion, the unkown... and an
'altered reality' that frightens most out there, something has to be
done!" Yes, let's do something: http://www.caus.org/pc021600.htm
: Have any spacecraft approached you lately? Did they contact others around
your before/after approaching you? Are you fearful? Are all the inhabitants
of your asteroid fearful? Is the fear contagious? Have you seen a doctor??
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# Superstitions: Bread & Butter Of Russian Life. MOSCOW (AFP) Students don't
wash their hair the day before exams, musicians take similar precautions
before a concert, & if you take your rubbish out after nightfall you risk
losing all your money. Superstitions play a major part in Russian daily
life particularly in rural areas where folks prefer irrational traditional
beliefs, rather than swallow the arguments of a more scientific approach
& chance their arm against fate. Even in major urban areas, superstitions
govern the lives of many. http://www.sightings.com/politics6/supers.htm
# PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING ON THE RISE. Between 1978 and 1998, legalized gamb-
ling in the US spread from 2 states to 48 states. More Americans gamble,
leading researchers to warn that the number of pathological gamblers will
also grow. http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=27466
: Would you rather gamble, gambol, gyre? Is life a gamble? Does gambling im-
ply superstition? Is life pathological? Have you washed your hair lately??
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# Toy robots do your bidding. NEW YORK (ZDnet) -- A casual bystander could
easily mistake this year's International Toy Fair for an episode of "The
Jetsons." Tons of toys are available that can interact with children
either through robotics and computer chips or by updating their content
from the Internet. http://news.excite.com/news/zd/000214/15/toy-robots-do
# For the First Time, the "AIBO" Entertainment Robot Is Available. (BizWire)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Sony Corporation has announced that it will accept orders
for the sale of the "AIBO" Entertainment Robot, model ERS-111 to customers
in the US: http://news.excite.com/news/bw/000215/ca-sony-metreon
: Who is your favorite robot? Do robots obey you, entertain you, sexually
satisfy you, taunt you, impoverish you, enslave you, perplex you? Why not?
# Urgent MD-80 inspections wind down - coverup of Navy shootdown:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564267003-f98
# Findings from MD-80 inspections - alien rays caused metal fatigue:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564267024-201
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@ Easter Island: Lemuria? Easter Island is actually all that remains
of the lost land of Lemuria. http://www.crystalinks.com/easter.html
# Easter Island Grudgingly Giving Up Secrets. Archeologists at last are
recovering the history of Rapa Nui, the people themselves, and their
indigenous language. http://www.farshore.force9.co.uk/tp%5Feast.htm
: Have you been to any lost continents lately, or at least to their fragmen-
tary remains? Are they excruciatingly beautiful, haunted, powerful, magnetic
in their attraction, suffused with alien miasmas, infested with tourists??
@ Easter Island Home Page. Explore the many mysteries of the enigmatic and
isolated island of Rapa Nui. http://www.netaxs.com/%7Etrance/rapanui.html
@ Easter I. Virtual Tour - Absolutely beautiful site takes you around the
entire island: http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/Easter%5FIsland/index.html
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# Why "Fall In Love?" - Science Of Sexual Attraction. Why do we fall in
love? It's a tough question to answer, but research offers new insights
into our sexual chemistry. http://www.msnbc.com/news/368998.asp?cp1=1
& Silicon Brains and the Opiate of the Masses. Dr. J. discusses the current
research on neural prosthetics, linking brains directly to computers and
robotics, replacing neurons with chips, growing neurons to replace
computer chips, as well as news of incompetence and religion.
MP3: http://radio4all.net/pub/archive/mp3/0201cyborg.mp3
via: http://www.changesurfer.com/eventhorizon/shows.html
: Would you rather fall in love with humans, aliens, robots, new chips, good
drugs, religious fantasies, me? Can/should/will your rewire your brain, slop
new biochemicals into your sexual receptors, attain new levels of ecstasy??
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