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@ Geek Erotica: http://www.geekculture.com/culture/erotica/eroticamain.html
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# Top-Secret Access - UFO Buffs Flock to Satellite Images of Area 51 on
Internet. RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Buildings. Roadways. Buses. A swimming pool.
No little green men. The first detailed satellite images of Area 51, the
top-secret Air Force test site in Nevada, apparently reveal nothing out of
the ordinary. Then again, UFO buffs might just think it’s another trick.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/area51000418.html
@ What Is A UFO? - A Beginners Guide To UFO Spotting - details of conducting
a scientific investigation of UFO- related phenomena - everything except
the scientific method: http://www.sightings.com/general/whatis.htm
: Have you manipulated any images of Area51/UFOs/ETs/robots/me lately? D'ya
know what the scientific method is?Are conspiracy theories, paranormalities,
UFOs, religious beliefs, susceptible to investigation by that method? How?
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# Latest UFO Sightings: Triangles, Boomerangs, Cigars, Discs Seen By Dozens:
NEW JERSEY - PUERTO RICO - PENNSYLVANIA - INDIANA - WEST VIRGINIA - MISS-
OURI - NORTHEAST US - ARKANSAS - TEXAS - MONTANA - CALIFORNIA - NEW ZEAL-
AND - LIFE BEYOND EARTH - WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB - ROSWELL EVIDENCE - HOW
TO PHOTOGRAPH UFOs: http://www.sightings.com/general/filers41800.htm
# China Boldly Moving Forward Into The Paranormal World"
http://augustachronicle.com/stories/041800/tec_UX5102-7.shtml
# KIDNAPPED BY UFOs? Exploring the Alien Abduction Phenomenon. This feature
contains disturbing material. (Nova) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/aliens/
: Are you disturbed by UFOs? Do you control UFOs? D'ya like to disturb folk?
D'ya show yourself here and there, teasingly, tauntingly, arrogantly, just
to whip up human emotions, so we'll foam and froth and act entertaining? Eh?
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# SPACEVIEWS 2000.16 - Shuttle Repairs Done - Congress Flays NASA re: Mars -
Satellite Problem Delays Ariane 5 Launch - Thruster Problem Could Shake Up
Launch Schedules - NASA Report on X-33 Problems & Future Plans Due Soon -
Russian President Pledges Support for Mir and ISS - Astronomers Push the
Limits of Observable Universe - Could Life Exist Near Europa's Surface?
The Future of Mars Exploration: http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/0417/
# WHAT'S NEW AT NASA: Cassini survives asteroids - paint-stripping robots -
NEAR in 100 km orbit - space drill with Earth uses - Hubble turns ten! -
MGS does Mars' South Pole - protoplanet suspect cleared? Ulysses hits
comet tail - MGS Cydonia images compiled - Cluster II shipment delayed -
astrobiology conference : http://spacescience.nasa.gov/whatsnew.html
# Better Space Weather Forecasting: http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9697636
: What's your favorite space news? Should off-Earth news have its own 24-hr
TV channel? D'ya prefer Earth news, Space news, Real news, Imaginary news?
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# Tetris takes over tower block. (BBC) The world's largest game of Tetris is
currently dropping its frustrating electronic blocks down 12 storeys of a
university building in the US. Source: hallucination from excessive video
gaming. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_718000/718009.stm
# BATTLE FOR SPECTRUM - Are you on my wavelength? (BBC) The trend for
wireless everything is causing chronic congestion on the airwaves.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_716000/716445.stm
# Computer chips by the yard - junior scientist improves organic
semiconductors - prospect for acres of organic solar cells:
http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/dfg-ccb041800.html
: How much electronics is enough? Is your body/mind/soul been overgrown with
electronic devices yet? When will you be fully implanted with organic chips?
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# Biblical Museum Full of Dinosaurs - Creationism Lives. FLORENCE,Ky.(AP) A
fundamentalist ministry is raising money for a museum based on the premise
that dinosaurs roamed the earth within the past few thousand years, that
all people are descended from Adam and Eve and that the Bible is a literal
account of creation. http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9691898
# Stones From Darwin Estate Displayed. LONDON (ap) - Stones from the country
estate where scientist Charles Darwin developed his theories on evolution
were placed Tuesday on the roof of a new building at the Natural History
Museum that will bear his name. http://newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9698026
: Do you feel sorry for people who haven't evolved? Did you evolve or were
you made like that? Why do you so imperfectly designed/constructed? Were you
made in the image of your deities? Do your deities fart, belch, itch, drool?
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# Islamic Organization Calls for Death Penalty for Putin - punishment for
Chechnya war atrocities: http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=152240
# Saudi Arabia government shuts down women's Internet cafe, no explanation:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_716000/716424.stm
# Osama Bin Laden, reportedly near death, is under siege with arrests in
Pakistan: http://www.worldtribune.com/Archive-2000/me-binladen-04-17.html
# World's most hunted terrorist calls for Muslim youth to fight US. ISLAMA-
BAD (AP) On fences and car windows throughout northwestern Pakistan, small
posters are popping up carrying a message to Muslim youth from suspected
terrorist Osama bin Laden: Join a holy war to the death against the U.S.
http://sun-sentinel.com/news/daily/detail/0,1136,30000000000116680,00.html
: What's your favorite holy war? Would you rather wage jihad against Russia,
U.S., Xian/Jews/Muslims/Hindus/Atheists in general, women, men, MicroSoft?
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# The Skulls, the Bell, and Skull & Bones. The Order of Skull & Bones, and
the Establishment of which it is a part, offers an inviting target for
Hollywood, but the makers of The Skulls miss the mark. The Brotherhood of
the Bell, on the other hand, credibly illustrates both how actual conspir-
acies operate and the moral responsibility to combat such entrenched evil.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/2000/05-08-2000/vo16no10_skulls.htm
* See the April 17 entry on http://skeptilog.pitas.com/ for the link to Cafe
Underground - create your own conspiracy theory, menu-driven, easy, fast.
# PAT BUCHANAN SAYS BUSH LEADS GOP INTO CULTURAL SURRENDER - "Those wusses
have gone soft" http://cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/04/17/buchanan.ap/
@ Pacifica Update: http://www.thenation.com/issue/000501/0501dinges.shtml
: What are your favorite conspiracy theories; secret societies; conspiracy
cover-ups by secret societies? Are such entities necessarily evil, whether
entrenched or not? Are all humans evil, immoral, compromised, unworthy??
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"We are all un-indicted co-conspirators." --anon
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