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@ Dance! http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com/Graphics/dancingalienbaby.gif_
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SkeptiChat subscriber reply - From: "Al Christians" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> # COSMIC RAYS WILL REVEAL UNIVERSAL SECRETS - Argentine telescope
> may solve mysteries surrounding the Big Bang, black holes ...
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_719000/719514.stm
> http://www.sciam.com/specialissues/0398cosmos/0398cronin.html
Given the notable tendency of the dominant life forms on earth to hurl
things at each other, we should afford due respect to the hypothesis that
the cosmic rays are the stray rounds and misses from gazillions & billions
of star wars. Nothing in these articles to disprove that, is there? Al.
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# BOSTON MOM LEAVES BABY IN CAR... AND LION EATS HIM! SADA, South Africa.
Boston businesswoman Cynthia Ambele and her 18-month-old son Andy were
driving in a wild and woolly game park near here when she stopped her
car to use a toilet and returned to find that a lion had eaten her baby!
Vacation quite ruined: http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/stories/1846.html
# Mystery Big Cat Wrecks UK Garden http://farshore.force9.co.uk/abc_uk13.htm
# Uganda deaths ignored: http://news.excite.com/news/uw/000418/university-89
# Mountaineer Describes Firsthand Look at Yeti: http://caus.org/pn042000.htm
@ Want to know what's going on? http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/1298/
# Heavy Metal 2000: http://news.excite.com/news/pr/000418/co-starz-pictures
@ Nazis No! http://news.excite.com/photo/img/r/chile/nazis/20000418/stg02d
: Have you devoured any humans/aliens/animals/robots/minds/futures lately?
Which are tastiest? Do you breed/control/torture big cats to devour humans/
vegetables/lawyers? Should the devoured/tortured/perplexed be ignored? Why?
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# "Terra" Spacecraft Open For Business. After a picture-perfect launch into
space last December, NASA's premier Earth Observing System Satellite,
Terra, has completed on-orbit checkout and verification and is "open for
business." http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/04/000420074602.htm
# World's Largest Astronomical Observatories Now Accessible Over Internet2
Networks. A new high-performance Internet connection announced today will
transform the ability of astronomers to access world-leading telescopes
located on the peak of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawai`i. Get a faster
modem: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/04/000420074012.htm
# Museum 'posse' rounds up Colorado meteorites. 75 years later, the boom and
smoke of a sizzling fireball are as clear to the witnesses as on the hot
July day when it slammed into the ground next to a dirt road. Thick tail
of smoke, sonic boom: http://www.farshore.force9.co.uk/n_colmet.htm
: Have you observed anything spatial/special/spectral lately?Are your obser-
vations automated/cybernated/validated? Should the work be left to computers
/robots/humans/deities/demons/me? Should the observations be freely shared?
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# 28 LINKED TO BIN LADEN: www.CNN.com/2000/WORLD/meast/04/20/jordan.trial.ap
# Taliban charge two Arabs with spying on Bin Laden for U.S. - could be fed
to dogs: http://www.worldtribune.com/Archive-2000/me-binladen-04-20.html
# Bin Laden Filipino group beheads 2, wants US to release World Trade Center
bomber: http://www.conservativehq.com/chq/displayarticle?articleId=962
# Partial DERA Selloff Worries Pentagon - UK Defence R&D agency set for £1bn
float - secrets may be revealed: http://farshore.force9.co.uk/n_dera.htm
# New B-3 Bomber Faster, Stealthier - Experts Are Designing Bombers of the
Future Today. Even before the USAF finishes building its fleet of 21 B-2
Spirit stealth bombers, aircraft futurists are busy designing the nation's
next bomber deep inside a secure vault at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The
B-2 may rule the skies for now, but the bomber that makes it obsolete is
already on the drawing board. http://www.farshore.force9.co.uk/n_steth.htm
: D'ya prefer to inflict terrorist attacks on the retail/wholesale level? Is
single-target terrorism too slow? Would you rather inflict massive damage on
widespread targets simultaneously from far bases? How's your infrastructure?
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# FBI hold "hostage crisis" drill - preparing for Philadelphia convention.
A "hostage crisis" at the former Navy Base ends quietly. The agency said
it was planning for a worst-case scenario: some Republicans might survive.
Bother. http://www.phillynews.com/inquirer/2000/Apr/20/pa_west/PFBI20.htm
# WACO LEAK FOUND: http://news.excite.com/news/pr/000419/tx-the-news-texas
# Reno On Waco, Using Force: http://newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/4/19/232037
# Davidians hope a new church can close wounds on 7th anniversary of fire -
dedication, remembrance: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9705822
# Waco’s Endless Questions: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9703954
# Plan to track foreign students criticized. (GNS) Immigration officials are
readying a $43 million computerized system to track all 500,000 foreign
students in the US under a program inspired by the 1993 terrorist bombing
of the World Trade Center. http://usatoday.com/news/washdc/ncstue16.htm
: Have you kidnapped/embargoed/burnt/shot any hostages lately? Are hostages
expendable? Are you? Does your conspiracy plan hostage situations? Would you
rather just blow stuff up? Are you being tracked by a counter-conspiracy??
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Littleton'R'Us:
# Threats Close Several Schools. (AP) Classes in some schools around the US
were canceled today because of threats of violence on the anniversary of
the Columbine High School shootings. Epidemic of fear paralyzes nation:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000420/us/columbine_school_threats_1.html
# COLUMBINE +1: FEAR/SORROW ENDURE www.CNN.com/2000/US/04/20/columbine.01.ap
# Lawsuit alleges Columbine victim killed by sheriff's department bullet -
died close to safety: http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/04/19/columbine.lawsuit/
# Columbine update -- blaming the cops - it's always their fault, eh?
http://salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/20/columbine/print.html
# On Columbine Anniversary, Kids Still Lack Violence Education. A year after
the massacre at Columbine High School, a study finds that public school
districts have policies against violence but few actually teach kids how
to prevent it. http://sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/04/000417164315.htm
# Columbine tragedy remembered: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9711830
# Columbine: Crosses And Blame: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9711195
# Should Columbine Be Forgiven? http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9709332
# New School for Young Shooter: http://www.newshub.com/cgibin/rd.cgi?9711450
# Reasons for cursing vary. Oh, damn! Oh, hell! Oh, shit! You've heard these
words before; they're cuss words. Cussing in the United States is a common
thing. People cuss at sporting events, after an injury, or on television
trying to be funny. http://news.excite.com/news/uw/000419/odd-275
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