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    Now, here's some hysterically funny news!

    Not since USSR of the 1970s has sex testing been necessary, but here we go - world champ in the women's 800m may not be a woman!

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news...ectid=10592004

    I'm not sure whether her name or physique gave it away!
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    Nessie or not Nessie, that is the Question!

    "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
    W.B.Yeats

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Atheist View Post
    Now, here's some hysterically funny news!

    Not since USSR of the 1970s has sex testing been necessary, but here we go - world champ in the women's 800m may not be a woman!

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news...ectid=10592004

    "I'm not sure whether her name or physique gave it away!
    IAAF spokesman Nick Davies said it would take weeks for the completion of the "extremely complex and difficult" tests.
    ...

    The verification test requires a physical medical evaluation, and includes reports from a broad range of specialists, including an expert on gender.

    "So we're talking about reports that are very long, very time consuming," Davies said."

    Really? How hard can it be?

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    I took this off the MSN news page today . If it is genuine, how the hell is it possible for a road to run that close to a landing strip?


    http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=...epage_carousel

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    Not far from how Wellington looks, but you wouldn't want to be in a double-decker bus.
    Go to work, get married, have some kids, pay your taxes, pay your bills, watch your tv, follow fashion, act normal, obey the law and repeat after me: "I am free."

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    Quote Originally Posted by motherhubbard View Post
    IAAF spokesman Nick Davies said it would take weeks for the completion of the "extremely complex and difficult" tests.
    ...

    The verification test requires a physical medical evaluation, and includes reports from a broad range of specialists, including an expert on gender.

    "So we're talking about reports that are very long, very time consuming," Davies said."

    Really? How hard can it be?
    I don't think the question of whether she's physically a "girl" is the issue

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    Fake Dutch 'moon rock' revealed

    A treasured piece at the Dutch national museum - a supposed moon rock from the first manned lunar landing - is nothing more than petrified wood, curators say.

    It was given to former Prime Minister Willem Drees during a goodwill tour by the three Apollo-11 astronauts shortly after their moon mission in 1969.

    When Mr Drees died, the rock went on display at the Amsterdam museum.

    At one point it was insured for around $500,000 (£308,000), but tests have proved it was not the genuine article.

    The Rijksmuseum, which is perhaps better known for paintings by artists such as Rembrandt, says it will keep the piece as a curiosity.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8226075.stm


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    Noooooooooo!

    Oh god, this will have them hanging from the trees shouting their craziness.
    Go to work, get married, have some kids, pay your taxes, pay your bills, watch your tv, follow fashion, act normal, obey the law and repeat after me: "I am free."

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Atheist View Post
    Noooooooooo!

    Oh god, this will have them hanging from the trees shouting their craziness.
    I do hope the Science museums in London and elsewhere will carry out similar inspection of their samples, but could they be trusted to tell the truth?

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    Science telling the truth? Shouldn't think so.

    Big question is: Did NASA do it, or was the real thing swapped along the way?
    Go to work, get married, have some kids, pay your taxes, pay your bills, watch your tv, follow fashion, act normal, obey the law and repeat after me: "I am free."

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Atheist View Post
    Science telling the truth? Shouldn't think so.

    Big question is: Did NASA do it, or was the real thing swapped along the way?
    That's exactly what I'm wondering.
    The real problem is that if the landings were proven to be fake, Wall Street would be blown away and so would the rest of us.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    ... is nothing more than petrified wood, curators say...
    We all knew it was all a conspiracy theory anyway!
    I don't mean to drag this particular news item out any longer than it needs to be, but I believe I can shed some light on this mystery. No; it isn't a conspiracy but rather a curse!
    The curse of the Petrified Forest. No, this isn't a joke, read for yourselves.

    http://weeklywire.com/ww/12-15-97/tw_curr3.html

    and it is interesting to note that NASA carried out much of their moon simulation training in this region of the southwestern U.S.

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    Disney to buy Marvel in $4bn deal

    Entertainment giant Walt Disney is to buy Marvel Entertainment in a shares and cash deal valued at $4bn (£2.5bn).

    The deal means Disney will take over ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters, such as Spider-Man and the X-Men.

    Marvel shareholders will get $30 per share in cash plus 0.745 Disney shares for every Marvel share owned.

    The boards of Disney and Marvel have both approved the deal, which now needs the backing of Marvel shareholders and competition authorities.

    Marvel shares were ahead $9.76, or 25%, to $48.41 in midday trading while Disney shares fell 94 cents, or 3.5%, to $25.90.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8230504.stm
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    Woohoo! Mickey Mouse meets the Incredible Hulk.
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    Actually that is very cool. The possibilities are intriguing.
    LET THERE BE LIGHT

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