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April 1993 "BASIS", newsletter of the Bay Area Skeptics Bay Area Skeptics Information Sheet Vol. 12, No. 5 Editor: Chris Muir APRIL FOOLS Chris Muir Chris Muir is the 1989 winner of the James Burke Lookalike contest. He is also the semi-illiterate editor of a vile, contemptible, disgusting little pipsqueak newsletter, the title of which we have the good manners not to mention. Every Year, on April 1.st (or soon thereafter), some people like to play silly little pranks. At Sun Microsystems, they do something with the boss' car and lots of water. Newspapers and radio announcers produce unbelievable stories, and too many people believe ...

October 1992 "BASIS", newsletter of the Bay Area Skeptics Bay Area Skeptics Information Sheet Vol. 11, No. 10 Editor: Rick Moen INSIDE . . . Frequently Asked Questions by Officers of local skeptics' groups BAS Annual Picnic by John Taube Lake Champlain Monster Earthquake Predictions EuroSkeptics Book Available Welcome from NTS by John Blanton Fate Magazine Considered by Rick Moen Nutrition Book Review by Michell Renee Dick Meeting Coordinator by John Taube Crop Circles by Gary Posner, M.D. Nostradamus Strikes Again! by Michael Savastio DON HENVICK: HEALED FIVE TIMES! by James Randi [Ed. note: This article is reprinted from the Summer...

September 1992 "BASIS", newsletter of the Bay Area Skeptics Bay Area Skeptics Information Sheet Vol. 11, No. 9 Editor: Rick Moen A VISIT TO THE ICR by Steven Linke [Ed. note: The Institute for Creation Research portrays itself to most of the public as a scientific research and teaching institution, on the subject of human origins. Occasionally, however, a different picture emerges, the one that it characteristically shows to its close supporters. Following is an eye-opening look at the ICR, up-close and personal. Steve Linke is a graduate student in molecular biology at the University of California - San Diego. He is conducting his thesi...