News Briefs 08-03-2012

Happy birthday, Gabo!

• The downside of Warp drive. Might it explain the Fermi paradox?
• Ritual America: Secret Brotherhoods and Their Influence on American Society [Amazon US & UK].
• Gorillas & humans closer than thought, new study shows --maybe that's why we like keeping them in cages.
• Micah Hanks reviews Scotty Robert's new book Rise and Fall of the Nephilim [Amazon US & UK].
• Dr. Beachcombing's (digital) collection of fake fairies, with an addendum.
• Djinns, alien abductions and shadow people: Audio conversation between Mike Clelland and Rose Mary Ellen Guiley.
• Tomato Man & other mysteries of the Tex-Mex UFO corridor --which isn't the same as a Tex-Mex corrido YSYN.
• UFO disclosure, Chilean style. I'm not complaining, are you? ;)
• Threats of biological attack, sent by "the Men in Black".
• Antarctica is being seeded with invasive species thanks to tourists --well, that's kind of our species' trademark...
• Did the Titanic sink due to an optical illusion?
• Asteroids, supervolcanoes, Reapers --we're underestimating the risks of human extinction.
• And let's not forget my favorite: the Sun going loco & punking our electric grid & infrastructure.
• 2nd meteor that impacted in Mexico killed off America's megafauna 12,000 years ago. Like living inside a ginormous bull's eye :-/
• Red pill of the day: Dick Clark is selling his Flintstones mansion --water elephant & other animal appliances not included.

Thanks to Rick, Greg, Micah & Melquiades.

Quote of the Day:

"It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams."

~Gabriel García Márquez