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News Briefs 30-10-2014

  • October 2014 was ‘the perfect synch storm’, according to Twilight language researcher Loren Coleman.
  • How the shadow of Ebola is settling into the subconscious of New Yorkers.
  • My grandma, the poisoner.
  • I think I saw an article on how chocolate may help improve memory, but now I can’t remember it…
  • The Dalai Lama sees a new spin in his Samsara.
  • Turning the evolution of complex life inside out.
  • Finding news species in the (urban) jungle.
  • Professor Brian Cox shows incredible pessimism at our search for life in the Universe.
  • The bad news: Traumatic stress may affect DNA. The good news: Psychotherapy may heal it.
  • How NASA tries to cope with the mind-altering aspects of space travel.
  • Paperclip? More like Paperweight! The CIA had THOUSANDS of Nazi ‘assets’ working for them during the Cold War.
  • Flying car prototype unveiled in Vienna.
  • Thanks to Movie Magic, UFOs are more than real. They’re ‘Hyperreal.’
  • Cash-Landrum expert Curt Collins weighs in on Nat Geo’s recent take on the famous UFO case.
  • Stairway to Lawsuit? A judge will decide whether Led Zeppelin plagiarized their most famous song.
  • Red Pill of the Week: If you find a stranger man naked with your dog, then SURELY he must be the Anti-Christ.

Thanks to my great-aunt Pina, who used to give me toy cars every time we went to spend the Easter holidays in Ocotlán. Descanse en paz, tía

Quote of the Day:

“Paranoia is just having the right information.”

~William S. Burroughs

      1. Suffering Synchronicities
        Maybe if he read the article about the guy in Waterbury, Conn. he wouldn’t (want to) think we are alone in the Galaxy. Who would want to be alone with THAT guy? Maybe the most interesting thing about that “outra” article was the police couldn’t figure out what to charge him with! By the way, the CEO of Apple decided that the eve of Halloween was the right time to “come out”. Talk about your synchronicities. And even I have to admit that I would dress up like a Hairy Christian to get some chocolate. Be afraid, very, very afraid, haha!

    1. “Let it happen”
      Well, I’m always being against the ‘bubble’ policy of thinking we can try to keep our kids/citizens protected against ALL threats. There’s good reason to believe that if you don’t let your kids get acquainted with germs at an early age, later when they grow up their immune system goes haywire and starts to create allergies.

      Now translate that into global proportions. Does that sound like a good idea to you? 😉

      1. Hysteria du Jour
        Farm kids are supposedly the healthiest.

        … however the CDC position did come across as rather “live and let die” in regards to a strain that is so virulent. Even stranger to me is that Ebola has been around for a long time now. Why is it just now a threat outside of Africa? Just asking questions that should be asked.

        1. A threat
          Well, it is rather amazing than the 1st cases of people who caught the virus and traveled to industrialized nations have just been reported. Maybe it’s a sign that we should have paid more attention to what’s been happening in West Africa for decades. Maybe we got too complacent.

  1. Killer Grandma
    My grandma used so much hydrogenated Crisco oil that my arteries are probably still clogged! God bless her though, that German Chocolate Cake of hers was to die for!! I’d sacrifice some more time off my life just to have a slice right now.

        1. Calabaza en tacha
          If I want to think of something I enjoyed as a child –that I need to stay away from now as an adult– it was this breakfast food we had in our Easter holidays whenever we visited the town of Ocotlán, Jalisco. It’s called ‘calabaza en tacha’ and it’s basically fresh pumpkin chopped in small pieces, and sweetened with this caramel-like syrup. You added fresh milk, and it was DELICIOUS 😉

  2. news
    First off, great drawing!

    and now on to my rants:

    Ebola in NY: After watching the recording of a group of NY doctors and nurses go through a CDC training course, only to see them attack the presenters with logic questions because the speakers were full of shit, I can say that they have the right to be concerned. My entire family – my mom, grandma, father, brother, aunts, uncles, etc. – all worked in NY hospitals and are medical professionals and they don’t trust the CDC for shit! And they are right! If you have ever actually had the chance to talk to any of the medical field about Ebola, they’re scared and know they aren’t ready for this. I’m sorry but I have to side with NY on this one. And that god forsaken bitch who is suing NJ and now her home of Maine because the kept her quarentined. For fuck’s sake woman, are you really that selfish or have you just come to realize that going overseas to help ebola patients isn’t going to pay all those hospital bills you just racked up? She is a disgrace to nurses. Why? Because that’s what the nurse’s in my family call her, and they are right.

    RP of the week: That poor dog. That poor poor dog. Raped by a mad man. I don’t care if he is naked or the anti-christ, if I saw someone abusing my dog he’s dying, no time for the police. There’s a Mr. Pickles joke in there somewhere…

    1. Thanks
      Thought for a moment no one would notice 😛

      Re. that nurse, I have mixed feelings about it.

      On the one hand I feel she’s probably not thinking this through; what happens if someone recognizes her on the street and harms her on account of being ‘contagious’?

      On the other hand, if what you say about the CDC is true, then maaaaybe she has a point in saying the reasons for keeping her quarantined are not science-based?

      1. CDC Agony
        Well, it does seem like a double standard. Normal people are allowed to travel freely and the CDC is encouraging that, but this nurse is singled out for quarantine. Doesn’t appear to be a consistent policy or strategy. I kind of see the nurse’s point, even if she is being unprofessional and a “medical mercenary”.

        1. Policy
          True, but this nurse WAS in direct contact with Ebola patients. We know that for a fact, whereas with people traveling to and from West Africa, it’s just speculation.

          I honestly don’t know what the answer should be, but my feeling is that the United Nations should call for a general assembly to discuss the problem, and organize a multi-national effort to contain the pandemic, as well as helping the countries already suffering from it.

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