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News Briefs 30-12-2004

Wow! Almost New Year already. I’ve really enjoyed doing these news briefs this last few months and look forward to more fun in TDG-land next year. In the meantime, I have Hogmanay to celebrate with my family, a hangover to get rid of no doubt, and then 1,000 miles to travel. May I wish you all a wonderful New Year, however you celebrate it, and I will see you all in 2005. With my very warmest regards, Cernig.

  • Human brain result of ‘extraordinarily fast’ evolution – emergence of society may have spurred growth.
  • A British team have almost finished a steam powered 200mph eco-friendly batmobile for an assault on a speed record. I want one, Uncle Greg! Pweeeeease!
  • All across the North, permafrost is becoming squishy ground as the world warms.
  • A mural which has come to light in Tuscany has been identified by a British university lecturer as the earliest surviving representation of witchcraft in Christian Europe. Also the earliest representation of self-ambulatory penii…
  • Fears grow that some stoneage tribes may have been totally wiped out by the Asian tsunami.
  • Virgin soars towards new frontier – Burt Rutan and team design the next step.
  • They start with a single stolen file and pump out bootleg games and movies by the millions. Inside the pirate networks that are terrorizing the entertainment business.
  • Superconductors are finally ready to ramp up for the real world.
  • According to archeological research in the 5000-year-old burnt city, in eastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, sacrificing human beings was a common practice in ancient times. Gimme that real old time religion, coz I’ve got a little list…
  • Major climate change occured 5,200 years ago – evidence suggests history could repeat itself.
  • Eight prehistoric granaries found in Egypt – the granaries date back to the Neolithic era that began around 9,000 B.C., known as a transition point from roaming and hunting societies to an agricultural one.
  • The Da Vinci Crock? Salon.com runs a ‘debunk’ of Holy Blood, Holy Grail following it’s authors’lawsuit of Brown. (Just click through the tedious ultramercial to get to the article.) – Thanks for the link, Shadows.
  • Sex-change chemicals in the water threaten Scottish otters with extinction.
  • Wild animals seem to have escaped the Indian Ocean tsunami, adding weight to notions they possess a “sixth sense” for disasters.
  • The world can exhale a collective sigh of relief – asteroid MN4 will not hit the Earth in 2029.
  • Remote viewing Tibetan monks see Extra Terrestrial powers saving the World from destroying itself in 2012.
  • Was the Texas Chupacabra simply a coyote with mange? We may never know as DNA tests were inconclusive.
  • Experts advised world museums to re-examine their Bible-era relics after Israel indicted four collectors and dealers on charges of forging items in order to “change history”.
  • Scientists find a compound in curry that fights Alzheimers. I find curry good for fighting of a cold, or the effects of too much Aussie beer. Turkey vindaloo, anyone?
  • The human eye cannot detect the ‘offside rule’ claims a Spanish doctor. I’m going to let someone else explain the offside rule for those who don’t follow football, or “soccer” as it is called by the heathen.
  • The two U.S. and Russian astronauts on the International Space Station had to rely on a candy-laden diet for five weeks because their predecessors raided the pantry.
  • The deadly Asian earthquake may have permanently accelerated the Earth’s rotation — shortening days by a fraction of a second — and caused the planet to wobble on its axis.
  • Scientists and engineers are at war over NASA’s ambitious plan for space exploration as the former feel funds will be shifted from research.
  • The FBI, concerned that terrorists could use lasers as weapons, is investigating why laser beams were directed into the cockpits of commercial airliners six times over the last four days.
  • It is often said that the Scots make more of New Year than they do of Christmas, and certainly we have our own traditions for what we call “Hogmanay”. Hae a guid yin, all!.

Quote of the Day:

The trouble with the future is that is usually arrives before we’re ready for it.

Arnold H Glasgow

  1. Tsunami
    If one earthquake measuring 9.0 can cause the Earth to wobble and its poles shift slightly … imagine what several such earthquakes could do.

    Did Charles Hapgood consider earthquakes? Considering the amount of ice displaced at the end of the Last Ice Age, imagine the damage that would have been caused by the resultant earthquakes … I think Graham Hancock may be onto something.

    Please donate to Medicene San Frontiere, Red Cross, CARE, UNICEF … any reputable charity helping the Tsunami/Earthquake victims.

    On a sidenote, I find it astounding … quite disgusting actually … how silent people are regarding Indonesia’s refusal to allow foreigners into Aceh. Imagine the uproar if America invaded Baghdad and then refused entry to foreign aid workers and journalists for three days! Yet here’s Indonesia, banning foreigners for four days now, and there’s not a peep from the Left or the Middle or the Right. It sickens me. This is the hypocrisy of the Left: while they spend their time blaming Britian and America and Australia for not giving enough aid, or for not being able to warn Sri Lanka/India/Thailand etc of the Tsunami they knew was coming for half an hour, Indonesia is allowed to get away with murder. It makes me so goddamn angry. Instead of looking for someone to blame, I’ll be looking for someone to help. I urge everyone to do the same.

    1. They what?
      Hi Rico,

      I was unaware that the Indonesians had done this…which is my fault for not looking hard enough. You can be sure I will now do so and make comment on Newshog! If you can help with links at all I would be thankfull for the assistance.

      Regards, Cernig

    2. Indonesia
      Rico, I didn’t know that either about Indonesia.Yes I will be doing what I can to help.
      I certainly will be interested in what you turn up on it.
      Happy New Year mate, and hope good things come your way.

      shadows

    3. It was my impression that peo
      It was my impression that people had not been into Aceh because it was unreachable. Can you point me to your source?

      However, I must take exception to the notion that the left has ignored Indonesia, if you really mean the left, and not the soft right in the U.S. known as “liberals”. Indonesia has been a poster child for bringing attention to U.S. support of right wing dictatorships for years (decades). It has also been an example of how the media are complicit in hiding these facts from (at least the American) people.[Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent]

      Were it not for the diligent work left wing activists, the world would still not know about East Timor.

      http://www.chomsky.info/articles/199910–.htm
      http://www.zmag.org/ZMag/articles/may96udin.htm
      http://www.zmag.org/Bulletins/pwbnkind.htm

      Yours,
      Joff

  2. Happy Hogmanay!
    Cernig,

    Thanks for all the hard work &c., I know it’s a trial at times.

    Try to keep the haggis out of the fire, and have a wee dram of The Macallan 1946. On further consideration, to hell with the haggis; pull up a seat by the fire and let The Macallan roll!

    Regards,
    khefre

  3. haggis
    Cernig, is it true that the only time Scots are allowed to shoot haggis is on New Year’s Eve?
    Those poor little buggers,with their little lucky tails……well they aren’t lucky for the haggis are they???
    Happy Hogmanay anyway, and save me a haggis tail.

    shadows

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