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News Briefs 30-03-2005

Not into prophecy, but I did like the Hopi story. And then there is that quote. One more thing: March is 30 today – Happy Birthday. Post your thoughts.

  • The state of the world? It is on the brink of disaster.
  • Electric comet could burn the house of science.
  • The orangutan and the enigma of human origin.
  • Nasa to conquer space with swarms of tiny robot pyramids.
  • Hopi warnings to the world.
  • The unsung role of Kung Fu in the Kyrgyz revolution.
  • China’s report on the USA. Pot Kettle Black, and typical big government.
  • Mars case for liquid surface water.
  • Pundits and panjandrums.
  • B.F. Skinner revisited.
  • How Germans fell for the Feel-Good Fuehrer. Eva Braun might have something to say about that also.
  • Why it makes sense to look on the bright side of life.
  • Synthetic biology might someday lead to artificial organisms.
  • Electricity controls biomolecules.
  • Earth killers from outer space.
  • Devils dictionary of the Bush Era.

Quote of the Day:

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence.

Bertrand Russell

  1. Someone needs to tell China t
    Someone needs to tell China that two wrongs don’t make a right. I refuse to add the “wong” joke here.

    The public already knows there’s a lot evil coming out of America these days, but China … China still hides behind a veil of secrecy made more convenient because the whole world’s attention is focused on Bush and the US of A. China is literally getting away with murder right now and they have no goddamn right to say that we should give them a fair go because America is doing worse.

    And just because America is doing worse things than China (an assumption that is very bloody debatable) doesn’t invalidate America’s criticism of China. That’s an important lesson the Left needs to learn, and learn fast.

    China is panicking. With the Beijing 2008 Olympics comes world-wide attention. With the attention, comes media. With the media, come human rights groups, watchgods, protests, revolutions …. Sorry China, but trying to trick us all into only criticising America and leaving you alone is very bad Feng Shui.

    1. China
      The Chinese leadership is so paranoid, you start to believe that somebody is really after them.

      Actually my guesstimate is that China is nowhere near the monolithic entity we are led to believe, and never has been.

      But there are many people who want to believe that America is the root of everyone’s home-made problems. Reminds me of disillusioned children looking for someone to blame – dad, the church, the “system”,… oh well I complain too much 🙂

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