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News Briefs 08-11-2005

Damn fine cup of coffee!

  • David Lynch becomes an apostle for Transcendental Meditation.
  • Peyote found to be not harmful to members of the Native American Church.
  • Meanwhile, the Brazilian ‘ayahuasca church’ União do Vegetal heads to the Supreme Court to plead their case.
  • Opening the door to the real Rosslyn Chapel.
  • Oak Island remains up for sale, if you fancy your chances with the Money Pit. Perhaps Dan Brown should invest…
  • The riddle of the Hindu relics found in the Thames.
  • Quarry yields homes older than Stonehenge.
  • Vampire bats are on the rampage in Brazil, killing at least 23 people. I kid you not.
  • ‘Shady’ Italian village looks at installing a giant mirror to bring some sunshine into their lives.
  • Canadian garage doors begin working again after mysterious radio signal (notably a US military frequency) vanishes.
  • Europe’s Venus Express spacecraft launches this week on its journey to Earth’s evil twin.
  • Volcanoes ruled out as source for Martian methane. Hmm, there’s a face on Mars. Perhaps we should look for another part of the body in Cydonia?
  • Astronauts push for asteroid collision plan. We seem to have enough trouble with hurricane responses after the fact, not sure how high pre-planning for an asteroid strike will sit on the agenda.
  • China eyes 2017 Moon landing.
  • Researchers look to create a synthesis of art and science for the 21st Century. Meanwhile, ‘Fab Labs‘ unshackle the imagination.
  • Harvard University medic invents near-limitless power source, going against the rules of quantum mechanics. Relativity yesterday, quantum mechanics today…it’s turn physics upside down week!
  • Fireballs over Germany spark UFO speculation, although experts claim it’s just the Taurid meteor shower. More fireballs/Taurids over America.
  • White Triangle ‘morphs’ over Texas (with photos and video). Put the camera on something stable…please.
  • Italian skeptics take on weeping statues. More here.
  • Exposing the fake shamans.
  • Ghosthunters discover ghostly voices. I guess that makes them…competent.
  • Yet another review of Susan Clancy’s Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Abducted by Aliens. Somebody get me her publicity officer.
  • Better still, get me Mary Roach’s PR agent – how much does a soul weigh?
  • Scientists find 65 million-year-old fossils in sexual union. Now that’s what I call endurance!
  • Professor defends Intelligent Design in the courtroom.
  • Conspiracy theories are entering the mainstream.
  • Professor attacks unscientific movie aliens. Next on his list, that unrealistic Santa Claus guy.
  • Giant primate lived alongside humans 100,000 years ago. Perhaps it still does
  • Hormones make women safer drivers. Remember, we do present a lot of strange ideas on the Daily Grail…
  • Google strikes fear into the heart of businesses, even ones distant to the Internet and technology. A little fear is good sometimes.
  • The world-weary-web turns 15.
  • Ray Kurzweil pays tribute to Robert Moog.
  • Male mice sing ultrasonic songs to serenade the opposite sex.
  • Author applies for first patent on a fictional storyline.
  • Million Dollar Geriatric: anti-aging M-Prize gets a large donation.
  • Pandemics, natural disasters…is the sky falling?
  • Scientists show how thinking can hurt your brain. Do you want me to dumb it down a little, just in case?

Thanks Kat, Pam and Aurora.

Quote of the Day:

I love talking about the Kennedy assassination. The reason I do is because I’m fascinated by it. I’m fascinated that our government could lie to us so blatantly, so obviously for so long, and we do absolutely nothing about it. I think that’s interesting in what is ostensibly a democracy. Sarcasm – come on in. People say “Bill, quit talking about Kennedy man. It was a long time ago, just let it go, alright? It’s a long time ago, just forget it.” I’m like, alright, then don’t bring up Jesus to me. As long as we’re talking shelf life here…

Bill Hicks

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  1. Slim Shady
    I had to reread the sentence about a “shady” Italian village. At first, I thought they were all up to no good.

    As for the mysterious signal opening garage doors in Ottawa — if military technology can do that, then imagine what it’s doing to whales and dolphins.

    And China landing on the moon? I wonder if they’ll find a rabbit. =)

    I hope the Harvard medic who discovered a near-limitless power source has life insurance … and doesn’t look (or act) like Keanu Reeves.

    As for Susan Clancy, I wrote to her asking for an interview and a book to review, but so far no answer. Geez, I know I’m biased, but I’m not that biased! Agent Scully’s shaking her head in disgust at me right now. Heheh.

    Here’s what the mice sing:

    We are small but we are many
    We are many, we are small
    We were here before you rose
    We will be here when you fall

    from Neil Gaiman’s Coraline

    Great news,

    Rick

    1. The Trophy goes to…
      I think that’s the fastest anyone has every posted a comment to my news ever. You need to get out of the house Rico!
      😉

      Peace and Respect
      Greg
      ——————————————-
      You monkeys only think you’re running things

  2. I love the quote
    That’s a great pic of a UFO if a little far away.I think the morphing comes from the camera itself.I saw a demo on TV that showed how digital cameras can interfere with the shape of what they are photographing.
    When is someone going to come up with a really terrific pic of a UFO that is definitely not hoaxed and is clear enough that you can see it is not anything we know.

    Of course women are better drivers.Sometimes.Everything is relative.

    Thanks Greg, some great stuff.

    shadows

  3. Susan Clancy
    After placing ads seeking subjects in newspapers “Have you been abducted by aliens?” numerous calls came in. Most of the calls were from local TV stations, radio shows, and newspapers curious to know why Harvard was interested in aliens…

    I bet Harvard didn’t refer these local tv stations, radio shows and newspapers to the work of John Mack.

    I just can not respect Susan Clancy’s work. For one thing, her method of selecting case studies is extremely flawed. It represents a tiny proportion of the abductee population, and again only selects abductees from a small, specific area. Not once did she interview abductees from other parts of the USA, or the rest of the world. Placing a newspaper ad is extremely lazy, and Susan Clancy should have contacted abductee groups and organisations (there are plenty of them, most listed in the phone book and on the internet). She should even have … *gasp* … looked at John Mack’s case studies. This is the most deplorable aspect of her debunking — not once does she mention John Mack! Her book is clearly an effort by Harvard to wash their hands of John Mack’s work.

    So who are these abductees ? Ms. Clancy writes, “It depends. If I compare them to the well-educated readers of university press books like this one, then the abductees are about 1.5 standard deviations from the norm …

    What an arrogant [censored to protect Greg from Harvard lawsuits]!!!! UGH. What an arrogant, pretentious bitch. Ooops, now I’ll never get that interview/free book. Oh well.

    Alien abduction is clearly a maddening phenomenon. Nevertheless, Ms. Clancy soldiered on — for the benefit of science, the subjects and now her readers … she has done all a service.

    Ugh, this ingratiating review makes me want to throw up. Carol Herman surely is affiliated with Harvard University, or is related to Susan Clancy? Ugh, I need to take a shower, I just feel filthy after reading that brown-nosing piece of crap.

    [alien abduction reports] began only after they were featured on TV and in the movies. Abduction accounts did not exist prior to 1962…

    I’m sending Susan Clancy a copy of Jacques Vallee’s Passport to Magonia, but I doubt she’ll read it considering it’s not a well-educated university press book like hers …

    1. reply
      yeah that book seems to be a debunking effort to me. The whole 192 date seems a bit odd as well. Im sure there are cases before then (and not just of the fairy variety…

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