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News Briefs 11-06-2009

TDG: Caviar for the brain. But what’s caviar without a good shot of Vodka? привет! 🙂

  • Will the great treasure of the Aztecs finally be uncovered? I’d love it if Philip Coppens is right, and they find some crystal skulls among the loot, just as he describes in Darklore No. 2 (Amazon US & UK).
  • Because we’ve all gotta make sacrifices sometimes; and nobody understood this better than the Incas.
  • The Raelians to build UFOland in Las Vegas. I think Liberace was the one who abducted Rael 😛
  • Vive le ET? Is France about to disclose the presence of Extraterrestrials on Earth? (H/T Greg Bishop).
  • Mixing Nepotism with the Alien franchise? My gut (or a xenomorph trying to burst out of my thorax) tells me it won’t end well.
  • The good news: Astronomers believe we may have visitors from another galaxy. The bad news…
  • I ask for Warp speed, and Michio Kaku says, “How fast?”. And THAT is why he’s the head engineer, Rick —while you’re the one in charge of cleaning the toilets onboard the USS Grail 😉
  • This – NASA’s new rocket engine – is Sooo Cool.
  • Alan Boyle discusses how to measure the Universe, without making it feel insecure about its waistline. “Dah’ling! You haven’t grown a single parsec.”
  • The Brain that Changes Itself: Hopeful book on the science of Neuroplasticity (Amazon US & UK). It isn’t too hopeful though, if your brain changes for the worst.
  • Hipster geeks: despair! The periodic table has been updated, so it’s time to throw your favorite t-shirt away 🙁
  • The question for the existence of Gravity, finally solved!
  • Calling sensei Charles Fort-san: It’s raining tadpoles in Japan! How do you say ‘damned’ in Japanese?
  • “Row row row your trunk canoe, gently down the stream…”16,000 year-old campfire site found.
  • Ten years ago the US government set out to test herbal and other alternative health remedies to find the ones that work. After spending $2.5 billion, the results are… disappointing.
  • When I heard that the Israeli army was deploying a Solid Snake to the battlefield, I was thinking something kind of this, instead of this :-/
  • St Bernards — the Swiss national dog — are getting replaced by helicopters and modern technology. But a helicopter would surely make the Worst. Beethoven sequel. Ever!
  • Arrrh! Them pirates are getting a foothold (peghold?) on the European parliament, matey.
  • Indian mausoleums: Where the wealthy dead and the homeless living share the same roof. How karmically ironic.
  • Prostitutes in India have begun taking karate lessons. Somehow I find that both distressing AND arousing at the same time.
  • Raw Video: Cop tasers 72 year-old Granny. Somebody give this valiant trooper a medal.
  • What is the object that Sean Viloria photographed on Lake Okanagan? Loren Coleman shares his thoughts, along with an analytic overlay sent to him by a member of Cryptomundo. But what I really want to know is… does Sean’s girlfriend have a sister??
  • Los Gatos Bigfoot expert releases new book (Amazon US & UK).
  • Warning to all cat lovers: Do not —Repeat: DO NOT— read this last story. See? I told you!

Thanks Rick, Kat & Greg.

Quote of the Day:

“You are the Great Cat, the avenger of the gods, and the judge of words, and the president of the sovereign chiefs, and the governor of the holy circle; you are indeed the Great Cat.”

Ancient inscription on a royal Egyptian tomb.

  1. “Cool” Rocket Motors
    There’s nothing new about cooling a rocket motor nozzle by circulating cryogenic fuel or oxidizer through it (called ‘regenerative cooling’). The first rocket motor to use this was designed by Walter Thiel for the V-2. The only thing ‘cool’ about the Wired article is the picture.

    No, I am not the brain specialist…..
    YES. Yes I AM the brain specialist.

  2. kittens!
    Pack of wild dogs my ass. Jeffrey Dahmer started out killing dogs and butchering them up. (I met him, and had been to his house, where I saw bones in the yard.) Then it was on to young boys…. The Florida cops better find this guy before it’s somebody’s kids they find skinned.

  3. Cat Killer
    I live in Washington state and there is (or was – reporting on this stopped when the economy tanked) something similar happening in the Puget Sound region, home to one of the world’s most prolific serial killers, Gary Ridgeway, the Green River killer.

    I agree with the previous poster. Somebody needs to catch this monster before he starts carving up people.

  4. Really?
    Is it impossible for you to make a post without finding some way to comment on a woman? I’m getting really tired and disgusted by it. You’re a heterosexual man, we get it.

    1. Oh…
      I suppose your comment is related to the Indian prostitutes learning karate? I tried to make a funny remark that was not overtly crass while still having a tinge of kinky playfulness —something to which this particular news was IMO perfect for it.

      I’m sorry if it was not to your liking. But since I don’t find it to be deliberately offensive, I have no intention to change it.

      You, of course, are more than welcome to send your complaint to Greg, and if he sees it fit to change the line, I will comply to his decision.

      —–
      It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
      It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

      Red Pill Junkie

      1. Wholehearted Support!
        RPJ, they are being overly sensitive about this. Do not change. TDG is supposed to be thoughtful and fun. What’s next? Getting slammed for liquor discussions? I certainly hope not.

        1. Gracias
          Thank you —and to Earthling & Greg as well 🙂

          —–
          It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
          It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

          Red Pill Junkie

  5. I agree.
    Please leave out your sexual comments, when posting links.
    There are plenty of sites on the web to satisfy your needs.
    To refuse a very reasonable request to tone down your comments, and asking that we should go telling tales to your boss, who may or may not edit your comments, does not appear to be a mature attitude. I enjoy many of your posts and understand that you are a passionate young man. But please leave the other kind of passion in your pants. And please be aware that many women use this site, and also many men who do not appreciate your comments.

    1. say what?
      I would think that whores have a right to defend themselves.
      Just like anyone else.

      And to relax the situation, or to inflate the problem:

      Don’t you think that Christiano Ronaldo looks like a gigolo ?

      —-
      It is not how fast you go
      it is when you get there.

    2. Nothing to see here
      [quote=badeye]To refuse a very reasonable request to tone down your comments, and asking that we should go telling tales to your boss, who may or may not edit your comments, does not appear to be a mature attitude. [/quote]

      In fact, it was the perfect attitude. He thought it fine and not in need of editing, but he asked if anyone wanted to refer it to me they should do so. For my part: if what RPJ posted is offensive, then I may as well shut down this site. I have no problem at all with what he wrote, and he shouldn’t feel the need to edit anything.

      Nothing to see here, move along. If anyone disagrees, just don’t read RPJ’s news briefs in future (or the site as a whole, if The Daily Grail in general upsets). As mentioned, there are plenty of sites on the web to satisfy everyone’s needs.

      Kind regards,
      Greg
      ——————————————-
      You monkeys only think you’re running things
      @DailyGrail

  6. Florida Feline Serial Killer Caught
    http://abcnews.go.com/US/AmazingAnimals/story?id=7836149&page=1

    Miami-area cat owners can breathe a sigh of relief following the arrest of an 18-year-old who police say mutilated and killed nearly three dozen cats.

    Tyler Weinman, 18, was arrested by the Miami-Dade Police Department in connection with a series of cat killings and mutilations in his Miami-area community. Miss Kitty was among the nearly three dozen cats that were killed.

    Tyler Weinman was charged with 19 counts of animal cruelty, four counts of burglary and 19 counts of improper disposing of an animal body, according to ABC affiliate WPLG. Neighbors and police have said the cats were beaten, skinned or sliced open.

    1. Good news!
      Good news for cat-owners. Hopefully this disturbed young man can get the treatment he needs.

      —–
      It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
      It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

      Red Pill Junkie

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