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News Briefs 03-08-2009

By red pill junkieon

I decided to follow the white rabbit,
that turned out to be a polar bear, instead.
It was very hungry… and delighted to meet me.

  • In Svalbard, the real threat are not the ice bears, but the birds.
  • “When space chunks of ice go bad”. Alan Boyle discusses cometary impacts @ Cosmic Log.
  • Would-be astronauts in China are required to be devoided of bad breath. Wait! what if I bring my own Tic-Tacs??!
  • UFO spotted in the Chinese province of Guiyang reported by government news agency.
  • Chinese hackers declare war to Australia over the most important asset in human society: movies.
  • Peak oil charts are not the greatest way to start a week; but the sooner the better when it comes to bad news, right?
  • It was beauty killed the beast… or the other way around? Researchers discovered a new strain of HIV in Cameroonian woman, clearly linked to a gorilla.
  • Proof #12,458,873 that God is male 😛 (H/T to cryptoterrestrial Mac Tonnies)
  • Creationists declare Nessie disproves Evolution. With friends like these…
  • Are skeptics gifted with a better sense of fashion than cryptozoologists? Are Forteans Fedora-fetishists? Does the overuse of Occam’s razor make you go bald? These are deep mysteries to which we may not yet be ready to know the answers. [UPDATE: Part Deux]
  • New crop circle reported in Ogbourne St Andrew, near Marlborough, Wiltshire —is that a… trilobite?
  • Cosmic coppafeel!! Investigator claims he touched a crop circle-making UFO. If the Earth gets incinerated before the year ends, ya’ll know who to blame.
  • Was the 1908 Tunguska event one of Tesla’s FUBARs? H/T Greg Bishop.
  • “The Hidden Whisper” —JJ Lumsden’s Critically Acclaimed Book on Parapsychology and the Paranormal— is celebrating its first anniversary [Amazon US & UK].
  • Video: Researcher Herbie Brennan tells about some personal experiences which made him believe in fairies.
  • A mysterious bright spot found on Venus seemed to have sparked a few weird synchronicities among our Fortean researcher friends.
  • “Are you ready for Armageddon?” A fascinating story by an abductee, puzzling & frightening at the same time (H/T to Mike Clelland; check out his blog Hidden Experience).
  • “Change you can freak out about”. A column by Mark Morford.
  • Big Brother? More like Big Douche! Kindle users sue Amazon over deleted Orwell book.
  • What do you do with your old home movies of Adolf Hitler?
  • This baby is gonna TASER the stupid outta you! Who you callin’ a fascist, gramps??

Thanks Rick & Kat.

Quote of the Day:

“If the positive innovations connect exponentially before the massive breakdowns reinforce one another, the system can repattern itself to a higher order of consciousness and freedom without the predicted economic, environmental, or social collapse.”

Barbara Marx Hubbard

red pill junkie
Agnostic gnostic, walking conundrum & metaphysical oxymoron (with emphasis in the 'moron' part), the mysterious RPJ leaves a double life: By day he serves as Grand Master of the International Sacred Order of Lucha Libre, but at night he pursues his life-long study of everything considered mysterious and/or 'paranormal' --a term he personally detests... When he's not exploring the web looking for his daily fix of Forteana, he can be found blogging, doodling, fooling around and offering his services as news administrator and writer at The Daily Grail. He also regularly participates in other websites and podcasts like Radio Misterioso and Where Did the Road Go? He impatiently awaits for the return of the mothership in Mexico City. absurdbydesign.com
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16 Comments

  1. Back to surfdom, pdq
    Warning: Oil supplies are running out fast

    The world is heading for a catastrophic energy crunch that could cripple a global economic recovery because most of the major oil fields in the world have passed their peak production, a leading energy economist has warned.

    Higher oil prices brought on by a rapid increase in demand and a stagnation, or even decline, in supply could blow any recovery off course, said Dr Fatih Birol, the chief economist at the respected International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, which is charged with the task of assessing future energy supplies by OECD countries.

    In an interview with The Independent, Dr Birol said that the public and many governments appeared to be oblivious to the fact that the oil on which modern civilisation depends is running out far faster than previously predicted and that global production is likely to peak in about 10 years – at least a decade earlier than most governments had estimated.

    But the first detailed assessment of more than 800 oil fields in the world, covering three quarters of global reserves, has found that most of the biggest fields have already peaked and that the rate of decline in oil production is now running at nearly twice the pace as calculated just two years ago. On top of this, there is a problem of chronic under-investment by oil-producing countries, a feature that is set to result in an “oil crunch” within the next five years which will jeopardise any hope of a recovery from the present global economic recession, he said. …

    There’s a lot more at the link.

    1. Yep
      Here comes 2012! 😀

      Q: How does the media make money?

      A: News that sells.

      Q: What kind of news sells?

      A: News that shocks and is easy to accept.

      Q: Why isn’t this news FRONT PAGE HEADLINES everywhere?

      A: Because its not really news…oh and its a world conspiracy. (Wink wink)

      Sorry, heard the same news back in the 1970’s. 🙂

      Oh yeah almost forgot the key word folks is “economist” as in “says world’s top energy ECONOMIST”

      Law of Nature: For every economist there is an equal but opposite economist.

        1. non-member
          I remember the Club of Rome predictions. About not being able to produce enough food for 3.5 billion people, and such. Around the same time (early 1970s), fuel for nuclear power plants would run out in 1980.

          —-
          No amount of cursing at the round earth will make it flat.

        2. Yeah Baby!
          I tossed away my beads and tofu burgers long ago. haha

          Interesting…

          [quote]Around the world in Britain, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed and catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image. They are the shock doctors.[/quote]

          …seems like a good read, thanks mate.

          Everywhere you turn its green this green that and really what is the motivation? To “save the planet”? Hell NO, its to sell you stuff!! Its all about the marketing. The green machine moved from the beads, tie-dye rainbow shirts and headbands to the mainstream establishment…who has the money!

          I laughed when I saw an ad for a “GREEN” LCD alarm clock, made of plastic (but of course) and powered by lemon juice and water but hey NO BATTERY, I’m saving the planet! Wheee!(Right, keep thinking that mate)

          C’mon people, rub the sleep out of your eyes, have a cup of coffee and smell the BS you’ve been fed for years! haha!

          😛

  2. Chinese Astronauts wanted – no bad breath
    Yep I can see that!

    Chinese in China have some of the worst rotting teeth breath stink you could ever imagine.

    It’s long distance too! I don’t know how many times riding in a taxi with my head out the window because the driver’s mouth stinks like rotting meat and god knows what!

    The runny nose part is the disgusting habit of many Chinese who almost constantly are hawking up phlegm from the depths of their lungs…and spitting it out…anywhere (ugh). You would think they have a medical condition or something.

    Chinese have been doing this like since forever. 🙂

    http://www.iisg.nl/landsberger/ws.html

    haha

    Cheers

    1. Baiting breath
      [quote=tihz_ho]Chinese in China have some of the worst rotting teeth breath stink you could ever imagine. [/quote]

      Speaking generally of course…right?
      😉

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

      1. Yes haha
        Yes, generally speaking! 🙂 haha!

        I’m standing on VERY firm ground on this. Why would China even need to bring up bad breath for astronauts…and runny noses?

        http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/history/00-06-27/l01-bad.html

        And other things… 😛

        http://rantsaboutchina.page.tl/Even-dirtier-_-Chinese-toilet-habits.htm (CAUTION! Do not read or scroll down to the photos if you are eating or are the squeamish type. These are NOT isolated occurrences, spend some time here and see for yourself. Shanghai is much better than the country side but still these are common enough sights. Explore the site and see more!)

        and the list goes on…

        http://www.chinaexpat.com/forum/2007/05/10/arriving-and-living-china/life-culture/odor-chinese-bathrooms.html

        [quote]The stench brings tears to the eyes and makes the head swim, you can actually feel the heat rising up from beneath you. The air blackens with thousands of flies and you walk out feeling as if you’ve just showered in that which you just got rid of. The smell, which you first caught a whiff of at the end of the street, will follow you for about three days.[/quote]

        http://www.beijingmadeeasy.com/practical-beijing/chinese-toilets

        HAHAHA!

        Cheers

        1. Oh! Shocking!
          Although, on second thought… not really. The toilets in the Mexican gas stations you find in interstate highways are equally unpleasant.

          It’s part cultural, yes: but it’s also economical —they don’t have enough money to put paper, have running water and soap.

          Not so bad if you’re a guy and only need to relieve the bladder during a long trip. The ladies are on the losing hand, though.

          —–
          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. Agreed but…
            I can understand the economy excuse however China is not exactly short on change so not having money for soap and paper doesn’t really cut it. Not after I’ve lived in Jakarta Indonesia for 6-7 years and never saw a smelly dirty toilet and they all seemed to have soap and paper…

            Mao himself never liked using a toilet he preferred the old squat on the ground. It is well known when nature called he would just go off someone who dug a hole beforehand and then fill it back up afterwards. I guess he used leaves, sticks or even stones for paper…and of course never washed his hands – it never occurred to him to do so.

            yuk!

          2. Excrement
            This is going to rather weird places, but what the heck! 😉

            If I’m not mistaken, they used to used it was customary to employ horse and cow dung in Mongolia as burning fuel to cook food, did they not?

            Seems that every culture has a different way to approach the issue of human waste. Some seem to be more squeamish than others.

            Which brings me back to the issue of bad breath in astronauts. Now, since you claim it is such an universal phenomenon, then… why do they care if the taikonauts have “dragon breath” or not? Thy should all be more than used to it by now, right?

            Unless the Chinese authorities are well aware that eventually they’ll have to partner with some other nation to keep exploring Space; in that case it does make sense to seek a more standard behavior (standard compared with other nations that is).

            —–
            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

          3. Quote:
            If I’m not mistaken,
            [quote]If I’m not mistaken, they used to used horse and cow dung in Mongolia as burning fuel to cook food, did they not?[/quote]

            They still do, just like about 50 other countries in the world 🙂

          4. Argh
            What a terrible typo. Mis disculpas.

            What about my question, dude: why should the Chinese demand such high hygiene standards to the candidates, if all Chinese should be used to bad breath and other unpleasant odors?

            —–
            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. Not sure about the Chinese bad breath
            but here, when I get bad breath, it means I was a bit too generous on beer the night before, whether I brush my teeth or not… But if stories about legendary bad breath is true, I would still go in space. Might just regret it when you’re stuck in a 30 cubic feet capsule for a week 😉

            Never been to China, but been to 60 or so different countries and never met a stinky Chinese. Been to a lot of really stinky countries (India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Columbia and Guyana sure get my nostrils contracting just thinking about it). If China stinks more than them, I think I’ll scratch it off the list…

            Cheers

          6. Halitosis
            The most common forms of halitosis has more to do with your digestive system than the state of your teeth.

            My boss has a terrible breath; and I think it’s even worse when he’s in a bad mood 😉

            —–
            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

  3. Evolution making women more beautiful?
    Clearly these people haven’t been to my local mall.

    Besides the definition of beauty is culturally-based. Perhaps the seething global melting pot has just expanded all our our viewpoints to include more physical types in our definitions of beautiful. Never underestimate the power of culture over our perceptions of the world.

    Many caucasian men of my grandfather’s generation generally thought Asian women were ugly. What man (or women, for that matter) would think that today?

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