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CNN monkeys around
So, CNN decided they need to refute this story about the Taliban training attack monkeys. Because this is the kind of thing that needs clarification. I mean, seriously CNN? Is it really that slow of a news day? Or do you really think that little of your audience's intelligence? (more...)
While I was out…
I've been away from the blog for a while. Needless to say, lots going on. One of those things, I'm sad to admit, has been video games. When there is a lot going on in your personal life that you don't want to deal with might need a break from dealing with, it's not uncommon to seek some escapism in a fantasy world. It's why entertainment still [...]
CNN reports on “The future of brain-controlled devices”
Photo from: http://www.joystiq.com Of course CNN talks about the applications suggested in big budget sci-fi movies like Avatar and the Matrix, and the perfunctory various medical applications. But to be honest, if it follows the course of other technologies, I see the first practical commercial applications of the technology being applied [...]
Bigfoot in San Antonio?
That's what some homeless folks are saying they saw, and the cops they talked to said they were scared, but sober. Hmmmmm. That's how far from SFBR (the think tank that Tom Slick founded and home of the Southwest Primate Research Center)? . UPDATE: Loren Coleman has posted more details about the events in San Antonio, including photos [...]
Fortean luft balons
It's not Thursday. It's not even Friday. But here is a random link, just to get your week started up right. From the Mental Floss article on the best "message in a bottle" stories we have this story of a message on a balloon. In June 2001, 10-year old Laura Buxton released a red balloon into the air over her hometown of Stoke-on-Trent in [...]
More witchcraft hysteria
So... I guess I really have to admit that the Thursday blog has turned into an Every-Other-Friday blog as of late. I had a good friend who used to say "a bad excuse is better than no excuse." Right now, though, my only excuse is "I've been crazy busy and preoccupied." Lame, I know. But an excuse, nonetheless. So for this edition of the [...]
African Witch Stories
Some of my favorite news stories come out of sub-Saharan Africa. When looking at African newspapers (or news sites in our modern digital world) it isn't uncommon to see a story on the development of environmentally friendly technology solutions like solar powered laptops and cooking stoves that run on recycled paper pellets sharing space with [...]
Repub-Logan’s Run
The latest paranoia drenched half-truth to emerge in an apparent GOP race to the bottom is a doozy. A guest on former Senator Fred Thompson's radio show, Betsy McCaughey, stirs up the scare factor by claiming that on page 425 of the massive HR 3200 is a provision requiring seniors to go through "mandatory" counseling that encourages them to end [...]
Ufologist Richard Hall has died
Richard H. Hall (December 25, 1930 - July 17, 2009) On Friday I learned of the death of UFOlogist Richard Hall by way of an email sent from Jerome Clark through the UFO UpDates eList: I have just received word that veteran ufologist Richard Hall, who was both a friend and hero to me, died this morning of the cancer he had been [...]
