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Military historian: Costly withdrawal is the price to be paid for a foolish war
The Forward Newspaper Online: By Martin van Creveld. “For misleading the American people, and launching the most foolish war since Emperor Augustus in 9 B.C sent his legions into Germany and lost them, Bush deserves to be impeached and, once he has been removed from office, put on trial along with the rest of the president’s men. If convicted, they’ll have plenty of time to mull over their sins.”
Harper, Bush share roots in controversial philosophy
The Tyee: “What do close advisors to Stephen Harper and George W. Bush have in common? They reflect to the disturbing teachings of Leo Strauss, the German-Jewish émigré who spawned the neoconservative movement.”
Scientists, be on guard… ET might be a malicious hacker
Guardian Unlimited Technology: According to a scientific report, planet Earth’s computers are wide open to a virus attack from Little Green Men. The concern is raised in the next issue of the journal Acta Astronautica by Richard Carrigan, a particle physicist at the US Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois. He believes scientists searching the heavens for signals from extra-terrestrial civilisations are putting Earth’s security at risk, by distributing the jumble of signals they receive to computers all over the world. The search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (Seti) project, based at the University of California in Berkeley, uses land-based telescopes to scour the universe for electromagnetic waves.
Salvia divinorum user’s guide
Sage Wisdom: Never let Salvia be used where firearms, knives, or other dangerous objects are present.
To make a quid from dried leaves, weigh out 2-8 grams of dried leaves. Place the leaves in a small bowl of cool water. Once the leaves are wet and have been soaking for about 10 minutes, remove the leaves from the water, squeeze the excess water out of them, and ball them up into a quid.
Flash Cards II
President Bush tries to escape
Yahoo! News Photos U.S. President George W. Bush reacts as he tries to open a locked door as he leaves a news conference in Beijing November 20, 2005.
Bush and Albert Hubo
Yahoo! News Photo
U.S. President George W. Bush shakes hands with Albert Hubo, a 130-cm-tall, two-legged robot topped with a head modeled after Albert Einstein.
On the effectiveness of aluminium foil helmets
Media Laboratory, MIT A study using a network analyzer reveals that rather than protecting the brain from invasive radio signals used for mind control, tinfoil beanies actually amplify the signals. “Statistical evidence suggests the use of helmets may in fact enhance the government’s invasive abilities. We speculate that the government may in fact have started the helmet craze for this reason.”
The Wooden Library
SLU Libraries: “The wooden library, or xylothek (from the Greek words for tree, xylon, and storing place, theke) consists of 217 volumes describing 213 different species or varieties of trees and shrubs.”
Ottawa Garage doors work after mystery signal vanishes
CBC: As oddly as it started, the widespread problem with some garage doors in the Ottawa region had disappeared by Friday. The powerful radio signal causing the problem stopped transmitting on Thursday afternoon, around the time CBC News contacted the U.S. Embassy to ask if it knew anything about it. The embassy categorically denies that it had anything to do with it. The signal was being transmitted at 390 megahertz, a U.S. military frequency used by the Pentagon’s new Land Mobile Radio System.
Peyote Won’t Rot Your Brain
Death renews iceman “curse” claim
BBC NEWS: The death of a molecular biologist has fuelled renewed speculation about a “curse” connected to an ancient corpse. Tom Loy, 63, had analysed DNA found on “Oetzi,” the Stone Age hunter whose remains were discovered in 1991. Dr Loy died in unclear circumstances in Australia two weeks ago, it has been announced, making him the seventh person connected with Oetzi to die.
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Your source for conspiracies and other diversions: Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie, Belgium Doesn’t Exist!, The Truth About Black Psychalking, much more.
How to make friends by telephone
Contact Sheet Be sure to give the person you’re calling sufficient time to answer his telephone. Wait at least a full minute.
Humanoid robot conducts Beethoven symphony
New Scientist — April 4, 2004.
Sony’s QRIO humanoid robot led the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in a unique rendition of Beethoven’s 5th symphony during a concert held at the Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo on 15 March.
Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes of All Time
Museum of Hoaxes — From the Swiss spaghetti harvest to the case of the interfering brassieres and beyond.
Bush in 30 seconds
bushin30seconds.org – January, 2004. Finalists for political advertising contest sponsored by moveon.org
Ground Farce 1: Queen’s fury as Bush goons wreck garden
Sunday Mirror (UK) – November 24, 2003   The Queen is furious with President George W. Bush after his state visit caused thousands of pounds of damage to her gardens at Buckingham Palace.
The rotors of the President’s Marine Force One helicopter and two support Black Hawks damaged trees and shrubs that had survived since Queen Victoria’s reign. And Bush’s army of clod-hopping security service men trampled more precious and exotic plants…. The Americans made alterations to accommodate specialised equipment. The mass of gadgetry meant the Royals couldn’t get a decent TV picture during the visit.
Jesus on a burnt tortilla
The Pareidolia Project has articles and photos on parediolia:
a type of illusion or misperception involving a vague or obscure stimulus being perceived as something clear and distinct. For example, in the discolorations of a burnt tortilla one sees the face of Jesus Christ. Or one sees the image of Mother Theresa in a cinnamon bun or the face of a man in the moon.