One of those stories that makes me say “Science…you’re freaking me out.”
February 29, 2008
February 28, 2008
Rapture Ready, courtesy of TPM Election Central. Be afraid.
Non-GE methods are advancing while GE lags
February 27, 2008
By the eerie power of Garfield Without Garfield.
ok…I’m not sure i believe this, my friend from Montana sent the link to me. When I have more time I am going to research it, but decide for yourself, the comments are on.
In a ceremony that received virtually no attention in the American media, the United States and Canada signed a military agreement Feb. 14 allowing the armed forces from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a domestic civil emergency, even one that does not involve a cross-border crisis.
February 26, 2008
Its almost as though the technology is fundamentally uncontainable. Hmmm…
February 25, 2008
Astronauts on the Moon should run.
You’ll never guess.
Like, no duh.
February 24, 2008
By way of a DKos thread comes this gem. Features James Kunstler, badass.
I’m in the Southwest working on a campaign to protect traditional crops from contamination by engineered genes. Here are the latest developments.
The claim is essentially that chile must be engineered to save the industry. We’ll see what the people of New Mexico have to say about it.
February 23, 2008
Texas students jam highway walking to polling station gerrymandered 7 miles away by GOP shenanigans. From Giordano’s The Field by way of D.Kos.
February 22, 2008
More Moore.
Hey, any geeks out there who might know why embedded videos won’t play for firefox users give us a holler in the comments or at Cheers.
Update: According to Agent Kokes, the vids won’t play on Safari but do play on Firefox. Anybody out there care to speculate as to the source of such glitches?
February 21, 2008
Courtesy of Counterpunch. Scroll down for Part I.
All this hullaballo over ‘Electing a New Leader of the Free World’ has got everyone in a lather. As of now, we’re throwing politics into the mix. Here once again, taking the scenic route by way of NarcoNews.com, world class rabblerouser Al Giordano rocks the electoral scene with his bad ass blog The Field. The comments are on, bitches.
February 20, 2008
February 18, 2008
It was only a matter of time.
Long-term Israeli study shows uptick in rare salivary gland cancer among frequent users. But weren’t we all assured by government and business that there was no possibility of physical effects? Hmm.
Its…I…and…oh, just click the damn link.
February 17, 2008
Vigilant humans vow to monitor their crafty ways.
February 15, 2008
The fight over the genetic engineering of the food supply is the showcase example of where science and politics intersect. It’s no secret which side we’re on. Incredible how the other side reaches the completely and utterly opposite conclusion.
February 14, 2008
February 13, 2008
A complicated subject, as evidenced by this complicated article.
This is not a revised timeline per se; there is no mention of heretically early carbon dates for instance. But as the Anomalist noted in their blurb about it, the article argues that,
…the New World was colonized by approximately 1,000 to 5,000 people — a substantially higher number than the 100 or fewer individuals of previous estimates.
This dovetails with my general observations of the field. Dates keep falling back and back. And new discoveries always seem to point to the idea that humans have been around longer than previously believed, gotten farther than previously believed, and in general did more stuff and in greater numbers than previously believed. The figure of 100 really is ridiculously low.
Like the news story from a short while back, which I failed to blog, about the discovery that people were wearing boots as early as 40,000 years ago. The tone of the coverage was sort of, “Wow, we thought they were just cavemen back then - but they had boots!” The background assumption always seems to be that these people of 40,000 years ago weren’t really fully human, but of course they were. Even the Neanderthals had culture and everything, and might have bred right into us. Just because it was the stone age doesn’t mean that the idea of a boot wouldn’t even occur to someone. We should be more surprised to find them not wearing boots.
These same assumptions have limited science’s vision of the peopling of the Americas, which science has always assumed (it seems to me) to have been very very difficult. But you can apparently see across the Bering Strait on a clear day so it’s not really that far. And I think we should also be assuming that paleolithic people could probably kick our ass in most physical challenges. The idea that it would be a seriously big deal to get across the Bering Strait seems odd to me.
And as a consequence, I tend to think that people have been doing it for longer than it is fashionable to believe, and earlier and earlier dates do not surprise me.
Cryptomundo has the goods - some juicy speculation by a longtime Mkele-Mbembe investigator as to the alleged creature’s identity. He leans towards the ”long-necked dinosaur” explanation:
We can confidently establish that Mokele-mbembe at least looks remarkably like a small to mid-sized sauropod dinosaur…
As a bonus, he also spills what he knows about rumors of giant African spiders:
As for the giant spider, this remains an enigma. There are only a handful of reports of giant spiders around the world. The Baka are resolute that the Jba Fofi is a spider. They killed some large spiders for us to examine, and explained that the Dja Fofi was like a tarantula (which they eat!), except its leg span is between four to six feet.
It is reddish brown in colour in its juvenile/infant stage, eventually turning a mustard yellow as it reaches maturity. As the Baka are in the habit of killing these monsters, whatever they are, I am hoping to establish a reward for anyone who kills and keeps one of these creatures for us to examine.
February 12, 2008
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