New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key insists he is not a shapeshifting reptilian alien.”To the best of my knowledge, no. Having been asked that question directly, I’ve taken the unusual step of not only seeing a doctor but a vet, and both have confirmed I’m not a reptile,” smiled Mr Key.… Read the rest
From a very old painting of hell comes this tune, painted on buttocks. Does it represent farts? Or is it really music? One fellow tried to play it and another even created lyrics and a gregorian chant. It’s pretty awful, but maybe that is music in hell?… Read the rest
In my former career as an archaeologist I discovered how easily one can be fooled by an artifact. Is this really a pot sherd, or just a calcification of dirt? Now a find from the depths of Lake Michigan has experts arguing. … Read the rest
I knew some sharks like to eat algae but a shark that ONLY eats veggies? Florence is a six-foot nurse shark at the Birmingham sea life center and following an operation in 2009 to remove a rusty hook from her jaw, she has completely stopped eating her normal prey.… Read the rest
Wow! Talk about telling the truth where it really matters. The Yes Men aren’t really pranksters so much as whistleblowers. Dressing up as VIPs and crashing press conferences and meetings, they actually tell the truth about starving children, toxic waste and the general rape of planet Earth, nature and humanity by the insatiable devouring of everything in sight to maximize profits for shareholders as required by law. … Read the rest
NBC News revealed slides instructing spy agencies how to “release computer viruses, spy on journalists and diplomats, jam phones and computers, and use sex to lure targets into ‘honey traps'” in order to “go on offense and attack adversaries.” Slides leaked by Edward Snowden focused on a secret branch within the GCHQ called the Joint Threat Research and Intelligence Group (JTRIG) specializing in “dirty tricks,” “propaganda,” and “false flag” operations used to spy on “suspected terrorists” and “criminals” as well as diplomats, journalists, activists.… Read the rest
Here’s the full story that ran in the Pinellas Reader:
Dreary Florida warehouses may be the modern equivalent of Dorothy’s
prairie grey, and they are as numerous as Kansan cornfields where the
Pinellas county line meets Tampa Road. But step inside Bruce Barry’s
Wacky World and you are in a land of fantasy every bit as astounding as
L.… Read the rest
Who needs to deal with a litterbox when you can have a cat that runs on batteries! Thanks to the design of its legs, which faithfully mimic feline morphology, EPFL’s four-legged “cheetah-cub robot” shares the advantages of its biological model: it is small, light and runs very fast.… Read the rest
It looks like clean energy is better for jobs than dirty old coal! The solar industry employs 143,000. Wind power employed another 80,000. Together, wind and solar energy workers far outnumber all the estimated workers in coal mining, transportation, and coal plant operation. … Read the rest
With a tanking economy, out of control spending and utter disregard for the future one might expect social concerns to drive people to the streets in protest. So where are they? Robert Reich says three reasons stand out. First, the working class is terrified of losing what little they have left; second, students are afraid of ruining chances for a job; third, Americans are just cynical and have given up on meaningful change. … Read the rest
Valentine’s Day Fun: Outrage erupted in an Alabama town when the Prancing Elites, all-male dance troupe was mistakenly asked to perform. Oh well!
Predictably, some spectators were “outraged and appalled.” More interestingly, for enduring the jeers and stares in Semmes, the Elites got a wave of support from social media, gigs for New Year’s Eve and Mardi Gras, and a new Kickstarter campaign – “Society hates us, but the world loves us.”… Read the rest
You probably know I started going to the gym almost every day a couple of years ago. And as you may imagine, one of the things I never ever expected to learn was “How to Pick Up a Girl At The Gym!” … Read the rest
Common Dreams reports that Greedy Bankers Who Screwed Us All Finally On Trial, Just Not In This Country. Seems in Dublin, three former executives of the now-defunct Anglo Irish Bank are on trial for illegal practices that crashed the economy, leading to an 85 billion euro bailout by still-angry taxpayers.… Read the rest
Tell Congress you want February 12th to be Darwin Day, commending scientists for improving humanity’s quality of life through scientific discovery, and opposing the teaching of creationism. The bill has been reintroduced by Rep. Rush Holt (NJ). Click here to contact your representatives.… Read the rest
The Internet’s spies have spent too long listening on our most private thoughts and fears. Now it’s time they really heard us. If you share our anger, share the principles: and fight back.