Alien Lore No. 170 - Steven Hawking on why we should avoid The Greys (and quit searching for our cousins)

By Jack Brummet             
All This Is That Unexplained Phenomenon Editor 

 

Thanks to Jeff Clinton for pointing out this news story on Hawking's pronouncements...

Stephen Hawking believes, and probably rightly, that we should fear aliens, who likely come to earth in search of something (Tungsten? Soybeans? Nitrogen? Beer?)  and ready to destroy us, or at the best, utterly indifferent to our fate.  I wrote in a poem a couple of years ago: 

We can't picture
Greys or martians

Coming in peace
Because we never came in peace.

That pretty much echoes Dr. Hawking's take on the matter.  He says on the Discovery Channel that he believes aliens exist, and that we should do everything we can to avoid them. I think this means we should probably quit sending radio signals out into deep space, trying to contact our cousins, and otherwise maintain a low cosmic profile. God knows what kind of global blitzkrieg these wackjobs from way out there could unleash?

Any creatures smart enough to find us "will probably be seeking resources", according to Hawking.  You can just imagine how that might work out for us.  "We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet," said the good Doctor.  Just ask the Buffalo and Native Americans.

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Wow. Happy 207th birthday to the meteors of L’Aigle, France

By Jack Brummet
Barely Explained Phenomena Editor

207 years ago today, roughly 3,000 meteorites weighing between one quarter ounce and 20 pounds fell on the town of L’Aigle in Normandy, France, 100 miles from Paris.  Holy s**t!!

No one was killed. Or even hurt.  And, it was the first time that scientists could actually verify that stones could come from outer space.

How the scientists figured it out is anyone's guess. Doctors at the time still believed that "humors" in the blood caused all illness. Bloodletting was the cure-all. Doctors didn't even wash their hands until the late 19th century, when Louis Pasteur and Joseph Lister's findings led to antiseptic surgery. Antiseptic practice saved thousands of lives during the Franco-German War, and yet American and British doctors--who killed far more people than they saved--long resisted the theory of sepsis.

But I digress. . .The French Academy of Sciences sent a young scientist, Jean-Baptiste Biot, to investigate. and his eventual paper described how these stones must be of extraterrestrial origin.  Biot's research  gave birth to the science of meteoritics
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Larry King wants Ex-Governor Palin to pose nude (with video)

By Pablo Fanque
All This Is That National Affairs Editor

Not happy with the number of stories about his current marital troubles (namely his 7th marriage going up in smoke amid accusations he has been having sex with his wife's sister), Larry King decided to toss a little gasoline on the fire.

On King's CNN show last Tuesday, Sarah Silverman wondered whether Sarah Palin should pose for Playboy. Silverman said "I think she should go for it" and King responded, "Agreed."

This, of course, triggered a new wave of vituperation and anger at King.  Laura Ingraham said, "Larry, when you're in a hole, stop digging."   "Larry should pose for 'Viagra Monthly'," said Ann Coulter.

One commenter on Politico.com wrote "Larry King should pose naked. We could all use a good LAUGH!!!"

The pertinent clip from his show is here:


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Four iPad sketches and transformations

Mona Goldwater

Jack Brummet

A Guy

Another guy

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A Mighty Wind -- an underrated Christopher Guest film

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DJ Biz Markie's Earth Day Remix, with a cast across America

 By Jack Brummet____________
All This Is That Music and Editor

For the 40th anniversary of earth day (I remember the first one..I was a junior in high school, and the 60's were still in full swing) legend DJ Biz Markie puts a clean energy twist on his old hit Just A Friend.  For this remix,  fans from all across the country contributed clips to music .  It's cool.


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Bababadalgharagh takamminarronnkonn bronntonn­erronntuonn thunntrovarrhounawnskawnt oohoohoorden enthurnuk - eloquent thunder

What the thunder said from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.


Bababadalgharaghtakammina-
rronnkonnbronntonnerronntuo-nnthunntrovarrhounawnskawn-
toohoohoordenenthurnuk
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Spirit Airlines to institute pay toilets and seat belt surcharges on all flights

By Pablo Fanque,

All This Is That National Affairs Editor
Fact checking and research by Jack Brummet

As you may recall, All This Is That has recently been researching a story on airline surcharges and fees.  Pablo Fanque received a call (and tip) from a senior manager at Spirit Airlines Monday afternoon.  The manager, who had been a source for Fanque on aspects of the articles on airline fees, called to tell him that Spirit Airlines recently decided to impose additional fees and charges on its passengers.  

"As you know," the source told Fanque, "we have positioned ourselves as the 'ultra low-cost' airline (ULCC).  It wasn't much of a leap to go from charging for carry-on bags to charging for other, well, services."    The source disclosed that Spirit Airlines is about to impose a modest ($5.00)  fee for seat belt rentals on all flights. 

In addition, the airline will begin charging a fee for use of the toilets on their aircraft.  On all flights lasting longer than two hours, patients will be given a voucher card, good for one visit to the restrooms.  After that "complimentary" visit, all passengers will be required to use debit cards to unclock the toilets.  While the fee is also modest ($1.00 for five minutes), the manager did indicate they expect pushback from the public. "However, even our $45 carry-on baggage charge has met with far less resistance than we expected.  We ARE the cheapest airline in the country. . .and we intend to keep it that way."  Since receiving the call from our source, we have verified the story with two other highly placed executives, as well as a member of the Spirit Airlines Board of Directors.

Calls--and nine emails--placed to three other major airlines, asking for comment, were not returned. 
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Ebehenup meti yozutuv init, cel cori rosey useta duf ces efido vesac!

Przoef Ku Pablo Fanque

All This Is That National Affairs Editor

  

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a 1965 PSA about radiation, nuclear attacks, and farmers--performed by cheap paper-mache marionettes

This 1965 public service announcement by the U.S. Civil Defense office instructs farmers about what to do in case of nuclear attack.  The bizarre film uses marionettes, that as one person commented, appear to have been crafted by a third grade class.  Incredibly enough, our government broadcast this film throughout the midwest, and distributed 600 16 mm copies of the film. 

alien Lore No. 169 - Fireball, or a Grey flyby in the Midwest?

By Jack Brummet
Paranormal and unexplained phenomena editor

[ed's note:  Thanks to Jeff Clinton for the tip]

911 switchboards lit up recently in several Midwest states with reports of a gigantic UFO, or fireball streaking across and lighting up the sky, the National Weather Service said.  The National Weather Service also got hundreds of calls about the object, as well as reports of sonic booms. 

The object was in sight for nearly 15 minutes at around 10 PM.  about 10 p.m.,  "The fireball was seen over the northern sky, moving from west to east," said the weather service in the Quad Cities area, which encompasses parts of Iowa and Illinois.  A CNN video of the UFO/fireball has been made available:



According to NASA, a meteor appears when a meteoroid -- a particle, a stone, or even a piece of Russian or American space junk enters our atmosphere from outer space [ed's note:  outer space is generally considered to begin about 60 miles from earth, or roughly an hour's drive...if your car could go straight up].

"Air friction heats the meteoroid so that it glows and creates a shining trail of gases and melted meteoroid particles," it said. "People sometimes call the brightest meteors fireballs."
The fireball/UFO was seen across parts of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana Wisconsin, and possibly Ohio as well.

A video from WISN TV shows a huge ball of light streaking across the sky.   Doppler Radar shows a smoke trail from the fireball at just after 10 p.m.   It was unknown if any part of a meteorite [UFO/failed satellite/cosmic hiccup/whatever it was] hit the ground.



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Perversion for Profit, a great "educational" film funded by Charles Keating in the 60's

Wow.  Another gem from the public domain Prelinger Archives, Perversion for Profit is a rabidly anti-pornography film produced by none other than financier Charles Keating (who was later disgraced as a central figure in the collapse of savings and loan banks...in our previous banking crisis). The film attempt to link porn to the Communist conspiracy and, of course, the decline of this Western civilization.

Citizens for Decent Literature, Inc. sponsored this educational film. We'll be posting part II tomorrow.

This video is well-loved by ephemera/PSA/instructional/demo like me, in no small part due to its narrator, George Putnam, a star right-wing newscaster in the 60's  Needless to say, the tone borders on hysterical and the "facts" are, well, thin and unattributed, and Putnam's delivery is responsible for about half of the most unintentionally hilarious moments in the short.
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