By Jack Brummet
The rings of the splash
Send dopplers
Into the void,
Stretching and pushing
Out in the cold and lonely sea.
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Thursday, March 07, 2013
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
President Hugo Chavez has left the building
By Pablo Fanque, South America Editor
Hugo Chevez es el muerto. He died after a long struggle with cancer. After his cancer recurred, he went to Cuba last December for treatment.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was probably best known in the U.S. for his rages against President George W. Bush, whom he called a "liar," "coward," "murderer" and "donkey," and "the devil." He was still extremely popular despite voting and free-speech crackdowns.
He also went after the Roman Catholic church, saying that they ignored the plight of the poor. He said that Jesus Christ would have been a socialist and that priests "do not walk in ... the path of Christ."
Chavez especially liked making friends with world leaders who had an axe to grind with the U.S., including Fidel Castro, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Chavez was also a big fan of the late Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi
Adiós Señor, Presidente
Hugo Chevez es el muerto. He died after a long struggle with cancer. After his cancer recurred, he went to Cuba last December for treatment.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was probably best known in the U.S. for his rages against President George W. Bush, whom he called a "liar," "coward," "murderer" and "donkey," and "the devil." He was still extremely popular despite voting and free-speech crackdowns.
He also went after the Roman Catholic church, saying that they ignored the plight of the poor. He said that Jesus Christ would have been a socialist and that priests "do not walk in ... the path of Christ."
Chavez especially liked making friends with world leaders who had an axe to grind with the U.S., including Fidel Castro, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Chavez was also a big fan of the late Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi
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Speaker John Boehner, self immolation, and the G.O.P.'s rapid slide into irrelevancy
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Ed.
The Bone makes his sequestration face. I am not a fan, but admit I feel for him. He has tried, but is pretty much helpless while his party is hell-bent on self-immolation, not to mention relishing his humiliation every step of the way.
The Speaker thought getting Bachmann, Palin, Paul, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, et al, out of the way would help. But the instant they shuffle one whack job out the door, another wingnut steps in to fill their shoes. And that's the way I like it.
The Bone makes his sequestration face. I am not a fan, but admit I feel for him. He has tried, but is pretty much helpless while his party is hell-bent on self-immolation, not to mention relishing his humiliation every step of the way.
The Speaker thought getting Bachmann, Palin, Paul, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, et al, out of the way would help. But the instant they shuffle one whack job out the door, another wingnut steps in to fill their shoes. And that's the way I like it.
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Monday, March 04, 2013
Did a UFO pull a Randy Quaid on the Siberian Meteor? (Alien Lore No. 245)
By Jack Brummet, Unexplained Phenomena Ed.
The meteorite that exploded over, and crashed into, Siberia last month (injuring at least 1,200 people), was hit by an unidentified flying object that caused it to explode over the Ural Mountains, according to some UFOlogists. [1]
This theory is based on analysis by researchers of a blurred video of the rock as it raced across the sky over Chelyabinsk, Siberia. The U.F.O. researchers claim a small 'object' can be seen colliding with the meteorite, despite the fact there were no reports of Russia launching missiles to down the celestial intruder. We know that Russia hopes to develop weapons able to destroy incoming space objects, but most [sane] people believe that that technology does not yet exist.
The theory: The Greys have something very different in mind for us, and didn't want a space rock thwarting their plans. There is a contentious debate online questioning whether Russia was “saved by a UFO.” You think the comments section on YouTube or Huffington are weird?
NASA scientists estimate the meteorite was 55 feet wide and weighed 10,000 tons. It exploded above the Ural mountains with a force equal to a 500 kiloton bomb.
“At first, we also believed that the Chelyabinsk meteorite was just an ordinary meteorite, a cosmic body,” Alexander Komanev, a spokesman for the Russian UFO community, said. “But on at least three films of the space rock you can see how an object catches the meteorite.”
In images, the object looks tiny and oblong-shaped. It “flies into it - and the meteorite explodes and falls,” ala Randy Quaid's final scene in the film Independence Day.
[1] The apparent explosion of a small meteor over Siberia early on Friday was not the first time that that part of the world has had a too-close encounter with a space rock. The region was the scene of what is believed to be the largest space-related explosion in human history, 105 years ago.
The earlier meteor explosion, known as the "Tunguska Event" happened the morning of June 30, 1908, in a forested area in central Siberia, about 1,200 miles northeast of Chelyabinsk, the Siberian city where much of the damage and injuries occurred Friday.
The UFO Approaches the meteorite in a Randy Quaid kamikaze mission
The meteorite that exploded over, and crashed into, Siberia last month (injuring at least 1,200 people), was hit by an unidentified flying object that caused it to explode over the Ural Mountains, according to some UFOlogists. [1]
This theory is based on analysis by researchers of a blurred video of the rock as it raced across the sky over Chelyabinsk, Siberia. The U.F.O. researchers claim a small 'object' can be seen colliding with the meteorite, despite the fact there were no reports of Russia launching missiles to down the celestial intruder. We know that Russia hopes to develop weapons able to destroy incoming space objects, but most [sane] people believe that that technology does not yet exist.
The Landing Site - one of the small craters formed by the meteorite
NASA scientists estimate the meteorite was 55 feet wide and weighed 10,000 tons. It exploded above the Ural mountains with a force equal to a 500 kiloton bomb.
Satellite view of the explosion
“At first, we also believed that the Chelyabinsk meteorite was just an ordinary meteorite, a cosmic body,” Alexander Komanev, a spokesman for the Russian UFO community, said. “But on at least three films of the space rock you can see how an object catches the meteorite.”
In images, the object looks tiny and oblong-shaped. It “flies into it - and the meteorite explodes and falls,” ala Randy Quaid's final scene in the film Independence Day.
“Such a number of videos, made from different angles, leads us to believe that something has blown up the meteorite.”Komanev also said in the days prior to the meteorite, a number of UFOs were seen, over Chabry and over Chelyabinsk. The objects moved across the sky and disappeared, only to return later.
[1] The apparent explosion of a small meteor over Siberia early on Friday was not the first time that that part of the world has had a too-close encounter with a space rock. The region was the scene of what is believed to be the largest space-related explosion in human history, 105 years ago.
The earlier meteor explosion, known as the "Tunguska Event" happened the morning of June 30, 1908, in a forested area in central Siberia, about 1,200 miles northeast of Chelyabinsk, the Siberian city where much of the damage and injuries occurred Friday.
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Saturday, March 02, 2013
Friday, March 01, 2013
Ex-Pope Benedict XVI and Maxwell's Silver Hammer
By Jack Brummet, ATIT Religion Ed.
A most fascinating facet of the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI is hearing stories of the silver hammer, and the destruction of the Papal ring. And the awesome fact that the deliberations and voting by the Cardinals for the new Pope occur in The Sistine Chapel. "At the deathbed of the pope the camerlengo takes a silver hammer and lightly taps on the pope's forehead three times, calling him by his Christian name. When there is no reply, he announces to those present that the pope is dead. The camerlengo also removes the Fisherman's Ring from the Pope's finger. At the first meeting of the Sacred College the ring and papal seals are broken." The camerlengo is the chamberlain of the church, who takes over the administration of the RC church in the interregnum between popes. The expired Pope's staff are immediately shuffled out of office, powerless and out of the loop.
It was only tonight that I put two and two together and realized that this Roman Catholic ritual was [probably] what inspired The Beatles's song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer":
A most fascinating facet of the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI is hearing stories of the silver hammer, and the destruction of the Papal ring. And the awesome fact that the deliberations and voting by the Cardinals for the new Pope occur in The Sistine Chapel. "At the deathbed of the pope the camerlengo takes a silver hammer and lightly taps on the pope's forehead three times, calling him by his Christian name. When there is no reply, he announces to those present that the pope is dead. The camerlengo also removes the Fisherman's Ring from the Pope's finger. At the first meeting of the Sacred College the ring and papal seals are broken." The camerlengo is the chamberlain of the church, who takes over the administration of the RC church in the interregnum between popes. The expired Pope's staff are immediately shuffled out of office, powerless and out of the loop.
It was only tonight that I put two and two together and realized that this Roman Catholic ritual was [probably] what inspired The Beatles's song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer":
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