(Now if we could only get people in the west to see the inequity of modern life. In my opinion, we are too much under the influence of our mass opiates….If there is hope, perhaps it comes from China….cd) BEIJING (Reuters) – Thousands of residents of a central Chinese city ransacked government offices, trashed cars…
Why Great Minds Can't Grasp Consciousness
At a physics meeting last October, Nobel laureate David Gross outlined 25 questions in science that he thought physics might help answer. Nestled among queries about black holes and the nature of dark matter and dark energy were questions that wandered beyond the traditional bounds of physics to venture into areas typically associated with the…
Gov. Says State May Need To Lower Academic Standards –
(Am I the only person in Hawaii that sees how incredibly stupid this is? Improve the teaching quality by paying teachers better and you don’t have to lower the standards. By lowering the standards we are lowering our common ability to succeed….I can’t tell you how mad this kind of thing makes me and it…
The Irascible Prophet: V. S. Naipaul at Home – New York Times
I was first introduced to V.S. Naipaul in the Pual Thoreaux book, In Sir Vidia’s Shadow, which documented the turbulent friendship of the two men. Later I read “A Bend in the River” and fell in love with his writing and his philosophy. In this NYT article, I find myself agreeing with him again, even…
Tapes said to reveal Marilyn Monroe's secrets
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Marilyn Monroe fretted over a relationship with then-Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and had a one-night stand with actress Joan Crawford that left her cold. Monroe also thought sex with former spouse and playwright Arthur Miller was just “so-so” and maintained a deep affection for ex-husband Joe DiMaggio. But she credited…
The Seattle Times: Local News: Seattle's
I’m starting to get excited about Burning Man…This story is just a part of why…cd The Seattle Times: Local News: Seattle’s “Machine” a metaphor in motion for Burning Man fest The work inside the aging, red-brick warehouse in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood is the picture of incongruity: A trapeze artist practices between two pieces of black…
Anti-war protesters march toward Bush ranch
Where does this guy get off taking so much vacation as he sends our troops to get blown to bits? The last time he took a vacation his approval rating was low too. At the end of his relaxing we got 911 and his approval rating soared. What do we get this time George? Maybe…
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Giant Ocean Waves More Common Than Thought
Big Wave riders might want to head to the Gulf… and take the lookie loos too…cd Giant Ocean Waves More Common Than Thought – Yahoo! News Giant Ocean Waves More Common Than Thought
The Epoch Times | Flu Viruses Can Quickly Swap Genes
WASHINGTON — Strains of the influenza virus are constantly swapping genes among themselves and giving rise to new, dangerous strains at a rate faster than previously believed, U.S. researchers reported last Monday. They found that slightly mutated influenza A strains in New York that circulated between 1999 and 2004 gave rise to the so-called Fujian…