Friday, July 09, 2004

Ocean Currents Could Lead to Superstorm

Oceanographers are racing to study this unexpected event. It is possible that this is happening because the great oscillation that moves ocean water from north to south is weakening and getting smaller.
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Shooting stars to dazzle Qld skies

Star-gazers in the Southern Hemisphere are preparing to be dazzled by a week of increased meteor showers.
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Bad Astronomy, Indeed

After everything I've witnessed over the last several weeks, what I found should not have had the power to startle or frighten me...but it did. Last night, July 7th, a "large meteor shower" was seen blazing over 5 southern states - Texas
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Brain implants 'read' monkey minds

It is the first time such high level cognitive brain signals have been decoded and could ultimately lead to more natural thought-activated prosthetic devices for people with paralysis,
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Pentagon Says Bush Records of Service Were Destroyed

Military records that could help establish President Bush's whereabouts during his disputed service in the Texas Air National Guard more than 30 years ago have been inadvertently destroyed, according to the Pentagon.
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UN rules against Israeli barrier

The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel's West Bank barrier is illegal and construction of it should be stopped immediately.
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Thursday, July 08, 2004

GMO-Food Foes Turn to Film

"The Future of Food has already helped change policy," Garcia said. "I think it is possible to make California GE-free, and it's exciting to think that the film could have some role in that."

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Kenny-Boy and George

Enron was certainly among the most crooked, corrupt, twisted companies ever to hang a sign in the American marketplace. Enron was, simultaneously, umbilically tied to George W. Bush and vast swaths of his administration.
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October Surprise!

What tricks will BushCo pull to attempt to win the election in November?

Well, he'll probably try something around or before October to swing or steal the vote. Welcome to October Surprise, where you can predict what will happen before the November 2004 election
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German dig unearths dinosaur graveyard

German scientists have unearthed the biggest collection of dinosaur fossils ever found in the country, including bones that could belong to previously unknown species, researchers said.

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The Blue Moon is Coming

The month of July 2004 has two full moons, which means one of them is a Blue Moon. But will it really be blue? Believe it or not, scientists say blue-colored moons are real.

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Vaccine scandal revives cancer fear

Many millions more people than previously thought might have been given polio vaccine contaminated with a monkey virus linked to cancer.

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Enron Ex-Chairman Ken Lay Surrenders

In a statement on Wednesday after he was indicted, Lay said he had done nothing wrong and that the indictment was not justified.
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Strange mammal on tape

Sighted by a few residents in the leafy, well-tended backyards along Butler Road, the animal is said to be about the size of a small dog, with no fur, except for a scraggly bit on its head and running down its spine.
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Monday, July 05, 2004

Probe sees Titan's methane clouds

The Cassini-Huygens probe has seen what appear to be methane clouds and a giant impact crater on its first flyby of Saturn's biggest moon, Titan.
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Sunday, July 04, 2004

Michael Moore.com : Mike's Message

Where do I begin? This past week has knocked me for a loop. "Fahrenheit 9/11," the #1 movie in the country, the largest grossing documentary ever. My head is spinning. Didn't we just lose our distributor 8 weeks ago? Did Karl Rove really fail to stop this? Is Bush packing?
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Saddam Could Call CIA in His Defense

A report prepared by the top CIA official handling the matter says Saddam Hussein was not responsible for the massacre, and indicates that it was the work of Iranians.
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The Reincarnation of Saddam Hussein

Many Iraqis sympathize with Saddam. "It?s a humiliation, not just for Iraqis but for all Arab peoples," Aamer Eliisa, a Shiite, told the Los Angeles Times. Eliisa said Saddam has become "a symbol for all Iraqis."
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UN observers to "ensure free and fair elections in America,"

"As lawmakers, we must assure the people of America that our nation will not experience the nightmare of the 2000 presidential election," Read more here