links for 2006-09-05
September 5th, 2006 | Uncategorized
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A plug-in for the arcane-to-normal-humans “cron” function.
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The body of a British tourist who died on holiday in Ireland was flown back to the UK with an extra heart and pair of lungs, it emerged last night.
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“Did Nikola Tesla really run a touring sedan on free energy?” Well, probably not, but I love Tesla, and all the bullshit games he ran on people.
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“…the elegantly named Alliance to Rescue Civilization (ARC), a body of American scientists and thinkers who think the moon is humanity’s ultimate insurance policy… a chance to save a back-up of the blueprint for life on Earth…”
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Photo caption: “Congressman Albert Thomas winks back at a quickly-smiling LBJ as he is being sworn in to be the next President of the United States on Air Force One while the grief-stricken Jackie Kennedy stands next to him.”
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Conspiracy theorists fear the United States is secretly taking control of South America’s largest underground reservoir of fresh water.
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Brain scans of nuns have revealed intricate neural circuits that flicker into life when they feel the presence of God… contradicting suggestions that we may have evolved with a “God spot” – a single region that lights up in response to deeply religious
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A priest has died after trying to demonstrate how Jesus walked on water.
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The massive explosion may have destroyed the Minoan civilization based on nearby Crete: the volcano released 14 cubic miles (60 cubic kilometers) of magma—six times more than the infamous 1883 eruption of Krakatau (Krakatoa).
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He killed her with a knife and then used a handsaw to dismember the body, police said.
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“Could our universe be a membrane floating in higher dimensional space, repeatedly smashing into a neighbouring universe?”
When I was an undergrad I read a book arguing that Johnson had Kennedy killed, though I forget the exact title. The quote that stuck with me comes from Johnson; when asked why he accepted the nomination for vice president, LBJ replied, “Well, one out of four presidents dies in office.”
Creepy then, creepier now.
The priest was a fool to try walking on water.
People really ought to leave that sort of thing to Alan Moore.