Archive for the 'Coincidence?' Category
New Telescope Called “Lucifer” Built Next to Vatican Observatory
April 25th, 2010Via: Popular Science: A new instrument with an evil-sounding name is helping scientists see how stars are born. Lucifer, which stands for (deep breath) “Large Binocular Telescope Near-infrared Utility with Camera and Integral Field Unit for Extragalactic Research,” is a chilled instrument attached to a telescope in Arizona. And yes, it’s named for the Devil, […]
Elliot Spitzer: “There are no coincidences in this world. None.”
April 20th, 2010Update: AIG-Goldman Sachs Trades Should Be Probed by SEC, Cummings Says Via: Business Week: The regulator suing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for fraud should widen its probe to determine whether securities backed by bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. were improperly created, said two lawmakers. It is “not beyond the realm of comprehension” that Goldman […]
Random Matrix Theory
April 12th, 2010Via: New Scientist: SUPPOSE we had a theory that could explain everything. Not just atoms and quarks but aspects of our everyday lives too. Sound impossible? Perhaps not. It’s all part of the recent explosion of work in an area of physics known as random matrix theory. Originally developed more than 50 years ago to […]
Polish President Lech Kaczynski, Several Other Top Polish Officials, Killed in Plane Crash
April 10th, 2010Via: Guardian: The Polish president, Lech Kaczynski, and his wife were among 132 people killed when their plane crashed in thick fog on its approach to a regional airport in Russia early this morning. The governor of the west Russian town of Smolensk confirmed there were no survivors from the Tupulov Tu-154 plane, which came […]
Scientist Researching Radio Frequency Waves for Cancer Treatment Killed in “Home Invasion Robbery”
April 7th, 2010Via: Palm Beach Post: Who would want to kill scientist Joseph Morrissey, who enjoyed an international reputation for his pioneering research into the use of radio frequency waves in cancer treatment? That’s the question friends and colleagues were asking late Tuesday after Morrissey, 46, an assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Nova Southeastern University, was […]
Two Arrested Six Years After Mallove Murder
April 4th, 2010Via: PESN: Two suspects were arrested Thursday and more arrests are expected in the long drawn out case of the murder of cold fusion physicist and Free Energy science pillar, Dr. Eugene Mallove, formerly with MIT, most famous for his advocacy of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions.
Dozens Dead in Moscow Metro Bombings
March 29th, 2010Russia Protests: Thousands Rally in ‘Day of Wrath’ Against Putin: This weekend’s Russia protests, in which thousands gathered in 20 Russian cities for ‘Day of Wrath’ demonstrations against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and other government officials, brought together diverse political forces. And then… Via: BBC: At least 35 people have been killed after two female […]
CFTC Whistleblower Injured in London Hit-and-Run
March 28th, 2010Via: GATA: London metals trader Andrew Maguire, who warned an investigator for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in advance about a gold and silver market manipulation to be undertaken by traders for JPMorgan Chase in February and whose whistleblowing was publicized by GATA at Thursday’s CFTC hearing on metals futures trading — http://www.gata.org/node/8466 — […]
March 23: This Day in History
March 24th, 2010Here’s an interesting coincidence: March 23, 1933: Germany: The Enabling Act Via: Wikipedia: The Enabling Act (German: Ermächtigungsgesetz) was passed by Germany’s Reichstag and signed by President Paul von Hindenburg on March 23, 1933. It was the second major step, after the Reichstag Fire Decree, through which Chancellor Adolf Hitler legally obtained plenary powers and […]
Guns in Two Mass Shootings Came from Memphis Police and Court System
March 14th, 2010Via: AP: Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn. Law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that both guns were once seized in criminal cases in Memphis. The officials described how […]
