Archive for the 'Mind Control' Category
Scientists Report Mental ‘Body-Swapping’
December 3rd, 2008Just another grant swindle, or… Something else? Via: Washington Post: The illusion of body-swapping — making people perceive the bodies of mannequins and other people as their own — has been achieved by Swedish neuroscientists. In one experiment, the team fitted the head of a mannequin with two cameras connected to two small screens placed […]
Evidence Suggests CIA Funded Experiments at State Hospital
December 1st, 2008Via: Rutland Herald: Few people in Vermont remember Dr. Robert W. Hyde, but one of his former patients can’t forget him. The doctor was involved in one of the nation’s darkest chapters in medical science: In the 1950s, Hyde conducted drug and psychological experiments at a Boston hospital through funding that apparently originated with the […]
Guard Fatally Shoots Man Armed with Swords at Scientology Building
November 24th, 2008Via: Los Angeles Times: A security guard at the Church of Scientology’s Celebrity Centre in Hollywood Sunday shot and killed a man wielding two samurai swords, police said. Police detained the guard for questioning but said that a surveillance tape at the facility backed his claim that he fired his semiautomatic handgun to protect himself […]
Sarah Palin Interviewed as Turkeys Slaughtered in Background
November 21st, 2008I really do need a WTF? category. I’ve watched a fair amount of television in my life, but I don’t ever recall seeing anything like this. There were the National Geographic-type nature documentaries that showed creatures being torn apart by lions, etc. But this feels more like B-roll from Twin Peaks, or some other weird […]
Firms Scan Brain Waves to Improve Ads in Japan
November 13th, 2008Via: Physorg: US research firm Nielsen and its partner NeuroFocus said Wednesday they would offer a new service in Japan to scan the brain waves of potential customers to help companies improve their marketing. The service will review brain waves, eye movements and other physical features of potential customers to precisely study the impact of […]
Neuroimaging of Brain Shows Who Spoke to a Person and What Was Said
November 12th, 2008And what was said: As long as what was said was limited to one of three vowels. Man, I love the Science Daily headlines. Anyway, this is probably good enough to enable the researchers to swindle some more grant money, buy a few new Macbooks and possibly attract the attention of Darth Vader or some […]
Scientists Erase Specific Memories In Mice
October 23rd, 2008Via: Yahoo / Health Day: It sounds like science fiction, by scientists say it might one day be possible to erase undesirable memories from the brain, selectively and safely. Using a complex genetic approach, U.S. and Chinese researchers believe they have done just that in mice, but the feat is far from being tested on […]
Muslim Fanatic Prisoners to be ‘De-Programmed’ Using Controversial Techniques to ‘Cure’ Them of Beliefs
October 21st, 2008Via: This Is London: Psychologists in the Prison Service will try to ‘cure’ extremist Muslim inmates of their political beliefs with controversial therapies similar to those used to ‘de-programme’ members of religious cults. The experimental treatments are being developed by a special Extremism Unit set up by the Ministry of Justice in January last year, […]
North Korean Mata Hari Jailed in Assassination Plots
October 20th, 2008Via: National Post: A North Korean spy, described as Asia’s Mata Hari, was jailed for five years yesterday for using sex to plot assassinations with poisoned needles and obtain secrets from military officers. Prosecutors claimed Won Jeong-Hwa, 35, entered South Korea posing as a refugee when in fact she was a spy with handlers in […]
The Swedish Twins on the M6
September 26th, 2008Update: Madness in the Fast Lane —End Update— I’m at a total loss on this one. Unfortunately, during my photojournalism days, I’d seen vehicle vs. pedestrian situations… None of those people got up to fight with cops and run around after being struck by vehicles. I’ll try to find out more about this. Of course, […]
