Archive for January, 2007
China Heralds Year of the Fluorescent Green Pig
January 8th, 2007Via: Yahoo/Reuters: Chinese scientists have successfully bred partially green fluorescent pigs which they hope will boost stem cell research, Xinhua news agency said. A research team at the Northeast Agricultural University in Harbin managed to breed three transgenic pigs by injecting fluorescent green protein into embryonic pigs, Xinhua quoted Professor Liu Zhonghua as saying. “The […]
Introducing iTaser: The ‘Stylish’ Stun Gun
January 8th, 2007It’s not really called iTaser, but it will probably be all the rage with the Hollywood slapper set anyway. Via: BBC: US stun gun maker Taser is unveiling a sleeker version of its controversial weapon aimed at safety and fashion conscious members of the public. Available in pink, blue, silver and black, the gun fits […]
Iraq War: Largest Displacement of People in Region Since the Creation of Israel in 1948
January 8th, 2007Mission accomplished… Via: CNN: As up to 50,000 Iraqis flee their homes every month, the U.N.’s refugee agency said Monday that it will seek $60 million this year to help the roughly 3.7 million people displaced by violence in the war-ravaged nation. The problem is larger than mere displacement, A U.N. news release states, as […]
Many More Sons Will Die While the Democrats do Nothing to Stop the War
January 8th, 2007Escalation isn’t doing nothing… Via: Guardian: Opposition to the occupation was demonstrated most clearly at the polls in November, when Democrats won both houses of Congress. Indeed just a couple hours after Vollmer was lowered into the ground the new Democratic House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, raised her gavel for the first time. To lend the […]
Future of Iraq: The Spoils of War
January 7th, 2007The first reference I could find on Cryptogon to the U.S. stealing Iraq’s oil was in 2002. That was just a lunatic conspiracy theory back then… Via: Independent: Iraq’s massive oil reserves, the third-largest in the world, are about to be thrown open for large-scale exploitation by Western oil companies under a controversial law which […]
Israel Plans Nuclear Strike on Iran
January 7th, 2007Via: Sunday Times: ISRAEL has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons. Two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow up an Iranian facility using low-yield nuclear “bunker-bustersâ€, according to several Israeli military sources. The attack would be the first with nuclear weapons since 1945, when the […]
The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth
January 6th, 2007In a comment on Fascism: Satanic Christian Style, GK suggested a book called, The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth by Edward O. Wilson. This looks useful for anyone interested in appealing to Christians on environmental collapse issues: With his usual eloquence, patience and humor, Wilson, our modern-day Thoreau, adds his thoughts to […]
Now Democrats Don’t Want More Troops?
January 5th, 2007Fierce opposition, from the Enemy Collaborator Democrats??? What happened to the plans for a larger military? And, “Democratic congressional leaders signaled that they would not challenge Bush on the deployment itself, MSNBC’s David Shuster reported, but instead would seek a debate over limiting the size of the deployment and pushing for an eventual drawdown of […]
For Democrats and Deadheads, the Gilded Party
January 5th, 2007Enemy Collaborator Democrats—out to escalate “The War on Terror”—and their shit for brains hangers-on, throw a weird, feel-good event, complete with the decrepit remnants of the Grateful Dead!? Man, if this isn’t a revolution, what is? The Grateful Dead. This thing almost has a Wellsian darkness about it… No matter how low I set my […]
This Guy Can Get 59 MPG in a Plain Old Accord
January 5th, 2007Via: Mother Jones: “Buckle up tight, because this is the death turn,” says Wayne. Death turn? We’re moving at 50 mph. Wayne turns off the engine. He’s bearing down on the exit, and as he turns the wheel sharply to the right, the tires squeal—which is what happens when you take a 25 mph turn […]
