News Briefs 15-10-2007
Posted by Rick MG at 12:31, 15 Oct 2007Kat's away, so we mice can play.
- Illegal in most countries but sacred to Amazonian shaman, ayahuasca is turning into a multi-million dollar business for Peru.
- The Dutch government has banned the sale and use of hallucinatory mushrooms, without consulting common sense.
- Recording the oral traditions of the last Gaelic generation raised without TV or electicity on Scotland's Isle of Skye before it dies out.
- A skeptic complains there are too many paranormal television shows. I guess she doesn't like reality television.
- Norman Mailer's new book On God, expands on his belief in reincarnation, with a unique twist on Heaven and Hell (Amazon US or UK).
- Ordinary people describe their love, and fear, of ghosts that share their homes.
- Anthony North takes us on a trip through ESP research.
- Do Gnostics and indigenous peoples share vital insights into UFOs and extraterrestrial knowledge?
- A review of Strange Company by Keith Chester, exploring military encounters with UFOs in WWII (Amazon US or UK).
- UFO Paradigm discusses dream states and alien abductions, and whether mind control technology is involved.
- Transhumanists see recent advances in medical science as the first step towards uploading the human consciousness onto a computer.
- A researcher claims humans will be marrying robots and having sex with them in the near future. I prefer the Weird Science method of getting a girlfriend.
- Amazingly detailed images from the Cassini-Huygens space probe show the hydrocarbon lakes and seas on the poles of Saturn's moon Titan. Wired has a gallery of stunning images.
- In search of the Con Rit, a sea centipede that grows to 150-feet in length.
- A researcher claims to have recorded Bigfoot chatter. You can listen here, and read a comparison with a similar recording. You should hear the noise Australian possums make, they're demonic.
- Where the Great Old Ones Are: artist Toren Atkinson combines H.P. Lovecraft with Maurice Sendak. For Elder God rock'n'roll, try Toren's band The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets (Amazon). I know what Greg's getting for Christmas.
- French archaeologists have discovered an 11'000-year-old mural in Syria which they believe is the oldest in the world. Palaeolithic cave art doesn't count?
- A mysterious carved stone has been found by archaeologists at Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire.
- Nuffnuffs have vandalised and damaged precious prehistoric open-air rock carvings in southeastern Norway.
- New research dispels the myth of knuckle-dragging human ancestors, claiming they walked upright. Like the Flores Hobbit, this is big news.
Quote of the Day:
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
Joseph Campbell
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30 April 2004
6 hours 43 min
"Kat's away, so we mice can play."
Nice, nice!
And as for the sound of possums, I think koalas edge them out. Enough to keep any tourist up all night with the sheets pulled up under their chin...
Kind regards,
Greg
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You monkeys only think you're running things
2 May 2004
9 hours 29 min
Mating koalas sound like a Death Metal vocalist with a hoarse throat. Not to mention the noise Drop Bears make.
I really can't hear Bigfoot chatter in the sound clip, more like a snuffling bear. Here's a list of bear recordings for comparison, the closest is a brown bear. I'm sure Blogsquatcher could send the sound clip to a zoologist for analysis.
30 April 2004
6 hours 43 min
"It’s possible that now, when the world seems besieged by perils of our own creation, from global warming to weapons of mass destruction, people seek a higher scapegoat: supernatural forces that are beyond our ken and not our fault."
*gag*
Kind regards,
Greg
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You monkeys only think you're running things
2 May 2004
9 hours 29 min
It's awful, isn't it?
Particularly, "People used to believe in magic until science began proving them wrong."
I have a simple solution to her problem -- turn off the tv.
7 February 2005
1 year 8 weeks
so popular to have these paranormal shows...
Have you seen the latest sitcoms and nighttime soaps?
THAT is what I call GAG!
at least paranormal isn't so boring! And... have you seen the handsome men they have in them? lol
xox
m
7 February 2005
1 year 8 weeks
the attraction of marrying a robot. No lunches to make, no sharing the remote, no nagging....yeah.. I can see it lol.
As for the ghost thingy and such...
I was reading up on topics for my poem and found all these ads for people to stay in haunted hotels etc..
on purpose!
truly boggles
m
13 April 2007
1 year 39 weeks
Public houses in the UK have gone mad in recent years. Landlords worked out that they can increase their custom if they have a good old ghost to advertise.
Let's raise the spirits to their entrepreneurialism :-)
Is that a word? Is it spelt right?
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The balanced adult retains an inner child
Anthony North
7 February 2005
1 year 8 weeks
is that anything like antidisestablishmentarianism?
well.. as for a haunted hotel.. I'd prefer to get a good nights sleep thankyouverymuch.
ha!
m
5 June 2006
28 weeks 3 days
LOL Love those cartoons!
My group got to open for Darkest of The Hillside Thickets a couple of times at the HP Love craft Film-fest in Portland.
They are a killer band and a nice buncha guys (well of course, they're Canadian)
-paul: from giant bug village
12 April 2007
12 min 16 sec
Not one comment about Al Gore and the IPCC receiving the Nobel prize. Not today and not in the past weekend. It's not that I want TDG to endorse it or anything,becase I know this site has been fair in giving both sides of the argument the benefit of the doubt. I just think that, you know, since climate change is a topic we grailers are interested in, there would be at least a mentioning of the event...
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
13 April 2007
1 year 39 weeks
Hi Red,
There's plenty of gore in the ghost tales the landlords use to get customers to their public houses :-)
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The balanced adult retains an inner child
Anthony North
19 October 2004
1 year 44 weeks
I know this site has been fair in giving both sides of the argument the benefit of the doubt
Funny.
Here, I'll try to throw in a little balance.
UK Judge rules Gore film full of errors and propoganda:
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/...
http://media.www.nyunews.com/media/stora...
Gore's Theories 'Ridiculous':
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/249981.aspx
http://www.investors.com/editorial/edito...
http://www.startribune.com/blogs/kersten...
12 April 2007
12 min 16 sec
I know you seriously doubt Gore's allegations Anon. Earthling (whom I have not seen around here in a while) is also of the same sentiment. This is definitely a topic where grailers like to make a stand to defend their opinions.
So, what do you think about Gore's prize? Pure political manipulation? Someone in the shadows pulling the strings?
Here in Mexico, I can tell you that the news of the prize was very well recieved, since more than 400 scientists from the Autonomous National University (UNAM) are members of the IPCC, so it's kind of a reason of national pride for some. At least I think it's good the mexican scientists are in the very front line of the most relevant scientific discussions.
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
12 April 2007
12 min 16 sec
I've read a few testimonies of ayahuasca ingestion. The last one not too long ago (on 01-10-2007 ), I even commented a bit about it with Rho. (BTW Greg, don't you think it would be neat to have a search engine to look for past news and comments? just a suggestion to make TDG even cooler than it already is)
These testimonies were all made by people whi ingested ayahuasca under the amazonian tradition that's common in Brazil. Whereas thi new article describes how the quechua shamans of Peru perform their ayahuasca ingestion.
Maybe it's just the fear of compulsion vomiting and diarrhea bursts in front of strangers, but somehow the Peruvian tradition seems a more sensible approach!
Although ayahuasca tradition is not exclusive of Peru and Brazil alone. My brother-in-law who is from Ecuador, once told me one of his brothers took ayahuasca in an indian ceremony of their own country (possibly with aymaras, but I'm especulating here)
So what do you guys think? If trying for ayahuasca, would you go to Peru or Brazil?
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
30 April 2004
6 hours 43 min
Maybe it's just the fear of compulsion vomiting and diarrhea bursts in front of strangers, but somehow the Peruvian tradition seems a more sensible approach!
Hi RPJ,
Coincidentally, I've just posted a new video on TDG which is a documentary about ayahuasca! Sorry to freak you out even more with your synchronistic day...
;)
I do believe that many of those who have used ayahuasca feel that the puking/crapping is part of the whole process of shedding bad things...a catharsis/purification of sorts. So some would argue that it's a necessary part of it all, I'm sure.
Kind regards,
Greg
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You monkeys only think you're running things
12 April 2007
12 min 16 sec
This is kind of starting to freak me out :-)
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
30 April 2004
6 hours 43 min
(BTW Greg, don't you think it would be neat to have a search engine to look for past news and comments? just a suggestion to make TDG even cooler than it already is)
You mean like this one, which you can find in the main menu under the obscure title of 'Search'?
;P
Kind regards,
Greg
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You monkeys only think you're running things
1 May 2004
9 hours 21 min
your not going mad and i'm sure you are intelligent enough to have looked........the "search" feature is not on my screen either. Could be a internet explorer problem maybe....
"Life can be whatever you want it to be, as long as you do what your told."
LRF.
1 May 2004
9 hours 21 min
found the thing........last place I would have looked. Have to question my own intelligents now :{(
"Life can be whatever you want it to be, as long as you do what your told."
LRF.
2 May 2004
9 hours 29 min
Don't worry RPJ, it took me a couple of years to learn TDG has a search engine -- and I'm a news editor!
12 April 2007
12 min 16 sec
That's a relief! Thanks guys. :-)
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
10 August 2004
6 hours 5 min
I'm using Internet Explorer and 'Search' comes up in the list of stuff after my name once I've logged in. I haven't tried it, but guess that's what Greg is referring to. Have to admit that it's in a pretty obscure place!!
Happy hunting!
Regards, Kathrinn.
30 April 2004
6 hours 43 min
I haven't tried it, but guess that's what Greg is referring to. Have to admit that it's in a pretty obscure place!!
That's the main menu! How can it be called obscure?
;)
Kind regards,
Greg
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You monkeys only think you're running things
12 April 2007
12 min 16 sec
it's just that you don't always go to the main menu when checking TDG Greg.
I'm just saying there's room for improvement in the interface :-)
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It's not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me...
It's all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!
Red Pill Junkie
30 April 2004
6 hours 43 min
Everyone should go to the main menu when they visit. It holds the magic link to 'recent posts'...any regular visitor should be using that.
Kind regards,
Greg
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You monkeys only think you're running things
10 August 2004
6 hours 5 min
My humble apologies, oh great white chief - I thought the main menu was what came up on the TDG page when it loaded, not what came up after logging in as a member, hence my comment. No offence was intended.
Most sincere regards, Kathrinn
1 May 2004
9 hours 21 min
the confusion. I thought the main menu was up the top. Well, maybe I've been out of the puter world for too long.
"Life can be whatever you want it to be, as long as you do what your told."
LRF.
30 April 2004
6 hours 43 min
My humble apologies, oh great white chief
Damn, and I thought my tan was coming along nicely...
;)
Kind regards,
Greg
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You monkeys only think you're running things