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11th February 2008

Some interesting articles from my readers - doom and total destruction from the lizard man

These two articles come from a man (woman?) who calls himself (herself?) “the lizard man”. I know that man implies that it is in fact a male, but I want to make sure I am as PC as possible, especially with Hillary close to winning the Democratic nomination. I think maybe there is a chance for it to be Hillary / Obama or vica-versa depending on how things pan out, but politics is NOT what I wanted to blog about tonight.

back to the lizard man….

he sent me two very good articles this morning:

(I included his exact wording)

i have a bad feeling lately that something is going to happen this year. the lizard man

http://www.wtopnews.com/?sid=1342138&nid=251

That is article number 1, and to give you the gist, it is about how the chief of Homeland Security is kept up at night by the fear that an attack is imminent, because we all have become complacent six years after nine eleven. (I write out nine eleven because I don’t want google to crawl my ass posting about nine eleven, sorry google master) So, the question is, does the lizard man know something we don’t? Maybe a little fear in our lives is healthy. Who knows, but thanks for spreading the fear lizard man. I couldn’t have done it better myself.

Now on to the second article:

sounds like a great requirement. the lizard man

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/11/usa.theairlineindustry

The gist of this article is about how the US is calling for stringent european flight requirements, including allowing armed guards on aircraft and requiring intercontinental passengers to apply online prior to booking tickets to show proof of a passport.

I have to agree with the lizard man that these are great requirements. There are many more details in the article, and if you have time read it yourself.

thanks lizard man

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16th December 2007

Procrastination on a Wet Sunday in Baltimore

Well, I am trying to ~~start~~ finish my research paper that is due tomorrow. I finally narrowed down the topic to the Anfal Campaign.

Unfortunately this class has been a disappointment to me, but I guess it will at least be an easy three credits to add to the list.

To procrastinate today I:

1. installed Office 2007 (my trial ran out last week)
2. updated some plugins on my wordpress admin page for the constant skeptic
3. tried to figure out why my AJAX plugins were not working
4. deactivated AJAX plugins
5. attempted to install the “intense debate” plugin
6. my comments section disappeared completely so I had to deactivate this plugin as well.
7. ordered food from Belisimos
8. decided to download the Office 2007 service pack 1
9. post on the constant skeptic to waste more time

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17th September 2007

Maher is Right - Stop the 9-11 Conspiracy Theories - Please!

"Crazy people who still think the government brought down the Twin Towers in a controlled explosion have to stop pretending that I’m the one who’s being naive," says Maher.

How big a lunatic do you have to be to watch two giant airliners packed with jet fuel slam into buildings on live TV, igniting a massive inferno that burned for two hours, and then think ‘Well, if you believe that was the cause…’

Stop asking me to raise this ridiculous topic on the show and start asking your doctor if Paxil is right for you." - Maher on his show this past week

Note: I do not watch his show, I only found these quotes of the web, so don’t shoot the messenger. I do believe that 9-11 conspiracy theorists are a little pinched in the head to say the least….

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11th September 2007

Conspiracy Theorists on BabasChess Chat Predict ‘Something Big’ To Occur On Friday

Just a quick note of warning against reading stupid chats on any game servers….

I was playing chess on BabasChess (pretty decent free multiplayer chess environment) when a user named ~~gr…~~

he will remain nameless because he probably doesn’t want his stupidity published but he said “so what do you guys think about the nuclear war/terrorist attack that is supposed to happen friday..”

He also said “No, I am serious, something big is supposed to happen Friday..”

Probably lunacy and conspiracy, but you never know, so I am spreading his ridiculous warning.

Friday will probably pass uneventfully, just like today did, so don’t be afraid readers… especially from some strange conspiracy theorist chess players.

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6th August 2007

Quote of the Day - Terrorism and Tyranny of the Police State

taken from 911blogger.com

“First they came for the terrorists but I wasn’t a terrorist so I
stayed silent and went about my business. Then they came for those
suspected of terrorism, but I certainly wasn’t a suspect so I stayed
silent and went about my business. Then they came for those who
defended those who were suspected of terrorism, but I wasn’t defending
such people so I stayed silent and went about my business. Then, one
day, they came and began to “suspect” me, so I stayed very, very silent
and went about my business. And that is how I lost my soul.”

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24th April 2007

A good Reason not to broadcast Sensationalist Murders and Tragedy in the News

By now everyone should be sick of this Virginia Tech nightmare, so I offer this interesting tidbit about how the media helps propagate similar copy-cat crimes and murder suicides by flooding their stations with this type of news.

taken from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copycat_suicide

The Werther Effect – Following the 1774 publication of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther, readers began to imitate the protagonist’s behavior. They not only copied his peculiar style of dress, but also emulated his more extreme action of suicide. In 1974, sociologist David Phillips coined the term “the Werther effect” to describe imitative suicidal behavior transmitted via the mass media. Research found that the number of suicides and deadly accidents increased following a highly publicized suicide, particularly in the area in which it took place. Oftentimes, those that imitate the suicidal actions relate closely to the original victim, by being similar in age, ethnic background, gender, and/or other demographic characteristics.

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1st February 2007

A Blog A Day Keeps the Terror Away

I am trying…. so hard to post at least once a day. It is difficult when life gets in the way, or the deathly cold winter terribleness of having to change your headlight lamp in the autozone parking lot and you end up blowing a fuse and having to spend even more of your hard earned money. (none of which is coming from this ad-free site by the way, this domain that I pay per month for hosting)

Things I don’t need to mention:

Boston security scare caused by terror advertising
(hilariously funny, but dangerously scary as well - like The Tommyknockers on heroin)

The Shins new album debuts at number 2 this week.
(if you don’t have most of the tracks downloaded already, buy it now, come on, it makes you think of Garden State coming-of-age angst and starbucks music! yeah!)

Something cool:

Mechanism of Hallucinogens Effects Discovered
(for those tripping scientists out there)

I thought since I am trying to get through Pynchon’s masterpiece - Gravity’s Rainbow, that this quote by MarK Twain would be appropriate:

“A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.”