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Friday, March 30, 2012
Bigfoot sleuth stomped for leading tour on federal lands without permit
Matt Pruitt was leading a group expedition for The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization at the Buffalo National River Park in Arkansas in February when he and his group of 31 people were stopped by two park rangers. Pruitt was slapped with a hefty $525 fine for a lack of a commercial use permit.
The organization typically charges as much as $500 to go along on searches for the mythical creature in various locations across North America. That's between the group and the gullible -- unless they're conducting their hunt on federal land.
Did NASA Lie About Triangle UFO?
The object, which moves across the viewing field of NASA’s stereo B spacecraft (one of the two telescopes responsible for providing a panoramic view of the solar system) first appeared on December 27. The scale of the image would suggest that the object in question is of planetary size— one bad mother of a spaceship...
While NASA does not often deign to address such claims, in this case, however, they did offer an explanation. They claim that the object is a reflection from within the satellite’s lens of the planet Venus, which enters into the field of vision concurrently with the object many claim to be a UFO. The optics explanation passes a sniff test, especially considering the previous incidents in which tricks of light resulted in similar phenomena. Nevertheless, the very fact that NASA is bothering to refute these claims has given some pause.
Whatever the case may be (and this blogger finds this theory to be effectively debunked), it has become painfully clear that we are woefully unprepared for when an object of this size actually does appear in our solar system.
I call upon NASA to get to its real purpose: the development, in conjunction with Northrop Grummond and the RAND corporation, of much-needed space cannons before it’s too late.
An introduction to Palo Mayombe
It has been preserved up to our times by the slaves who were imported to areas such as Brazil, Suriname, and Cuba, the latter being the place where Palo (also called Palo Monte) has become most popular also among people of hispanic descent. Palo is a direct method of comunication with the Spirits: the belief is strongly animistic and similar to shamanism: all that exists is considered as animated by spirits, man in particular can become a doorway to other worlds through mediumship. The spirits which are the most relevant for Palo are: the spirits of the Dead, the Spirits of Nature (which inhabit trees, plants, rocks, animals etc.), and the Highest Entities which manifest themselves in the Forces of nature (the Wind, the Lightning, the Sea, etc.) and in man.
The main worship and practice is being carried around the Nganga or Prenda, which is a consecrated cauldron filled (amongst other things...) with sacred earth, sticks (palos), and bones, and it is dedicated to a specifical spiritual energy.
SyFy announces Grant Wilson's final 'Ghost Hunters' episodes
Maine viewers can tune in at 9 pm Wednesday nights on Syfy to bid farewell to Grant Wilson in his final six episodes. His final show is slated to air on May 16, 2012.
Grant announced his decision to leave the show in an episode aired on February 15. The news was met with seeming shock - and more than a few tears - as the team grappled with the idea of Ghost Hunters without Grant.
Although he assured them, “This is not the end. This is not goodbye.” team members and fans alike knew it was the end of an era and that Ghost Hunters would never be the same again.
Santeria and Cuba’s Religious Melting Pot
Iliana Hosch, a researcher with the Department of Socio-religious Studies and a specialist in African religions, explained that “Cubans can believe both in the Catholic ‘Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre’ (Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre) and in Oshun, a diety of the Santeria faith.”
She added: “We can safely say that Cubans are believers. What we can’t say is whether they’re clearly Catholic, Protestant or associated with some religious expression of African origin.”
The Catholic clergy relates on an equal footing with the other historically Christian-based churches, but they maintain a distance from house-churches and Santeria, which weren’t even invited to the activities taking place during the two papal visits.
The number of Catholics doesn’t matter?
Doomsday Preppers and Deep Earth Bunkers
Television has long been full of “Americans” (“American Restoration,” “American Chopper,” “American Hoggers”) and “Extremes” (“Extreme Marksmen,” “Extreme Makeover,” “Extreme Couponing”) and “Tops” (“Top Gear,” “Top Chef,” “Top Shot”). In recent weeks, though, an interloper has staked a claim: “Doomsday.”
Last month the National Geographic Channel introduced “Doomsday Preppers,” a Tuesday-night reality series about people who are stockpiling, arming and otherwise preparing for some kind of apocalypse. Last week it was the Discovery Channel’s turn. Its new “Doomsday Bunkers,” on Wednesday nights, is about Deep Earth Bunker, a company that builds underground getaways for the types of people seen in “Doomsday Preppers.”
Watch either show for a short while and, unless you’re a prepper yourself, you might be moderately amused at the absurd excess on display and at what an easy target the prepper worldview is for ridicule. Watch a bit longer, though, and amusement may give way to annoyance at how offensively anti-life these shows are, full of contempt for humankind.
Shadow Goverment: People & Power - The Koch Brothers
How and why America's billionaire Koch Brothers are spending a fortune in support of a conservative political agenda.
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