Brink of War in Middle East

War is stupid. Violent people lack the imagination and intelligence to solve their problems in a more civilized way.? Read Seattlepi for developments in the Israel-Lebanon crisis.

Bigfoot Search: A Hand?Of Unknown Origin

World renown ?Bigfoot? researcher, Tom Biscardi , founder of Searching for Bigfoot Inc., a Bigfoot research and expedition organization headquartered in Menlo Park, California, went out to find evidence of the creature known as Bigfoot and came back with a big hand! Literally, this is a ?hand of unknown origin,? as it was referred to by Dr. Todd L. Reese, D.C., a chiropractor who studied the anatomy of the hand. In a sworn affidavit, Dr. Reese stated that this severed hand is of unknown origin. ?It is not human, not of any known species of primate, and not a bear!?

The fact that the hand is of unknown origin, also refers to the fact that no one seems to know where the hand actually came from. ?Someone knows where the hand came from, and someone knows where the rest of the body is!? says Tom Biscardi, ?but not the people who have handled the hand in its recent history? The DNA test results make this hand even more mysterious!?

Tom sent the hand out to DNA Diagnostics Center, in Fairfield, Ohio, for testing in May, 2006. The following is a summary of the results of these initial DNA tests? The DNA tests confirm that the hand is?

1) Not Human
2) Not any known primate
3) Not in even ?in the system?

The DNA Laboratory was so intrigued by their findings, that they chose to do some additional testing on the hand. The results of which were received just this week. While waiting for the results of these additional test, Biscardi poses the following questions:

1) Is this the hand of an unknown species?
2) Is this the hand of an extinct species?
3) Who cut the hand from the rest of the body?
4) Where is the rest of the body?

?and according to Biscardi, ?someone knows? and Searchingforbigfoot.com is trying to find out the rest of the story.?

All that is known, at this time, of the origin of the hand comes from Don Monroe of Spencer, Montana. According to Don, the hand was delivered, anonymously, to a police station in Butte, Montana, sometime in the year of 2002. The police were concerned that a crime had been committed and took the hand to the coroner. The coroner took x-rays and physically examined the hand. The coroner?s finding was that the hand was not human. According to Mr. Monroe, the Butte police continued to investigate the origin of the hand for a long time, but came up ?dry.? Finally, out of desperation, they contacted Mr. Monroe, a well known local outdoorsman and Bigfoot Researcher, to see if he had any ideas. Monroe then took the hand to several scientists and labs for examination, but ??none were able to offer any conclusive evidence as to what it was? only what it was not!? – cryptomundo

Do we now have Bigfoot DNA? If this isn’t a hoax, I’d like to hear how this DNA differs from other primates and humans.

Despite Supreme Court, Bush Seeks Witchhunt Powers

In our not too distant history, we had a situation where people were tortured into “confessing” crimes they did not commit, including having impossible supernatural powers. They were then killed based on those coerced confessions. Under this system innocent people were murdered by sadistic religious zealots. Now, the newest group of crazed zealots, the Bush neocons, want to continue the witchhunt model of the past with secret tribunals.

“In their most detailed description of administration policy since the Supreme Court struck down the Pentagon’s special war crimes tribunals last month, the lawyers said their ability to introduce evidence gathered through coercion … would be compromised if they were forced to use the Uniform Code of Military Justice to charge Al Qaeda defendants.” – latimes

This is like a murderer saying his ability to murder is compromised by the laws againt murder. In other words, these lawyers spawned from the depths of hell are arguing for the removal of human rights. Remember, there are women and children among the prisoners that will face these tribunals. They seek to use prisoner’s tortured “confessions” as evidence. They want Kangaroo courts. The only reason to argue for this is that they already know the evidence is not on their side. Impeach Bush.

Bionic Man can open e-mail by power of thought

A MAN paralysed from the neck down has learnt to move a computer cursor and an artificial arm by the power of thought alone. The brain implant that has allowed him to do so could be used eventually to control wheelchairs and prosthetic limbs. The first detailed scientific report on the case of Matthew Nagle, 25, whose spinal cord was severed in a knife attack, shows how sensors that measure brainwaves could allow paralysed patients to improve their quality of life greatly.

Mr Nagle, from Massachusetts, has been fitted with a 4mm-square chip that reads signals in the primary motor cortex of his brain, the region that would control movement if he had the use of his limbs. When he imagines moving his paralysed body, the implant?s 100 sensors record the activity in his brain and transmit these signals to a computer that controls various devices.

In nine months, he has learnt to move a cursor on a computer screen, open e-mails, play simple computer games and adjust the volume of his television. He has also learnt to operate a simple robotic arm. – timesonline

“In a study published in the journal Nature this week, the researchers describe how two paralyzed patients with a surgically implanted neural device successfully controlled a computer and, in one case, a robotic arm — using only their minds. – techrev

Russians launch inflatable spacecraft: Space Hotels by 2015?

A Russian military base has launched the first prototype for what could eventually become a private-sector space station built up from inflatable modules, the company funding the project said Wednesday.

The Genesis 1 inflatable spacecraft, developed by Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace, could take a significant step toward an era of privately funded hotels, labs and even sports complexes in space.The company’s founder, real-estate magnate Robert Bigelow, has reportedly committed $500 million to the inflatable-module project, with about $75 million spent so far. In an initial statement, Bigelow said Genesis 1 was successfully launched from Russia’s Dombarovsky missile base at 10:53 a.m. ET, atop a Soviet-era intercontinental ballistic missile that was converted to commercial use. – msnbc