Posted on March 1, 2008 by Xeno
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Using earth orbiting satellites, acclaimed researcher David Flynn has studied the high plateau of Bolivia and found previously undiscovered unnatural patterns stretching outward from Lake Titicaca for hundreds of square miles. The geoglyphic works range from arrow straight parallel lines, enormous over lapping perfect circles and rectangles to ‘labyrinth like’ systems of [...]
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Posted on March 1, 2008 by Xeno
China plans to carry out its first spacewalk later this year. An official from the nation’s manned space program made the announcement on Thursday. The Shenzhou Seven will take off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu. Chinese astronauts will leave their spacecraft for the first time, and the [...]
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Posted on March 1, 2008 by Xeno
Posted on March 1, 2008 by Xeno
A University of Virginia graduate student and two fellow hackers say they have cracked the encryption code that protects billions of credit cards, subway passes and security badges.
With readily available equipment that cost less than $1,000, 26-year-old Karsten Nohl and his two Germany-based partners dismantled a tiny chip that is found inside many “smartcards” and [...]
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Posted on March 1, 2008 by Xeno
THE Iraq war has cost the US 50-60 times more than the Bush administration predicted and was a central cause of the sub-prime banking crisis threatening the world economy, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. The former World Bank vice-president yesterday said the war had, so far, cost the US something like $US3trillion ($3.3 [...]
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Posted on March 1, 2008 by Xeno
In case you missed the memo, below is a mainstream media version of what many bloggers have been saying about 9/11 and the “war on terror” since it happened.
Massive attention has now been given - and rightly so - to the reasons why Britain went to war against Iraq. But far too little attention has [...]
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Posted on March 1, 2008 by Xeno
Batman has been spotted cruising the streets of South Florida… but he’s not fighting crime, instead he is looking to sell the his Batmobile!
Terry Lobzun put on the tights, cape and mask to generate publicity for the auction of the 1966 TV series replica of the Batmobile. Lobzun spent Thursday afternoon driving up and [...]
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Posted on March 1, 2008 by Xeno
Posted on March 1, 2008 by Xeno
Posted on March 1, 2008 by Xeno