Thursday, July 24, 2003

The Jinn and their ET charade by Lydia Mancini- TheJinn.net It is important to know about them. It is absolutely essential to rule them out whenever considering the possible existence and/or presence of extraterrestrials. Why? Because they are the world's greatest tricksters and their ET charade may be the World's Greatest Hoax. [snip] The Jinn concept offers a comprehensive and logical approach to looking at UFO's, cryptozoology, apparitions, magic, demons, monsters and many other mysteries. [snip] Gordon Creighton has enlightened us with a brilliant essay which deserves serious attention: "A Brief Account of the True Nature of the "UFO Entities". Gordon Creighton, now in his 90's, served as a British Intelligence officer, and his familiarity with oriental culture enabled him to recognize the connection between Jinn and UFOs. "Islam knows, in fact, of the existence of THREE entirely separate and distinct species of intelligent beings in the Universe, and indeed can furnish surprisingly precise details regarding their natures and roles and activities." The Jinn are real entities living on this earth which are normally invisible to us. The name comes from an Arabic word meaning "to hide or conceal". [snip] Among all the theories presented to account for the presence of alien beings such as: (1)Intergalactic travel, (2) Travel from the future, (3) Travel from the Inner Earth, and (4) Archetypal projections from the Collective Unconscious, very little consideration is given to the concept that some of them simply exist on the earth in a way that isn't generally perceptible to us. We continue to assume that we can perceive everything that is "real" with our 5 senses despite all the evidence to the contrary. via [me] I know, "Skeptic Bait", but email or call me and I'll tell you about MY experience. permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?

Wild Divine: Video game as koan. Wild Divine is a biofeedback-controlled video-game that teaches mastery of mental and physical processes: To succeed in the game, according to Whitehouse, players have to learn certain principles, which basically require what he calls an 'allowing attitude'--a kind of passive will. [...] In biofeedback terms, the game is set up so that players might actually have to raise either their sweat gland activity or heart rate in order to get through one particular barrier, while moving into a more balanced, or even calmer, state to successfully navigate another area. [...] 'At some point in the game, if a player has learned how to control their internal states to a degree, they can have an internal shift--something akin to an 'aha' experience, where they just know how to do things.' via [Boing Boing Blog] I'd play this. But how does the game get your biofeedback? permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?

Dr. Gonzo Returns: Welcome to the Big Darkness. The Rumsfield-Cheney axis has self-destructed right in front of our eyes, along with the once-proud Perle-Wolfowitz bund that is turning to wax. They somehow managed to blow it all, like a gang of kids on a looting spree, between January and July, or even less. It is genuinely incredible. The U.S. Treasury is empty, we are losing that stupid, fraudulent chickencrap War in Iraq, and every country in the world except a handful of Corrupt Brits despises us. We are losers, and that is the one unforgiveable sin in America. Beyond that, we have lost the respect of the world and lost two disastrous wars in three years. Afghanistan is lost, Iraq is a permanent war Zone, our national Economy is crashing all around us, the Pentagon's "war strategy" has failed miserably, nobody has any money to spend, and our once-mighty U.S. America is paralyzed by Mutinies in Iraq and even Fort Bragg. The American nation is in the worst condition I can remember in my lifetime, and our prospects for the immediate future are even worse. I am surprised and embarrassed to be a part of the first American generation to leave the country in far worse shape than it was when we first came into it. Our highway system is crumbling, our police are dishonest, our children are poor, our vaunted Social Security, once the envy of the world, has been looted and neglected and destroyed by the same gang of ignorant greed-crazed bastards who brought us Vietnam, Afghanistan, the disastrous Gaza Strip and ignominious defeat all over the world. The Stock Market will never come back, our Armies will never again be No. 1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of our lives. The Bush family must be very proud of themselves today, but I am not. Big Darkness, soon come. Take my word for it. via [sTaRe] Hey sports fans, this is on ESPN!? permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?

More stink. Uday & Qusay's death - a failure?! Salam Pax thinks the U.S. "wasted a chance to show Iraqis they really are doing something". Robert Fisk asked in yesterday's press conference "Surely, the possibility of the immense amount of information they could have given coalition forces" justified efforts to try to take them alive. The military had time, the element of surprise, special forces troops, and nonlethal weapons -- so why did they attack with rockets and TOW missiles? Where is Saddam? Could we have learned more about Iraq's WMD programs? Is it better for the Bush administration to not have some questions answered? via [MetaFilter] permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?

Uday and Qusay, why weren't they gassed? * Or something? Why are they dead? As Lambert said yesterday at Eschaton, "First, it's entirely possible that they were valuable sources of intelligence." Or are they dead? Where are the photos of the bodies? * What I meant was NON-LETHALLY DISABLED. permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?

The Flight of the Bird Men [PopSci] For Jari Kuosma and Robert Pecnik, skydiving wasn't enough - they wanted to strap on wings and fly. So what if 96 percent of their predecessors had died in the attempt? by William Speed Weed Three years later, they've sold more than a thousand. [snip] Tens of thousands of skyflights are made each year. So far, only one skydiver has died wearing a BirdMan suit - but it was one he'd borrowed, violating Kuosma's training-is-essential ethic. He won't sell a suit to anyone with fewer than 200 jumps - experienced skydivers, he says, handle emergencies more calmly - and anyone with fewer than 500 jumps must take a safety course. Curiously, the course doesn't emphasize how to fly. "I don't have any technique to teach you," Kuosma told DeRego. "You know how to do it already. Just think about where to go and you'll turn." via [MetaFilter] "Just think about where to go"? Sounds familiar. William Speed Weed? permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?