Blather.net newsfeedBlather.net newsfeedUK Police Helicopter chases UFO- June 25, 2008 This wee video piece has the Ufologists all atwitter. Thing is though, having watched this a few times now, I'm pretty sure this is actually a video of Chinese Kongming lanterns loose in the sky. Link here Blather More on...http://www.blather.net/zeitgeist/archives/2008/06/uk_police_helicopter_chases_uf.html Ancient Irish Beer!- June 24, 2008 'Two archaeologists have put forward a theory that one of the most common ancient monuments seen around Ireland may have been used for brewing ale.' Read the story on the BBC site...http://www.blather.net/zeitgeist/archives/2008/06/ancient_irish_beer_1.html RIP George Carlin- June 23, 2008 I dunno, it seems like more and more these days, we seem to be posting notices of the death of our heroes. George Carlin, the controversial, fearless and damned funny comedian has died aged 71. Anyway, I suspect that Carlin...http://www.blather.net/zeitgeist/archives/2008/06/rip_george_carlin.html Predictably, it was not a 'lost' tribe- June 22, 2008 My first reaction when I heard about the discovery of a 'lost' Amazonian tribe was: HOAX! Journalists have been fooled before. And lo and behold, I was right. The tribe has been known about since 1910. "Tribal guardian admits the...http://www.blather.net/zeitgeist/archives/2008/06/predictably_it_was_not_a_lost.html Al Qa'ida split up, Bin Laden releases solo album- June 22, 2008 'It continues to mount brutally effective operations around the world, but from Saudi Arabia to the streets of east London, hardline Islamists are turning against Al-Qa'ida in unprecedented numbers. Is the global terror network self-destructing' Special report in the Independent...http://www.blather.net/zeitgeist/archives/2008/06/al_qaida_split_up_bin_laden_re.html More on Japan arrests - Blog the Greenpeace whistleblowers out of jail!- June 21, 2008 Brian writes, over on the Making Waves blog: Junichi Sato is not only a whale activist in Japan (and there ain't many people who can put THAT on their business card), he's also a blogger. And he's been arrested for...http://www.blather.net/zeitgeist/archives/2008/06/more_on_japan_arrests_-_blog_t.html 'Disconnect' is Not a Noun!- June 21, 2008 I read this in the Irish Times: 'ONE EXPLANATION advanced for the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty is a disconnect between voters and their Oireachtas representatives.' And this in Brian Cowen's speech to his lords and masters in the EU...http://www.blather.net/zeitgeist/archives/2008/06/disconnect_is_not_a_noun.html Pregnancy Pact: Homeless Men Now Sexually Attractive- June 21, 2008 The story about 17 American schoolgirls who slept with just about anybody to get pregnant to raise their master race together in a bizarre teen cult! Or something... Story in the Irish Independent...http://www.blather.net/zeitgeist/archives/2008/06/pregnancy_pact_homeless_men_no.html Cowen's Replacement- June 21, 2008 Yes, that's right. Brian Cowen has been strangled with piano wire in Brussels and the rulers of Europe have replaced him with a man who knows how to get the "right answer" from a referendum. Robert Mugabe has been...http://www.blather.net/zeitgeist/archives/2008/06/cowens_replacement.html UK is the no.1 arms exporter- June 21, 2008 'Britain won a dubious new accolade this week: it became the world's number one arms exporter. Not that the government had any regrets: the trade minister Digby Jones greeted it as "outstanding" and promised: "I look forward to working with...http://www.blather.net/zeitgeist/archives/2008/06/uk_is_the_no1_arms_exporter.html |