(See oldmotherchaos for personal update)

In the mean time:

"Fanatical, Fierce Terrorist" turns out to be doctoral student volunteering some charity work -- and is criminally charged for doing so.John Ashcroft called Sami al-Hussayen part of "a terrorist threat to Americans that is fanatical, and it is fierce." Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne said al-Hussayen is ( Read more... )

Company Again Touting Weird Soda Flavors
November 8, 2004 03:42 PM EST

SEATTLE - Jones Soda Co. takes the idea of a liquid diet to a new low.
How does Green Bean Casserole Soda strike you? And how about an
aggressively buttery-smelling Mashed Potato Soda?
( rest here )

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14832146%26method=full%26siteid=50143%26headline=want%2dto%2dbe%2ddead%2dfamous%2d-name_page.htmlRead more... )

http://www.theinsider.org/mailing/article.asp?id=0634

University of London team to examine tunnels unearthed in the Mercury

A TEAM of tunnel experts is set to descend on Hertford in a bid to uncover the subterranean labyrinth revealed by the Mercury.
( more here )

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/10/27/biotechnology.cats/index.htmlRead more... )

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=576429Read more... )

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/10/22/stranger.in.house.ap/index.htmlRead more... )

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=15719Read more... )

For those of you that read both OldMotherChaos and this blog, I apologise for the duplicate posting.

But I'd also like to remind everyone of the famous Martin Neimoller quote:
In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they ( Read more... )

http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2004news/braindish.htm
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida scientist has grown a living “brain” that can fly a simulated plane, giving scientists a novel way to observe how brain cells function as a network.
( How much more Future-Shock could this article be?! Wonderful! )