Watching the Watchmen - movie review

Seeing is believing: the 1986 book that was published in 12 separate issues is acclaimed as the best graphic novel of all time. That being said the pressure for anyone attempting to adapt it to film would have a big...

The agricultural apocalypse and the upcoming food shortage.

By, Uwe Paschen.  Climatology and Agriculture are by far not a simple science nor easily understood by simply reading a couple of articles or even books about it. Why it is so difficult to follow and make sense...

Imps of frustration: Frenzied, frenetic and frantic

We all know of the Seven Deadly Sins. As listed by Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) they are Pride, Covetousness, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Anger and Sloth. Then there are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, in the...

Pope Benedict XVI starts off marathon Bible reading

On Sunday Pope Benedict celebrated a huge mass to open a worldwide meeting of prelates at the Vatican. Over 200 bishops are attending that meeting, which is discussing the modern relevance of the bible. It will...

Will the World End in 2012?

So I was reading this article posted 3 days ago (July 3), but it was headline news today. Its seems as though it was important today. There is a survivalist-group that believes the Apocalypse would happen December 21, 2012.  ""That's because Geryl believes the world as...

Zombie Apocalypse: What Would You Do?

Wired's Danger Room, which normally focuses on security-related technology, has run a few articles about dealing with disasters far more spectacular-- and exponentially less likely-- than those that normally...

Earth, a Black Hole’s ‘Meal of the Day’

"”Doomsday: Mankind Has An Expiration Day”,  the name of a new movie and ”How unlikely is a doomsday catastrophe? ”, a physics paper, are two  good headers  affirming and...

HellBoy II : Exclusive Movie Trailer!!!

Reportedly turning down I Am Legend, Halo, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince leads us to believe Guillermo del Toro has got some pretty strong and fanciful plans for Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Need to...

Shall we continue in sin?

Once in a while a letter to the editor comes in out of the blue that is amazing, notable, and not the least boring. The following letter's tone is that of resignation and gloom -- a far cry from "Howard Beale"...

Public housing: plot or paradise?

"Posted by Jarvis DeBerry, Staff writer December 21, 2007 1:08PM "And let's look at that word 'project.' Another word for 'experiment.' " -- Chuck D of Public Enemy on "Apocalypse '91 . . . The Enemy Strikes...

Military proselytizing and apocalypse by design

"As more information becomes available about the infiltration of the military by fundamentalist Christian groups via Pentagon approved proselytizing, worrisome issues regarding the long term aims of evangelizing the troops present themselves. First there's this...

Praying for the Apocalypse

"The global nightmare that leads to the end of history is a visceral and disturbing expression of what believers feel about themselves and our world. The horror of apocalyptic violence—the final aesthetic of the movement—at once terrifies and thrills followers. It feeds...

The Two-Faced Pig

"It's a two-faced, four-eyed pig Thursday, January 18, 2007  Two-faced pig  The recent barrage of two-faced (or otherwise unusually shaped) animals just won't stop coming.  Hot on the heels of the two-faced cow and the six-legged cow comes a new entrant in the...

As Bush's War Strategy Shifts to Iran, Christian Zionists Gear Up for the Apo...

"As George W. Bush sets his sights on Iran, even Republicans are wondering how to constitutionally contain the trigger-happy king. But for an influential group of Christian fundamentalists -- White House allies that garner not only feel-good meetings with the President's...

Six-legged cow - Video

"Six-legged cow probably heralds apocalypse Monday, January 15, 2007Residents of the Colombian town of Villa Vieja got a bit of a surprise when a calf was born with six legs, two sets of genitals and two udders. 'The calf has six legs, two vaginas and six nipples,' explained...

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