Skepticism for UFO files | Escepticismo para los archivos OVNIS

"UFO's, Aliens, First contacts, Abductions, all of this reviews are part of a quest that we humans have been questioning since the Mayan civilization. Are we alone in the Universe? The quest to find this answer of this intrepid question, is the work of SETI and...

Sri Lanka captured Canadian

A Canadian is kept in the camps for the former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadres. These camps are different than the detention camps that the Sri Lankan government calls as welfare villages. The Sri Lankan...

Emotionally Vacuous Reactions

The blogs have bought a kind of an information revolution with anybody having an iota of interest becoming a Citizen Journalist. But in some ways revolution hasn’t been for good. Before you pull the trigger and...

I predict that psychics are b.s.

I had never really had an opinion on psychics. I had seen some on TV with supposed evidence of their "powers" and I had also heard some skeptics refute this evidence. One way or another, it was cool to believe that some people had a special gift that allowed them to see...

The Bush administration fails to stop al-Qaida in Pakistan - By Arthur Delan...

" The New York Times leads with a big story on the growth of al-Qaida in Pakistan and the Bush administration's waffling over plans to give commandos greater latitude to operate in the country's tribal areas. The Washington Post leads locally with the surprise death of a...

Vancouver density debate needs to be reinvigorated

Trevor Boddy looks at the unfolding EcoDensity debate in Vancouver:"It is too bad the EcoDensity debate got dragged into an election year. Over the last few months, this discussion has entered an unwelcome and...

The Club for Growth: slouching towards irrelevance (Iowa Caucus)

"Over the next few days, we will hear a great deal about the meaning of the Iowa Caucuses, as pundits and bloggers will sift through the demographic data to interpret trends, and voter preferences. There were two obvious winners. There were several losers. The Big Loser...

China's Olympic Goal: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue

"BEIJING: Every day, 27 monitoring stations across the city measure air pollution to determine if the skies above this national capital can officially be designated as blue. It is not an act of whimsy: With Beijing preparing to play host to the 2008 Olympics next August, the...

US credibility damaged by CIA tape affair, lawmakers

""Burning tapes, destroying evidence ... I don`t know how deep this goes. Could there be obstruction of justice? Yes," Republican Senator Chuck Hagel said on CBS. "How far does this go up in the White House, who knew it? I don`t know," Hagel said. The White House has stopped...

Gumballs: Tiny Terror Devices?

After reading this, please let us know if you laughed or cried..."Three Dover officials say they've found a serious homeland security threat to chew on: gumballs. They worry the colorful round treats could be...

Citizen Journalism--The Last Bastion of Skepticism

In a virtuosic display of journalism on April 25th, Bill Moyers aired a 90-minute special on PBS titled, "Buying the War," in which the Main Stream Media was gutted with an awesome, well-controlled, thoroughly...

Truth too inconvenient for the New York Times

Today's New York Times contains an opinion piece dismissing global warming and Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth. The article, however, relies on sources which have already been thoroughly vetted and...

Sonics want $300 million; some legislators roll eyes

"OLYMPIA — Sonics owner Clay Bennett wants at least $300 million in taxpayer money to help pay for a new arena that could cost as much as $530 million, but the request already has drawn skepticism from some key state lawmakers."

Mallory & Irvine Everest mystery - Phil Summers: Intentions, Climbing and Sig...

"Mallory & Irvine Everest mystery - Phil Summers: Intentions, Climbing and Sightings10:54 am EST Mar 10, 2006 (MountEverest.net) What can we say. Everest researchers have hijacked us. Originally, we had only intended to provide a forum for the scientists to air their...

Mallory & Irvine Everest mystery - Phil Summers: Intentions, Climbing and Sig...

"Mallory & Irvine Everest mystery - Phil Summers: Intentions, Climbing and Sightings10:54 am EST Mar 10, 2006 (MountEverest.net) What can we say. Everest researchers have hijacked us. Originally, we had only intended to provide a forum for the scientists to air their...

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