TWS143: Pick me off another chop from the old lamb tree
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Promo: Luscious Leftovers
CQ: Describe what role (if any) mythology plays in our modern world — and what role it should (or shouldn’t) play in humanity’s future.
On the show this week:
- Liminal Intent
- Bits ‘n’ Peaces
- Found on the Cutting Room Floor
Full list of 81 articles after the jump!
- Liminal Intent:
- Yes, no and maybe? I choose option D…: BBC – Is there such a thing as school phobia?
- I blame Heat Miser. Just sayin’..: BBC – Replies from Santa hit by US child abuse fears
- If this were the case, wouldn’t it be long-term drivers who were more susceptible?: The Irish Times – Road rage linked to exposure to petrol fumes
- At least they weren’t driving a Citroen or a Volkeswagon.: Ananova – Baby girl named after car
- Never figured “Origin Of The Species” as a throne read..: CBC – Rare Darwin book found in washroom
- I kinda side with Intel here, but I’m not sure I want to, uh.. MEMORY ERROR: PLEASE REBOOT: Popular Science – Intel Wants Brain Implants in Its Customers’ Heads by 2020
- I now dub this the “freaked-out” meter.: New Scientist – Brain scanner can tell a Dali from a Picasso
- A retirement plan that starts with being frozen and ends with immortality and wealth? Sign me up!: HPlus Magazine – Wake from Cryonics
- (EXTRA) Too soon?: The UK Telegraph – Michael Jackson’s ‘face’ on baby scan
- At least it wasn’t for a dogshow, but for breeding show.. I think.: Metro – Scooby booby doo: Dogs get boob jobs
- (EXTRA) Something tells me that he wasn’t really setting a place for the bear.: The UK Telegraph – Man mauled after trying to have picnic with bear in Swiss zoo
- (EXTRA) I’ve always wanted to write/say: “In a fit of Darwinian rage..” Although I suppose it’s really “Evolutionary execution”..: MSNBC/AP – Lions kill white tiger in Czech zoo
- (EXTRA) I’m not sure if it’s “use”, so much as “allow them without trying to destroy them”.: ScienceDaily – Ants Use Bacteria to Make Their Gardens Grow
- (EXTRA) You call it “animal sacrifice”, they call it “slaughter for a feast”. You say potato, they say “HEEYA! *chop* Excellent bleed!”: The UK Telegraph – ‘World’s biggest animal sacrifice’ held in Nepal
- Note to self: if ever robbing a bank, use organic paper soaked in tasty herbs and spices.: The UK Telegraph – Suspected bank robber caught on camera eating demands note
- Ouch.. now *that’ll* teach you to never explore the past..: The UK Sun – I traced my dad… and discovered he is Charles Manson
- (EXTRA) I’m surprised that this girl’s name and face are being plastered around, given that the trial hasn’t come up yet. I’m less surprised that people are shocked and dismayed by the sarcastic and dark things that she wrote; it’s as if most people have a c: CBS/AP – Alyssa Bustamante, Alleged Elizabeth Olten Killer, Listed “Killing People” as Hobby Online
- (EXTRA) I’m sure she wrote “killing people” in her writer bio. Should’ve seen the signs..: Ann Arbor.com – Crime novelist ordered to stand trial in father’s shooting in Dexter Township
- (EXTRA) Really? Who falls for the old “sure baby, I’ll marry you.. later!” line, anyway?: Ananova – South Korea scraps sex trick laws
- (EXTRA) I was all prepared to be totally outraged, and then they said “hey, it’s just some gingerbread houses, relax”. And I thought: “What a letdown of expectations to have news not outrage me unnecessarily!” I feel better now.: The Courier Mail – Cops on trail of gingerbread vandal
- Not everyone who commits crimes is apparently happy about it.: KTLA – ‘Doom and Gloom’ Bandit Robs Bank, Leaves Crying
- (EXTRA) As sad as suicide might be, at least this one staged it well..: CNN – Police: Kentucky census worker committed suicide, staged scene
- (EXTRA) Through cold noodles, warm beer and wet drugs, we will not cease to fail..: KCRG – Mail Carrier found Drunk, Inside a Residence
- (EXTRA) One must realize that “beautiful” doesn’t always mean “happy”.. And goths probably understand this best of all.: BBC – ‘Beautiful’ film of Goth murder
- (EXTRA) There is nothing more scary than losing the one thing that makes us human: self-control. (Except maybe losing loved ones.. Erp: double-whammy!): BBC – Camper van ‘dream killer’ Brian Thomas freed by judge
- It’s the line about “many of these accounts had not been touched in years” that makes me hate the rich even more.: The UK Guardian – German banker admits transferring money from rich to help poorer clients
- (EXTRA) I don’t know which more tragic: the fact that anyone considers old coffins any more than wood, or that they were investigating it..: The Dispatch – Police probe the case of the dumped coffins
- (EXTRA) No matter what the cause, it was Bad.: The Sydney Morning Herald – Fire, not a government plot, felled third tower
- (EXTRA) Disclosure? Then again, why choose Bulgaria first? (Of course, the *rest* of the world is scary..): Metro – Bulgaria: We are in contact with aliens
- (EXTRA) The argument that it can’t be a fake, because no one would dare profane it seems.. wrong, somehow; in for a penny, in for a pound?: Yahoo!/AP – Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin
- (EXTRA) The motivation: to rebuke the casual armchair demonologist in popular media..: Haunted America Tours – A Defence of Demons, Part One: A Modest Inquiry Into The Nature Of Hauntings
- (EXTRA) In which the demonic family tree is exposed for you to shudder at.: Haunted America Tours – A Defense of Demons, Part Two: Meet The Qlippoth; They’re Waiting In The Abyss
- (EXTRA) In which we learn more about “discarnate” beings. It’s fascinating reading, although I can’t vouch at all for authenticity.: Haunted America Tours – A Defence of Demons, Part Three: Thirty Years Among the Dead.
- (EXTRA) Climate change? I don’t see any change going on the climate here? Do you? Nope. Nothing. Look away. Be distracted. Isnt’t there some sort of reality television you should watch, or a tragedy involving a model or something?: Yahoo!/AFP – Over 100 icebergs drifting to N.Zealand: official
- In reality, they might be accused of “arguing vehemently” and “considering alternatives”, which might be confused with “manipulating” — if you’ve got a bias..: The UK Telegraph – Climate scientists accused of ‘manipulating global warming data’
- Bits ‘n’ Peaces:
- I might just get my meat tree for Christmas!: MSNBC/LiveScience – Mad science? Growing meat without animals
- The part that’s making most people angriest seems to be the assisted communication, which is a bit like a Ouija board.: The UK Guardian – Trapped in his own body for 23 years – the coma victim who screamed unheard
- (EXTRA) The beautiful illusion brought on by appreciated graffiti…: The UK Telegraph – Edgar Mueller creates record-breaking pavement art
- Sure, the planet will live longer, but you’ll be filled with less meat! What do you think replaces that meat in your body? It’s not carrots..: New Scientist – Eating less meat helps the planet — and your heart
- (EXTRA) Forget Muppet Babies and that bad 80s (90s?) TV series: it’s original Muppets all the way!: Ananova – The Muppets do Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody
- Sleep, nap and otherwise get some rest. Ok, so I forgot the article..: New Scientist – Sleep success: How to make ZZZs = memory
- Seems kinda stalkerish.. Then again, does that mean that we will have cell phones with puffers to blow in your ear? Hmm..: New Scientist – Their breath on your skin helps you hear
- If it works, fine; I don’t care where it comes from..: BBC – The new miracle cure for injuries?
- No.. *really*!: BBC – Cup of mint tea is an effective painkiller
- If belief is a big feature in homeopathic remedies, I’d say that this is a form of proof, in a way..: The UK Telegraph – Boots: ‘we sell homeopathic remedies because they sell, not because they work’
- (EXTRA) It’s plenty eco-friendly, until you realize it’s not recycled cardboard. Then, it’s insidious..: Phenomenica – World’s first eco friendly robot made of cardboard
- I didn’t so much /read/ the article, as.. absorb it..: New Scientist – First osmosis power plant goes on stream in Norway
- They may *not* turn you big and green, however..: MSNBC/Discovery News – Lightning’s gamma rays may destroy matter
- (EXTRA) And yet, so far away..: New Scientist – ‘Holographic’ videoconferencing moves nearer to market
- You really *can* buy anything on the Internet. Amazing!: BBC – Mussolini’s ‘brain and blood for sale on internet’
- Good to know that we’re much less creepy collectors these days.. Oh, wait..: MSNBC/AP – Galileo’s 2 missing fingers and a tooth found
- But the real question: did they take the house?: CBS/AP/The Courier – Agent Showing House Finds Pile Of Bones
- I’m surprised it’s still around, and not lost to some rebranding effort.: The UK Telegraph – Adolf Hitler’s Mercedes bought by Russian for L5m
- He only came for the fish ‘n’ bread.: Yahoo!/Press Association – Jesus may have visited UK – claim
- (EXTRA) It’s not a dangerous rise in paganism, it’s a dangerous rise in prosecuting paganism, or rather accusing someone vaguely of doing someting bad.: Human Rights Watch – Saudi Arabia: Witchcraft and Sorcery Cases on the Rise
- I’m sure that if his hand were still in it, it would have fetched more..: Ananova – Jacko’s glove sells for handy price
- (EXTRA) If someone from Hollywood can find the real paranormal, you *know* it’s odd.: Dread Central – The Reel Paranormal (Truth is Stranger Than Paranormal)
- (EXTRA) Well, *something* is flying overhead. : MyFOX Illinois – UFO’s? Man Says He’s Got Recorded Proof
- (EXTRA) Once visited, twice, eye (the skies).: The UFO Chronicles – ‘New’ Aerial Activity Over Stephenville, Texas Sets Off Personal Alerts!
- (EXTRA) NASA spokemen caught speaking out his empty manilla folder, several years later.: The Herald Tribune/De Void – Ixnay on the ebrisday
- Will it be OHMIGODWOWROFLMAO or just.. meh.: UFO Digest – DISCLOSED!: An Evaluation of the Big Day’s Impact upon Society
- (EXTRA) Strangely, the solution seems to be: round them up and SLAUGHTER THEM ALL, LEAVING THEIR ROTTING CORPSES IN THE SUN. Anyone else find that wasteful?: ABC Australia – Wild camels terrorise NT community
- (EXTRA) Nothing like sending your deadly species of spiders around the world!: ABC Australia – Deadly redback creeps into Japan
- (EXTRA) Good thing it was written with pencil.: DiscoveryOn/Salt Lake Tribune – Utah dinosaur find could rewrite North American paleontology
- (EXTRA) Not exactly the best place to hide, but I guess he was pretending to be a tooth?: The UK Telegraph – Chameleon species discovered in snake’s mouth
- (EXTRA) And by “old” we mean, “past mutton time”.. I bet he didn’t even taste great! 🙁: The UK Telegraph – Lucky, the world’s oldest sheep, dies
- (EXTRA) At least hobbits have math on their side!: ScienceDaily – ‘Hobbits’ Are a New Human Species, According to Statistical Analysis of Fossils
- (EXTRA) Aw, crap: we did it! Well, at least we didn’t start it.: BBC – Dung helps reveal why mammoths died out
- (EXTRA) It’s turns out, the world is a load of croc!: DiscoveryOn/Bureau Report – New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
- (EXTRA) Once again, it was our fault, but only at the end..: Science Daily – Extinct Moa Rewrites New Zealand’s History
- (EXTRA) Turns out, they hear a lot of BZZZZZZZ..: ScienceDaily – Active Hearing Process in Mosquitoes
- (EXTRA) It’s quite different when someone who obviously thinks more of beauty than just simple scientific inquiry illuminates things — for the better. In short: Flores was much hotter than previously speculated. 😉: Cryptomundo – New Look Of The Little Lady of Flores
- (EXTRA) In which we see the transformation from the original phenomena to the corrupted form — but what was the original?: Cryptomundo – NINGYO – The Story of Japanese Mermaids, Part 1
- (EXTRA) In which the author specifically addresses the most famous “feegee” mermaid.: Cryptomundo – NINGYO – The Story of Japanese Mermaids, Part 2
- Found on the Cutting Room Floor:
- (EXTRA) The world’s smallest unofficial country is now headless. Zombie?: The UK Telegraph – His Tremendousness dies, aged 73
- (EXTRA) I had no idea MUFON had a rapid strike team, but I suspect that it’s not sexy enough for a CSI treatment.. Hmm.. USI? XSI? *writes that down*: The Examiner – 19 UFO cases demand rapid strike team deployment
- (EXTRA) The Jetman only fails by not trying. And it seems like he’s always trying..: BBC – Jetman Yves Rossy fails in Africa-Europe flight attempt
- (EXTRA) This is what we get for giving the climate sciences the cold shoulder..: ScienceDaily – Mysteriously Warm Times in Antarctica
- (EXTRA) Things that will make your fears crawl and your skin grow.. : News Daily – Dark ocean depths home to exotic, unknown life
- (EXTRA) The answer: very slowly, but massively.: DiscoveryOn/ANI – Scientists reveal how aquatic animals mix ocean water
- (EXTRA) Yes.. No? Maybe.. Or maybe not. *zap* Ow!: Space.com – Is Case Finally Closed on 1965 Pennsylvania ‘UFO Mystery’?
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