Tag Archive | Syndicated Local
Budget Halloween pt 3
Shredded cheesecloth and plastic bones make for a scary entrance to the Haunted House. Love Nightmare on Elm St? What better way to show it than by commemorating that classic ditty. Just grab a dirty/torn up sheet and some finger paint. Don’t worry about your handwriting, the more juvenile the creepier. You know […]
Tom Ogle Conspiracy
You haven’t heard of him? I’m not surprised. Tom Ogle invented a vapor-fuel intake system, in 1977, for all automobiles. His system could be affixed to any existing car engine, and would enable the car to travel 100 miles on one gallon of gas. He claimed that the emissions were clean enough that you could dry your […]
Repression
“Repression. Repression is the father of neurosis, of self-hatred. Now, stress results when we fight against our impulses, when we attempt to destroy the natural man or woman within us. We’ve all heard people talk about “animal magnetism”, about the “natural man” and the “noble savage”. As if we had lost something valuable in our long […]
Dogs Driving Cars: New Zealand SPCA Puts Canines Behind The Wheel
or the past two months, animal trainer Mark Vette has been teaching dogs to drive, New Zealand TV station Campbell Live reported. The lessons are part of a campaign by the New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), meant to clear up “common misconceptions” about rescue dogs. “Sometimes people think because they’re getting […]
Civilian ‘Python Patrols’ in Florida
MIAMI Florida wildlife officials, opening a new front in the war on invasive snakes, are recruiting the general public for “python patrols” that teach them how to identify and even capture some of the hissing, snapping reptiles. “We consider (Burmese pythons) established, which means the hope of removing them is pretty slim,” said Jenny Novak, […]
Don’t Drink Blood in Louisiana
Louisiana doesn’t take kindly to people drinking blood, be it from a human or an animal. The state files this ban under its “Ritualistic Acts” legislation. The act was passed in 1989.
Shark Tooth Saw
It looks like a prop from a science fiction film or horror movie – a sawzall power tool outfitted with shark teeth instead of normal blades. The toothy contraption comes courtesy of Cornell University researchers who introduced the Jawzall at the annual Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology earlier this month. The device was created […]
Ferguson police testing new device aimed at reducing fatal police encounters
As police in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson seek alternatives to the sort of lethal force that led to Michael Brown’s death, they’re testing a new device that attaches to a handgun barrel and is designed to turn a bullet into a projectile intended to stun but not kill. Mayor James Knowles III said […]
News: Illegal Excavation Uncovered New Pyramid in Cairo
Seven men have been arrested in Egypt after digging up an ancient temple under a house in Giza, just outside Cairo. Egyptian news website Ahram reports that the illegal excavation revealed the remains of a temple from the reign of Pharoah Tuthmose III. The dig revealed huge limestone blocks covered in hieroglyphics, which belong to […]
Ouroboros 