Including a report of a U.S. pilot ordered to shoot down a UFO. More fascinating reading (I’m sure) at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ufos.
From freelevi.org:
If we can’t, after all is said and done, make this election go the right way, at least we can save one man. I’m talking about young Master Levi Johnston. He’s the 18-year-old Alaskan hockey enthusiast who knocked up Sarah Palin’s daughter, and the National Enquirer describes him as “a boozing pot-smoker who doesn’t [...]
The NYT Freakonomics blog has a good summary of just what the hell is happening right now in financial markets.
North Korea, or a post-financial apocalypse United States? Some amazing recent photos from North Korea at Boston.com (from @pkedrosky).
Former NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell says yes - we have been visited. The interesting question to me is… how long could X people inside the government, NASA, etc. keep a secret like this before credible evidence from a credible source comes out? The key would be keeping a lock on the evidence, so without simultaneous [...]
The Dalai Lama comes to Seattle:
The visit by the Dalai Lama, who arrived here Thursday afternoon on a flight from Japan, is his first to the United States since the onset of international protests over the Chinese crackdown in Tibet. But the trip was planned long before the recent troubles, and few expect him to [...]
Cornell loses to Stanford:
With the 7-foot Lopez twins altering shots inside and defenders in the face of Cornell’s perimeter shooters, it didn’t take an Ivy League degree to figure out the Big Red was in big trouble.
I think this makes three or four NCAA tournament players I’ve played against - Tim Young the was [...]
From the NYT (through yc news): Unintended Consequences: The Case of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker