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Is dark energy lurking in hidden spatial dimensions?

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:14:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Ok, so much of this is beyond me, but I am still intrigued.

The mysterious cosmic presence called dark energy, which is accelerating the expansion of the universe, might be lurking in hidden dimensions of space. The idea would explain how these dimensions remain stable – a big problem for the unified scheme of physics called string theory.

Ever since astronomers discovered in the mid-1990s that other galaxies are accelerating away from us, physicists have struggled to explain why.

Even though the vibration is imprisoned in these other dimensions, it can extend its gravitational influence into our space. Its gravity is also repulsive in our space, just like the "ordinary" cosmological constant, so it would cause cosmic acceleration.

If Adelberger's pendulum does start to see gravity grow below 0.01 millimetre, it could be a sign that Greene and Levin are right, and the force that's tearing our universe apart really is an invader from another dimension.

Tags: physics, science

ULF 'Blast' caused Bridge Collapse? by Sorcha Faal

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:02:35 GMT

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Clip Source: www.whatdoesitmean.com

Reports from Russia’s Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics located in Irkutsk are reporting today that their Siberian Solar Radio Telescope (SSRT) detected a ‘massive’ ultra low frequency (ULF) ‘blast’ emanating from Latitude: 45° 00' North Longitude: 93° 15' West at the ‘exact’ moment, and location, of a catastrophic collapse of a nearly 2,000 foot long bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Russian Military reports state that the total collapse of such a massive bridge, and in the absence of evidence linking its destruction to terrorist activity, could only have been accomplished by an acoustic weapon, of which the United States Military is known to possess.

These reports further state that one of the United States primary research organizations into acoustic weapons research is Augsburg College, and which is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and most importantly less than 1 mile from the Interstate 35W Bridge collapse.

Tags: military, acoustic weapons, weapons

South Park creators animate Alan Watts

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:58:30 GMT

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Clip Source: souljerky.com

Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park infamy have recently (and quietly) been dishing out some ill animation slices that illustrate gems from the archives of Alan Watts. Check 'em out below!—

Also check out this interview at Reason (an entertaining and well-produced anti/spiritual/ist webzine) wherein the animated wonder-kind discuss religion in their households when they were growing up.

Tags: philosophy, video

Suspicious Wiki Deletions

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:59:57 GMT

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Clip Source: www.wired.com

On November 17th, 2005, an anonymous Wikipedia user deleted 15 paragraphs from an article on e-voting machine-vendor Diebold, excising an entire section critical of the company's machines.

In this case, the changes came from an IP address reserved for the corporate offices of Diebold itself.

A database of 34.4 million edits, performed by 2.6 million organizations or individuals ranging from the CIA to Microsoft to Congressional offices, now linked to the edits they or someone at their organization's net address has made.

Some of this appears to be transparently self-interested, either adding positive, press release-like material to entries, or deleting whole swaths of critical material.

Tags: wikipedia, conspiracy

Pimp My Blimp: Luxury Airship Planned

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:02:33 GMT

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Clip Source: www.livescience.com

It's a blimp. It's a plane. No, it's an airship with 5,000 square feet of living and/or cargo space, according to plans announced by a company that makes surveillance and advertising dirigibles.

It can be finished as a personal yacht, a business commuter craft or cargo carrier, he said.

Tags: aviation, technology

Nuances of Eschatology - Chuck Baldwin

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:26:16 GMT

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Clip Source: www.newswithviews.com

Many pastors and Christians embrace the authoritarian policies of one George W. Bush with the same enthusiasm and blind loyalty as Germans did Hitler. For example, according to White House insiders, while publicly embracing conservative Christians, the White House is privately said to have nothing but disdain for Christians. Mr. Bush acknowledged being a member of Skull & Bones, a secret society with a dark history. Others have reported that he is a member of Bohemian Grove, which, according to some, is an occultist society of the most sinister variety. Yet, all of this is rejected out of hand by most Christians today.

Regardless of one's politics or religion, the spirit of Big Brother, the spirit of military aggression, the spirit of occultism, the spirit of a police state mentality, the spirit of deception are all part of the spirit of antichrist.

Tags: christian, eschatology, antichrist, religion

Transforming Our Crazy World by Jack Allis

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:33:29 GMT

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Clip Source: www.harmonymindbodyspirit.com

Another of these illusions is that the material world we perceive with our five-senses is the only world there is. It's not. Quantum physics has proven that beyond the scope of our five-senses, there is an unseen world of pulsating energy, governed by a cosmic intelligence, where everything is connected to everything else. This is but one of numerous dimensions that we cannot perceive, but which doubtless exist. It is in these realms where we must fight the battle against the forces of evil to create the new paradigm.

Our primary weapons in this challenge are our higher consciousness and our spirituality. Higher consciousness is a function of connecting with the divine spirit, which means connecting with life's vital energy and with the intelligence of a living universe. We make this connection with the totality of ourselves - mind, body and spirit. Once we make this connection, we become capable of performing unimaginable feats in our lives, and manifesting true magic.

Tags: spirituality, end-times, global elite, illusion, consciousness

Phasers, lasers and death rays: new energy weapons

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:54:00 GMT

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Clip Source: www.domain-b.com

Captain Kirk and Darth Vader may have used them on the silver screen, but the US Navy is working to make death rays a deadly reality in its bid to develop energy and electric weapons.

Death rays, phasers, photon torpedoes and lasers that instantaneously vaporise the enemy; we've seen them all, in films and on TV serials like Star Trek. But science fiction may soon become fact.

The US Navy has a 'Directed Energy and Electric Weapons Program Office' that plans to develop a range of energy and electric weapons, including electromagnetic (EM) rail guns, high-energy lasers (HELs) and high-power microwaves, in the not-too-distant future.

Tags: military, weapons, electromagnetic