A cyclops goat recently born in India.
It’s rare for cycloptic critters to survive long after birth… the defects that lead to the cyclopia usually are linked to terminal defects, often malformed brains.
I’d keep an eye open (heh) for Shub-Niggurath sightings (heh).
Evidence for a link between genetics and intelligence. This should not be terribly surprising… genetics is responsible for a *lot* about a person, from physicality to personality. But for some reason, some people get damn upset when you start discussing the idea that there is a genetic basis for intelligence. Sure, environment – from the quality of your nutrition to the quality of your parents to the quality of you schooling – plays a role. Epigenetics plays a role. But why *wouldn’t* genetics play a role? The reason why humans are smarter than chimps isn’t because we have better school lunch programs.
One obvious notion to be drawn from the recognition of a genetic basis for intelligence is that it should be possible to breed for it… or against it. And boy howdy do a whole lot of people not want to consider *that* possibility.
Study also concludes that the “smart genes” studied also have a role in autism.
At least fifty injured.
Seems the bomb was loaded with nuts and bolts. This was also the fourth anniversary of the murder of Lee Rigby. Chances are really good that the motives are the same here.
Because why not, here’s a deleted scene from the original “Alien.” The sequel “Aliens” answered the question “where’d all those eggs come from,” but there was originally a scene in “Alien” that answered that question in a far, far more disturbing way. Enjoy!
If Truman hadn’t bombed the bejeebers out of Japan with the two nukes the US had, the war would have dragged on for much longer. That extended war would have included Operation Olympic, the invasion and conquest of Japan. Given how fanatical the Japanese had been in the defense of various smaller islands in the campaign leading up the the nukings, experts in the US knew that as soon as Americans set foot on Japanese turf, it would be a virtually unstoppable Holy War. The death toll would have been astounding. Less known at the time was the massare that would have happened – and had already started – in China as the the Soviets started in on slaughtering the Japanese forces there.
So, since most people in the military didn’t know about the nukes and assumed an invasion was forthcoming, they planned for it. And part of that planning was planning for casualties. And part of planning for casualties is planning on handing out Purple Heart medals to injured servicemen. So, a bunch of those medals were made.
A bunch.
And unlike Brazilian Olympic Silver Medals, these Purple Heart medals were made to last. This fact is known because… the DoD is *still* handing them out. In other words, after Korea, Viet Nam, Leng, Grenada, Iraq (1 and 2), Afghanistan, R’lyeh and every other damned place that American forces have fought and bled over… there’s still a big box full of WWII-era Purple Hearts that the government dips into.
My previous post posited that people could be denied service by businesses based on their politics, and that their politics could be sussed out via a Google search. Welp, turns out there’s another approach:
This sort of thing will turn out fine. Juuuuuust fine.
In this case, the list seems to be of not just run-of-the-mill left wingers, but of the more active activist types, including the out-and-out violent fascist nutjobs.
Privacy is a thing of the past. A lot of people, such as myself, are open about their politics; I know it has cost me some, but… meh. Other people are less public about just how political they are, such as the folks who think that they need to protest while wearing masks.They will be a bit surprised when they find out that thanks to the surveillance society and lots of bored trolls and assorted troublemakers on the other side of the political spectrum, they are not as anonymous as they think they are.
Is Richard Spencer a Neo-Nazi? Pretty much, yeah. Was he misbehaving or violating the gyms rules? Nope. Does this set up an interesting precedent? If it stands up in court, you damn betcha.
Anyone supporting Socialism, Communism or other associated collectivist policies? No hamburgers or car servicing for you, Comrade! Anyone supporting Black Lives Matter, Antifa, ANSWER or any of the other racist, fascist organizations that have been popular these last few years? Out the door with you! Do you want that Christian bake shop to bake a cake for your gay wedding? Better hope they don’t do a google search and find out you supported Hillary or Obama! They might not be able to refuse to serve you based on who you are, but now they can based on what you believe.
I don’t see how this sort of this could *possibly* go wrong. Everything is fine.
Humans have been successfully minting coins for around 3,000 years. It’s not exactly a mystifying dark art.
The article is a little lean on details, but it seems that a bunch of Rio medals (6 or 7 percent, mainly silver medals) are having trouble with their “coverings” and are “flaking apart.” This is pretty vague, but what it sounds like to me is that the medals were actually made out of some base metal and then plated in silver. Lame.
I honestly don’t have a good explanation why for something like the Friggen’ Olympics the silver medals would be made out of anything but pure silver. It’s not like silver is *that* expensive.
Two US Aerospace Projects issues. Cover art was provided by Rob Parthoens, www.baroba.be
US Bomber Projects #19 is now available (see HERE for the entire series). Issue #19 includes:
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