A new genetic survey brings to light something I had long suspected: royal blood flows through these veins. My lineage on my mother’s side can easily be traced back to Niall of the Nine Hostages, an Irish king of the 5th century. So basically, I’m a prince of Ireland. It’s science.
[If Irish Claim Nobility, Science May Approve - New York Times]
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The Bosnian city of Mostar erected a life-sized bronze statue of Bruce Lee, depicted in “a typical defensive fighting position”, as a symbol for the fight against ethnic division. A fantastic quote from the article: “We will always be Muslims, Serbs or Croats. But one thing we all have in common is Bruce Lee.” Amen to that. |
[BBC NEWS | Bosnia unveils Bruce Lee bronze]
| This brings up one question. Why can’t Rocky Balboa be a symbol for multilateral cooperation among the world’s superpowers? I envision a statue erected at the U.N. building (why not the statue from Rocky III, hmm?), with a plaque commemorating his speech after defeating Ivan Drago. Followed closely by David Hasselhoff’s concert on the Berlin Wall, this speech was probably the single most important event leading to the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and Russia. It’s science. |  Yo, Adrian, how ’bout some world peace? |
It’s like finding the lost Cities of Gold! That is, if you believe in aliens as the source of creation and thetans as the source of all our personal woes! So I guess it’s more like the lost City of the Crazies. A secret storage facility used by Scientologists in NE New Mexico has been found thanks to aerial cartography and the wonder of the internet.
Read the story about its discovery here on Boing Boing
And check out the photgraphic proof here:
[Google Satellite Maps]
[TerraServer]