Weird/cool pic of the dead fish at link.
A fisherman found a fish in waters off the South Coast of Grand Cayman that had swallowed another fish more than four times its size. McPherson "Dorson" Wright's attention was drawn to an object floating on the surface nearby. The fish, aptly named the Great Swallower, was just 7.5 inches in length. The fish it had eaten measured 34 inches, which is close to three feet in length.
Mr. Wright said that normally its expected that "big fish to eat down the small fish," but this greedy little creature had a huge appetite and eyes far bigger than its belly. "When I first saw it, I really couldn't believe my eyes," said Wright. "It had obviously just died, so I decided I had to put it in the boat and take it down to the Department of the Environment to investigate it further."
On later inspection by scientists, it was established that the fish had consumed an extremely large and aggressive "snake mackerel" that was more than four times its own length. Snake mackerel have a similar appearance to barracudas.
All the reason I need not to like them ...
Scientist Mr Sutton of the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute added that it was likely "the finding would be written up in a scientific paper" and was intrigued about how the Great Swallower avoided being eaten by the snake mackerel. The fish may even make it into the world record books and may be shipped to the United States for further inspection.
Local Marine Scientist Phillippe Bush said, "I would hate to see what a three-foot-long Great Swallower is capable of eating."
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I'm sorry, Mike. The best fake-news prank of all time celebrates its 69th anniversary on Tuesday:
Now I look down the harbor. All manner of boats, overloaded with fleeing population, pulling out from docks.
Streets are all jammed. Noise in crowds like New Year's Eve in city. Wait a minute... The... the enemy is now in sight above the Palisades. Five five great machines. First one is crossing the river. I can see it from here, wading... wading the Hudson like a man wading through a brook...
A bulletin is handed me...
Martian cylinders are falling all over the country. One outside of Buffalo, one in Chicago... St. Louis... seem to be timed and spaced...
Now the first machine reaches the shore. He stands watching, looking over the city. His steel, cowlish head is even with the skyscrapers. He waits for the others. They rise like a line of new towers on the city's west side...
Now they're lifting their metal hands. This is the end now. Smoke comes out... black smoke, drifting over the city. People in the streets see it now. They're running towards the East River... thousands of them, dropping in like rats.
Now the smoke's spreading faster. It's reached Times Square. People are trying to run away from it, but it's no use. They're falling like flies.
Now the smoke's crossing Sixth Avenue... Fifth Avenue... a... a hundred yards away... it's fifty feet...
2X2L calling CQ... 2X2L calling CQ... 2X2L calling CQ... New York. Isn't there anyone on the air? Isn't there anyone on the air? Isn't there anyone... 2X2L...
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If he wins his bid for the White House, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson may be just the man to get to the bottom of the 60-year-old Roswell UFO mystery.
Answering questions at a townhall meeting Friday, a Dell employee asked Richardson about the 1947 incident in which many people still believe a flying saucer landed near the eastern New Mexico town.
"I've been in government a long time, I've been in the cabinet, I've been in the Congress and I've always felt that the government doesn't tell the truth as much as it should on a lot of issues," said Richardson, who is governor of New Mexico.
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BFD... In 2000, there already was a candidate endorsed by the aliens...
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"I've been in government a long time, I've been in the cabinet, I've been in the Congress and I've always felt that the government doesn't tell the truth as much as it should on a lot of issues," said Richardson, who is governor of New Mexico.
Thanks for speaking out.... after such a long time governor.
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With recent ravings from Air America and others, it is obvious that the left is going all-out for the tin-foil hat vote.
Conspiracy theories are primarily a commercial enterprise, a way for marginal writers and producers to make some quick cash. As such they are a well-known niche market among media insiders but also a telling indication of a failed or declining career.
This general push toward tin-foilism is yet another sign of desperation and decline from the pop-culture left and its media enablers.
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As I said, a commercial enterprise.
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A GOVERNMENT investigation into a series of unexplained fires in fridges, televisions and mobile phones in an Italian village has concluded that the responsibility lies with "aliens testing secret weapons".
In scenes similar to the drama series The X-Files, Canneto di Caronia on Sicily was the centre of world attention three years ago after residents reported everyday household objects - electrical appliances, a pile of wedding presents and furniture - bursting into flames.
Dozens of experts including scientists, electrical engineers and military experts, arrived in the village, in the north of the island, to investigate. One amazed scientist reported seeing an unplugged electrical cable burst into flames. Arson was ruled out while locals blamed supernatural forces and the Vatican's chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth suggested it was Satan's work.
The report, by the Civil Protection Department, was ordered by the Italian government and brought together dozens of experts including a NASA scientist who asked to help with the £1 million investigation.
According to leaked copies, the fires were "caused by high -power electromagnetic emissions which were not man-made and reached a power of between 12 and 15 gigawatts".
So they can power a flux capacitor ...
The report also details an incident of a possible UFO landing close to Caronia - 60 miles east of Palermo - after "burnt im-prints which have not been explained were found in a field".
Yesterday Francesco Mantegna Venerando, Sicily's Civil Protection chief who co-ordinated the report, said: "We are not saying little green men from Mars started the fires, but that unnatural forces capable of creating a large amount of electromagnetic energy were responsible. This is just one possibility. We are also looking at another one which involves the testing of top-secret weapons by an unknown power which are also capable of producing an enormous amount of energy."
This contrasts with Father Amorth's explanation. "I've seen things like this before," he said. "Demons occupy a house and appear in electrical goods. Let's not forget Satan and his followers have immense powers."
But enough about al Qaeda ...
But the conclusion that aliens had been responsible was backed up by numerous interviews with residents who claimed to have seen UFOs overhead at the time of the fires.
Pietro Imbrodino, owner of Hotel Ze Maria, in Caronia, said he had "always suspected something supernatural". He added: "I haven't seen any little green men but I know some people have seen UFOs."
Among other suggested explanations is a theory that mag-ma spreading along underground passages from Mount Etna produces flammable gas, which seeps up and ignites.
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Or it could be a very isolated concentration of solar particles that were able to breach the Van Allen to overload a lot of electrical circuitry. Geordi down in engineering could probably explain it better than Father Amorth. Nothing as serious as a warp core breach. That would have ruined everyone's day if it had happened. :)
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Actually, there is something to be said for the magma theory, generating enormous electrical potentials. It would be dependent on several things, such as a crystalline surface geology acting as a Leyden jar, dry soil conditions and a lack of atmospheric disturbances. If a storm came up they might have one heck of a lightning show.
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Of course somebody could be messing around with exploding toroidal transformers in series with klystron tube so synchronize the explosions.... If the do it right it could set the suns magnetosphere to ringing... like happened in the late 70s with those experimental rail guns powered that way in the Australian desert. (Voyager noticed the ringing...)
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It's neutrinos. Or maybe they just let the Blue Smoke out.
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Damn little green kids! The Martian equivalent of leaving a burning bag of poop on the doorstep.
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"Unnatural forces capable of generating/creating a large amount of electromagnetic energy" MAGNETO, or THE SUN, OR BOTH??? COMET HUGHES > has lit up by a factor of a Milyuuhn, and may yet get brighter still up to the SIZE OF THE MOON, ala SPACE.COM/NEWVINE/DIGG.com.
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If the do it right it could set the suns magnetosphere to ringing... like happened in the late 70s with those experimental rail guns powered that way in the Australian desert. (Voyager noticed the ringing...)
Seriously, 3dc? That would explain global warming in the utterly coolest possible way!
DALLAS An American Airlines flight from Orlando, Florida, to Dallas-Fort Worth was diverted to Houston after a passenger tried to open an emergency door. The passenger was unable to open the door and no one was injured in the incident Saturday night. The passenger, a woman, was detained by local authorities in Houston, said Charley Wilson, a spokesman for Fort Worth-based American.
Flight 1585, carrying 176 passengers and six crew members, was diverted to Houstons Bush Intercontinental Airport after the woman attempted to open an emergency door over one of the wings. She was subdued by the flight crew, Wilson said. The crew handled everything. There was no issue with safety whatsoever, Wilson said.
Passengers and crew members were interviewed in Houston. Six passengers got off the plane, since Houston was their destination, and the rest continued to Dallas-Fort Worth on the same plane.
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The moron dame is lucky to be alive. Her fellow passengers had every right to dance flamenco on her spine to prevent any repeat of her murderous actions.
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Maybe they should have strapped the rest of the passengers in and let her leave.
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May I have your attention. This is Flight Captain Sinclair speaking, please remain calm. If anyone on board have a few extra tablets of estrogen that they might wish to share, please ring your call button. Thank you.
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DALLAS An American Airlines flight from Orlando, Florida, to Dallas-Fort Worth was diverted to Houston after a passenger tried to open an emergency door. The passenger was unable to open the door and no one was injured in the incident Saturday night. The passenger, a woman, was detained by local authorities in Houston, said Charley Wilson, a spokesman for Fort Worth-based American.
