Van Helsing I Presume

It seems that the fictional character Van Helsing had a historical basis in fact. According to this photo essay from Pravda. Not a wooden stake amongst all the items. Apparently this kit first appeared on Ebay last year.

Van Helsing's 19th century anti-vampire kit

01/25/2007

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And along with the Movie don't forget the rock opera; Van Helsing's Curse
and the horror pastiche The Many Faces of Van Helsing;
and of course the comic; Tomb of Dracula.

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Virgin Birth Announced

Scientists hail Komodo dragon's virgin birth

Oh were you expecting something else?

Like maybe about some Man-God and his mother.



And it was orginally expected for her to give birth at Christmas....oh well a month late.....

It is as if Dr Ian Malcolm from Steven Spielberg’s cult classic Jurassic Park has been vindicated.

His statement ‘Life always finds a way’ rings true today as Flora, the virgin komodo dragon prepares to give birth to little dragons in the Chester Zoo, United Kingdom. Seven baby komodo dragons are due this festive season. So what is so special about the birth of these little ones? Flora conceived them without any male help.

Other reptile species produce asexually in a process known as parthenogenesis. But Flora’s virginal conception and that of another komodo dragon earlier this year at the London Zoo, are the first times it has been documented in a komodo dragon. The reptiles, renowned for their intelligence, are native to Indonesia. They are the world’s largest lizards and have no natural predators – making them survive at par with snakes and lions at the pinnacle of the animal kingdom.

The cases of Flora and the London lizard, Sungai, are described in a paper published in the magazine Nature.

Parthenogenesis is a process in which eggs become embryos without male fertilization. It has been seen in about 70 species, including snakes and lizards. Scientists are unsure about whether female komodo dragons have always had this latent ability to reproduce or if this is a new evolutionary development.

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Dion Back Tracks On Afghanistan

It was only a month ago, when Stephane Dion running for Leadership of the Liberal Party declared he opposed the use of Canadian Troops to fight in Kandahar.

Today, well he would like to know more about the Afghanistan Mission, gee maybe he should check his cabinet notes, since it was the Liberals who sent them.

Meanwhile his second in command the warmonger Iggy says;

when asked if he could contemplate any circumstance in which Liberals would call for the withdrawal of Canadian troops.

"I can't see any,'' Ignatieff told reporters.

He said there is "absolutely clear water'' between the Liberal and NDP positions.

"Our position is we support the mission, we support the troops but we have very strong questions about the way the mission is being handled and managed.''

Gee thats not what Gerard Kennedy said during that same leadership race.

Liberal Leadership Rivals On Afghanistan

Yep "clear water", clear as mud. Turpitude continues to swirl around the issue of Afghanistan for the government, her majesty's loyal opposition and the BQ.

The NDP remains the only party consistant on their position of the Harpocrites War.


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Prehistoric Bi-Plane

There are no new ideas, just old meme's.

125 million years before Kitty Hawk there was Microraptor gui
iTWire - 23 Jan 2007
By Stan Beer. A small winged dinosaur called Microraptor gui may well have been nature's predecessor of the famous flight of Wilbur and Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk in 1903.
Fossil sheds new light on evolution of flight Houston Chronicle
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STFU

I guess the Harpocrite honeymoon with the White House is officially over.

American Ambassador David Wilkins is slamming Canada's efforts to have Maher Arar removed from a U.S. security watch list.

Mr. Wilkins says it's “a little presumptuous” for Mr. Day to say “who the United States can and cannot allow into” their country.

Memo to US Amabasador David Wilkins;

When a suit is before the courts and it involves the government which you represent one normally says;

" I am sorry I cannot comment, this matter is before the courts."

Please take note and STFU.



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Nessie?

Could this mysterious prehistoric dinosaur shark be the creature behind the Nessie mythos? That is the idea of sea serpents even if they are in fresh water.

It certainly qualifies as a 'sea serpent' , and proves that factual experiences underlie the sea serpent mythos.

Another living dinosaur like the Sturgeon and the Coelacanth , and another entry for my cryptozoology files.

Japanese marine park captures rare 'living fossil' shark

The sharks are rarely seen alive.

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A species of shark rarely seen alive because its natural habitat is 600 meters or more under the sea was captured on film by staff at a Japanese marine park this week.

The Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka, south of Tokyo, was alerted by a fisherman at a nearby port on Sunday that he had spotted an odd-looking eel-like creature with a mouthful of needle-sharp teeth.

Marine park staff caught the 1.6 meter long creature, which they identified as a female frilled shark, sometimes referred to as a "living fossil" because it is a primitive species that has changed little since prehistoric times.

Frilled sharks, which feed on other sharks and sea creatures, are sometimes caught in the nets of trawlers but are rarely seen alive.

Frilled sharks can grow to a length of nearly 6.5 feet and eat deep-sea squids and other soft-bodied preys.

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The Horror

Proud of his prowess as a butcher

This is the horror of Robert Picktons mass murder of 49 women in the Vancouver area. He was a pig farmer and butcher, what did he do with the womens bodies?

Accused serial killer Robert "Willie" Pickton butchered his victims after killing them A number of bones mixed with debris and manure were found in the farm's slaughterhouse in July 2002, court heard.

Lovecraftian horror registers in the the minds of the public about this case. It is more than being about mass murder and a serial killer, it is about cannibalism whether real or imagined. And as Lovecraft pointed out on his essay on the Horror in Supernatural Literature, the imagined horror is far worse.

Pickton continued his trade as a butcher, of women and animals. A 'respected trade' unlike that of the women he butchered, according to some rightwing bloggers.

Except contrary to the popluar reporting in the media, not all the women were sex workers. One at least was a bartender. Another respectable trade. And the fact is whatever streets they walked, or line of work they were in, he killed them because they were women.


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Get Over It

Me thinks they protest too much.

Canada owed an apology
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By Robert Howard. It is something quite unusual to hear Stephen Harper, Stephane Dion and Jean Charest speaking virtually in unison.

French politician defends Quebec comments

PM decries remarks by French politician

PM, Dion slam remark on Quebec

Quebec 'gaffe' causes Royal grief

French presidential candidate backtracks on support for Quebec

P'shaw, what a bunch of verbal diarrea, and political drivel.

After all Royal only expressed her opinion of what Quebecois meant to her and 'all of France', since she is a socialist and the last French President to say the same thing; Charles de Gaulle was not.

Following a 15-minute meeting in Paris yesterday with Parti Québécois Leader André Boisclair, Ms. Royal was asked by reporters what affinity she felt toward Quebec sovereignty. "It goes with our common values, which are Quebec's sovereignty and freedom," she replied.

After all the Canadian Parliament accepted Quebec as a Nation, which is what France did a long time ago.

Chickens, home, roost.

People, stones, glass houses.

Tempest, teapot.


Vive le Québec libre !





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What He Didn't Say

Boy this was a flashback, he just rehashed last years State of the Union speech, talking about the same issues.

Bush State of the Union: Work with me

What he didn't say anything about was the Post Katrina reconstruction of New Orleans and Mississipi which is as big a boondoggle as the reconstruction of Iraq.

Thanks to privatization and contracting out promoted by the White House.

Unless you consider his reference to temporary workers as being a sneaky way of saying reconstruction will commence once he has enough migrant labour.

Bush took the opportunity to again push his idea of a temporary worker program and treat those who want to come to America "without animosity and without amnesty."


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Cross Talk

Shoot from the lip Finance Minister Jim Flaherty does it again, remember the Halloween surprise, now he is being the sock puppet for the Chinese Government;

China Wants More Investment From Canadian Banks, Flaherty Says

Making amends for the Harper almost blowing it at the APEC Conference. But wait Flaherty is singing to the choir.

His announcement was on Sunday. On Monday BMO Capital Markets releases it' s report on China and Canada, being critical of the Harpocrites playing politics and interfering with investment opportunities in China.

In a special 17-page report entitled The True North Meets the Middle Kingdom: Why Canada Must Embrace China, Dr. Cooper will highlight how China has the potential to contribute to Canada's long-term growth and prosperity.

There are enormous opportunities for Canadian banks to provide savings and investment
vehicles, personal loans, credit cards, online banking, commercial loans and foreign exchange
services—just to name a few. Those that are there have joint ventures with Chinese
companies and a growing presence in Beijing and/or Shanghai, in addition to the Hong
Kong ventures they have had for many years. At the end of last summer, BMO became the
fi rst Canadian bank to receive permission to provide banking services such as loans, deposits
and trade fi nance in Beijing in the renminbi. It was also the fi rst to be granted permission
to sell derivative fi nancial instruments such as futures and options contracts. It was the fi rst
foreign bank to buy into a Chinese fund-management fi rm, taking a stake in Fullgoal Fund
Management Co. Ltd in 2003. RBC has a fund-management venture with a local bank in the
works and Scotiabank has a 12% stake in a regional bank and a presence in Shanghai.
Canadian banks will also benefi t from off ering Chinese investment products to domestic
and U.S. clients. Those same mutual funds developed for the Chinese market will be
quite attractive for North American or European investors that want a piece of the Chinese
growth story. Many Canadians, for example, have strong business and familial connections
with China and Chinese is the third most commonly spoken language in Canada.

Hmm, ok both are talking, now who is listening?

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