It Really Is All In Your Mind

Brain stimulation produces creepy shadow feeling

It turns out there is a section of the brain which - when stimulated - creates the sense that somebody is watching you. I guess we could call it the paranoid spot. It's believed that this may lead to a greater understanding of what happens in the brains of people suffering from paranoia and perhaps schizophrenia.

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Swami Bua's 8 Day Conch Blowing Makes Him A Hit With the UN

The New Yorker: The Talk of the Town

No joke - this guy can blow a conch for 8 days straight - one note, no stopping. Oh, and he's supposed to be 117. And he's into boxing. Are you feeling like an underachiever yet?

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CIA Knew Saddam Considered Bin Laden An Enemy Of Iraq

CIA Learned in '02 That Bin Laden Had No Iraq Ties, Report Says - washingtonpost.com

Not really shocking these days I suppose, especially when they connect this with Bush alleging a connection between the two within days of this discovery:

"[Y]ou can't distinguish between al-Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror."

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US Military Had Plan To Attack American Cities

ABC News: U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba

The idea was to make it look like it was the act of Cuba, this way encouraging a war against them. Insane - I wouldn't believe it if I didn't read it myself.

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