I found a story circulating over social media that I found so amazing.

What appears to be the mummified remains of a fairy have been discovered in the Derbyshire countryside. The 8inch remains complete with wings; skin, teeth and flowing red hair have been examined by anthropologists and forensic experts who can confirm that the body is genuine. X-rays of the ‘fairy’ reveal an anatomically identical skeleton to that of a child. The bones however, are hollow like those of a bird making them particularly light. The puzzling presence of a navel even suggests that the beings reproduce the same as humans despite the absence of reproductive organs.

The remains were discovered by a local man, who wishes to remain anonymous, while walking his dog along an old roman road situated between the Derbyshire villages of Duffield and Belper. The area has long been shrouded in mystery with tales of ghostly highwaymen and strange ‘dancing’ lights on warm summer evenings.

“I was walking along the lane at a point which passes an old Iron Age barrow (burial mound) when my dog began to bark and act rather strangely. He was barking in the direction of the barrow and would not go anywhere near it which was strange as we walk past it almost every day. I was curious and approached the mound to see what could be disturbing him and it then I noticed something odd…..in the side of the barrow, a fissure as if a section of ground had subsided or opened up. The crack measured about 2ft long and 1ft wide and looked to have been formed recently as I had never seen it before. I knelt down and looked inside the dark hole. The hill seemed to be hollow like a cave as I could feel a cool draught against my skin. I used the small led torch on my car keys to see if I could see anything in the darkness. It was at this point I saw something that startled me, 2 or 3 feet in front of me I could see a human like form only this was much smaller. My initial instinct was to call the police as I thought it may be the body of a small child but as I looked closer I could see that this was not the case. It was too small and more importantly, it had what appeared to be wings! Not want to touch it I used a stick to carefully drag it out and picked it up in one of the dog’s poo bags (empty of course).”

He immediately called his wife stating he had found something ‘unbelievable’ and asked her to bring a camera and a box immediately.“When I first arrived I could hear the dog barking from some distance, I had no idea what he had found. As I approached the barrow I could see my husband crouched down looking a something on the floor. “What have you found?” I shouted, “See for yourself” he said. I looked down and saw a tiny but perfect mummified human body with hair, dark brown skin and more disturbingly, wings. “I know what it looks like”, he said “but how can it be? And there’s not just one, I’ve had another look inside that hole in the ground and there are more!”

The body was taken home in a biscuit tin and kept in a garage overnight. The following day the local police were informed and the remains were taken away for analysis. As a local expert on the paranormal I was approached by the police for my advice although this was kept rather quiet to avoid ridicule and press attention. I was taken to the location by the man who originally discovered this amazing find. On closer inspection the barrow appears to contain more that 20 fairy bodies all in varying states of mummification.

The dry cave like interior has preserved the remains to such a degree that some bodies even have tiny finger nails and eye brows. I have returned since then to document the find as much as possible. On one particular occasion I was shocked to discover that some attempt had been made to reseal the barrow but by whom?

The site appears to be a burial ground for fairy folk and the exact location of the find has not been revealed and no further remains have been removed from the mound. It has not been substantiated how long the remains have been there although the state of mummification would suggest more than 400 years. The countryside could be strewn with hidden burial mounds which have lain undiscovered for centuries. How could such creatures exist without detection for so many years? Cryptozoologists who have examined the remains suspect they have evolved to suit their surrounding so well they would be virtually invisible to the naked eye. Their wings and skin pigment would camouflage them extremely well and they would most probably live in the tree tops and rarely venture down to ground level. In winter they would probably retreat underground into cave networks.Whether they still exist is another question but the remains found in Derbyshire have laid thousands of years of folklore to rest.”

Now the kicker…it’s a hoax!!!  A really good one though, not because the photo looks so real, but because I believe so many people want to believe!!

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Occupy Wall Street

The ‘Occupy’ movement is intriguing.  The idea of social and economic equality is a continuation of equality movements that have spanned over the past 150 years.  I’m not writing this to argue and protest against The Man and corporate America playing a role into the toilet flush of the world economy.  Instead I want to discuss this movement in terms of this supposed ‘change’ that so many believe or have been talking about with the approaching magical date in 2012.

I’ve written about 2012 before, both debunking and informational posts on the many beliefs, facts, and theories behind it.  To say the least, I’m intrigued, but I wouldn’t go so far as to say I’m a hard core believer – especially when you get all into the alien and sci-fi aspect of it.  If I was to ‘believe’, then I would say my beliefs stem more from the theories of discovery and enlightenment of the Human race that are clearly around us all today.  The ‘Occupy’ movement, Human Genome Project and the advancements in the understanding of our genetics, the exponential advancement of our technology, and the unexplained occurrences: Massive animal deaths (as mapped on Google Maps), increase in major natural disasters (According to the EM-DAT, the total natural disasters reported each year has been steadily increasing in recent decades, from 78 in 1970 to 348 in 2004.), etc.

As far as the ‘Occupy’ movement, the huge global participation is directly attributed to today’s internet and technology.  The internet, in some respects, is the collective subconscious of this planet.  Never before has information been so easily distributed and readily consumed.  One could argue the increase of natural disasters is also a result of internet and technology – 1. We can now live in places never before habitable. 2. News of every natural disaster reaches millions.  So, it’s no surprise how the ‘Occupy’ phenomena has spread so quickly to 1500 cities worldwide.

Is the world finally becoming enlightened and demanding a global change?  Social and economic equality makes sense, but how can that be achieved?  Can the ‘Occupy’ movement really force global change?  All great questions that have yet to be answered. The timing is impeccable though with 2012 right around the corner when mentions from ancient civilizations, modern day spiritualists, and even scientists all theorize one similar concept: Change is upon us.

There seems to be a trend catching on real quick that may have all the Crackberry addicts out there in a real fit of panic.  Already with the UAE and Saudi Arabia banning BBM services provided to Blackberry phones, the attention has brought diplomatic discussions between the U.S. and these countries addressing these ‘security concerns.’

This isn’t the first time concerns have aroused…in June of 2007, Newser.com posted a story about how France banned high-level government officials from using Blackberries in fear that the U.S. would ‘intercept’ transmissions because the servers were housed near the U.S.

Of course the U.S. in this case, using the media as it’s town crier, is claiming that the UAE and Saudi Arabia are violating people’s right to privacy and free speech (right’s that U.S. believes in…unless it’s a national security matter).

Rumors have also started surfacing of India considering a similar ban.  Are these fears validated?  If you were a country that considered the U.S. a threat, would you fear the security of Blackberry servers so close to U.S. soil?  It’s an interesting question to ask yourself.

Or perhaps Canada has been planning world dominance the whole time by slowly building a global dependence on a mobile device and capturing all the worlds secrets through years of BBM use.  HA!

Maybe the U.S. will start to fear its neighbor and place on ban on BBM too!  Good thing I use a Droid!

There are many questions I have wondered whether I’d see the answer to in my lifetime:

Will there be an African-American President in my lifetime?  Check.

Will there be universal health care for Americans in my lifetime?  Check.

Will there be flying cars in my lifetime? Depends on how you define a car, Virgin Galactic and Icon Aircraft may have arguments that this is a “Check” too, but I am still waiting for the flying Delorean.

Will Marijuana be legalized in my lifetime?  This seems to be on it’s way.

On this day, Thursday, March 25, 2010, it was announced that California has certified, officially named the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, for November’s ballot Wednesday after backers turned in signatures from hundreds of thousands of voters.  This would make California the first state to legalize marijuana since the 1930s.

Now obviously just because it’s on the ballet, does not mean it will pass, though many speculate there is an enormous amount of support for this.  The reasons for support are not because California is home to an abnormally large population of stoners.  Instead, the support stems more from the economic crisis going on in the grand state of California and many feel the legalization AND taxation of marijuana may be the solution to the crisis.

If it’s approved, adults 21 and older would be permitted to possess up to an ounce of marijuana; anyone could grow up to 25 square feet of plants per residence; and local governments would be asked to craft rules on distributing and taxing marijuana. The Secretary of State’s Office said it would take effect the day after Election Day (Do I see a new Hallmark Holiday in the works?)

The interesting fact that will come into play when/if the initiative is passed, is how the federal government will respond.  Though the state will have legalized it, the federal government will not have. While the Obama administration last year promised to turn a blind eye to sick people, even though medical marijuana also conflicts with federal law, it may not be willing to do the same when it comes to street-corner dealers and people who just want to get high.

No official word has come from DC yet.  Yet Salwa Ibrahim, spokeswoman for the pro-legalization campaign led by cannabis activist Richard Lee of Oakland seems to think not much will be done.  “The federal government is going to allow the state of California to move forward with this.  We’re not worried about it.”

It’ll be interesting to see how this all plays out!

There are rapidly growing concerns on the energy crisis as we wrap up this first decade of the 21st century.  This crisis concerns more than just people getting to and from work, flying to remote resort destinations, or conflicts in the middle east over oil.  The lifelines of the human race, such as water and food distribution, will be severely threatened in the next few decades.  We simply consume more energy every year at a exponential rate that our current energy production cannot keep up with; not to mention the destruction our current energy sources are doing to our ecosystem.

Just to give you an idea of the crisis in the U.S.:  In 1999, the United States consumed 95 quadrillion BTUs of energy, while producing 61 quadrillion BTUs. The result being a 34 quadrillion BTU energy deficit. We use far more energy than we produce domestically. To keep the lights on and the wheels rolling, we make up the shortfall by importing energy, mainly in the form of tanker-upon-tanker of pricey OPEC oil. And that, is the heart of the energy crisis.

Clearly we need to find an alternative energy source.  One that is non-destructive to our ecosystem and one that is not in danger of being depleted completely.  The answer is algae.

Gene scientist Craig Venter has announced plans to develop next-generation biofuels from algae in a $600m (£370m) partnership with oil giant Exxon Mobil.

His company, Synthetic Genomics Incorporated (SGI), will develop fuels that can be used by cars or aeroplanes without the need for any modification of their engines. Exxon Mobil will provide $600m over five years with half going to SGI.

“Meeting the world’s growing energy demands will require a multitude of technologies and energy sources,” said Emil Jacobs, vice president of research and development at ExxonMobil. “We believe that biofuel produced by algae could be a meaningful part of the solution in the future if our efforts result in an economically viable, low-net carbon emission transportation fuel.”

Algae is an attractive way to harvest solar energy because they reproduce themselves, they can live in areas not useful for producing food and they do not need clean or even fresh water.  As a biofuel, algae is essentially an organic solar panel.  In addition, they use far less space to grow than traditional biofuel crops such as corn or palm oil.

“Algae consumes carbon dioxide and sunlight in the presence of water, to make a kind of oil that has similar molecular structures to petroleum products we produce today,” said Jacobs. “That means it could be possible to convert it into gasoline and diesel in existing refineries, transport it through existing pipelines, and sell it to consumers from existing service stations.”

The Carbon Trust, a government-backed agency that promotes low-carbon technologies, has forecast that algae-based biofuels could replace more than 70bn litres of fossil fuels used every year around the world in road transport and aviation by 2030, equivalent to 12% of annual global jet fuel consumption or 6% of road transport diesel. In carbon terms, this equates to an annual saving of more than 160m tonnes of CO2 globally with a market value of more than £15bn.

Ben Graziano, research and development manager at the Carbon Trust, said that alge-based biofuels offered the potential for “major carbon savings”. “Exxon Mobil is estimating that algae could yield just over 20,000 litres of fuel per hectare each year, which is in line with our own forecasts. However, producing biofuel from algae on such a massive commercial scale is a major challenge, which will require many years of research and development.”

Venter, who is best known for his role in sequencing the human genome, said the new partnership was the largest single investment in trying to produce biofuels from algae but said the challenge to creating a viable next-generation fuel was the ability to produce it in large volumes. “This would not happen without the oil industry stepping up and taking part,” he said. “The challenges are not minor for any of us but we have the combined teams and scientific and engineering talents to give this the best chance of success.”

The research program will begin with the construction of a new test facility in San Diego, where Venter says different techniques to grow and optimise algae will be tested. These will include open ponds as well as bioreactors, where the algae are grown in sealed tubes. “We will be trying out these different approaches … using newly-discovered natural algae to test the best approaches we can come up with to go into a scale-up mode.”

Venter has spent several years trawling the world’s oceans in search of environmentally-friendly microbes that could be used, in one way or another, to bring down the world’s carbon emissions. The organisms he has found include those that can turn CO2 into methane, which could be used to make fuels from the exhaust gases of power stations, and another that turns coal into natural gas, speeding up a natural process and reducing both the energy needed to extract the fossil fuel and the amount of pollution caused when it is burned.

Welcome to the future.

Unless you’re living under a rock, I’m sure you’ve read, watched, or heard about December 21, 2012.  The Mayans, I-Ching, and numerous other ancient civilization have left artifacts or texts that have been translated to be pointing to this day as the “End of Times.”  This isn’t the first time the world has experienced talks of the end of the World.  But what is interesting to me, is this time seems to have an awful lot of scientific and theoretical evidence that, at the very least, raise questions:

• Our magnetosphere appears to be at its weakest point in recorded history;
• The sun is due for its Solar Maximum in 2012 (period of greatest solar activity in the solar cycle)
• Evidence of the magnetic poles shifting
• Significant climate change with global warming
• Numerous ancient civilizations pointing to this time period as a time of big change
• The galactic alignment where our sun lines with the center of the galaxy (26,000 year event)
• A supposed 12^thplanet, Nibiru, discovered by the ancient Sumerians due to pass through our solar system

Hollywood and the entertainment world are presenting scenarios through feature films, TV programming, and even National Geographic documentaries.  All of these scenarios have one common theme: The World is going to end Dec. 21, 2012.  If you search, most of the results are going to support these fears.  But if you really look hard, you actually will find much more empirical evidence that debunks what so many believe.

David Morrison, an astrobiologist for NASA, has started a site called “Ask an Astrobiologist.” The site is dedicated to answering questions that site visitors send in about the end of the world.  If you read through the site, you will see many questions regarding the bulleted list I provided above.  In a nutshell, all of the information is VERY unlikely to ever happen.

The so called “galactic alignment” where the sun crosses the plain that aligns with the center of our Galaxy isn’t going to happen in 2012.  It actually happened 3 million years ago and won’t be occuring again for another 30 million years.  Instead, what the Mayan refer to, and the rest of the world following suit, is the sun aligning with the center of the Galaxy in relation to our view here on Earth.  From our perspective it appears we are crossing the plain of the center of the Galaxy…but we’re really not.  Refer to this site for info: http://the2012deception.net/?p=15

On top of David Morrison, NASA itself is spending some of its precious budget on a public crusade to debunk the 2012 theoriesin hopes to dissipate some of the fear.  And though some insist that this is part of some government conspiracy to cover up the truth, the bottom line is if something like Nibiru was to exist, even the novice astronomer would be able to see the 12^th planet at this point in time.

Now the movie commercials tell you to Google “2012”.  And if you do, you find all the information I’ve already mentioned.  Now…try Googling “Debunk 2012.”  Low and behold- tons of information debunking every single theory of a looming Doomsday in 2012.

I find it fascinating that different civilizations appear to point to this specific day in 2012.  I find it fascinating that our planet seems to be going through changes at this time too.  And even more fascinating that the Sun’s Solar Maximum happens to be in 2012.  But I’m not quick to believe all the hype.

Twitter is still in its infancy stages of growth.  People are still discovering it; and a new way to utilize Twitter pops up daily.  The most recent newly discovered function for me is Twitter as a media source.  The AP is quick in releasing breaking stories from the scene of the news all the way to getting stories written, but there is lag time.  The news needs to be released, read, written about, edited, then publish on the web.  Although the internet allows for this process to happen quickly, it still takes sometime before a story breaks.  And you are also dealing with the biased opinions of the writers and editors (even with blogs).

Twitter has become the public AP wire.  The perfect example is when the Greater Los Angeles Area had a mild earthquake a couple days ago.  I was standing in my kitchen when I noticed my equilibrium seemed to be off.  An earthquake had just happened.  It was so mild, I had to ponder whether it had really just happened or I just imagined it.  A person in the room confirmed that they thought they felt something too.  The only way to confirm…the internet.  So I got on the web Googling ‘Los Angeles earthquake’.  The results I got back were of past earthquakes that had been written about.  Being that it was only moments after the quake, not even the earthquake sites had posted anything about it.

That’s when I thought, “I wonder if anyone is tweeting about it?”  To my amazement, the Twitter search turned up hundreds of results.  People tweeting about feeling it, speculating on the size of the quake, speculating on the epicenter.  If you were to go through every tweet the search brought up, one could probably come up with a pretty good guess on where the epicenter was.  Why?  The closer to the epicenter you got (Inglewood) the more people from that area had felt it.  Quite a phenomenon.  The earthquake sites, which are pretty quick in posting data, may have had postings on the quake up in 5 minutes at the quickest, but Twitters had postings on the quake up in seconds.

I think as Twitter continues to grow and more and more people join, you will see this trend to continue.  From sporting events (Did you see that shot?), concert events (So and so is a guest performer!!), car chases, natural disasters, and celeb gossip, the Tweeters will be the first on the scene and the first to report.

I wouldn’t be surprised if we see Google moving in and buying Twitter to add to it’s empire.  The site everyone was, at first, figuring out, is now slowly becoming a worldwide phenomenon.

I find these types of “conspiracy theory” videos interesting, but before I jump on the bandwagon with a theory and start preaching to the world, I always do a little research to see if there is any validity in what the message is.  In this case, I was astonished.

If history has taught us anything, it’s that large empires only manipulate and persecute the majority population (often times the poor) for the better of the small, but powerful, wealthy sector of society.  Mankind has evolved…right?  We showed our evolution of these principles when we stopped Hitler…didn’t we?  In a way, yes.  But I also see that the world domination conspirators might have evolved in their methods as well.  It’s no longer possible to take over the world by force without nuclear destruction of the planet.  What about a strategic takeover through an idea of world unity through governments, currencies, and controlled media.  If ever a way to take over the world in this day and age, this would be the method.  Does this sound improbable?  Here’s some conspiracy vocab to think about: RFID Chips, 9/11 conspiracy – did we do it to ourselves to create this so-called war on terror?, global economic crisis – interest rates lowered, credit easier to get – all decision our government made…which has led to this recession, war on Iraq – Iraq happens to be in a very strategic location for military attacks on Iraq and Syria, U.S. supplying Georgia with weapons and training in support again Russia – all of these question raised by very public actions taken by our government.

The U.S. Government may be the best PR agency in the world.  With our standards of democracy, they cannot control the media like China or similar factions do.  Our government had to evolve with the times and become a PR expert that can covey a controlled message across our media to influence the public.  Here’s a great example:  We not only condone, but we emphatically support this so-called “war on terror” as we invade countries in search of terrorists.  Our own constitutional rights are compromised with our own support due to this message of “it’s a national security issue”.  There are families voluntarily implanting RFID chips in their children which now place them forever under the surveillance of satellites in response to fears brought on by these so-called terrorist threats.  All of this accomplished primarily through the media communication this message of terrorist threats and national security issues.

The New World Order as explained by Wiki, refers to a new period of history evidencing a dramatic change in world political thought and the balance of power. However, in conspiracy theory, the term “New World Order” (the capital letters are distinguishing) refers to the advent of a cryptocratic or totalitarian world government.  Is this happening now?  Let’s look at some examples of some current government movements and decide for yourself.

RFID Chips – Reference: http://www.jonesreport.com/articles/301006_id_cards_2008.html

Last year there was quite the controversy surrounding our very own U.S. government pushing these “revolutionary” ID cards.  These ID cards would carry RFID chips that would carry every bit of information on each one of us as an individual that our government has on file – Social Security, credit history, legal history, etc.  These were supposed to be implemented May of last year…obviously the American people had a different feeling about that happening.  Oh, yeah and these chips…traceable anywhere in the world by satellites.

The North American Union – Reference: http://www.google.com/search?q=north+american+union&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t

The North American Union (NAU) is a theoretical regional union of Canada, Mexico, and the United States similar in structure to the European Union, sometimes including a common currency called the Amero. The idea of regional integration has been discussed, proposed, ^[1], or debated amongst former government officials with business leaders in academic and scholarly circles for many decades,^[2] but nothing approaching the integration suggested by a “North American Union” has ever been seriously considered by leaders of the three nations, and government officials from the nations say there are no plans to create such a union.^[3] The formation of a North American Union has also been the subject of various conspiracy theories.^[4][5][6][7] It is said to be a conspiracy theory, yet there have been several reports over the past couple years, like http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=49877, stating that George Bush was actively pursing agreements with Mexican and Canadian officials to make this union happen.

Iraq – Reference: http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1246

We all know about the war on Iraq.  And I think many of us have our concerns with the motives (**cough** OIL **cough**) behind our invasion of that country.  Not to say that Saddam wasn’t a tyrant and deserved to be removed, but we must question the “big picture” that the Bush administration had in mind.  Did he really feel compelled to invade Iraq just to liberate the Iraqui people?  When you take into account countries like Iran and Syria that are conveniently located nearby, questions of strategies to use Iraq as a strategic military base against those countries make a lot of sense for oil domination…which in turn may be world domination.

U.S. and Israel help Georgia fight Russia – Reference:http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-57569

Why did we care?  Russia is a long time “enemy” yes.  But when you look more into it, look at the location of that area.  Yet another strategic military location the U.S. could use in it’s efforts to take over the oil-rich Middle East.  And if Russia controlled that area, most likely they wouldn’t be so quick to allow our military to occupy it.

Is this all paranoia?  It seems a lot of people are picking up on these trends.  Yet the overall public awareness does not seem to follow suit.  Is our media and entertainment industry yet another point in the plot for global domination – One World?  Hulu’s commercial jokes about a plot to take over the world by turning brains to mush by feeding it meaningless “entertainment”.  Perhaps that message is not too far off.

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Although I’m a United States citizen, it’s stories like these that cast a shadow of doubt about our government agencies falling to the pressures of corporations.  First of all, let me state that I do not condone people pirating software, technology, music, or film/tv programming.  With that said, there has to be a line drawn that clearly states the limit in which a government can intervene in this war. 

Yes I agree corporate entities have a right to protect their assets, but we as humans have a right to our privacy.  Although the internet is a forum that allows file sharing to happen easily, doesn’t mean you can exploit it’s users.  That’d be like the secret service busting me for handing my friend the latest Chili Pepper’s CD to upload to his/her music library.  It’s just not right.

Sweden, who apparently hosts 8% of the global peer-to-peer file sharing traffic (Popular BitTorrent sharing site, The Pirate Bay, is based in Sweden), passed a new law, which is based on the European Union’s Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED),  allowing copyright holders to obtain a court order forcing ISPs to provide the IP addresses identifying which computers have been sharing copyrighted material.

That’s right, you share a file using a BitTorrent site, and you could be found.  Now, for us Americans, I don’t think there’s that much of an immediate threat.  But if this becomes a trend, we could be looking at similar legislation being brought to our House and Senate for approval.  We don’t get to vote on it people…we get to watch our elected officials decide for us.

I’m torn.  In one way, I see and understand the point of the law, but there’s a part of me that has a hard time swallowing the notion that my privacy may not be protected.  I’m curious as to what people have to say…you give a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” on this law??

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