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POPSBeautiful: 26 Castles These are beautiful pictures, even though I don't approve the over active ego that makes these castles possible.
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POPSNotes on Gore's Incoherent Truth Commenting on these, and many other significant errors, Prof. Bob Carter of the Marine Geophysical Laboratory at James Cook University, in Australia gives the following assessment: "Gore's circumstantial arguments are so weak that they are pathetic. It is simply incredible that he and his film are commanding public attention." Keep in mind the words of H. L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule."
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POPSEnglish, Irish, Scots: They’re All One, Genes Suggest "The genetic evidence is still under development, however, and because only very rough dates can be derived from it, it is hard to weave evidence from DNA, archaeology, history and linguistics into a coherent picture of British and Irish origins."
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POPSForemost expert in climatology debunks "global warming" hysteria This guy says the global warming hysteria is nonsense: Reid A. Bryson holds the 30th PhD in Meteorology granted in the history of American education. Emeritus Professor and founding chairman of the University of Wisconsin Department of Meteorology—now the Department of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences—in the 1970s he became the first director of what’s now the UW’s Gaylord Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies. He’s a member of the United Nations Global 500 Roll of Honor—created, the U.N. says, to recognize “outstanding achievements in the protection and improvement of the environment.” He has authored five books and more than 230 other publications and was identified by the British Institute of Geographers as the most frequently cited climatologist in the world.
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POPSAll TV dramas in Iran to feature prayers newsreaders invoke God before each bulletin Anchor woman: God is great. And speaking of great, Spiderman 3 is smashing box office records. Anchor man: Praise God. Not many praising George Bush though, as his approval rating is now below 30%. Sports Guy: Hail, Mary full of grace. Favre beats the Vikings with a 60 yard touchdown pass as time ran out! Weather guy: Hey! I was going to use Hail Mary.
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POPSVikings acquitted in 100-year-old murder mystery The discovery of the ornate Oseberg oak longboat in south Norway, with a curling prow and the bodies of two women, was one of the archaeological sensations of the early 20th century The old woman suffered from Morgagni's syndrome, a hormonal disturbance that gave her a man-like appearance with a beard and a thick-set body
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POPS Did Sixth-Century Irish Monk Discover America? But as time wore on, the Navigatio -- along with St. Brendan himself -- passed into the realm of legend. If Brendan had lived -- as most scholars assume -- surely he couldn’t have traveled across the treacherous North Atlantic with the technology available at the time. Certainly, he couldn’t have beaten the Vikings to North America. Ironically, it is Viking lore that lends support to the idea that Brendan was the first European in North America. Read the next page to find out about evidence for and against this idea. St. Brendan -- or Somebody One of the biggest problems with the idea that St. Brendan and his crew were the first Europeans to arrive in North America is the dearth of physical evidence to support this claim. Unlike the Vikings, there is no settlement that proves the Irish were here prior to other Europeans. At one time, however, tantalizing physical evidence did emerge. http://people.howstuffworks.com/irish-monk-america1.htm
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POPS"Contrails of Thor's Chariot" "Scientists (internationally speaking) are probably in the best situation they've been in for a long time to study and understand the causes of the Northern Lights," comments Dr Jim Wild of the University of Lancaster. "All of these projects (many of them led by the US) involve international collaboration. It's ironic that the UK has decided to choose now to basically wind-down science in this area."
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POPSNBC buys HornyManatee.com I love that a throwaway line in a sketch can become a website with it's own content and running gags, simply because they had to buy a link :) I might have to start watching Conan again!
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POPS840 CE: Trade between Viking Scandinavia and the Arab World We take for granted that our world is more international today than it ever was before in history. Though our speed of trans-national communications, commerce and travel is truly staggering, ancient civilizations were not necessarily isolated islands. Understanding that the Arabs and Vikings, Romans and Chinese were all part of a single international system, not monolithic bastions of "clashing" civilizations is the first step towards understanding how we can live peacefully with each other today.
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POPSVikings in South America? I heard about this many times but never found anything that seems serious enough to be believed. Does any one has any reference to more literature?
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POPSThe Rocky Whaling Fleet Horror Show The whaling industry has no place in the 21st Century and certainly not in a sophisticated nation like Japan. Whaling is a primitive, cruel, economically senseless and barbaric practice. What is a major industrialized super power doing killing whales anyway? The only other people involved in this anachronistic bit of sadistic maritime madness are a few frustrated inbred Vikings in Northern Norway and the Danish Faeroe Islands. Even the Icelanders have seen fit to pack the harpoons away.
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