Alien Jesus Collective

The first 42 dishes in the Allen Telescope Array came online last week, and are now collecting data for SETI. The array is located in Hat Creek, CA, and will eventually have 350 dishes scanning for signs of extraterrestrial life. The array is also performing some traditional radio astronomy for UC Berkeley. There’s an official press release from SETI, and news coverage from the Redding Record Searchlight and the Daily Telegraph.

Seth Shostack (SETI’s senior astronomer) described the ultimate vision for the ATA:

“The Allen Telescope Array will be like 200 million Jodie Fosters sitting out there listening”

Paul Allen put up the initial $25 million to get the site up and running, and it’ll take another $41 million to get the rest of the planned dishes built. Any Jodie Foster fans got a few million burning a hole in their pocket?

Union Leader - Gore’s prize: A fraud on the people - Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007

Alfred Nobel felt horrible about the uses to which his invention — dynamite — was put. So he endowed the Nobel Peace Prize and instructed that it go “to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.”

Al Gore has done exactly none of those things.

This is one of the tastiest liquors I’ve ever had. Good cherry flavor, not sour. A deep flavor that warms all the way down. Very good for sipping and would probably lend itself well to desserts.

Over a rich chocolate cake. Yes. Oh yes.

Espinheira Ginja Cherry Liquor

New Horizons Web Site

“With a slight tweak of its trajectory this week, New Horizons is headed toward the heart of the distant Pluto system.”

Pluto is expected to be visited in July, 2015.

Signs and Wonders of the Autumnal Equinox. The right place at the right time and Jeemy snapped the Lord out on his porch.

Jeemy says: “That’s the front doors of All Saints. What I liked was the sun
cutting Jesus in half on the equinox. Well, I thought of the equinox
stuff after I got home, but it was the light/dark half dead Jesu who
caught my eye. Pretty!”

Witness for yourself
Big Sized Equi-Jesus.

Naomi Wolf: Fascist America, in 10 easy steps | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

“It is my argument that, beneath our very noses, George Bush and his administration are using time-tested tactics to close down an open society. It is time for us to be willing to think the unthinkable - as the author and political journalist Joe Conason, has put it, that it can happen here. And that we are further along than we realise.”

“Conason eloquently warned of the danger of American authoritarianism. I am arguing that we need also to look at the lessons of European and other kinds of fascism to understand the potential seriousness of the events we see unfolding in the US.”

Naomi goes on to name the ten steps that have indeed already been put into motion.

News Flash: Alex Jones Arrested by NYPD

Alex Jones, while doing a job most Americans will not do, was arrested while protesting Geraldo Rivera’s Fox news “show” on Saturday night.

“According to Infowars sources Jones was singled out by police from the head of a crowd of about 400 9/11 Truth Activists and protesters. He was verbally accosted and forced by the police officers to present identification which he was not carrying at the time.

NYPD officers arrested Jones for “unspecified charges” and removed from the protest crowd to be taken to the nearest police precinct where he currently remains.”

It’s reported that the protesting crowd Alex was with had move to the station precinct as well.

Underdog Paul lights political passion - USATODAY.com
“NEW YORK Passengers on a plane leaving New York could see three words in 4-foot block letters painted on an East Village rooftop terrace as they ascended: GOOGLE RON PAUL.”

Your guide to the total lunar eclipse - Space.com - MSNBC.com

In the wee hours of Tuesday, a total lunar eclipse takes place. MSNBC has a good guide to times for viewing in your area.

SPACE.com — Mission Endeavour: Shuttle Astronauts Prepare for Landing “Kelly, Hobaugh and their STS-118 crewmates are slated to land here at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 12:32 p.m. EDT (1632 GMT) Tuesday, with a second opportunity about 90 minutes later. Mission managers are also calling up a backup runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert, but hope to land in Florida to avoid additional turnaround time and costs.”

Iranian Unit to Be Labeled ‘Terrorist’ - washingtonpost.com “The United States has decided to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the country’s 125,000-strong elite military branch, as a ’specially designated global terrorist,’ according to U.S. officials, a move that allows Washington to target the group’s business operations and finances.”