Spring Break
The Nobel Prize is an international award presented yearly for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature and peace. Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite in 1866, established the prize in his 1895 will. Each year, the nominations are made by Feb.
Street-side prophets rush to grab their apocalyptic signs, tossing aside the typical LaRouche banners, if only for the moment, commotion regarding the recent activity seen at Mount St. Helens. Fortunately, the activity seen in the volcano was nowhere near cataclysmic, and the world will not likely end any time soon due to a volcano.
In the modern era, there are literally thousands of people who claim to have been abducted by UFOs. They replaced the "contactees" of previous years, who were usually happy to talk to their alien friends. It was from the late 1960s onward that UFOs began to take on a more sinister air.
There are only about four weeks left until the Presidential election and probably only four weeks and a day left until the recount begins. We all remember the voting debacle that occurred in Florida during the 2000 election. One citizen, one vote? - Clarence Thomas certainly cast a few more votes than most.
Picture a future devoid of all happiness and freedom. The poor are scrounging for pennies and pieces of bread to survive on, while the rich are lounging in front of lavish fireplaces, smoking on expensive humidors, grinning. What self respecting businessman wouldn't be proud of himself for surviving the few years of turmoil during early and mid oughts? After all, they were the ones who survived those troubled times by sticking with the corporations and fighting off the open source epidemic.
In 1927 the Spirit of St. Louis carried Charles Lindburgh from New York to Paris to a $25,000 prize, and more importantly, into the history books which continue to inspire. Oct. 4 marked an equally important date in aeronautical history. SpaceShipOne, the world's first privately built manned space craft, traveled into space for the second time in a week.
Amazing Facts.
