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The babbling Noory
Sucks, and having sucked, babbles
On. And on. And on.

(with apologies to Omar Khayyam)

Michio floors Jorch:
"Invisible wandering
Black Holes -- ev'rywhere."

Quote from: FightTheFuture on August 06, 2014, 07:35:05 AM

There`s no money in producing vaccines.

From Forbes.com: 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2014/08/05/ebola-secret-serum-small-biopharma-the-army-and-big-tobacco/

As with other companies working on small molecules and biologicals against Ebola and other hemorrhagic fever viruses, MappBio was the beneficiary of grants and contracts from federal agencies that include the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), the Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects (DARPA), and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).

That's where the money is.

Quote from: Unquenchable Angst on August 05, 2014, 05:33:19 PM
Things I have heard or read on ebola today:

They have been testing a monoclonal antibody derived from some strain of Kentucky Tobacco(burley) on monkeys infected with ebola with great success.

Do a Google search on the following companies:

Map Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - This is the company that they reported made the serum.  It was recently acquired by Allergan, Inc.

Kentucky BioProcessing, LLC - This is the company that is deriving the monoclonal antibodies used in the serum from specially injected tobacco plants.  Their company is in Owensboro, KY.

Reynolds American Inc. - Kentucky BioProcessing was recently divested to this company.  Reynolds American Inc. is the second biggest tobacco company in America, i.e., BIG TOBACCO.

Jorch reads news, laments:
"I don't know what's going on!"
Same old, same old, Jorch.

Richard C. Hoagland:  "Exquisitely squirrelly . . ."

In the cave, Tommy
Makes horrific discov'ry:
An insane Noory

Re-enacting Some-
Where in Time with Art, Richard
C., and Strieber dolls.

Quote from: Seraphim27 on January 19, 2014, 01:49:40 PM
POLYVORE! I have made masterpieces there.

Oops. I mean.

Images of meat
Tear through my mind like ragged
Memories of George.

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"Meat wings" © Seraphim27

Aliens won't make
First contact.  Instead move Mars
Rock just for the lulz.

Art needs an agent.
Someone to whisper in his
Ear:  "Thou art mortal!"

Quote from: Seraphim27 on January 18, 2014, 05:03:16 PM
OK, I know I'm gonna sound stupid and probably not for the first time here, but . . . is this a real book?!

According to Wikipedia, that vast repository of all that is knowledge, the book IS real:

"How to Avoid Huge Ships is a 1982 book by Captain John W Trimmer, an experienced small boat captain. The first edition was self-published from Trimmer's home in Seattle, and carried the subtitle Or: I Never Met a Ship I Liked. It is a maritime operations guidance book, but also attracted some attention due to its title, which some found to be unusual, incongruous, and humorous.

Intended for a specialized audience (the captains or operators of small private boats such as yachts and trawlers), the book gives advice on appropriate avoidance actions when confronted by the near presence of a large ship such as a freighter, along with anecdotes and background information such as the capabilities and operating procedures of the large ships."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Avoid_Huge_Ships

Here is a site that has some real reviews mixed in with the joke reviews:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4563201-how-to-avoid-huge-ships

Quote from: zeebo on January 19, 2014, 03:03:20 AM
If here Yoda was
To Coast listen he would not
Since sucks Noory does

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Myst'ry rock on Mars.
Squint eyes, see face . . . OMG!
Alert Richard C.

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Quote from: The General on January 18, 2014, 11:31:53 PM
the only thing that
is raging through the night now
is my shoulder pain

Prescription meds and
An adult beverage.  Sweet
Dreams are made of these.

Alone, abandoned
In the night.  Alas, what fools
We Bellgabbers be!

Ah, found it!

Quote from: fotd on January 06, 2014, 12:10:19 AM
"...infected with mallware..."

Quote from: zeebo on January 18, 2014, 12:25:59 AM
I've heard mall wear is bad if you let it touch your computer.  I think the polyester scratches it or something.

The Target Hackers
Employed off-the-shelf malware.
George calls it "mall wear".

Did George just say "mall wear"?

Did he mean "malware"?

I was in the crawl space under my house checking the pipes for damage after last week’s cold spell, when, wouldn’t you know it, I discovered that Art had made himself a damn nest in the southwest corner.

I didn’t want to drop a few hundred bucks on a pest removal guy, so I figured I’d try to do it myself.  I first tried to lure him out by tempting him with some hot pizza rolls in an aluminum pie plate, but that just seemed to make him snarly.

Then I tied a heavy piece of string to a cigarette and applied some super glue to the filter end.  I approached Art cautiously, waving the cigarette to get his attention.  I then tossed the cigarette his way and he caught it with his mouth.  The glue instantly bonded with his lip, and by tugging on the string, I was able to pull him out from underneath the house.  I tossed him an old Bic lighter before he ran off into the bushes.

I spoke with my neighbor this morning, and she said that last night she had to take a broom and chase away an old guy with a bloody lip that was hunkering down behind the wicker patio set on her back porch.

Wish we could spend New
Year's on the high desert with
Art and open lines.

Do you remember
New Year's Eve prediction shows?
The Bell Fam'ly Vault

Would hold the guesses
Of list'ners 'round the world, then
Art's toast at midnight.

Art's show is no more.
Dark Matter's bereft of life.
It has ceased to be.

Dark Matter's shuffled
Off its mortal coil. We're left
Pining for the fjords.

On the edge with Art.
We were ready, good to go.
Then the edge crumbled.

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Christ.  What's next.  Elvis rising from the dead?

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Quote from: onan on November 10, 2013, 12:00:39 PM

"Annie" (1982) - Tomorrow

I think I'm still a little bit in the "It's a Hard Knock Life" stage.

OK, folks, it may really BE the end of the world. 

ABBA may be getting back together:

http://www.france24.com/en/20131110-abba-mulls-possible-reunion-report

Now I'm starting to get worried . . . .

If anyone is wondering where the Art Bell broadcast location is, go to the satellite view of google maps and search for "Desert Lane, Pahrump, NV".

The satellite view is fairly recent, but I think the street view is a little old.  If you check out the street views from the surrounding streets, you can see the antenna fields Art used to talk about.

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Quote from: WildCard on October 01, 2013, 08:21:26 PM
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Hi to you, too, and evrabodeh else!

Did someone say something about an unidentified rock on Mars?

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