Singularities and Nightmares
Options for a coming singularity include self-destruction of civilization, a positive singularity, a negative singularity (machines take over), and retreat into tradition. Our urgent goal: find (and...
View ArticleRapid Temperature Increases Above the Antarctic
A new analysis of weather balloon observations from the last 30 years reveals that the Antarctic has the same 'global warming' signature as that seen across the whole Earth, but is three times larger...
View ArticleSingularity Summit At Stanford Explores Future Of 'Superintelligence'
The Stanford University Symbolic Systems Program and the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence announced today the Singularity Summit at Stanford, a one-day event free to the public, to be...
View ArticleArmy Optimistic Current Recruiting Trend Will Continue
WASHINGTON, May 10, 2006 The largest of the services, the Army is also the most heavily deployed, and with its one-year "boots-on-the-ground" deployment policy, it keeps its members away from home...
View ArticleIn Spain, anti-Semitism is new leftist trend
Spanish Jews knew there were hard times ahead. Prime Minister Zapatero has not disappointed them Keen on populist tirades against the United States "Dickhead Bush" and "Ketchup Queen Kerry", his whole...
View ArticleHollywood Clicks on the Work of Web Auteurs [Are candidates paying attention...
Scenes from MySpace: The Movie, created by David Lehre. The 11-minute parody of... MySpace and its users has had millions of hits since it first appeared on the site YouTube on Jan. 31. EVEN as...
View ArticleCoalition Officials See Positive Trend in Baghdad
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2006 The Iraqi people will need to carry forward positive trends in Baghdad, a coalition spokesman said there today. Army Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, of Multinational Force Iraq,...
View ArticlePupperware: At-Home Shopping Trend for Dogs
Throw a Party for the Dogs With the Latest Luxury Dog Accessories There's a new twist on a Tupperware party that combines two of Americans' favorite pastimes -- throwing at-home shopping parties and...
View ArticleTexas town joins illegal-immigrant trend (Farmers Branch,TX)
FARMERS BRANCH, Texas - This Dallas suburb could become the first city in Texas to adopt a sweeping ordinance intended to keep out illegal immigrants, a cause for concern among its large minority...
View ArticleAgainst the trend, U.S. births way up (~4.3 million in 2006, includes a...
ATLANTA - Bucking the trend in many other wealthy industrialized nations, the United States seems to be experiencing a baby boomlet, reporting the largest number of children born in 45 years. The...
View ArticleCalifornia bucks immigration enforcement trend
While other states move away from giving illegal immigrant college students state benefits, the California Legislature appears to be pushing to give them more access to colleges and universities. Last...
View ArticleResearchers Study Hidden Homicide Trend
Researchers study hidden homicide trend Gun-related homicide among young men rose sharply in the United States in recent years even though the nation's overall homicide rate remained flat, according to...
View Article[Is the] Meltdown in the Arctic is Speeding Up
Ice at the North Pole melted at an unprecedented rate last week, with leading scientists warning that the Arctic could be ice-free in summer by 2013. Satellite images show that ice caps started to...
View ArticleMSM Bias...Again? (Vanity)
I'll admit right up front I've given up on the Main Stream Media (MSM). However, I will also admit to occasionally catching a few "news" stories from them. This may be in the form of the leading...
View ArticleArctic reverses trend, is warmest in two millennia
WASHINGTON The Arctic is warmer than it's been in 2,000 years, even though it should be cooling because of changes in the Earth's orbit that cause the region to get less direct sunlight. Indeed, the...
View ArticlePause in Arctic's melting trend
This summer's melt of Arctic sea ice has not been as profound as in the last two years, scientists said as the ice began its annual Autumn recovery. At its smallest extent this summer, on 12 September,...
View ArticleGerald Celente Says This Is Among His Most Important Trends Ever (4/19/2010 )
The worlds top trend forecaster, Gerald Celente, who has been publishing the Trends Journal since 1991, says his Spring 2010 report is one of the most important Trends hes ever published: Of all the...
View ArticleVodka Eyeballing - Bizarre New Trend Requires 'Shot' of Booze into...
What is vodka eyeballing? A new fad among some kids in Europe may be spreading to the US. In online videos it is dubbed vodka eyeballing and now the claim is that some American teens have tried the odd...
View ArticlePARTY TREND HAS YET TO KICK IN (Presaging an even larger GOP Mid-term Victory)
Dont confuse the dramatic swell of the Republican tide that is becoming increasingly evident to the pundits of the country with party trend. Right before Election Day, the numbers will get even better...
View ArticleNeed Help-- Articles that show trend of regulation
Little help here? I think we all operate on the general assumption that industry and us, personally, are far more regulated in small and large ways than we were - say - 50 years ago. A quick trip to...
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